SUN CITY– Neil Schietekat shared the clubhouse lead with Christian Basson on Friday when he went nine-under in the second round of the Nashua Golf Challenge being played on the Gary Player Country Club and the Lost City Golf Course.

Round two was on the Lost City Course, and Schietekat made seven birdies and an eagle to atone for his opening 73 on the Gary Player layout and finish on eight-under 136 ahead of Saturday’s final round.

Basson had a flawless round, his seven-under 65 dotted with seven birdies.

They were four shots clear of the next-best completed round, which came from Jake Roos who finished on three-under 69 for a total of 140 after 36 holes.

Scores (RSA unless specified):

-8 - Christiaan Basson 71 65, Neil Schietekat 73 63

-4 - Jake Roos 71 69

-3 - Hendrik Buhrmann 71 70

-1 - Merrick Bremner 76 67, Desvonde Botes 73 70, Grant Muller 72 71

+1 - Don Black 72 73, Peter Karmis 78 67, Adilson da Silva (BRA) 73 72, Nic Henning 76 69, Mohamed Tayob 72 73, Theunis Spangenberg 72 73

+2 - Ulrich van den Berg 72 74, Ryan Tipping 78 68

+3 - Louis de Jager 78 69

+4 - Dean Lambert 73 75, Steve van Vuuren 75 73

+5 - Jaco Ahlers 75 74, Reggie Adams 78 71

+6 - Cameron Johnston 75 75, Dion Fourie 79 71, Bradford Vaughan 72 78

+7 - Gerhard Trytsman 78 73, Irvin Mazibuko 75 76

+8 - Alain Norris 77 75, Ockie Strydom 78 74, Prinavin Nelson 76 76, Alan Michell 76 76

+9 - Lindani Ndwandwe 73 80, David Hewan 78 75

+10 - Mark Murless 75 79

+12 - Ross Wellington 79 77

DQ - John Bele 80 DQ

* Source - Sunshine Tour