Sebastian Soderberg edges ahead at weather-hit KLM Open after marathon second round

The Swede was in the half of the draw who managed to get their first round completed on day one and started round two two shots off the lead.

He had edged one ahead when play ended just before 9.00pm but will have four holes to complete on Saturday morning, with conditions usually tougher earlier in the day in Amsterdam.

Söderberg was at eight under, one shot clear of Kiwi Daniel Hillier and Japan's Yuto Katsuragawa, who were in the clubhouse, and English pair Joe Dean and Callum Tarren, who had two and five holes remaining respectively.

Some players will have as many as eight holes left when play resumes at 7.15am, with the third round then set to be a two-tee start, beginning at 10.00am at the earliest.

Söderberg finished outside the top 100 on the Race to Dubai in 2025 and arrived in the Netherlands having made just two of his last eight cuts.

But he showed all the class that has made him a winner and seven-time runner-up on the DP World Tour in his 14 holes on Friday evening.

"There was a lot of golf played today so I am a bit tired but played pretty steady all day," he said. "Today was a little bit easier than yesterday for sure, still not easy, but just good to play a shot on its merit, and I did that pretty well so proud of that.

"The swing felt nice and I holed a few putts. Just one of those days were I felt in sync with everything which was nice. A couple putts went in early, and it gave me some momentum for the day."

Katsuragawa recovered from an opening-round over-par start with three early birdies on Friday, then mixed five birdies with two bogeys in his second round to charge up the leaderboard.

"I am happy today, the long game not so much but I am putting very good," he said.

Dean was alongside Söderberg after four birdies and a bogey but dropped a shot on the sixth, while Tarren made his move with six birdies and a bogey in his 13 holes.

American Jordan Gumberg and Austrian Maximilian Steinlechner were in the clubhouse at six under after rounds of 68 and 69 respectively, with first-round leader Julien Guerrier also at six under through 16 holes.