Stephen Gallacher top Scot at
halfway in Madrid Masters
FROM THE EUROPEAN TOUR WEBSITE
Charl Schwartzel defied feeling unwell to produce a superb second round at the Madrid Masters and share the halfway lead with Marcus Frased on nine under par 133 at Club de Campo Villa de Madrid.
Australian Fraser - who led with Paul Broadhurst and Magnus A Carlsson overnight on four under after an opening 67 – went one better with a 66.
South Africa’s Schwartzel produced a six under 65 to improve on his first day 68.
Starting at the tenth, Schwartzel gained shots on three consecutive holes with birdies at the 13th, 14th and 15th. He came back in a four under par 32, thanks largely to an eagle 3 at the 518yd par-5 fourth, which he followed with birdies at the seventh and eighth.
But Schwartzel admitted he was not feeling at his best.
“I've got a shoulder problem and I'm feeling sick," he said.
"I phoned my Dad this morning and he told me to tee off and see how it goes. So I did that and then I got a couple of birdies and I started to feel better.
"After that the sun came out and I didn't feel my shoulder so much. I'm on antibiotics and I don't feel that strong. But that was a very solid round of golf and I'm in a very good position."
Fraser registered birdies at the first, third and fourth as he got of to a good start.
But his work was undone with three straight bogeys at the sixth, seventh and eighth, before a birdie at the 411yd 10th to put him back in a share of the lead.
That was the start of a dazzling back nine 30, with further birdies coming at the 11th, 12th, 14th and 15th.
The pair hold a two-shot advantage over Robert Rock and Steven Jeppesen.
The Englishman produced a bogey-free 65 to reach seven-under 135 over the par-71 lay-out.
He picked up shots at the second, fourth, seventh and par three ninth on the way out.
And on the back nine Rock registered birdies at the 14th and 375 yard 15th.
Sweden’s Jeppesen eagled both par-5s on the front nine, with a solitary birdie and bogey on the way in.
Bathgate's Stephen Gallacher is grouped with Paolo Terreni, Paul Waring and Santiago Luna on six-under-par 136. Gallacher has a great second round of six-under 65.
Italian Terreni improved on his opening level par round with a fine 65 which included six birdies and two bogeys as well as an eagle at the par five 14th.
The 32 year old has won little more than 2,000 Euros this season, and is delighted to be at the right end of the leaderboard for once.
"When a player starts to miss lots of cuts it's always in their mind," he said.
"Then when you do make one it feels like a victory.
"This is my last event on The European Tour this year and I told myself to enjoy it and just go for the pin. I would like to finish with a good performance. Today was perfect and I hope it continues."
Only two Scots survived the cut at level par 142 or better - Gallacher and Paul Lawrie who had a very good second round of 68 for 140.
Marc Warren missed out by one, Craig Lee by two, Peter Whiteford by five and David Drysdale by eight.
