CADIZ (Spain), April 16: A monster 35-foot putt at the last gave Sweden’s Peter Hanson a one-shot lead at the midway point of the Spanish Open here on Friday.

Hanson, one of seven overnight leaders, shot a second round 68 to give him a six under par total of 138 and a slender edge over his compatriot Peter Gustafsson.

Leading second round scores:

138 — Peter Hanson (SWE) 70, 68.

139 — Peter Gustafsson (SWE) 70 69.

141 — Peter Lawrie 71, 70; Gregory Bourdy (FRA) 73, 68.

142 — Hennie Otto (RSA) 71, 71; Jamie Donaldson 74, 68; Jose Rivero (SPA) 70, 72.

143 — Diego Borrego (SPA) 70, 73; Miguel Angel Martin (SPA) 71, 72; Robert Karlsson (SWE) 72, 71; Mikko Ilonen (FIN) 73, 70; Graeme Storm 73, 70; Andrew Marshall 72, 71.

144 — Sam Little 74, 70; Jean Van de Velde (FRA) 73, 71; David Park 72, 72; Raphael Jacquelin (FRA) 73, 71; Jose-Filipe Lima (POR) 73, 71; Jarmo Sandelin (SWE) 72, 72; Paul Lawrie 72, 72; Mark Foster 72, 72.

145 — David Lynn 74, 71; Sebastian Fernandez (ARG) 73, 72; Jose Manuel Lara (SPA) 73, 72; Niclas Fasth (SWE) 74, 71; David Griffiths 77, 68; Steven O’Hara 70, 75; Martin Maritz (RSA) 72, 73; Francois Delamontagne (FRA) 73, 72; Oskar Bergman (SWE) 71, 74.

146 — Malcolm Mackenzie 72, 74; Leif Westerberg (SWE) 73, 73; Nicolas Colsaerts (BEL) 77, 69; Adam Mednick (SWE) 72, 74; Ian Garbutt 72, 74; David Gilford 75, 71; Simon Khan 73, 73; Stuart Little 72, 74; Paul McGinley 76, 70; Fredrik Henge (SWE) 75, 71; Johan Axgren (SWE) 72, 74.

CLARKE DOMINATES

HILTON HEAD ISLAND (South Carolina): Northern Ireland’s Darren Clarke fired his second straight 65 on Friday for a commanding six-shot lead at the halfway stage of The Heritage.

Clarke had a 36-hole total of 12-under 130, half a dozen strokes in front of American Patrick Sheehan and Australian Peter Lonard, whose hot putter deserted him.

Lonard followed his first-round 62 - a nine-under effort that included 11 birdies — with seven bogeys in a three-over 74. The Australian is even with Sheehan, who carded a one-under 70.

Leading second round scores:

130 — Darren Clarke (NIR) 65, 65.

136 — Peter Lonard (AUS) 62, 74; Patrick Sheehan 66, 70.

138 — Thomas Levet (FRA) 64, 74.

139 — Rod Pampling (AUS) 70, 69; Woody Austin 69, 70; Jim Furyk 71, 68; Cameron Beckman 68, 71; Nick O’Hern (AUS) 68, 71; Jimmy Walker 68, 71; Davis Love 69, 70.

140 — Nick Price (ZIM) 69, 71; Todd Hamilton 71, 69; Stephen Ames (CAN) 71, 69; Geoff Ogilvy (AUS) 71, 69; Dudley Hart 71, 69; Bart Bryant 72, 68; Jose Maria Olazabal (ESP) 69, 71; Matt Kuchar 72, 68.—Agencies

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