Well, folks, Jens Fahrbring is back, and heโs got the Rosa Golf Club in Poland right where he wants it.
The Swedish golfer strutted his stuff on the course for the second day in a row, securing himself a cosy two-shot lead heading into the weekend at the Rosa Challenge Tour. If he keeps this up, the rest of the field might as well be playing for second.
Fahrbring, whoโs been knocking the rust off after a year of injury woes, opened the tournament with a red-hot 63, putting him seven under par.
And just when you thought he might cool off, he came out and fired six birdies on day two, tempered by just a couple of bogeys, to bring his total to 11 under par.
His nearest challenger, Spaniard Angel Ayora, is two shots back at nine under. If youโre not keeping up, that means Jens has a bit of breathing roomโnot that heโll need it if he keeps playing like this.
โThis feels really good,โ Fahrbring said, and you can almost hear the relief in his voice.
After battling injury, heโs just happy to be swinging without pain, much less leading a tournament.
โMy game has been very rusty coming back from injury, but the last three or four weeks, Iโm starting to get used to the nerves you feel when you play tournament golf.โ
If youโre wondering what makes Jens tick, itโs his ability to adapt and stay patient, especially when the course starts throwing you curveballs.
โI played some nice golf again today. I think the pins were a little bit trickier, so I had to manage my game a little bit better,โ he said.
Thatโs code for โI didnโt get greedy, and it paid off.โ And pay off it didโespecially on the back nine, where he drained a few clutch putts to keep the momentum going.
Starting on the 10th, Jens mixed a couple of birdies with a single bogey on his front nine, before catching fire on the back.
Four birdies in his first five holes after the turnโhe was playing like a man possessed. Thatโs the kind of golf that makes the rest of the field start glancing at the scoreboard and sighing in frustration.
If you think this is some fluke, think again. Fahrbring has been around the block a few times.
Heโs got two Challenge Tour wins under his belt, though his last victory came way back in 2015 at the D+D Real Czech Challenge.
Heโs not just playing for a paycheckโheโs hungry for that third title. โIโm just trying to relax as much as I can and concentrate on each shot and try to play a little bit more aggressive this week,โ he said.
A little more aggressive? With the way heโs been playing, โaggressiveโ might be an understatement.
Of course, the mental game is just as important as the physical one, and Jens knows it.
โIt is hard to come back and play well two days in a row. I was thinking to myself on the course actually that itโs easy to compare yourself with what you did yesterday.
You have to stay as neutral as possible which can be difficult, but I think I managed to do it quite well.โ
Thatโs a lesson in golfing zen, folks. Staying in the moment is half the battle.
Hot on Jensโ heels is Dane Martin Simonsen, whoโs three shots back in third place at eight under par.
Right behind him, tied for fourth at seven under, are Franceโs Alexander Levy, Swedenโs Bjรถrn ร kesson, and Norwayโs Herman Wibe Sekne.
Itโs shaping up to be a weekend showdown, and Jens will need every bit of his focus and fire to stay on top.
The third round tees off bright and early at 7:45 am local time, with Jens stepping up alongside Ayora and Simonsen at 11:46 am.
If youโre not tuned in, you might miss something specialโbecause Jens Fahrbring is playing like heโs got something to prove.
