Min Woo Lee didn’t have his best stuff on the second day of the French Open but Australia’s golfing thrill merchant still conjured up one magic moment to keep his title bid well on track in Paris.

Lee sank a glorious curling 59 foot birdie putt on the 13th green to adorn what otherwise was a solid but largely unspectacular three-under round of 68 by his pyrotechnic standards on Friday (Saturday AEST).

Yet a round which had started with him finding the rough stuff twice on the way to an opening bogey ended with him securing four birdies, including a couple of routine ones on par fives, to stay in joint-second on eight under, within two shots of England’s halfway leader Marcus Armitage.

There was still the prospect of a double Australian charge at Europe’s oldest national Open championshi

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