Thompson holds Joburg Open clubhouse lead

Brandon Robinson Thompson. Sunshine Tour

England’s Brandon Robinson Thompson produce a sublime second-round 62 to climb to 12-under par for the clubhouse lead in the Joburg Open at Houghton Golf Club on Friday.

On another day of rain and lightning, Thompson took full advantage of a brief window in the weather and staked his claim for the Joburg Open trophy.

His nearest challenger is America’s Sean Crocker on nine under following his 65.

The weather suspension means the second round will have to be completed on Saturday morning.

That still leaves an opportunity for South Africa’s Jayden Schaper and Ruan Korb who are on seven under and still to complete their rounds. Luke Brown and Louis Albertse are the other leading South Africans on seven under, having posted respective second rounds of 67 and 65.

Thompson was almost more delighted with the fact that there was any golf played at all on Friday, than with his incredible 62.

“It was a lot of fun. I was up at 3:45am and honestly didn’t think we’d get any golf in with the weather forecast. But we did and I had a lot of fun out there,” he said.

A hole-out for eagle on the par-four 13th added to his enjoyment.

“That’s my first one on Tour. It was about a 100-yard shot for me and the pin was set up perfectly. The ball pitched past the hole and spun back in. It’s a very cool feeling holing out.”

Whatever is still to come with the completion of the round, Thompson is looking forward to a weekend of challenging for the trophy.

“I’ve been up in the mix before and I love that feeling of competing. I can guarantee you I’ll have a good time.”

Scores (incomplete round)

-12 - Brandon Robinson Thompson 66 62

-9 - Sean Crocker 66 65

-8 - Hugo Townsend 65 67

-8 - Nathan Kimsey 64 (-2) [3]

-7 - Luke Brown 66 67

-7 - Louis Albertse 68 65, Ruan Korb 68 (-5) [12], Jayden Schaper 64 (-1) [7]

-6 - Maximilian Steinlechner 64 70

-6 - Todd Clements 68 66, Casey Jarvis 67 67, Dan Bradbury 64 70, Jordan Gumberg 67 67, Jack Hawksby 66 (-2) [11], Darius van Driel 65 (-1) [6]

-5 - Ockie Strydom 67 68

-5 - Jaco Prinsloo 67 68, Angel Ayora 64 71, Marcus Armitage 67 68, Jamie Rutherford 65 70, Jacob Olesen 65 (Par) [12], Estiaan Conradie 69 (-4) [10], Adrian Otaegui 67 (-2) [9], David Ravetto 66 (-1) [9], Hennie du Plessis 66 (-1) [8], Ross Fisher 67 (-2) [5]

-4 - Marcel Siem 69 67

-4 - Brandon Stone 68 68, Cameron Adam 67 69, Joost Luiten 67 69, Pieter Moolman 69 67, Alex Fitzpatrick 67 (-1) [9], Wilco Nienaber 65 (+1) [8], Richie Ramsay 67 (-1) [4]

-3 - Jean Hugo 71 66

-3 - Jason Scrivener 71 66, Bernd Wiesberger 71 66, Christiaan Burke 66 71, Joe Dean 70 67, Kota Kaneko 70 67, Kieran Vincent 65 72, Joel Girrbach 69 (-2) [11], Daniel van Tonder 67 (Par) [7], Richard Sterne 68 (-1) [7], Zander Lombard 69 (-2) [5], Justin Harding 69 (-2) [4], Ben Schmidt 68 (-1) [4]

-2 - Allen John 70 68

-2 - Romain Langasque 67 71, David Law 67 71, Robin Williams 68 70, Neil Schietekat 70 68, Shubhankar Sharma 66 72, Jorge Campillo 68 70, Jacques Kruyswijk 68 (Par) [9], Julien Guerrier 70 (-2) [8], Patrick Reed 69 (-1) [7], Ryggs Johnston 69 (-1) [6], Ryan Van Velzen 67 (+1) [3]

