Bothma leads as South Africans make running

SOUTH AFRICANS hold sway on home soil with Michiel Bothma leading and six others in the top nine after the second round of the Dunhill Championship at the Leopard Creek Country Club.

Bothma returned at 6.30am local time to complete his thunderstorm-delayed opening round and carded the best score of the week so far with an eight-under-par 64.

He followed that up with a second-round 71 to claim the outright lead on nine-under, one ahead of countryman Titch Moore and England's Phillip Archer.