European Tour report, scores
Canizares leads by one from Kaymer in French Open
FROM THE EUROPEAN TOUR WEBSITE
Alejandro Canizares moved into a one-shot lead at the halfway stage of the Alstom Open de France with a second successive 66.
Defending champion Martin Kaymer is the nearest challenger on nine under par after the 25 year old German added a 67 to his opening 66 at Le Golf National near Paris.
Last year Kaymer beat Lee Westwood in a play-off on the course, then went to The Barclays Scottish Open at Loch Lomond and won there as well.
But just a few weeks later he broke three toes in a go-kart crash and was forced out of the game for two months.
Currently sixth in the race for places in Colin Montgomerie's Ryder Cup side for The Celtic Manor Resort in October Kaymer said: "I went go-karting again earlier this year, but there will definitely be no more before The Ryder Cup."
Both he and Caniizares, son of 1989 Ryder Cup hero Jose Maria, had their rounds interrupted for nearly 2 1/2 hours by a thunderstorm.
At that stage they were two behind Dutchman Robert-Jan Derksen, but Cañizares then had four birdies in his last five holes for a second 66 in a row and Kaymer birdied the tenth, 14th and 17th.
"My dad is coming tomorrow, so I'm really looking forward to the weekend," added World Number 11 Kaymer.
Caniizares, whose one previous victory came in Russia four years ago, had to return to The Qualifying School last November, but fellow graduates Simon Khan and Fredrik Andersson Hed have already lifted trophies and the 27 year old from Madrid hopes to do the same on Sunday.
"I was a little negative in my play last year, I wasn't into it very much and had a couple of problems, personal problems," said Caniizares.
"But this year, I came out, I got my card again, so it was like a new start and I knew what I lost and I learned to appreciate it a little more, this game, and try to have fun and try and enjoy it.
"I played with him [Khan] the first three days I think, and he played great at Q-School and I thought he was going to be great this year.
"He started a little slow but you never know in this game, and he won the biggest tournament of the year and very happy for him."
SCOREBOARD
+Play was suspended for 2hr 25min because of an electrical storm and did not resume until early evening.
Par 142 (2x71)
132 Alejandro Canizares (Spa) 66 66
133 Martin Kaymer (Ger) 66 67
134 Robert Jan Derksen (Ned) 63 71
135 Steve Webster 69 66
136 Jyoti Randhawa (Ind) 67 69
137 Peter Hanson (Swe) 68 69, Gregory Bourdy (Fra) 68 69, Graeme Storm 70 67
138 Francesco Molinari (Ita) 69 69, Robert Rock 67 71, Adam Scott (Aus) 69 69, Charl Schwartzel (Rsa) 68 70, Peter Lawrie 71 67, Benjamin Hebert (Fra) 72 66
139 Damien McGrane 68 71, Anders Hansen (Den) 71 68, Oliver Wilson 68 71, Danny Willett 72 67, Alvaro Quiros (Spa) 70 69, Rory McIlroy 68 71, Alastair Forsyth 71 68, Ian Poulter 72 67, Luke Donald 70 69, Mark Foster 76 63, Lee Westwood 70 69, Edoardo Molinari (Ita) 70 69
140 Christian Cevaer (Fra) 69 71, Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa) 71 69, Matteo Manassero (Ita) 71 69, Raphael Jacquelin (Fra) 73 67
141 Richard Bland 73 68, Hennie Otto (Rsa) 68 73, Chris Wood 70 71, Joost Luiten (Ned) 73 68, Scott Strange (Aus) 67 74, Angel Cabrera (Arg) 72 69, David Lynn 73 68, Victor Dubuisson (Fra) (am) 75 66, Alexander Noren (Swe) 70 71, Romain Wattel (Fra) (am) 74 67, Marcus Fraser (Aus) 69 72
