Milka Singh and Lorenzo-Vera share

halfway lead in European Open

FROM THE AOL GOLF NEWS SERVICE
Jeev Milkha Singh and Michael Lorenzo-Vera were the halfway leaders at the European Open at the London Club in Kent after both men shot three-under par 69s today to sit eight under for the tournament.
Lorenzo-Vera's fellow Frenchman Christian Cevaer is a shot further back along with England's Anthony Wall.
Wall's playing partner Shane Lowry finished seven over par to miss the cut on his professional debut after winning the Irish Open while Oliver Wilson, Angel Cabrera and John Daly will also miss the weekend.
Singh was out in the afternoon in windy conditions and his 69 was a superb effort, although after chipping in at the short 17th he bogeyed the last.
Not that that was a disgrace. With water down the left there were 6s, 7s and 8s galore - and one of the 6s was by world No 4 Sergio Garcia as he went from two under to level par.
Lorenzo-Vera won the "second division" Challenge Tour two years ago and was second in the China Open last season, but a small boy in Dubai will remember him for something very different - he gave him his whole set of irons at the Desert Classic in January.
"Usually I break the clubs when I am angry, so Raphael Jacquelin told me one day 'Instead of breaking it, just give it'," he said. "The boy asked for an autograph and I said 'I have better for you'. He was a very happy little boy."
The 24-year-old was much more satisfied with his equipment on Friday, not dropping a shot and picking up birdies at the 12th, 16th and fourth for a 69.
Defending champion Ross Fisher missed the cut by one shot as he finished on two-over.
At one over Lee Westwood just survived despite also taking 6 on the 18th - his ninth - and the wind saved Colin Montgomerie too. When he finished on level par at lunchtime the Ryder Cup captain thought he was out, but in the end he made it with one shot to spare.
Eight Scots in all made the cut with 36-hole tallies of one-over-par 145 and better - Chris Doak, leading the Tartan Army on 140, Montgomerie, Gary Orr, David Drysdale, Richie Ramsay, Callum Macaulay, Paul Lawrie and Steven O'Hara.
SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
Par 144 (2 x 72)
136 Jeev Milkha Singh (Ind) 67 69, Michael Lorenzo-Vera (Fra) 67 69
137 Christian Cevaer (Fra) 67 70, Anthony Wall 68 69
138 Anders Hansen (Den) 65 73, Jamie Donaldson 68 70, Peter Lawrie 67 71, Jose Manuel Lara (Spa) 70 68
139 Peter Hanson (Swe) 66 73, Marcus Fraser (Aus) 69 70, Jyoti Randhawa (Ind) 66 73
140 Daniel Vancsik (Arg) 69 71, Chris Doak 68 72
141 Anton Haig (Rsa) 68 73, Steve Webster 69 72, Shiv Kapur (Ind) 67 74, Ben Curtis (USA) 68 73, Alvaro Quiros (Spa) 71 70, Ignacio Garrido (Spa) 71 70, Tano Goya (Arg) 69 72, Gregory Bourdy (Fra) 71 70, Sam Little 66 75, Ross McGowan 70 71, Bradley Dredge 72 69
142 Ricardo Gonzalez (Arg) 69 73, Robert Karlsson (Swe) 68 74, Rory McIlroy 69 73, Chris Wood 69 73, Alessandro Tadini (Ita) 67 75, Shaun Micheel (USA) 71 71, Oliver Fisher 71 71
