EUROPEAN TOUR'S ANDALUCIA OPEN

Hutsby and Oosthuizen are joint

halfway leaders: Lawrie, Whiteford

share fourth place, 3 shots behind

FROM THE EUROPEAN TOUR WEBSITE
Sam Hutsby took a giant step forward in his European Tour career with a brilliant seven under par 63 at the Open de Andalucia de Golf in Malaga to hold the halfway lead with Louis Oosthuizen.
The 21 year old from Hampshire, ranked 491st in the world, shares the halfway lead on ten under par with South African Oosthuizen, runner-up to Welshman Rhys Davies in Morocco last Sunday.
Hutsby could easily have been preparing for the Masters Tournament. He reached the final of the British Amateur last June before losing to 16 year old Italian Matteo Manassero, who in two weeks' time will become the youngest player ever to appear at Augusta.
Hutsby would have had to stay amateur to take up that opportunity if he had won that day, but instead he turned professional after the Walker Cup in September and finished second at The European Tour Qualifying School only two months later.
Now he goes into the weekend alongside Oosthuizen, who matched his 63 and needs to win on Sunday to have a chance of climbing into the world's top 50 in time for the Masters Tournament. Hutsby said: "I woke up quite a few times in the night, I have a sore throat and am really bunged up, but that round has made me feel better."
It matched the new Parador de Málaga Golf course record set earlier in the day by fellow European Tour rookie James Morrison - his effort contained a mere 19 putts - but less than an hour later Paul Waring, another of the English contingent, lowered the mark by one.
Hutsby's 63 was achieved with that very number on his ball, wedges and bag.
That had been stamped on because it was the low round of his career, so it was rather convenient for the manufacturers that he did not chip in on the last.
Oosthuizen, four times a runner-up on The European Tour without ever winning, even had a double bogey six in his round, but there was also an eagle and seven birdies.
Overnight joint-leader Søren Kjeldsen sits third on eight under after a 67, one ahead of a group of five players tied on seven under.
Former Open Champion Paul Lawrie from Aberdeen, his fellow Scot Peter Whiteford (pictured above) from Kirkcaldy, The Netherlands’ Robert Jan Derksen, England’s Richard Finch and Spaniard Gabriel Canizares all share fourth. Among those who failed to beat the cut on level par 140 better was last Sunday's winner, Rhys Davies with 70 and 73 for 143.
Scots out of the weekend action are Scott Drummond and Steven O'Hara, both missing out by a shot on 141, Andrew McArthur on 143 and Andrew Coltart 144.
SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
Par 140 (2x70)
130 Sam Hutsby 67 63, Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa) 67 63
132 Soren Kjeldsen (Den) 65 67
133 Gabriel Canizares (Spa) 69 64, Robert Jan Derksen (Ned) 68 65, Peter Whiteford 69 64, Paul Lawrie 65 68, Richard Finch 68 65
134 Robert Coles 69 65, Mark Brown (Nzl) 66 68, Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (Spa) 68 66, Paul McGinley 68 66, James Morrison 71 63
135 Joost Luiten (Ned) 66 69, Francois Delamontagne (Fra) 68 67, Julien Guerrier (Fra) 66 69
