Gavin Green Holds Halfway Lead At European Masters

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.

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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)

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)