Conor Purcell eight adrift as Ewen Ferguson leads the Soudal Open
Purcell started on the back nine and made birdie on 11 before a dropped shot on the next hole. However, he went on to make birdies at the par-five 17th and the par-3 second. It was steady as you go thereafter as he finished on the three-over mark.
That leaves him eight shots adrift of Ferguson, whose second-round 64 that included seven birdies, has him at 11 under.
Alone in second on eight-under par is England's Marco Penge after a successive 68. A shot further back are six players. amongst them the joint-overnight leader Joost Luiten.
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