Spain's Alvaro Quiros is in pole position to secure another out-of-the-blue victory on the European Tour after claiming the halfway lead in the Hassan Trophy in Morocco.
Quiros added a second round of 70 to his opening 67 at Royal Golf Dar Es Salam to finish seven under par and a shot ahead of Australia's Andrew Dodt, with South Africa's Erik van Rooyen a stroke further back.
The 35-year-old reached as high as 21st in the world in 2011, but was ranked 703rd when he won the Rocco Forte Open in Sicily last year after squandering a seven-shot lead with 12 holes to play before beating Zander Lombard in a play-off.
That lifted Quiros to 237th in the rankings, but he has made just three halfway cuts since and began the week in Rabat at 435th in the standings.
"I would love to say that I have control of my secret but I'm not able to say," Quiros said during a commentary spell on Sky Sports. "Clearly I'm recovering a little bit of natural feel in my swing and now every single day of golf I need to recover a bit of confidence.
"A lot of times when I miss a shot, it's not related straight to the swing movement, it's more related to the fact that I'm not confident that things are going to come out as I want.
"It's not going to change from one day to another but at least I have a little bit more peace in my mind with respect to the technique."
Dodt was two over par after seven holes of his round, but birdied the eighth, ninth and 11th, eagled the 12th and picked up another shot on the 14th in an eventful 68 which equalled the lowest score of the day.
Speaking about the eagle, Dodt said: "I hit the fairway and I was in between clubs, actually. I chose the longer club and kind of cut it up a bit and missed the green right.
"My caddie said 'This is the biggest chip-in I've ever seen'. So I took the flag out and chipped it in."
Dodt, whose last win came in Thailand in 2015, added: "A win's a long way off. There's still a lot of golf over the next two days, especially around this course.
"Course management is a big key. You need to be in the right places and miss in the right places and the old cliche, 'one shot at a time' - it's never been truer around this course."
Defending champion Edoardo Molinari and the man he beat in a play-off 12 months ago, Paul Dunne, both missed the cut on five over par, with Dunne carding a 76 despite a hole-in-one on the 17th.