142 Soren Kjeldsen (Den) 71 71, Martin Erlandsson (Swe) 69 73, Jean Van de Velde (Fra) 66 76, Peter Hedblom (Swe) 70 72, Danny Lee (Nzl) 67 75, Felipe Aguilar (Chi) 69 73, Anthony Wall 74 68, Stephen Dodd 72 70, Thomas Bjorn (Den) 72 70, Jean-Francois Remesy (Fra) 74 68, Jean-Baptiste Gonnet (Fra) 72 70, Richie Ramsay 71 71, Peter Whiteford 69 73, Paul Waring 71 71, Marcel Siem (Ger) 67 75, Rhys Davies 71 71
143 Seung-yul Noh (Kor) 72 71, Thomas Aiken (Rsa) 73 70, James Kingston (Rsa) 71 72, Geoff Ogilvy (Aus) 73 70, Kenneth Ferrie 73 70, Rafael Cabrera Bello (Spa) 74 69, Michael Hoey 69 74, Bradley Dredge 74 69, Jeev Milkha Singh (Ind) 70 73, Shiv Kapur (Ind) 70 73, Mark Tullo (Chi) 76 67, Michael Campbell (Nzl) 75 68, Gareth Maybin 74 69, Phillip Price 72 71, Maarten Lafeber (Ned) 75 68, Andrew Dodt (Aus) 68 75, Mark Brown (Nzl) 70 73, Brett Rumford (Aus) 71 72, Stephen Gallacher 73 70, Richard Finch 71 72, Paul Lawrie 72 71, Fabrizio Zanotti (Par) 71 72, Richard Green (Aus) 73 70, Ignacio Garrido (Spa) 74 69
MISSED THE CUT
144 Mikael Lundberg (Swe) 75 69, Jeppe Huldahl (Den) 73 71, Soren Hansen (Den) 68 76, Colin Montgomerie 73 71, David Howell 73 71, Nick Dougherty 72 72, Darren Clarke 75 69, Thongchai Jaidee (Tha) 72 72, Johan Edfors (Swe) 74 70, Gary Boyd 73 71, Shane Lowry 73 71, Michael Jonzon (Swe) 74 70, Jean-Francois Lucquin (Fra) 72 72, Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (Spa) 74 70, Peter O'Malley (Aus) 71 73
145 Michael Lorenzo-Vera (Fra) 72 73, Ross Fisher 71 74, Daniel Gaunt (Aus) 73 72, Nicolas Colsaerts (Bel) 72 73, Julien Quesne (Fra) 72 73, Paul Broadhurst 68 77, Pablo Larrazabal (Spa) 69 76, Tommy Fleetwood (am) 71 74, Tano Goya (Arg) 71 74, Paul McGinley 75 70, Gregory Havret (Fra) 71 74
146 David Dixon 76 70, David Horsey 70 76, Jamie Donaldson 72 74, Francois Calmels (Fra) 73 73, Heath Slocum (USA) 74 72, Barry Lane 73 73
147 David Drysdale 75 72, John Parry 78 69, Niclas Fasth (Swe) 75 72, Markus Brier (Aut) 73 74, Richard McEvoy 71 76, Sam Little 73 74, James Kamte (Rsa) 71 76
148 Rafael Echenique (Arg) 72 76, Julien Guerrier (Fra) 77 71, Simon Dyson 78 70, Daniel Vancsik (Arg) 78 70, Miguel Angel Martin (Spa) 75 73, Julien Xanthopoulos (Fra) 74 74, Simon Thornton 72 76, Philip Golding 70 78
149 Francois Delamontagne (Fra) 74 75, Pablo Martin (Spa) 76 73, Steven O'Hara 77 72, Jose Manuel Lara (Spa) 72 77
150 Raphael Eyraud (Fra) 76 74, Anthony Kang (USA) 76 74, Martin Wiegele (Aut) 73 77, Jose-Filipe Lima (Por) 73 77, Scott Drummond 77 73
151 Robert Coles 77 74, Federico Cabrera (Arg) 74 77, Mikel Galdos (Spa) 76 75, Andrew Butterfield 75 76, James Morrison 76 75
152 Ricardo Gonzalez (Arg) 78 74, Jose-Maria Olazabal (Spa) 82 70, Callum Macaulay 75 77
153 Marcus Both (Aus) 76 77, Rick Kulacz (Aus) 76 77, Shiv Shankar Prasad Chowrasia (Ind) 73 80
154 Thomas Levet (Fra) 80 74
155 Bruno-Teva Lecuona (Fra) 81 74, Marc Warren 78 77, Ty Tryon (USA) 78 77
WD: Robert Karlsson (Swe), Gary Lockerbie
DQ: Ariel Canete (Arg)
FROM THE EUROPEAN TOUR WEBSITE
Alejandro Canizares moved into a one-shot lead at the halfway stage of the Alstom Open de France with a second successive 66.
