'Aggressive' Danny Willett moves within one of the lead at Turkish Airlines Open
The Sheffield golfer carded a six under par round of 66 to move to -11 for the tournament, one behind leader Matthias Schwab.
And he says an aggressive approach paid off as he put himself firmly in contention for a second tournament win of the year.
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Hide Ad“It was really good today,” he said. “A lot of good, solid golf shots.
“It’s kind of playing the golf course as it should be playing, I think.
“Take it quite aggressive on the holes where you can and it’s paying off so far.
“Rolling it well too. A couple of silly three-putts in there but on the whole it was very good.”
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Hide AdWillett sits alongside compatriot Ross Fisher plus Thomas Detry and Alex Noren in a tie for second place.
He and Fisher will play alongside leader Schwab on Saturday.
After a flawless opening round, Willett posted just a single bogey on day two.
Once again he claimed three birdies on the first four holes and added another four birdies across his excellent round.
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