Christo Lamprecht made a bogey on the second hole on Friday, but he didn’t put a foot wrong after that with nine birdies on his way to an eight-under 62 in the second round of the Korn Ferry Tour’s Astara Golf Championship in Bogota, Colombia.

The former world number one amateur reeled off five in a row after that early dropped shot, from the fifth to the ninth. He picked up another on the 12^th, and then three more in a row from the 15^th to the 17^th.

That lifted him to 10-under-par for the tournament after his opening two-under, and he was in a share of fourth heading in to the weekend. He was three shots off the lead which was held by American Ross Steelman, who had a nine-under-par to move to 13-under. Steelman was two clear of Ireland’s Rayhan Thomas and fellow-American Jack Maguire.

Barend Botha had a six-under-par second round, and, at eight-under for the tournament, was in a share of 14^th. Garrick Higgo carded three-under-par, and he was in a share of 14^th with, amongst others, Botha.

Lamprecht is settling in to his work nicely on the Korn Ferry Tour, and, in his current position, is projected to move to 11^th on the tour’s rankings.