Christofer Blomstrand will take a two-stroke lead into the weekend of the Dormy Open by Creekhouse after firing a four under par second round of 66 at Kristianstad Golf Club and Destination.
The two-time HotelPlanner Tour winner mixed five birdies with one bogey to reach six under par for the week, two shots ahead of Czech Jiri Zuska and compatriot David Lundgren.
The in-form Swede is now primed to contend for his second win of the season having triumphed at the Scottish Challenge supported by The R&A at the start of August.
“I am absolutely delighted with my season so far,” he said.
“It’s always nice to play at home and have support behind you. I have my family and friends here, so it’s going to be nice to have them here over the weekend.”
Blomstrand started the day two strokes back in Åhus and immediately lost ground after dropping a shot on the difficult par four tenth. He responded, however, with a birdie on 17 moving him back to level par for the day as he made the turn.
The Swede remained part of a congested group at two under before moving under par for the day with a birdie on the fourth. He would then kick-on with birdies on seven and eight before a pinpoint approach on the ninth saw his close out him round with a hat-trick of gains.
“It was quite tough out there, so I was very happy with how I managed today,” he added.
“Yesterday, I shot two under and today, four under, but I made my only bogey on my first hole today, after that I played really nicely.”
Blomstrand has enjoyed a stellar season on the Road to Mallorca with a second place finish in Durban, in only his second outing, a sign of things to come.
Having registered top 15s in England and Germany, he catapulted himself to third on the season-long Rankings with a two-stroke victory at the Scottish Challenge, with a second round 61 placing the Swede firmly in control at SCHLOSS Roxburghe.
The 34-year-old, now firmly on track to secure his first promotion to the DP World Tour after agonisingly missing out during the COVID-affected 2020 season, is looking to remain focussed as he vies for victory on home soil.
“I’m going to try my best to continue what I’ve been doing, and also during this week, and see where we end up,” he added.
“It’s a challenging course, but also a fantastic course. It’s hard when the wind is coming from the east instead of the west, and I think we can see from the scores that it’s not playing easy at all.”
England’s Bradley Bawden and Portugal’s Pedro Lencart Silva share fourth on three under par, ahead of a seven-way tie for sixth on two under.
The third round of the Dormy Open by Creekhouse gets under way at 7:30am local time on Saturday morning with Blomstrand teeing off alongside Zuska and Lundgren at 11:36am.
