Brilliant Bourdy four clear in Austria
Grégory Bourdy hopes to cash in on his growing confidence by winning the Lyoness Open Powered by Greenfinity this weekend.
Two shots clear after a first round 65, the Frenchman doubled his advantage with a 67 on Friday to lie four shots ahead of compatriot Gary Stal and England’s Chris Wood.
Bourdy has now made an impressive 12 cuts in 14 starts this season with three top-ten finishes.
The four-time European Tour winner had been flawless on day one at Diamond Country Club, and was in similarly rich form with five birdies on the back nine after starting at the tenth.
The 33 year old, whose most recent victory came in Wales a couple of years ago, had a first bogey of the week on the first to check his progress, before a fist-pump followed his 13th birdie of the week on the sixth after an outstanding tee shot to five feet.

Stal claimed a maiden European Tour title in Abu Dhabi either side of top-five finishes in South Africa and Dubai, while Wood won a BMW i8 at Wentworth last month for a hole-in-one as he finished fourth in The European Tour’s flagship BMW PGA Championship.
Three birdies in his last four holes, including a tap-in at the last after a brilliant tee shot, propelled Stal into a share of second, while Wood also finished strongly, with birdies at the 13th, 15th and 16th.
Spanish pair Rafa Cabrera-Bello and Carlos Pigem share fourth on seven under, while home favourite Bernd Wiesberger’s gallant second round of five under 67 was just not enough to make the cut after Thursday’s damaging opening round of 79.
Player Quotes 
Grégory Bourdy – 67-130 (-12)

 “It was a great day today – especially the way I started with five birdies on my front nine. Unfortunately I bogeyed my tenth hole but five under around here is very good. I have been playing well so the confidence has been growing, probably since the Spanish Open but I have been playing well all year – it was just a case of putting it all together. It’s always nice to be leading a tournament and that is why we practice so hard: to compete and to win events so hopefully I can get a win this week but I have to stay focussed and play shot by shot and see where it takes me on Sunday.”
Chris Wood – 69-134 (-8):  “The golf course was very different this afternoon. It was getting very firm and bouncy which makes it a deceivingly tricky course at times. I am happy with 69 today though because this is more barbeque weather than golf weather! It was a long day and one of those days to stay hydrated because it was very hot out there at points.
“I have to admit when I arrived at the course today and saw I was seven shots behind Greg I was a bit surprised but I can’t worry about what he is doing, I need to play my game and see if I can close the gap over the weekend. I knew before I came here that I was playing well and was expecting to be in contention so I am pleased to have done that.”
Gary Stal – 69-134 (-8):  “I am very pleased, especially with the finish today because it was a day that you had to be patient out there and then to finish with three birdies in the last four holes was very satisfying. I am playing well and driving the ball very well so I have a good chance at the weekend. I am happy to be in contention and it is great to have two French guys at the top of the leaderboard. Greg has played great but hopefully I can catch him at the weekend.”
Carlos Pigem – 65-135 (-7):  “I played really good today especially on my front nine where I had that great run. I holed my eight iron on the 12th for eagle and then made back-to-back birdies after that which obviously heled the score a lot today. It was great to hole the eight iron but I didn’t know it was in the hole until I got to the green. I played ok yesterday but today I just made more putts.
“It feels like we are in Spain this week with the conditions – hopefully it stays like this. I have played well this season and now I just have to keep playing well. I only got the invite to play this tournament last Saturday so it has been good to be able to justify that so far.”
Rafa Cabrera Bello – 68-135 (-7): “I am happy and in a good position. I have been playing solid for the two days and today there were no mistakes which is always satisfying. I won my first Challenge Tour event in Austria and my first European Tour event in Austria so I love to come here. I think the greens here are always good and I just love to come here and play golf.
“Sometimes I think about that final round at Fontana. Not when I am playing in the course, but if I am looking to get some good feelings in my game then I will watch that final round – it was pretty special.”
Round Two Scores:
132 G Bourdy (Fra) 65 67,
136 G Stal  (Fra) 68 68, C Wood  (Eng) 67 69,
137 C Pigem (Esp) 72 65, R Cabrera-Bello (Esp) 69 68,
138 M Fitzpatrick  (Eng) 69 69, M Korhonen (Fin) 69 69,
139 P Lawrie (Irl) 68 71, D Horsey (Eng) 71 68,
140 R Dinwiddie  (Eng) 67 73, F Fritsch  (Ger) 70 70, J Lagergren (Swe) 73 67, J Hahn (USA) 71 69, A Otaegui  (Esp) 69 71, M Kieffer (Ger) 67 73, C Bouniol (Fra) 68 72, L Slattery (Eng) 69 71, P Oriol (Esp) 70 70, M Nixon (Eng) 74 66, J Quesne  (Fra) 69 71, R Bland (Eng) 71 69,
141 J Lara (Esp) 72 69, R Rock (Eng) 71 70, D Drysdale (Sco) 68 73, D Coupland (Eng) 71 70, M Ovesen (Den) 72 69, C Shinkwin (Eng) 69 72, A McArthur  (Sco) 71 70, L Jensen (Den) 71 70, R Evans  (Eng) 68 73,
142 J Singh (Ind) 69 73, K Broberg (Swe) 70 72, M Hoey  (Nir) 73 69, B Hebert  (Fra) 73 69, N Colsaerts  (Bel) 70 72, D Gaunt (Eng) 71 71, M Lundberg (Swe) 72 70, M Lorenzo-Vera  (Fra) 70 72, J Roos (RSA) 74 68, K Ferrie (Eng) 73 69, R Paratore (Ita) 72 70, S Jamie son  (Sco) 72 70,
143 


