A hole-in-one helped Korea's Tae-hoon Kim surge into contention for his first European Tour title on another day of low scoring in the Volvo China Open.
Kim holed out on the 177-yard 13th hole at Topwin Golf and Country Club in a remarkable run of scoring which saw him play a 12-hole stretch in nine under par.
The world number 563 dropped his only shot of the day on the 17th but still signed for a superb 64 to finish nine under par, two shots behind clubhouse leader Felipe Aguilar of Chile.
"I played well and after I got the hole-in-one I became really confident and finished really well," Kim said.
"It was about 165 metres but with the view from the tee, we couldn't see the hole, only the top of the flag. I was aiming a little to the left of the pin and I just hit a seven iron, it was a beautiful shot and the galleries beside the green shouted out so that's how I knew."
Aguilar had stormed home in 31 to add a flawless 65 to his opening 68 and set the target on 11 under par, one shot ahead of Sweden's Alex Noren and Austria's Bernd Wiesberger.
Noren was also error-free in a second consecutive 67, while Wiesberger carded four birdies and one bogey in his 69.
" I felt relaxed out there," Wiesberger said. "I played great golf yesterday and scored really well in tough conditions yesterday so I was looking forward to getting out there this morning and trying to do the same.
"I p layed decent, not quite as well as yesterday, especially off the tee and was struggling with the pace of my putting early on. I left a lot of putts short but all in all I feel well on the golf course and it's a good first two days.
" It's a golf course that suits my eye. The key is definitely distance control into very slopey greens. Even though they are big greens you want as small a target as possible to land it on because basically everything slopes everywhere."
Overnight leader Hennie Otto was among the later starters and had recovered from dropping his first shot of the week on the second with birdies on the third and seventh to get within a shot of the lead on 10 under.
Source: PA
