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FANLING (Hong Kong), Nov 29: Norwegian Henrik Bjornstad and India’s Asian Tour leader Jyoti Randhawa both hit seven-under-par 62s Friday to join five other players for a share of the lead at the halfway stage of the Hong Kong Open.
Welshman Stephen Dodd, Zimbabwe’s Tony Johnstone, Taiwan’s Ter-Chang Wang and the Swedish pair of Klas Eriksson and Marten Orlander all also finished on nine-under 129 after the first two rounds of the tournament, which is co-sanctioned by the European and Asian Tours.
Bjornstad finished second behind Spaniard Jose Maria Olazabal here last year, a result that remains the 23-year-old’s best in three years on the European Tour. Olazabal hit a second-round 65 on Friday to move to four under for the event.
SECOND ROUND SCORES
129 Wang Ter-chang 65 64, Stephen Dodd 64 65, Marten Olander 65 64, Tony Johnstone 64 65, Klas Eriksson 65 64, Jyoti Randhawa 67 62, Henrik Bjornstad 67 62
130 Clay Devers 66 64, Thomas Levet 65 65
131 Kang Wook-soon 67 64, Soren Hansen 66 65, Maarten Lafeber 67 64, Craig Kamps 68 63, Arjun Singh 65 66
132 Yang Yong-eun 70 62, Andrew Marshall 68 64, Henrik Nystrom 64 68, Rick Gibson 67 65, Nicolas Colsaerts 68 64, Thomas Bjorn 68 64
BADDELEY IN FRONT
COOLUM (Australia): Australia’s Aaron Baddeley held a two-stroke clubhouse lead midway through the second round of the Australian PGA Championship Friday after carding a round of seven-under par 65.
Leading second round scores:
131 Jarrod Moseley 65 66
132 Aaron Baddeley 67 65
133 Peter Lonard 65 68
136 Nick O’Hern 70 66, Adam Le Vesconte 68 68, Tony Carolan 70 66
137 Adam Scott 72 65, Greg Turner 66 71, Greg Chalmers 67 70
138 Brad King 70 68, Cameron Percy 69 69
139 Richard Green 69 70, Greg Norman 72 67
140 Marcus Cain 71 69, Chris Downes 70 70
SUN CITY (South Africa): A spectacular eagle two at the penultimate hole helped local favourite Ernie Els claim a one-shot lead at the halfway stage of the $2 million Sun City Golf Challenge Friday.
Second round scores:
135 Ernie Els 70 65 136 Chris Di Marco 68 68
139 Darren Clarke 72 67 140 Jim Furyk 69 71, Retief Goosen 68 72
141 Nick Price 71 70, Robert Allenby 70 71
142 Bob Estes 73 69, Padraig Harrington 72 70, Michael Campbell 71 71 143 Colin Montgomerie 74 69, Sergio Garcia 70 73.—Reuters