A Ahokas (Fin) 71 72, M Bremner (RSA) 69 74, C Del Moral (Esp) 67 76, A Wall (Eng) 71 72, J Scrivener (Aus) 70 73, S Wakefield (Eng) 74 69, R Kakko  (Fin) 73 70, R Ramsay  (Sco) 74 69, M Lampert (Ger) 73 70, J Carlsson (Swe) 70 73, P Edberg (Swe) 71 72, C Paisley  (Eng) 71 72, S Khan (Eng) 73 70, J Walters (RSA) 70 73, S Hansen (Den) 71 72,
144 V Riu  (Fra) 71 73, F Praegant (Aut) 71 73, S Henry  (Sco) 70 74, R Santos  (Por) 72 72, S Hutsby  (Eng) 74 70, J Garcia Pinto (Esp) 73 71, D Woltman (USA) 71 73, D Im (USA) 74 70, E Espana (Fra) 75 69, S Thornton (Irl) 70 74, M Schneider (Ger) 72 72, R McEvoy  (Eng) 72 72, J Huldahl (Den) 74 70, S Griffiths (Eng) 73 71, L Nemecz (Aut) 73 71, J Knutzon (USA) 70 74,
145 J Barnes (Eng) 77 68, P Maddy (Eng) 74 71, E De La Riva  (Esp) 72 73, S Manley (Wal) 70 75, G Storm  (Eng) 74 71,
146 A Tadini (Ita) 73 73, A Marshall (Eng) 73 73, M Ford (Eng) 73 73, L Tintera  (Cze) 72 74, B Wiesberger  (Aut) 79 67, J Maurer  (Aut) 74 72, C Lloyd (Eng) 72 74, T Murray (Eng) 75 71, T Hatton (Eng) 73 73, R Karlberg  (Swe) 72 74, B Ritthammer (Ger) 70 76,
147 A Bernadet  (Fra) 71 76, M Crespi  (Ita) 73 74, M Tullo (Chi) 75 72, M Ludwig (am) (Aut) 74 73,
148 S Fallon (Eng) 72 76, S Brown (Eng) 72 76, J Lando Casanova  (Fra) 73 75, P Price (Wal) 73 75, J Legarrea (Esp) 69 79, T Pilkadaris (Aus) 72 76, B Virto Astudillo (Esp) 79 69, A Korinek (Cze) 75 73, S Straka (am) (Aut) 70 78,
149 T Levet (Fra) 74 75, K Phelan (Irl) 74 75, M Manassero (Ita) 75 74, R Wattel  (Fra) 75 74, M Jonzon (Swe) 72 77, R Finch  (Eng) 73 76, R Coles (Eng) 75 74, B Reiter (Aut) 74 75, D Dixon (Eng) 75 74, W Harrold (Eng) 73 76,
150 I Garrido (Esp) 75 75, S Kim (USA) 74 76, J Kruger (RSA) 73 77, R Gonzalez (Arg) 72 78, A Velasco (Esp) 73 77, A Klescz (am) (Aut) 77 73, M Habeler (am) (Aut) 74 76,
151 D Stewart (Sco) 78 73, J Campillo (Esp) 73 78, J Edfors (Swe) 68 83,
152 D Brooks (Eng) 75 77, T Baltl (am) (Aut) 78 74,
153 B Evans  (Eng) 76 77, J Blaauw  (RSA) 76 77, P Archer (Eng) 76 77, A Pavan (Ita) 72 81, P Dedek (am) (Cze) 79 74,
154 D McGrane (Irl) 77 77,
156 N Geyger (Chi) 80 76, L De Jager  (RSA) 75 81, A Hortal  (Esp) 73 83, C Pelzmann (am) (Aut) 75 81,
157 Z Bauchou (am) (USA) 81 76,
158 S Soderberg (Swe) 79 79,
161 A Pavlov (Rus) 71 90, P Tate (Eng) 81 80,
163 F Young (Eng) 81 82, R Gruber (Aut) 80 83,
165 L Astl (Aut) 85 80,
 166 B Weilguni (Aut) 77 89,

** G Maybin (Nir) 76 WD, C Doak (Sco) 77 WD, S Webster (Eng) 76 RT, O Fisher  (Eng) RT , J Palmer (Eng) RT 

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