ELS CUTS DUBAI DESERT CLASSIC
GAP TO ONE SHOT AT HALFWAY
Ernie Els closed the gap to one shot on leader Ross Fisher when the second round of the Dubai Desert Classic was completed at the Emirates Club this morning.

Players with 36-hole totals of three-under-par 141 qualified for the final two rounds.

Four Scots beat the cut - Colin Montgomerie, who shot a second-round 66 for 139, and Alastair Forsyth, Andrew Coltart and Stephen Gallacher, all on 140.

SCOREBOARD
Par 144 (2 x 72).
SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
130 Ross Fisher 65 65.
131 Ernie Els (SAf) 66 65.
132 Henrik Stenson (Swe) 68 64
134 Graeme McDowell 65 69, Peter Hanson (Swe) 69 65, Jyoti Randhawa (Ind) 66 69.
135 Tiger Woods (US) 68 67, Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa) 67 68.
136 Robert-Jan Derksen (Ned) 70 66, Joakim Haeggman (Swe) 69 67, Simon Dyson 67 69, Prom Meesawat (Tha) 68 68.
137 Alvaro Quiros (Spa) 69 68, Jean-Francois Lucquin (Fra) 70 67, Jose Manuel Lara (Spa) 66 71, Robert Karlsson (Swe) 70 67, Lee Westwood 68 69, Thongchai Jaidee (Tha) 67 70.
138 Paul Casey 70 68, David Griffiths 70 66, Darren Clarke 68 70, Taichi Teshima (Jap) 69 69, Ignacio Garrido (Spa) 71 67, Cesar Monasterio (Arg) 68 70, Stuart Appleby (Aus) 69 69, Phillip Price 67 71, Rory McIlroy (am) 69 69, Paul McGinley 69 69, Niclas Fasth (Swe) 69 69, Gary Houston 71 67.
139 Thomas Bjorn (Swe) 70 69, Richard Green (Aus) 72 67, Raphael Jacquelin (Fra) 68 71, David Lynn 70 69, Richard Sterne (Rsa) 69 70, Jeev Milkha Singh (Ind) 70 69, Paul Broadhurst 73 66, Colin Montgomerie 73 66, Marcel Siem (Ger) 68 71, Andrew Marshall 69 70, Mark Foster 71 68
140 Stephen Dodd 72 68, Andrew Coltart 69 71, Stephen Gallacher 71 69, Oliver Wilson 73 67, Notah Begay III (US) 71 69, David Park 70 70, Phillip Archer 69 71, Emanuele Canonica (Ita) 74 66, Francesco Molinari (Ita) 70 70, Nick Dougherty 72 68, Alastair Forsyth 70 70, Hennie Otto (Rsa) 71 69, Peter Hedblom (Swe) 69 71
141 Bradley Dredge 69 72, Charl Schwartzel (Rsa) 69 72, Gregory Havret (Fra) 71 70, Maarten Lafeber (Ned) 70 71, Damien McGrane 72 69, Christopher Hanell (Swe) 72 69, Greg Norman (Aus) 70 71, Gonzalo Fdez-Castano (Spa) 73 68, Gregory Bourdy (Fra) 71 70, Lee Slattery 70 71, Andrew McLardy (Rsa) 66 75.

MISSED CUT
142 Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa) 71 71, Peter Lawrie 72 70, Mikko Ilonen (Fin) 69 73, Steve Webster 69 73, Harmeet Kahlon (Ind) 69 73, Miles Tunnicliff 69 73, Richard Bland 73 69, Sergio Garcia (Spa) 73 69. Jean Van De Velde (Fra) 73 69, Marc Warren 69 73, Gary Emerson 73 69, John Bickerton 70 72, Ian Garbutt 73 69
143 Mark O'Meara (US) 71 72, Michael Campbell (Nzl) 72 71, Mardan Mamat (Sin) 72 71, Ricardo Gonzalez (Arg) 78 65, Peter O'Malley (Aus) 70 73, Kenneth Ferrie 73 70, Joakim Backstrom (Swe) 71 72, Markus Brier (Aut) 69 74, David Howell 71 72, Jarmo Sandelin (Swe) 73 70, Anthony Wall 71 72
144 Mattias Eliasson (Swe) 73 71, Gary Murphy 72 72, Soren Kjeldsen (Den) 72 72, Andres Romero (Arg) 71 73, Soren Hansen (Den) 70 74, Steven Jeppesen (Swe) 69 75, James Kingston (Rsa) 70 74
145 Gary Orr 75 70, Christian Nilsson (Swe) 73 72, Simon Khan 71 74
146 Johan Edfors (Swe) 72 68, Ariel Canete (Arg) 70 76, Benn Barham 73 74, Tom Whitehouse 76 70, Simon Wakefield 72 74, Abdelhaq Sabi (Mor) 73 73
147 Hideto Tanihara (Jap) 74 73, Alessandro Tadini (Ita) 72 75, Scott Drummond 76 71, Paul Lawrie 74 73, Jean-Francois Remesy (Fra) 73 74
148 Peter Gustafson (Swe) 75 73, Graeme Storm 74 74, Steven O'Hara 74 74
149 Barry Lane 77 72
150 Christian Cevaer (Fra) 77 73
158 Othman Al Mulla (Ksa) 79 79
161 Jose Filipe Lima (Por) 82 79
168 Dave Adams 90 78
Ret: Marcus Fraser (Aus), Brett Rumford (Aus)