-1 - Dylan Frittelli 70 69

-1 - Ewen Ferguson 67 72, Connor Syme 71 68, James Morrison 69 70, Herman Loubser 70 69, Sam Bairstow 69 70, JJ Senekal 68 71, Stals Swart 70 (-1) [11], Eddie Pepperell 70 (-1) [8], Darren Fichardt 69 (Par) [8], Angel Hidalgo 69 (Par) [6], Jaco Ahlers 70 (-1) [6], Sebastian Garcia 67 (+2) [4], Martin Vorster 68 (+1) [4]

Missed the cut

Par - Sebastian Soderberg 69 71

Par - Ugo Coussaud 69 71, Haydn Porteous 68 72, Calum Hill 67 73, Ricardo Gouveia 71 69, Jason Roets 71 69, Rupert Kaminski 68 72, Austin Bautista 68 72, Jovan Rebula 69 (+1) [9]

+1 - Bjorn Akesson 74 67

+1 - Heinrich Bruiners 71 70, Quim Vidal 72 69, Antoine Rozner 73 68, Rikuya Hoshino 70 71, Jonathan Broomhead 74 67, MJ Daffue 71 70, Samuel Simpson 75 66, Yurav Premlall 69 (+2) [10], Rafa Cabrera Bello 70 (+1) [9], Oliver Bekker 70 (+1) [9], Alejandro Del Rey 70 (+1) [9], Scott Jamieson 72 (-1) [6], Michael Hollick 70 (+1) [5], Hennie O'Kennedy 68 (+3) [4]

+2 - Kyle De Beer 70 72

+2 - Luis Carrera 72 70, Graham van der Merwe 71 71, Shaun Norris 72 70, Jacques Blaauw 70 72, Keenan Davidse 71 71, James Mack 72 70, Franklin Manchest 72 (Par) [11], Dylan Mostert 72 (Par) [10], Yuto Katsuragawa 72 (Par) [9], Rocco Repetto 67 (+5) [9], Tobias Jonsson 69 (+3) [8], Kyle Barker 75 (-3) [8], Martin Couvra 73 (-1) [7], Dylan Naidoo 70 (+2) [7], Marcel Schneider 71 (+1) [7], JC Ritchie 71 (+1) [6], Deon Germishuys 73 (-1) [6], Trevor Fisher Jnr 73 (-1) [5], Ivan Cantero 71 (+1) [4], MJ Viljoen 70 (+2) [4], Euan Walker 71 (+1) [4]

+3 - Francesco Laporta 68 75

+3 - Joshua Berry 70 73, Stefan Wears-Taylor 73 (Par) [11], Andy Sullivan 75 (-2) [7], Andrew Johnston 74 (-1) [4], Kyle McClatchie 73 (Par) [4]

+4 - Thriston Lawrence 75 69

+4 - Malcolm Mitchell 72 72, Nick Bachem 72 (+2) [11], Albin Bergstrom 70 (+4) [11], Warwick Purchase 72 (+2) [8], Hennie Otto 76 (-2) [7], Manuel Elvira 75 (-1) [6], Renato Paratore 74 (Par) [5], Daniel Young 73 (+1) [3]

+5 - Martin Rohwer 75 70

+5 - Keelan van Wyk 71 74, Thanda Mavundla 74 (+1) [6]

+6 - Altin van der Merwe 71 75

+6 - Jeong Weon Ko 75 71, Kayle Wykes 75 (+1) [12], Stephen Ferreira 73 (+3) [11], Stefano Mazzoli 77 (-1) [10], Benjamin Follett-Smith 75 (+1) [9], Mark Maart 74 (+2) [9], Jack Senior 75 (+1) [8]

+7 - Allister de Kock 73 74

+7 - Lyle Rowe 75 72, Robson Chinhoi 75 (+2) [11]

+8 - Gerhard Pepler 73 75

+8 - Toto Thimba Jnr 79 69

+9 - Musiwalo Nethunzwi 73 76

+10 - Makhetha Mazibuko 73 77

+10 - Nikhil Rama 79 (+1) [5]

+11 - Karabo Mokoena 80 (+1) [10]

+11 - Luke Jerling 81 (Par) [4]

+13 - Rhys Enoch 76 (+7) [10]