QUALIFIERS
Par 142 (2 x 71)
133 Charl Schwartzel (Rsa) 69 64, Marcus Fraser (Aus) 67 66
135 Robert Rock 70 65, Steven Jeppesen (Swe) 68 67
136 Stephen Gallacher 71 65, Paolo Terreni (Ita) 71 65, Paul Waring 69 67, Carlos Del Moral (Spa) 69 67, Santiago Luna (Spa) 68 68
137 Magnus A Carlsson (Swe) 67 70, Jean-Baptiste Gonnet (Fra) 69 68, Steve Webster 68 69, Damien McGrane 69 68, Sion Bebb 69 68
138 Andrew Tampion (Aus) 75 63, Ricardo Gonzalez (Arg) 69 69, Ignacio Garrido (Spa) 70 68, James Kamte (Rsa) 68 70, Thongchai Jaidee (Tha) 69 69, Jose Manuel Lara (Spa) 69 69
139 Francis Valera (Spa) 69 70, Joakim Backstrom (Swe) 70 69, Patrik Sjoland (Swe) 70 69, Steve Alker (Nzl) 73 66, Jesus Maria Arruti (Spa) 72 67, Kyron Sullivan 71 68, Julio Zapata (Arg) 70 69, Paul Broadhurst 67 72, Lee Slattery 73 66, Joel Sjoholm (Swe) 71 68, Richard Sterne (Rsa) 72 67, Bradley Dredge 73 66
140 Martin Kaymer (Ger) 71 69, Angel Cabrera (Arg) 71 69, Pablo Larrazabal (Spa) 68 72, Alvaro Quiros (Spa) 74 66, Paul Lawrie 72 68, Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa) 69 71, Phillip Archer 71 69, Ariel Canete (Arg) 69 71, Miles Tunnicliff 74 66, Pablo Martin (Spa) 73 67
141 Leif Westerberg (Swe) 75 66, Mattias Eliasson (Swe) 72 69, Stuart Manley 71 70, Simon Wakefield 72 69, Pedro Linhart (Spa) 71 70, Miguel Angel Martin (Spa) 71 70, Gary Murphy 70 71, Tom Whitehouse 71 70, Sam Little 71 70, Emanuele Canonica (Ita) 71 70, Peter O'Malley (Aus) 70 71, Fredrik Andersson Hed (Swe) 72 69
142 Pelle Edberg (Swe) 72 70, Alfredo Garcia-Heredia (Spa) 72 70, Carlos Balmaseda (Spa) 71 71, Rafael Echenique (Arg) 72 70, Jose-Maria Olazabal (Spa) 70 72, Eduardo De La Riva (Spa) 71 71, Peter Fowler (Aus) 72 70, Rafael Cabrera Bello (Spa) 74 68, Edoardo Molinari (Ita) 75 67, Francois Delamontagne (Fra) 70 72, Jarmo Sandelin (Swe) 75 67, Peter Baker 69 73, Gabriel Canizares (Spa) 71 71, Lee S James 73 69, Jean-Francois Lucquin (Fra) 70 72, Benoit Teilleria (Fra) 71 71
MISSED THE CUT
143 Anthony Wall 73 70, Gareth Paddison (Nzl) 69 74, Marco Ruiz (Par) 74 69, Sam Walker 71 72, Alvaro Salto (Spa) 72 71, Marc Warren 71 72, Gonzalo Fdez-Castano (Spa) 71 72
144 Alvaro Velasco (Spa) 71 73, Shiv Kapur (Ind) 69 75, David Griffiths 71 73, Robert Dinwiddie 73 71, Luis Claverie (Spa) 76 68, Jean Van de Velde (Fra) 72 72, David Lynn 72 72, Andrew McLardy (Rsa) 73 71, Raphael Jacquelin (Fra) 72 72, Fabrizio Zanotti (Par) 72 72, Manuel Quiros (Spa) 75 69
145 Craig Lee 75 70, Simon Robinson 77 68, Henrik Nystrom (Swe) 73 72, Julien Clement (Swi) 77 68, Alessio Bruschi (Ita) 75 70
146 Juan Parron (Spa) 74 72, Miguel Rodriguez (Arg) 75 71, Juan Abbate (Arg) 73 73, Jose-Filipe Lima (Por) 74 72, Thomas Aiken (Rsa) 75 71, Garry Houston 71 75, Matthew Millar (Aus) 72 74
147 Martin Wiegele (Aut) 76 71, Alessandro Tadini (Ita) 74 73, Jan Are Larsen (Nor) 76 71, Angel Matallana (Spa) 75 72, Benn Barham 73 74
148 Peter Whiteford 73 75
149 Tiago Cruz (Por) 74 75, Andre Bossert (Swi) 74 75, Federico Cabrera (Arg) 81 68, Carl Suneson (Spa) 74 75, Moises Cobos (Spa) 74 75, Carlos Rodiles (Spa) 77 72
150 Sven Struver (Ger) 79 71, Hernan Rey (Arg) 71 79
151 David Drysdale 76 75
152 Iain Pyman 75 77, Terry Pilkadaris (Aus) 76 76, Vicente Blazquez (Spa) 83 69
153 Ivo Giner (Spa) 77 76
154 Jamie Gabarda (Spa) 79 75
halfway in Madrid Masters
FROM THE EUROPEAN TOUR WEBSITE
Charl Schwartzel defied feeling unwell to produce a superb second round at the Madrid Masters and share the halfway lead with Marcus Frased on nine under par 133 at Club de Campo Villa de Madrid.