Defending champion Martin Kaymer is the nearest challenger on nine under par after the 25 year old German added a 67 to his opening 66 at Le Golf National near Paris.
Last year Kaymer beat Lee Westwood in a play-off on the course, then went to The Barclays Scottish Open at Loch Lomond and won there as well.
But just a few weeks later he broke three toes in a go-kart crash and was forced out of the game for two months.
Currently sixth in the race for places in Colin Montgomerie's Ryder Cup side for The Celtic Manor Resort in October Kaymer said: "I went go-karting again earlier this year, but there will definitely be no more before The Ryder Cup."
Both he and Caniizares, son of 1989 Ryder Cup hero Jose Maria, had their rounds interrupted for nearly 2 1/2 hours by a thunderstorm.
At that stage they were two behind Dutchman Robert-Jan Derksen, but Cañizares then had four birdies in his last five holes for a second 66 in a row and Kaymer birdied the tenth, 14th and 17th.
"My dad is coming tomorrow, so I'm really looking forward to the weekend," added World Number 11 Kaymer.
Caniizares, whose one previous victory came in Russia four years ago, had to return to The Qualifying School last November, but fellow graduates Simon Khan and Fredrik Andersson Hed have already lifted trophies and the 27 year old from Madrid hopes to do the same on Sunday.
"I was a little negative in my play last year, I wasn't into it very much and had a couple of problems, personal problems," said Caniizares.
"But this year, I came out, I got my card again, so it was like a new start and I knew what I lost and I learned to appreciate it a little more, this game, and try to have fun and try and enjoy it.
"I played with him [Khan] the first three days I think, and he played great at Q-School and I thought he was going to be great this year.
"He started a little slow but you never know in this game, and he won the biggest tournament of the year and very happy for him."
SCOREBOARD
+Play was suspended for 2hr 25min because of an electrical storm and did not resume until early evening.
Par 142 (2x71)
132 Alejandro Canizares (Spa) 66 66
133 Martin Kaymer (Ger) 66 67
134 Robert Jan Derksen (Ned) 63 71
135 Steve Webster 69 66
136 Jyoti Randhawa (Ind) 67 69
137 Peter Hanson (Swe) 68 69, Gregory Bourdy (Fra) 68 69, Graeme Storm 70 67
138 Francesco Molinari (Ita) 69 69, Robert Rock 67 71, Adam Scott (Aus) 69 69, Charl Schwartzel (Rsa) 68 70, Peter Lawrie 71 67, Benjamin Hebert (Fra) 72 66
139 Damien McGrane 68 71, Anders Hansen (Den) 71 68, Oliver Wilson 68 71, Danny Willett 72 67, Alvaro Quiros (Spa) 70 69, Rory McIlroy 68 71, Alastair Forsyth 71 68, Ian Poulter 72 67, Luke Donald 70 69, Mark Foster 76 63, Lee Westwood 70 69, Edoardo Molinari (Ita) 70 69
140 Christian Cevaer (Fra) 69 71, Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa) 71 69, Matteo Manassero (Ita) 71 69, Raphael Jacquelin (Fra) 73 67
141 Richard Bland 73 68, Hennie Otto (Rsa) 68 73, Chris Wood 70 71, Joost Luiten (Ned) 73 68, Scott Strange (Aus) 67 74, Angel Cabrera (Arg) 72 69, David Lynn 73 68, Victor Dubuisson (Fra) (am) 75 66, Alexander Noren (Swe) 70 71, Romain Wattel (Fra) (am) 74 67, Marcus Fraser (Aus) 69 72
