Tyrrell Hatton continued his love affair with Rolex Series and links golf as he matched the lowest round of his DP World Tour career with a 62 on day two of the Genesis Scottish Open.
The Englishman is a two-time winner of the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship and four-time Rolex Series winner, with his three top tens at Scotland's national open all coming over links layouts.
He has never finished outside the top 25 at The Renaissance Club and on Friday carded nine birdies and a single bogey to get to nine under in North Berwick.
And while he does not believe he ups his game for Rolex Series or links golf, he admits they clearly suit him.
"I try my best every single week," he said. "Ultimately that's all you can do.
"I've been fortunate. I've got a fairly decent record on links courses and it's nice to play in front of an almost home crowd.
"The crowd's been brilliant the last two days and I'm sure it will be good over the weekend.
"I've generally always putted well on links courses. And like every single tournament we play, you have to putt well to give yourself a chance to win on Sunday. So let's hope the putts keep dropping.
"I've had a good day today and got myself back into it. I'm happy with my day's work and looking forward to the weekend."
Hatton got up and down for a birdie on the par-five tenth and followed that with a seven-footer on the next before dropping his only shot of the day on the 12th.
.@TyrrellHatton's lowest @ScottishOpen round of his career ✍️
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He almost holed his tee-shot at the par-three 14th, made another up-and-down on the par-five 16th and then holed from just off the green at the 18th before leaving himself two feet on the first.
He completed the set at the par-five third, birdied the short par-four fifth after leaving himself a flick in and then holed a 14-footer on the difficult eighth to join the lead early in the day.
"It was stressful at times, as most of my rounds are," he said. "But very happy with the chances I gave myself. I feel I hit a lot of good iron shots today, especially compared to yesterday. Very happy with how that was and nice to see some putts drop too.
"You probably saw a little bit yesterday where I was fatting a few shots. I was hitting balls off mats last week and even though I got here Monday night, even by yesterday, I still had not managed to get the ball first. We managed to do that today and hopefully that continues this weekend."