Australian Fraser - who led with Paul Broadhurst and Magnus A Carlsson overnight on four under after an opening 67 – went one better with a 66.
South Africa’s Schwartzel produced a six under 65 to improve on his first day 68.
Starting at the tenth, Schwartzel gained shots on three consecutive holes with birdies at the 13th, 14th and 15th. He came back in a four under par 32, thanks largely to an eagle 3 at the 518yd par-5 fourth, which he followed with birdies at the seventh and eighth.
But Schwartzel admitted he was not feeling at his best.
“I've got a shoulder problem and I'm feeling sick," he said.
"I phoned my Dad this morning and he told me to tee off and see how it goes. So I did that and then I got a couple of birdies and I started to feel better.
"After that the sun came out and I didn't feel my shoulder so much. I'm on antibiotics and I don't feel that strong. But that was a very solid round of golf and I'm in a very good position."
Fraser registered birdies at the first, third and fourth as he got of to a good start.
But his work was undone with three straight bogeys at the sixth, seventh and eighth, before a birdie at the 411yd 10th to put him back in a share of the lead.
That was the start of a dazzling back nine 30, with further birdies coming at the 11th, 12th, 14th and 15th.
The pair hold a two-shot advantage over Robert Rock and Steven Jeppesen.
The Englishman produced a bogey-free 65 to reach seven-under 135 over the par-71 lay-out.
He picked up shots at the second, fourth, seventh and par three ninth on the way out.
And on the back nine Rock registered birdies at the 14th and 375 yard 15th.
Sweden’s Jeppesen eagled both par-5s on the front nine, with a solitary birdie and bogey on the way in.
Bathgate's Stephen Gallacher is grouped with Paolo Terreni, Paul Waring and Santiago Luna on six-under-par 136. Gallacher has a great second round of six-under 65.
Italian Terreni improved on his opening level par round with a fine 65 which included six birdies and two bogeys as well as an eagle at the par five 14th.
The 32 year old has won little more than 2,000 Euros this season, and is delighted to be at the right end of the leaderboard for once.
"When a player starts to miss lots of cuts it's always in their mind," he said.
"Then when you do make one it feels like a victory.
"This is my last event on The European Tour this year and I told myself to enjoy it and just go for the pin. I would like to finish with a good performance. Today was perfect and I hope it continues."
Only two Scots survived the cut at level par 142 or better - Gallacher and Paul Lawrie who had a very good second round of 68 for 140.
Marc Warren missed out by one, Craig Lee by two, Peter Whiteford by five and David Drysdale by eight.
QUALIFIERS
Par 142 (2 x 71)
133 Charl Schwartzel (Rsa) 69 64, Marcus Fraser (Aus) 67 66
135 Robert Rock 70 65, Steven Jeppesen (Swe) 68 67
136 Stephen Gallacher 71 65, Paolo Terreni (Ita) 71 65, Paul Waring 69 67, Carlos Del Moral (Spa) 69 67, Santiago Luna (Spa) 68 68