136 Carlos Del Moral (Spa) 68 68, Francesco Molinari (Ita) 68 68, Richard Bland 68 68, Gary Orr 68 68, Paul Waring 74 62, Pablo Larrazabal (Spa) 72 64, Gary Lockerbie 69 67, Jamie Donaldson 67 69, Ariel Canete (Arg) 68 68, Bradley Dredge 66 70
137 John Parry 68 69, Steve Webster 71 66, Gareth Maybin 70 67, David Lynn 67 70, Anthony Wall 68 69, Jose-Filipe Lima (Por) 71 66, Daniel Vancsik (Arg) 66 71, Marco Ruiz (Par) 70 67, Mark F Haastrup (Den) 69 68, Stephen Gallacher 67 70, Michael Jonzon (Swe) 69 68, Gregory Bourdy (Fra) 72 65, Santiago Luna (Spa) 73 64, Michael Hoey 69 69
138 Jeppe Huldahl (Den) 67 71, David Howell 69 69, Steven Jeppesen (Swe) 71 67, Darren Clarke 70 68, Felipe Aguilar (Chi) 69 69, Jamie Elson 70 68, Stephan Gross Jnr (Ger) 70 68, Dale Whitnell 68 70, Jean-Francois Lucquin (Fra) 67 71, Rafael Cabrera Bello (Spa) 68 70, Lorenzo Gagli (Ita) 71 67
139 Jean-Baptiste Gonnet (Fra) 70 69, Thomas Aiken (Rsa) 70 69, Robert Rock 68 71, David Drysdale 71 68, Stephen Dodd 73 66, Marc Warren 71 68, Miguel Angel Martin (Spa) 72 67, Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa) 71 68, Shane Lowry 72 67, Ignacio Garrido (Spa) 66 73, Benjamin Hebert (Fra) 70 69, Simon Thornton 69 70, Manuel Quiros (Spa) 71 68, Thomas Levet (Fra) 69 70
140 Andrew Tampion (Aus) 70 70, Alvaro Velasco (Spa) 68 72, Danny Willett 74 66, Peter Lawrie 68 72, Andrew Oldcorn 71 69, Alexander Noren (Swe) 69 71, Niclas Fasth (Swe) 71 69, Alastair Forsyth 71 69, Gregory Havret (Fra) 73 67, Richie Ramsay 73 67, Jarmo Sandelin (Swe) 71 69, Phillip Price 72 68, Nick Dougherty 72 68, Julien Quesne (Fra) 71 69, Alvaro Quiros (Spa) 69 71, Gary Murphy 69 71, Phillip Archer 66 74, Barry Lane 70 70
MISSED THE CUT
141 Marcel Siem (Ger) 67 74, Fredrik Ohlsson (Swe) 70 71, Damien McGrane 73 68, Christian Nilsson (Swe) 68 73, Shiv Kapur (Ind) 71 70, Nicolas Colsaerts (Bel) 68 73, Rafael Echenique (Arg) 72 69, Javier Colomo (Spa) 69 72, Scott Drummond 74 67, Steven O'Hara 72 69, Raphael Jacquelin (Fra) 72 69, Gary Boyd 71 70, Alejandro Canizares (Spa) 75 66, Emanuele Canonica (Ita) 69 72
142 Mikael Lundberg (Swe) 73 69, Mikko Ilonen (Fin) 69 73, David Horsey 71 71, George Coetzee (Rsa) 74 68, Ricardo Gonzalez (Arg) 72 70, Thomas Bjorn (Den) 73 69, Raul Quiros (Spa) 69 73, David Dixon 73 69, Tano Goya (Arg) 68 74
143 Chris Gane 74 69, Michael Lorenzo-Vera (Fra) 72 71, Patrik Sjoland (Swe) 73 70, Richard McEvoy 75 68, Peter Baker 72 71, Rhys Davies 70 73, Peter Hedblom (Swe) 73 70, Shiv Shankar Prasad Chowrasia (Ind) 74 69, Carl Suneson (Spa) 73 70, Andrew McArthur 71 72, Markus Brier (Aut) 73 70, Miles Tunnicliff 72 71, James Kamte (Rsa) 71 72, Mark Foster 73 70
144 Christian Cevaer (Fra) 73 71, Andrew Coltart 70 74, Fabrizio Zanotti (Par) 72 72, Johan Edfors (Swe) 72 72, Graeme Storm 76 68, Fredrik Andersson Hed (Swe) 73 71, Paul Broadhurst 75 69
145 Anton Haig (Rsa) 73 72, Andrew Butterfield 72 73, Jorge Campillo (Spa) 73 72, Kenneth Ferrie 74 71, Sam Little 74 71, Pablo Martin (Spa) 70 75
146 Carlos Rodiles (Spa) 71 75, Simon Khan 75 71
147 Martin Erlandsson (Swe) 76 71, Alfredo Garcia-Heredia (Spa) 76 71, James Ruth 72 75
148 Jose Manuel Lara (Spa) 75 73
149 Francisco Cea (Spa) 76 73
152 Clodomiro Carranza (Arg) 73 79