142 Soren Kjeldsen (Den) 71 71, Martin Erlandsson (Swe) 69 73, Jean Van de Velde (Fra) 66 76, Peter Hedblom (Swe) 70 72, Danny Lee (Nzl) 67 75, Felipe Aguilar (Chi) 69 73, Anthony Wall 74 68, Stephen Dodd 72 70, Thomas Bjorn (Den) 72 70, Jean-Francois Remesy (Fra) 74 68, Jean-Baptiste Gonnet (Fra) 72 70, Richie Ramsay 71 71, Peter Whiteford 69 73, Paul Waring 71 71, Marcel Siem (Ger) 67 75, Rhys Davies 71 71
143 Seung-yul Noh (Kor) 72 71, Thomas Aiken (Rsa) 73 70, James Kingston (Rsa) 71 72, Geoff Ogilvy (Aus) 73 70, Kenneth Ferrie 73 70, Rafael Cabrera Bello (Spa) 74 69, Michael Hoey 69 74, Bradley Dredge 74 69, Jeev Milkha Singh (Ind) 70 73, Shiv Kapur (Ind) 70 73, Mark Tullo (Chi) 76 67, Michael Campbell (Nzl) 75 68, Gareth Maybin 74 69, Phillip Price 72 71, Maarten Lafeber (Ned) 75 68, Andrew Dodt (Aus) 68 75, Mark Brown (Nzl) 70 73, Brett Rumford (Aus) 71 72, Stephen Gallacher 73 70, Richard Finch 71 72, Paul Lawrie 72 71, Fabrizio Zanotti (Par) 71 72, Richard Green (Aus) 73 70, Ignacio Garrido (Spa) 74 69
MISSED THE CUT
144 Mikael Lundberg (Swe) 75 69, Jeppe Huldahl (Den) 73 71, Soren Hansen (Den) 68 76, Colin Montgomerie 73 71, David Howell 73 71, Nick Dougherty 72 72, Darren Clarke 75 69, Thongchai Jaidee (Tha) 72 72, Johan Edfors (Swe) 74 70, Gary Boyd 73 71, Shane Lowry 73 71, Michael Jonzon (Swe) 74 70, Jean-Francois Lucquin (Fra) 72 72, Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (Spa) 74 70, Peter O'Malley (Aus) 71 73
145 Michael Lorenzo-Vera (Fra) 72 73, Ross Fisher 71 74, Daniel Gaunt (Aus) 73 72, Nicolas Colsaerts (Bel) 72 73, Julien Quesne (Fra) 72 73, Paul Broadhurst 68 77, Pablo Larrazabal (Spa) 69 76, Tommy Fleetwood (am) 71 74, Tano Goya (Arg) 71 74, Paul McGinley 75 70, Gregory Havret (Fra) 71 74
146 David Dixon 76 70, David Horsey 70 76, Jamie Donaldson 72 74, Francois Calmels (Fra) 73 73, Heath Slocum (USA) 74 72, Barry Lane 73 73
147 David Drysdale 75 72, John Parry 78 69, Niclas Fasth (Swe) 75 72, Markus Brier (Aut) 73 74, Richard McEvoy 71 76, Sam Little 73 74, James Kamte (Rsa) 71 76
148 Rafael Echenique (Arg) 72 76, Julien Guerrier (Fra) 77 71, Simon Dyson 78 70, Daniel Vancsik (Arg) 78 70, Miguel Angel Martin (Spa) 75 73, Julien Xanthopoulos (Fra) 74 74, Simon Thornton 72 76, Philip Golding 70 78
149 Francois Delamontagne (Fra) 74 75, Pablo Martin (Spa) 76 73, Steven O'Hara 77 72, Jose Manuel Lara (Spa) 72 77
150 Raphael Eyraud (Fra) 76 74, Anthony Kang (USA) 76 74, Martin Wiegele (Aut) 73 77, Jose-Filipe Lima (Por) 73 77, Scott Drummond 77 73
151 Robert Coles 77 74, Federico Cabrera (Arg) 74 77, Mikel Galdos (Spa) 76 75, Andrew Butterfield 75 76, James Morrison 76 75
152 Ricardo Gonzalez (Arg) 78 74, Jose-Maria Olazabal (Spa) 82 70, Callum Macaulay 75 77
153 Marcus Both (Aus) 76 77, Rick Kulacz (Aus) 76 77, Shiv Shankar Prasad Chowrasia (Ind) 73 80
154 Thomas Levet (Fra) 80 74
155 Bruno-Teva Lecuona (Fra) 81 74, Marc Warren 78 77, Ty Tryon (USA) 78 77
WD: Robert Karlsson (Swe), Gary Lockerbie
DQ: Ariel Canete (Arg)
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