Frenchman David Ravetto birdied the last for an impressive 66 on a day dominated by wind and rain to lead the Dimension Data Pro-Am by a single stroke going into the weekend at Fancourt.

Ravetto used every bit of the good fortune the draw allowed him in playing the more forgiving Outeniqua course on an incredibly challenging day as he climbed to 10 under par overall.

“It was a good day under the conditions. I’m really happy. I had a good draw playing Outeniqua but I still played really solid golf. I made six birdies and an eagle so it was a really nice round,” he said.

His nearest challenger is South Africa’s Louis Albertse on nine under following a 66 of his own on the Outeniqua.

And countryman Zander Lombard has positioned himself very well as he heads into the weekend just two shots off the lead – alongside Frenchman Pierre Pineau – after also posting a 66 on the Outeniqua.

“It was super tough out there. I think the gusts were up to 70km/h at least and it was absolutely pouring down. The rain sort of came and went but when it came, all of it was coming. It was brutal, and all-in-all in these conditions I’m very happy with my score. I’m happy with my game, the confidence is up, I’ve got no weaknesses so hopefully I can carry it into the weekend,” said Lombard.

The weather and the deluge of rain that fell throughout the day made for a long round for some in the field, especially those who had to also contend with the challenging Links course in their second round as part of the tournament’s format to rotate between Fancourt’s three courses.

Bryce Easton, the leader by two after the first round, was one of those to suffer as he signed for an 80 on the Links to drop to two under par overall.

Defending champion Oliver Bekker suffered a similar score and fate on the Links, ending the day on two over for the tournament.

Knowing exactly what to expect, Ravetto had a simple strategy for his round.

“I knew the conditions were going to be tough so when I arrived I said to myself just hang in there because you’re playing the easier of the three courses here, so just try make a couple of birdies and you’ll be fine at the end of the day.

“There was water on the greens and the course was a lot softer, but it also enabled us to be a lot more aggressive to the pins. The course staff did a really good job of getting the water off the greens and it was actually pretty good conditions for putting.” – Michael Vlismas.

SCORES:

134 - David Ravetto 68 66

135 - Louis Albertse 69 66

136 - Zander Lombard 70 66, Pierre Pineau 70 66

137 - Sam Hutsby 72 65

138 - Robin Williams 70 68, Hennie du Plessis 67 72, Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen 70 68, Conor Purcell 71 67, Hamish Brown 68 70

140 - Anton Albers 68 72, Benjamin Follett-Smith 70 70, Jordan Gumberg 68 71, Chris Paisley 70 69

140 - Trevor Fisher Jnr 67 73, Martin Couvra 68 73, Luca Filippi 66 75, Franklin Manchest 70 70, Malcolm Mitchell 71 70, Kyle Barker 72 69

141 - Luke Jerling 73 68, Keenan Davidse 69 72, Nicolai Von Dellingshausen 69 73, Quim Vidal 72 70, Lars van Meijel 71 71, Gary Boyd 73 68, Benjamin Hebert 65 77, Jean Hugo 73 69

143 - Nicolai Kristensen 67 76, Richard Mcevoy 72 71, Clement Berardo 70 73, Bryce Easton 63 80, Alexander Levy 68 75, John Parry 72 71, Soren Broholt Lind 70 72, Lyle Rowe 73 70, Dylan Naidoo 74 69

143 - Anthony Michael 69 74, Daniel van Tonder 66 78, Heinrich Bruiners 72 71, Luca Cianchetti 69 74, Alfie Plant 71 73, Kyle De Beer 74 69, Tom Shadbolt 68 76, Victor Pastor 66 78, Robin Roussel 71 73, Jbe' Kruger 75 69

145 - Philipp Katich 73 72, MJ Viljoen 67 78, Brandon Stone 67 78, Jaco Ahlers 67 78, Craig Howie 71 73, Justin Walters 74 71, Oliver Hundeboll 69 75, John Axelsen 73 71, JJ Senekal 76 69

146 - David Langley 70 76, Hennie Otto 70 75, Adam Breen 74 71, Mark Power 76 70, Gary Hurley 74 71, Connor Mckinney 73 72, Yurav Premlall 71 74, Marc Hammer 70 75, Wilco Nienaber 73 73, Justin Harding 75 71, Maxence Giboudot 71 74, JC Ritchie 72 74, Felix Mory 75 71

146 - Neil Schietekat 77 69, Robin Sciot-Siegrist 75 72, Ricky Hendler 75 71, Toby Tree 73 73, Oliver Bekker 67 80, Thomas Aiken 69 78, Mikael Lindberg 70 77, Jaco Van Zyl 72 75, Shaun Norris 71 76, Joshua Berry 72 74, Gregory Bourdy 77 70, Dayne Moore 70 76, Richie O'Donovan 74 72, Jonathan Caldwell 74 73

147 - Casey Jarvis 73 74, Oihan Guillamoundeguy 70 78, Lucas Vacarisas 73 74, Romain Wattel 77 71, Jacques Blaauw 66 82, Euan Walker 75 73, LB Boshoff 72 76, Daniel Young 76 72, Tristen Strydom 75 73

148 - Rupert Kaminski 75 73, Jamie Rutherford 71 78, Julien Sale 78 71, Tomas Gouveia 80 69, Anton Karlsson 73 75, Rourke van der Spuy 75 73, Hayden Hopewell 75 74, Deon Germishuys 74 74, Keith Horne 76 73, Martin Rohwer 80 69

150 - Nikhil Rama 73 77, Dermot Mcelroy 73 77, Ross Mcgowan 75 74, Stefan Wears-Taylor 66 84, Jaco Prinsloo 68 82, Adriel Poonan 74 75, Martin Vorster 69 81, Martin Simonsen 72 77, Kyle McClatchie 74 76, Bradley Bawden 77 72, Conner Mackenzie 70 79, Wynand Dingle 75 75

151 - Danie Van Niekerk 77 74, Ronan Mullarney 79 72, Steven Brown 75 76, Haraldur Magnus 72 79, Sean Cronje 72 79, Ryan Van Velzen 73 78

152 - Hennie O'Kennedy 76 76, Jannik de Bruyn 76 76, George Mason 73 79, Dylan Mostert 78 73, Javier Sainz 72 80, Keagan Thomas 69 83

153 - Ronan Kleu 75 78, Jeppe Kristian Andersen 78 75, Toto Thimba Jnr 68 85, Lauri Ruuska 78 75, Jayden Schaper 74 79, Jovan Rebula 78 75

154 - Joel Moscatel 80 74, Jonathan Goth-Rasmussen 81 72, Jake Redman 78 76, Gerhard Pepler 76 78, Joachim B. Hansen 81 73, Mateusz Gradecki 75 79

155 - CJ du Plessis 74 81, Oliver Lindell 69 86, Clancy Waugh 74 81

157 - Herman Loubser 76 81, Ruan Korb 74 83

158 - James Allan 84 74, Christofer Blomstrand 73 85

159 - James Mack 79 80, Rhys Enoch 78 81, Merrick Bremner 77 81

160 - James Kamte 84 76, Musiwalo Nethunzwi 85 75, Tapio Pulkkanen 82 78

161 - Pietro Bovari 82 79

162 - Keelan van Wyk 79 83

164 - Albert Venter 77 87

167 - Robson Chinhoi 83 84

Missed the cut:-

70 - Laurie Canter 70