Lawrie in position to pounce

SPURRED on by a burning desire to get into the world’s top 50, France’s Raphael Jacquelin made the most of the dry and sunny afternoon conditions to surge to the top of the leaderboard at the Dunhill Championship, carding a 65 to take him to 13 under par at the halfway stage.

Jacquelin was one of the few afternoon players to take advantage of the conditions, as the lower scores belonged to those who teed off in the morning.

The Frenchman carded three birdies on the front nine and added four more on the back nine as he took a one-shot lead into the third round.