Agathe Sauzon T10 after two rounds of the Investec South African Women's Open- Tristan Jones / LET

No player under the par After two laps on a tough day at Westlake Golf Club, Nicole Garcia who finished in the par took an early start and used it to her advantage with a 73 (+1) card, the South African is at the top of the provisional classification and is suddenly ahead of her compatriot Lee-Anne Pace, author of a 75 (+3), and the German Leonie Harm, who played 72 (by).

The windy conditions, which had gusts of up to 35 km / h in the afternoon, made the task much more difficult for the competitors and yesterday's leaders Lee-Anne Pace and Lydia Hall did not could not compete with Garcia.

« We started off with great weather this morning, so I was hoping it would hold up, but on the 9 return holes the wind started to blow Said Garcia, who posted his best LET result last season with a fifth place finish at the Saudi Ladies. International team.

« I'm happy with my par game today, the first nine holes were a little easier with the wind. I was hoping to play a little better, but I had some bad luck on some holes. I will take this score especially with my point in advance at the start. I'm glad I didn't suffer too much with this wind."

A three-time SA Open Women's Open winner, Pace birdied a 75 inning to settle one point behind the leader.

Alongside her was Germany's Leonie Harm, who also took advantage of a late start and landed back-to-back birdies on 16 and 17 for a card in the par of 72.

« I'm really happy to be in second place just a header away. You always drop a few hits here and there, but under these conditions I think it's forgivable“Said Harm, who made his LET debut last season.

The Scottish Kylie Henry who made an eagle on the par-five of 1, is one stroke at +2, in fourth position.

“I started on 10, put in a good putt on 12, then I had a tap-in eagle on 13, which was really cool,” said Henry. “From there I made a few mistakes, it alternated up and down. Overall it was a good solid round.

Blue side Agathe Sauzon remains four lengths in 9th position: seventh yesterday, at +4 with a card of 75 (+3) The player from Valence is two strokes ahead of Manon Gidali (72) and Camille Chevalier (77) who share the 15th place at +6, and three Céline Herbin (75), Anne-Lise Caudal (77) and Anne-Charlotte Mora (75) who are 18th at +7. Astrid Vayson de Pradenne (79), 41st to +9, is the seventh Frenchwoman to cross the cut; however the tournament ends there for Justine Dreher (+14), Émie Peronnin (+15), Isabelle Boineau (+16) and Alexandra Bonetti (+22).

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