143 Gary Orr 71 72, Graeme McDowell 70 73, Marcel Siem (Ger) 67 76, David Horsey 68 75, Martin Kaymer (Ger) 71 72, Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa) 68 75, Simon Khan 67 76, Callum Macaulay 71 72, David Drysdale 72 71, Niclas Fasth (Swe) 71 72, Taco Remkes (Ned) 70 73
144 Jean-Baptiste Gonnet (Fra) 71 73, Richie Ramsay 74 70, Soren Hansen (Den) 69 75, Sergio Garcia (Spa) 69 75, Colin Montgomerie 70 74, Branden Grace (Rsa) 69 75, Pablo Larrazabal (Spa) 70 74, Graeme Storm 68 76, Thomas Bjorn (Den) 70 74, Paul Lawrie 73 71, Markus Brier (Aut) 72 72, Jean-Francois Lucquin (Fra) 67 77, Gonzalo Fdez-Castano (Spa) 68 76
145 Carlos Del Moral (Spa) 70 75, Mikael Lundberg (Swe) 70 75, Roope Kakko (Fin) 69 76, Magnus A Carlsson (Swe) 71 74, Paul Waring 70 75, Klas Eriksson (Swe) 71 74, Steven O'Hara 71 74, Johan Edfors (Swe) 71 74, Brett Rumford (Aus) 75 70, Stephen Dodd 75 70, Chapchai Nirat (Tha) 69 76, Mark Foster 73 72, Paul McGinley 70 75, Lee Westwood 70 75
MISSED THE CUT
146 Ross Fisher 73 73, Retief Goosen (Rsa) 73 73, David Howell 70 76, John Bickerton 72 74, David Lynn 72 74, Seve Benson 71 75, Richard Finch 74 72, Fabrizio Zanotti (Par) 72 74, Alejandro Canizares (Spa) 71 75
147 Joakim Haeggman (Swe) 70 77, Thomas Aiken (Rsa) 66 81, Mikko Ilonen (Fin) 75 72, Pelle Edberg (Swe) 72 75, Danny Willett 72 75, David Frost (Rsa) 74 73, Peter Hedblom (Swe) 73 74, Wil Besseling (Ned) 73 74, John Daly (USA) 71 76, Michael Jonzon (Swe) 74 73, Pablo Martin (Spa) 75 72, Richard Bland 70 77, Angel Cabrera (Arg) 72 75, Stephen Gallacher 73 74, Richard Green (Aus) 73 74, Peter O'Malley (Aus) 74 73
148 Damien McGrane 74 74, Gary Murphy 75 73, Francois Delamontagne (Fra) 74 74, Jean-Francois Remesy (Fra) 72 76, Alastair Forsyth 71 77, Nick Dougherty 72 76
149 Robert Jan Derksen (Ned) 73 76, Jeppe Huldahl (Den) 74 75, Martin Erlandsson (Swe) 73 76, Benn Barham 73 76, Gareth Maybin 74 75, Oliver Wilson 71 78, Rafael Echenique (Arg) 72 77, Maarten Lafeber (Ned) 76 73, Simon Wakefield 71 78, Raphael Jacquelin (Fra) 73 76, David Dixon 73 76, Phillip Archer 75 74, Rafael Cabrera Bello (Spa) 70 79
150 Zane Scotland 75 75, Phillip Price 77 73, Scott Drummond 72 78, David Gilford 79 71, Darren Clarke 74 76, Gary Lockerbie 73 77, Felipe Aguilar (Chi) 72 78, Gregory Havret (Fra) 76 74
151 Francesco Molinari (Ita) 72 79, Shane Lowry 78 73, Jason McCreadie 76 75, Kenneth Ferrie 76 75, Michael Hoey 73 78, Thongchai Jaidee (Tha) 75 76
152 Robert Dinwiddie 76 76, Jarmo Sandelin (Swe) 78 74, Andrew Coltart 75 77, Scott Strange (Aus) 77 75, Oskar Henningsson (Swe) 72 80, Mads Vibe-Hastrup (Den) 71 81, Barry Lane 76 76
153 Anthony Kang (USA) 72 81, Lee Slattery 71 82, Inder Van Weerelt (Ned) 74 79
154 Alvaro Velasco (Spa) 77 77, Marc Warren 79 75, James Ablett 73 81, Peter Senior (Aus) 73 81, Simon Dyson 79 75
155 Robert Rock 74 81, Andrew Oldcorn 76 79, Michael Campbell (Nzl) 80 75, Paul Broadhurst 73 82, Richard Sterne (Rsa) 72 83
156 Alan McLean 76 80, Mark Brown (Nzl) 77 79, Miles Tunnicliff 72 84, Henrik Stenson (Swe) 76 80
157 Per-Ulrik Johansson (Swe) 79 78, Scott Arnold (Hkg) 79 78, Reinier Saxton (Ned) 84 73
158 Andrew McLardy (Rsa) 74 84