Lyoness Open 2017: Felipe Aguilar Holds 2-Stroke Lead After Friday

Felipe Aguilar maintained his spot atop the leaderboard at the 2017 Lyoness Open at Diamond Country Club in Atzenbrugg, Austria, on Friday, as he shot a two-under 70 in the second round.

The Chilean veteran is now nine-under for the tournament, and he leads Graeme Storm by two strokes entering the weekend.

Here is a look at the leaderboard for the European Tour event, courtesy of GolfChannel.com:

1. Felipe Aguilar: -9

2. Graeme Storm: -7

T3. Johan Carlsson: -6

T3. Oliver Fisher: -6

T5. David Horsey: -5

T5. Zander Lombard: -5

T5. Sepp Straka: -5

T5. Bernd Wiesberger: -5

T9. Marcus Armitage: -4

T9. Ashley Chesters: -4

T9. Trevor Fisher Jr.: -4

T9. Maximilian Kieffer: -4

After carding his best score in well over a year during the first round, Aguilar supplemented his performance with another solid round Friday.

While 42-year-old Aguilar hasn't won a tournament since 2014, he will head into the third round with a distinct advantage.

Despite that, Aguilar has no shortage of challengers, with golfers inside the top nine managing to gain some ground on him.

Nobody enjoyed a more successful day than England's David Horsey, as his eight-under round of 64 moved him up 105 positions on the leaderboard.

Horsey is five-under for the tournament, and after bouncing back from a first-round 75, he was pleased with himself Friday:

Storm is Aguilar's closest competitor at seven-under after shooting a three-under 69 in the second round, followed by Johan Carlsson and Oliver Fisher at six-under.

Among a group of four players at five-under, Austria's Bernd Wiesberger may be Aguilar's biggest threat.

Wiesberger is playing in front of his compatriots, and he won the Lyoness Open in 2012 with a score of 19-under.

He shot a three-under 69 on Friday, aided in part by this fantastic approach shot, as seen in video courtesy of the European Tour:

The tournament is somewhat lacking in terms of big names being in contention, as former major winners Y.E. Yang and Mike Weir sit at one-over and four-over, respectively.

Also, 21-time European Tour winner Miguel Angel Jimenez is well off the pace at three-over.

Defending champion Wu Ashun of China entered the day at two-under, but he struggled despite one of the best shots of the day:

Wu settled for a three-over round of 75, and he has plenty of work to do in terms of tracking down Aguilar and erasing a 10-shot deficit.

Although Aguilar has a small cushion to work with, the potential re-emergence of his poor 2017 form is something to keep an eye on, along with the ascent of Horsey.