Cazoo Open 2022: Julien Guerrier leads from Callum Shinkwin, Eddie Pepperell slides, David Howell makes cut

Julien Guerrier put himself in position to exorcise the demons of last month by moving to the top of the Cazoo Open leaderboard. Cazoo may have been an ugly word in the Guerrier household for a few weeks, as he had the Cazoo Classic in his grasp only to implode on the back nine at Hillside. Ad/> A few weeks on, and the Frenchman is in contention again and holds a two-shot lead heading into the weekend.

Cazoo OpenSyme, Guerrier, Whitnell share lead, Pepperell in touchYESTERDAY AT 20:06 Guerrier was not faultless but in tough conditions at Celtic Manor, his round of 68 was good enough to get him to seven-under. Callum Shinkwin is the closest challenger to Guerrier, as he posted a round of 68 to climb to five-under. «I started off awful,» Shinkwin said.

«It was a long drive to start on 11 and I got cold. After that it clicked in and I started hitting it good. »The putter was very warm, which was nice, and I was seeing the lines perfect.

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Johannes Veerman, five-under T4. Jack Senior, four-under T4. Espen Kofstad, four-under T4.

Marcus Armitage, four-under T4. Thomas Detry, four-under T8. Mikko Korhonen, three-under T8.

Ewen Ferguson, three-under T8. Dale Whitnell, three-under Johannes Veerman was a player who threatened to get to and perhaps overhaul Guerrier, but he made a double bogey on 13 and dropped another shot on 15. With his round threatening to unravel, he holed his third shot on