Friday’s strong second lap puts him four behind halfway leader Yechun Yuan. After three bogeys in his opening 71, the South African dropped just one shot today although, slightly frustratingly, it was part of a par-bogey-par finish after he’d threatened to get even nearer the lead. Prior to that, the World No. 361 had played some fine golf, signing for par breakers at 2, 3, 10, 14 and 15. Easton, who was sixth at the recent Challenge Tour Grand Final which helped him finish 22nd on the second tier’s end-of-season rankings, has had his wife Lauren on the bag for the last 18 months and spoke a little bit about that after his round. “I was travelling so much playing; we were living in London and Lauren wasn’t enjoying her job at the time so we decided to have her on the bag and do this thing together,” he said. “It’s a tough gig and the fact we are doing it together has been huge.”
