Three French in the game in Incheon, Sanghyun Park and Yannick Paul in the lead

They are two to share the head of the Korea Championship. Local Sanghyun Park and German Yannick Paul lead at -8. Second in the first round, Sanghyun Park was able to take advantage of the errors of the former French leader, Antoine Rozner, to pass in front on his native lands by making 4 birdies and a bogey: “I feel very good to have been able to finish with a birdie on the 18th hole, reacted Park. I still have two rounds to play and I must not rest on my laurels. With the arrival of the DP World Tour in Korea, I want to prove that Korean players can also have the chance to win on the DP World Tour. That’s why there are a lot of Korean players in the ranking. »

Co-leader, the German Yannick Paul made a second consecutive card of 68 (-4), allowing him to join the South Korean in pole position. The winner of the 2022 Mallorca Golf Open has made a total of 5 birdies and a bogey: ” Here (THURSDAY), there was a bit more wind, but today the flag positions were really tough. I think they are expecting a pretty strong wind this weekend, so I think they used all the complicated flag positions today. The weather was very good. It was warmer than I thought. I think you have to be patient and wait for your chance. We are only halfway through the tournament. I know a lot of things can happen, so I try to focus on myself and know what you can’t really control. Sometimes things go your way, sometimes they don’t. So I try to hit good shots and see where I end up. »

Antoine Rozner and Mike Lorenzo-Vera follow in 3rd position. While he was four strokes ahead in the first round, the winner of the Mauritius Open had a very different day this Friday by returning a card of 74 (+2). The player with three victories on the European Tour, made 3 birdies, 2 bogeys and a triple bogey at hole n°9.

Conversely, his compatriot, Mike Lorenzo-Vera, had more success – at the end of this second day – on the course of Jack Nicklaus Golf Club Korea. In the par in 47th position in the first round, the 38-year-old was able to get back into the game of the Korean tournament. Author of an eagle on hole n°7, 7 birdies and 2 bogeys, the player from Bayonne has the best card of the day at 65 (-7) along with the Scottish Scott Jamieson in 5th position.

The latter is alongside the Habs Robin Sciot-Siegrist. The 29-year-old is also moving up the rankings like his compatriot Lorenzo-Vera. Now at -6, in 5th position, the Frenchman is accompanied by the Scotsman Grant Forrest, the locals Taehoon Ok and Yonggu Shin as well as the Spaniard Pablo Larrazabál.

Langasque, Ko and Sordet are 32

At -2, we find the tricolor trio composed of Romain Langasque, Jeong Weon Ko and Clément Sordet in 32nd position. They are followed by Julien Guerrier, 47th at -1 and Matthieu Pavon as well as Alexander Levy in par at 57th position.

Frenchman David Ravetto will not play this weekend after missing the cut at -1 in 73rd position.