137 Magnus A Carlsson (Swe) 67 70, Jean-Baptiste Gonnet (Fra) 69 68, Steve Webster 68 69, Damien McGrane 69 68, Sion Bebb 69 68
138 Andrew Tampion (Aus) 75 63, Ricardo Gonzalez (Arg) 69 69, Ignacio Garrido (Spa) 70 68, James Kamte (Rsa) 68 70, Thongchai Jaidee (Tha) 69 69, Jose Manuel Lara (Spa) 69 69
139 Francis Valera (Spa) 69 70, Joakim Backstrom (Swe) 70 69, Patrik Sjoland (Swe) 70 69, Steve Alker (Nzl) 73 66, Jesus Maria Arruti (Spa) 72 67, Kyron Sullivan 71 68, Julio Zapata (Arg) 70 69, Paul Broadhurst 67 72, Lee Slattery 73 66, Joel Sjoholm (Swe) 71 68, Richard Sterne (Rsa) 72 67, Bradley Dredge 73 66
140 Martin Kaymer (Ger) 71 69, Angel Cabrera (Arg) 71 69, Pablo Larrazabal (Spa) 68 72, Alvaro Quiros (Spa) 74 66, Paul Lawrie 72 68, Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa) 69 71, Phillip Archer 71 69, Ariel Canete (Arg) 69 71, Miles Tunnicliff 74 66, Pablo Martin (Spa) 73 67
141 Leif Westerberg (Swe) 75 66, Mattias Eliasson (Swe) 72 69, Stuart Manley 71 70, Simon Wakefield 72 69, Pedro Linhart (Spa) 71 70, Miguel Angel Martin (Spa) 71 70, Gary Murphy 70 71, Tom Whitehouse 71 70, Sam Little 71 70, Emanuele Canonica (Ita) 71 70, Peter O'Malley (Aus) 70 71, Fredrik Andersson Hed (Swe) 72 69
142 Pelle Edberg (Swe) 72 70, Alfredo Garcia-Heredia (Spa) 72 70, Carlos Balmaseda (Spa) 71 71, Rafael Echenique (Arg) 72 70, Jose-Maria Olazabal (Spa) 70 72, Eduardo De La Riva (Spa) 71 71, Peter Fowler (Aus) 72 70, Rafael Cabrera Bello (Spa) 74 68, Edoardo Molinari (Ita) 75 67, Francois Delamontagne (Fra) 70 72, Jarmo Sandelin (Swe) 75 67, Peter Baker 69 73, Gabriel Canizares (Spa) 71 71, Lee S James 73 69, Jean-Francois Lucquin (Fra) 70 72, Benoit Teilleria (Fra) 71 71
MISSED THE CUT
143 Anthony Wall 73 70, Gareth Paddison (Nzl) 69 74, Marco Ruiz (Par) 74 69, Sam Walker 71 72, Alvaro Salto (Spa) 72 71, Marc Warren 71 72, Gonzalo Fdez-Castano (Spa) 71 72
144 Alvaro Velasco (Spa) 71 73, Shiv Kapur (Ind) 69 75, David Griffiths 71 73, Robert Dinwiddie 73 71, Luis Claverie (Spa) 76 68, Jean Van de Velde (Fra) 72 72, David Lynn 72 72, Andrew McLardy (Rsa) 73 71, Raphael Jacquelin (Fra) 72 72, Fabrizio Zanotti (Par) 72 72, Manuel Quiros (Spa) 75 69
145 Craig Lee 75 70, Simon Robinson 77 68, Henrik Nystrom (Swe) 73 72, Julien Clement (Swi) 77 68, Alessio Bruschi (Ita) 75 70
146 Juan Parron (Spa) 74 72, Miguel Rodriguez (Arg) 75 71, Juan Abbate (Arg) 73 73, Jose-Filipe Lima (Por) 74 72, Thomas Aiken (Rsa) 75 71, Garry Houston 71 75, Matthew Millar (Aus) 72 74
147 Martin Wiegele (Aut) 76 71, Alessandro Tadini (Ita) 74 73, Jan Are Larsen (Nor) 76 71, Angel Matallana (Spa) 75 72, Benn Barham 73 74
148 Peter Whiteford 73 75
149 Tiago Cruz (Por) 74 75, Andre Bossert (Swi) 74 75, Federico Cabrera (Arg) 81 68, Carl Suneson (Spa) 74 75, Moises Cobos (Spa) 74 75, Carlos Rodiles (Spa) 77 72
150 Sven Struver (Ger) 79 71, Hernan Rey (Arg) 71 79
151 David Drysdale 76 75
152 Iain Pyman 75 77, Terry Pilkadaris (Aus) 76 76, Vicente Blazquez (Spa) 83 69
153 Ivo Giner (Spa) 77 76
154 Jamie Gabarda (Spa) 79 75
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