French amateur Sara Brentcheneff continued her fine form to fire a round of 70 (-2) during the second round of the Terre Blanche Ladies Open.
16-year-old Brentcheneff, who started the day on hole 10, got off to a hot start rolling in a birdie on the first and two more on holes 15 and 18.
At the turn, the Lyon-based player kept steady and rolled in a birdie on her twelfth hole before a double bogey on her sixteenth hole blemished the scorecard.
Speaking about the strong second round, Brentcheneff said: “I’m just feeling good because my game is good and I’m very proud of myself.
“Of course, coming into the tournament, I wanted to win. That was my goal.
“Tomorrow of course will be about taking it one shot at a time and playing my game the way, I want to play my game.
“I’m feeling very calm, and I prefer to be in the lead rather than a chase so everything is set up well so far.”
On a sunny second day, Sweden’s Anna Magnusson fired a phenomenal 67 (-5) to climb the leaderboard.
Magnusson, who started on 10 rolled in four birdies in her first five holes before dropping a shot on the 15th before rolling in another birdie on the 18th.
At the turn, the Swede kept up the momentum to roll in two more birdies and one bogey to finish two shots behind.
Speaking about her round, Magnusson said: “Today was great, I had a lot of opportunities out there and I took advantage of it.”
In 2022, Magnusson earnt her LET card through the LET Access Series after placing sixth in the Order of Merit but struggled to cement full LET status for this year.
“I’m loving it here; everyone is so great and always feel so welcome by the staff. It is great to be back.”
Yet to have a professional win, Magnusson is hoping that this is her week.
“It would mean everything and would mean so much to everyone back home, my team and my coaches. So, we will see what happens, I’m just trying to play good golf.”
One shot back lies the Netherland’s Pasqualle Coffa on four-under-par, who lost out on the win last year during a tense final day play-off.
“I’m incredibly excited for tomorrow,” Coffa said, “It will be fun out there.
“I’m not thinking about last year or putting pressure on it, I’m just focussed on the boring stuff and going through my processes. We will see what happens from there.”
“So far this week, off the tee I have been solid, I was aware of pin positions where you can attack, and I went for them.
“I headed into this tournament feeling good, much better than I felt the most of last year. I’m focussed on my processes and that makes me feel better as a person.
“I think a chase will be good. There’s an amateur at the top like last year, which as a professional is always annoying so I think playing with Sara will give me good motivation.”
Three players are tied fourth on three-under-par; Spain’s Maria Herraez Galvez, Austria’s Katharina Muehlbauer and England’s Amy Taylor.
Switzerland’s Tiffany Arafi and England’s Billy-jo Smith are tied seventh on two-under-par.
Scotland’s Tara Mactaggart, Germany’s Sarina Schmidt, Denmark’s Fie Olsen, Spain’s Maria Parra and Sweden’s Isabell Elkstrom round out the top 10 on one-under-par.
50 players made the cut which stood at +6.
The final round begins at 9:00am local time with the leaders teeing off at 10:50am.
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