PETALING JAYA: Belgium’s Thomas Pieters surged into title contention with his strong performance at the 2019 Maybank Championship golf tournament today.
The 27-year-old holds a slim one-shot lead after producing four birdies and a sole bogey for a three-under par 69 to follow-up on yesterday’s 67 for an eight-under-par 136 total after two rounds.
Overnight joint leader, Nacho Elvira of Spain and Indonesia’s Danny Masrin shared second place with identical two-day total of seven-under-par 137.
Seventy-two players managed to make the cut for the final two rounds including two Malaysian golfers, Nicholas Fung and Gavin Kyle Green.