Pieter Moolman clung on to his eight-under-par total on Friday with a level-par 72 in the second round of the DP World Tour’s D+D REAL Czech Masters at PGA National OAKS Prague in Prague.

However, his four birdies and four bogeys saw him slip from the lead after the first round to a share of 17^th after the second, five strokes off the lead. Up front was France’s Davod Ravetto, who had an eagle and seven birdies in his nine-under 63. At 13-under, he led by one from Ritchie Ramsay of Scotland, Jesper Svensson of Sweden, and England’s Andrew Johnson.

Moolman started his round on the 10^th and was soon in trouble with a bogey on the 12^th. He birdied the 13^th, but dropped again on the 14^th. It was birdie on 16 and bogey on 17 for the South African as he turned in one-over. He picked up birdies on four and five, but dropped a final shot on his closing hole, the ninth.

He was comfortably the leading South African, however. Thomas Aiken had a five-under 67 in the second round to move to five-under for the tournament and a share of 51^st. Brandon Stone and Robin Williams were a shot back on four-under after rounds of four-under and three-under respectively. In a share of 62^nd, they made the cut on the number.