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Gavin Green Holds Halfway Lead At European Masters

By Matt Coles

ANTALYA, TURKEY - NOVEMBER 02: Gavin Green of Malaysia plays a shot during Day Two of the Turkish Airlines Open at the Regnum Carya Golf & Spa Resort on November 2, 2018 in Antalya, Turkey. (Photo by Stuart Franklin/Getty Images)
ANTALYA, TURKEY - NOVEMBER 02: Gavin Green of Malaysia plays a shot during Day Two of the Turkish Airlines Open at the Regnum Carya Golf & Spa Resort on November 2, 2018 in Antalya, Turkey. (Photo by Stuart Franklin/Getty Images) /
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Malaysia’s Gavin Green holds a one-shot lead after two rounds of the Omega European Masters after shooting a second-round 64 on Friday.

Gavin Green’s round had two bogeys, along with eight birdies, including a run of four consecutive birdies in the middle of his round.

Gavin Green will tee off in the final group, alongside two of those men just a shot behind him at -10, in Tommy Fleetwood and Andres Romero.

The Englishman shot a second straight round of 65 around the Crans-sur-Sierre Golf Club in Switzerland, while Romero shot the low round of the day.

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The Argentinian carded a nine-under round of 61, which included a drop shot at the 2nd. He also had an eagle and eight birdies on Friday afternoon.

FedEx Cup champion Rory McIlroy is also in that group a shot back from the lead, having carded a 63 on the second day. He will play his third-round alongside Thursday’s overnight leader Matthias Schwab and Australian Wade Ormsby.

Japan’s Hideto Tanihara and Italian Lorenzo Gagli sit at -8, three shots back from the lead, while the Spanish pair of Miguel Angel Jimenez and Renato Paratore are a further shot behind Green at the halfway point.

A group of eight men sits at -6, five back, with those including Sebastian Soderberg and Mikko Korhonen. The pair both shot a level-par 70 on the second day, following up their Thursday 64s.

The second of the two overnight leaders, Mike Lorenzo-Vera, shot a 72 on the second day of the tournament at Crans-sur-Sierre to fall six shots off the lead.

He sits at -5, alongside the likes of the Haydn Porteous and Scott Jamieson. Eddie Pepperell, Lee Slattery, and Nino Bertasio are amongst the group at -4, with Joost Luiten, Guido Migliozzi and Sam Horsfield in the group a further shot back.

Andrea Pavan is alongside the English trio of Andrew Johnston, Ross Fisher, and Matt Fitzpatrick at -2, with the latter, the reigning two-time champion, having to conjure up this piece of magic to save par at the 6th hole.

The experienced trio of Lee Westwood, Robert Karlsson, and Jamie Donaldson are amongst the group at -1, just nipping inside the cut line after two days in Switzerland.

There were some big names that missed the cut, including 2018 Ryder Cup captain Thomas Bjorn, three-time major champion Padraig Harrington and three-time European Tour winner in 2018, Matt Wallace.

For Saturday’s action, the pair of Jens Dantorp and Nick Cullen will tee off first at 07:35 local time (UTC +2), while the final trio of leader Gavin Green, England’s Tommy Fleetwood, and Argentinian Andres Romero will get their third rounds underway at 12:10 local time.

Leaderboard:

  • 1 (-11): Gavin Green (MAS)
  • T2 (-10): Wade Ormsby (AUS), Rory McIlroy (NIR), Matthias Schwab (AUT), Andres Romero (ARG), Tommy Fleetwood (ENG)
  • T7 (-8): Hideto Tanihara (JPN), Lorenzo Gagli (ITA)
  • T9 (-7): Miguel Angel Jimenez (ESP), Adri Arnaus (ESP), Renato Paratore (ITA)
  • T12 (-6): James Morrison (ENG), Thomas Pieters (BEL), Sebastian Soderberg (SWE), Christiaan Bezuidenhout (RSA), Sergio Garcia (ESP), Mikko Korhonen (FIN), Erik van Rooyen (RSA), Lucas Bjerregard (DEN)

Selected Others:

  • T20 (-5): Mike Lorenzo-Vera (FRA), Haydn Porteous (RSA), Scott Jamieson (SCO)
  • T29 (-4): Eddie Pepperell (ENG), Lee Slattery (ENG), Nino Bertasio (ITA)
  • T36 (-3): Joost Luiten (NED), Guido Migliozzi (ITA), Sam Horsfield (ENG)
  • T48 (-2): Andrea Pavan (ITA), Ross Fisher, Matt Fitzpatrick, Andrew Johnston (all ENG)
  • T58 (-1): Lee Westwood (ENG), Robert Karlsson (SWE), Jamie Donaldson (WAL)

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Missed Cut:

  • T77 (E): Andy Sullivan (ENG), Thomas Bjorn (DEN), Luke Donald (ENG), Bernd Wiesberger (AUT)
  • T92 (+1): Edoardo Molinari (ITA), Pablo Larrazabal (ESP), Oliver Fisher (ENG)
  • T116 (+3): Ryan Fox (NZL), Adrian Otaegui (ESP), Fabrizio Zanotti (PAR)
  • T127 (+4): Padraig Harrington (IRL)
  • T133 (+5): Nicolas Colsaerts (BEL), Matt Wallace (ENG)
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