Lynn's the one to catch in Joburg

England’s David Lynn, with only one win in over 300 European Tour starts, set the clubhouse target at the Joburg Open today.

The 36-year-old from Stoke added a second round 67 to his opening 63 at Royal Johannesburg and Kensington to be 12 under par at halfway.

One behind and with six holes still remaining were playing partners Darren Clarke and Charl Schwartzel, both of whom continued to make good progress over the tougher East course.

Like Lynn, they went round the shorter West in eight under yesterday to be only one behind surprise pacesetter Neil Schietekat, but the South African – not even in the world’s top 1,000 – could add only a 72 on the resumption and slipped back to eight under.

Lynn’s only victory came in Holland in 2004. He has had no fewer than 23 top 10 finishes since then and has earned approaching £4m (€4.5m) in his career.

After turning in 34 he added further birdies on the 11th and 18th to relegate fellow Englishman Danny Willett and South Africa’s Jbe Kruger to joint fourth spot on 10 under.