Tom Vaillant in the top 10, Laurie Canter sole leader of the European Open

Member of the LIV, Laurie Canter takes advantage of the absence of a tournament on the dissident circuit to shine on the DP World Tour. Indeed, this Friday, the Englishman posted a superb 66 and sat alone in the leader's chair (-12 total). Perfectly launched with a successful birdie on his first hole, at the 10th, the 34-year-old then stuck the flags to chain birdie at the 14th and eagle at the 15th. At the 18th, the Bath native once again put red on his card thanks to a chip returned from outside the green.

Then, on hole number 1, Laurie Canter showed off her putting skills, returning a string of almost 10 meters, to glean her fourth birdie of the day before validating a fifth at 4: “I putted really well today and hit the ball well. I think I hit every fairway, which is very important if you want to get a good score here. I think I do a lot of good things with my game, my short game saved me a few times. I'm determined this weekend to continue to attack the course as much as I can and play as well as I can. I don't see the point in waiting.“

De Bruyn and Norgaard in ambush, Porteous can still get closer

On the lookout, Jannik De Bruyn and Niklas Norgaard (-9 total), author of a nice score of 68 (six birdies, one bogey), are three lengths behind the head of the ranking. Garrick Porteous provisionally ranks alone 4th (-7). Stopped by darkness, the Briton is one of those players who did not have time to conclude this second round, disrupted by the weather conditions. After 14 holes played, he has already made four birdies (for a bogey) and will have the opportunity to get closer to the podium on Saturday morning.

Strong Valiant and Warrior, Trapped Langasque

Yuto Katsuragawa, Pablo Larrazabal, Guido Migliozzi, Jayden Schaper and Tom McKibbin take 5th place (-6 total). The top 10 is completed by five other golfers who share 10th position (-5). There we find Calum Hill, Eddie Pepperell, Sean Crocker, Lauri Ruuska (who has five holes left to negotiate) and Tom Vaillant. Applied, the Frenchman was particularly precise on his attacks on the greens, which allowed him to validate three birdies (for a bogey) and record a score of 71.

His compatriot Julien Guerrier follows in 15th place (-4). The 38-year-old also completed the course at Green Eagle Golf Courses in 71 strokes (four birdies, two bogeys). Provisionally 48th (by total), Jeong weon Ko and Frédéric Lacroix will also make the cut. Conversely, Romain Langasque will not be present during the moving day. Thus, the Riviera experienced a complicated second round, signing a round of 76 (three bogeys, two birdies, a double bogey) and is in 73rd position (+2)

Likewise, Clément Sordet (86th, +3 total) Mike Lorenzo-Vera, Adrien Saddier (95th, +4), Ugo Coussaud (108th, +5), David Ravetto (127th, +7) and Antoine Rozner (139th, + 9), stop there.