Nacho Elvira of Spain has taken the lead in the 2023 Magical Kenya Open on -10 after the first two rounds at the Par 71 Muthaiga Golf Club course.
German Nick Bachem, South African Jayden Schaper and Japanese Ryo Hisatsune are jointly on -9.
The trio fired 9 under par 133 gross to catapult to joint second at halfway stage. It was a bitter pill to swallow for two former champions Ashun Wu and Lorenzo Gagli who failed to make the -1 cut much to their disappointment
The surprise package of the day was Japanese pro-Hisatsune who fired a day’s score of -8 to join the trio.
Robert MacIntyre (SCO), 71-65 (-6) who was the pre-event favourite could only manage T16.
“I didn’t play any differently from yesterday. I’ve changed the ball this week, going for a bit more spin to try and get better distance control, to be honest, as hitting wedges into greens I’ve been all over the shop.: MacIntyre explained.
Scottish Robert MacIntyre 71-65 (-6) who was the pre-event favourite could only manage T16.
“I didn’t play any differently from yesterday. I’ve changed the ball this week, going for a bit more spin to try and get better distance control. To be honest, as hitting wedges into greens, I’ve been all over the shop,” MacIntyre explained.
DAY TWO LEADER BOARD
1 Esp -Nacho Elvira, (-10) 67 65 ( 132)
T2- Ger -Nick Bachem, (-9) 66, 67 ( 133)
T2-Rsa- Jayden Schaper (-9) 68, 65 ( 133)
T2-Jpn- Ryo Hisatsune (-9)70, 63 ( 133)
T2-Jpn Kawamura, Masahiro -8 67, 67 ( 134)
T2-Esp Borja Virto -8 66, 68 ( 134)
