Jake Roos stormed to the top of the leaderboard of the South African Players Championship, following a superb second-round 63 at Dainfern Golf Estate on Friday.
The 40-year-old was firing throughout his second-round display, making a total of nine birdies across his 18 holes, signing off for a consecutive bogey-free round.
Roos’ efforts propelled him to the summit of the field where low scores are expected to continue throughout the upcoming two rounds in Johannesburg.
Cracking morning at the South African Players Championship for Jake Roos ?? pic.twitter.com/iAAaabrR1x
— Compleat Golfer (@CompleatGolfer) March 12, 2021
He will head into Saturday’s tee off on 16 under par for the event, holding a three-shot lead over Oliver Bekker, who is in second spot on 13 under.
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‘I’m at the stage in my career where it’s kind of go big or go home now. In a sense that frees you up and you can just go for the shots out there and not think about it too much,’ Roos said after his round
‘I’m quite surprised that the scores are this good. It shows that everybody has been practising hard in the lockdown. For me it’s been a nice two days. The first round was solid and it’s not always easy to follow that up. But I felt good again and just managed to keep it flowing. It’s been a combination of things I think. I’ve changed my grip a bit and weakened my right hand. I’ve also changed my putter. It’s all helped. I’m very pleased.
‘I’ll just keep going. I’ve got some good players behind me. There’s lots of talent on this Tour, and on this kind of course everybody is going to make a lot of birdies. So I’ll just try and keep going.’
Saturday’s action will be live on SuperSport Golf (213) from 12:00.
