MARCEL SIEM SITTING PRETTY IN MOROCCO LEAD
A second round of four under par 68
from Marcel Siem (pictured above in action today by courtesy of Getty Images(c) at the magnificent Golf du Palais Royal, Agadir on Morocco's western Atlantic coastline was
good enough to maintain the German’s three-shot lead at the halfway
stage of the Trophée Hassan II.
In need of a victory to have any
chance of breaking into the top 50 on the Official World Golf Ranking
and therefore earn last-minute place in the Masters in a fortnight’s
time, the 32 year old followed up on his brilliant first round
64 with a fine 68 to stay three clear of Englishman David Horsey and
Finland’s Miko Ilonen heading into the weekend.
“It’s always nice to go under par
after such a low round the day before because that can be quite
difficult to follow up on sometimes,” said Siem.
“I also don’t think I have had such
a big lead before so there were points win the round today when I
wasn’t sure whether or not I should be aggressive or try and hold back
at points.
“I am trying my best for the
Masters. It is a tournament I have always wanted to play and if I can
keep calm and play the way that I have been for the first two days here
then I have a chance.”
Horsey and Ilonen are Siem’s
closest challengers but the German will be also be wary of an in-form
Pablo Larrazabal after the Spaniard’s outstanding second round of eight
under par 64 took him to within four strokes of Siem’s 12 under
leading total.
Three players share fifth place on
six under – Denmark’s Andreas Hartø, Scotland’s Craig Lee and the
Austrian Bernd Wiesberger – while Joost Luiten of Holland is a shot
further back.
Only players with totals of 147 or better qualified for the final two rounds.
SECOND ROUND TOTALSPar 144 (2x72)
132 M Siem (Ger) 64 68
135 D Horsey (Eng) 68 67; M Ilonen (Fin) 69 66
136 P Larrazábal (Esp) 72 64
138 B Wiesberger (Aut) 72 66; A Hartø (Den) 71 67; C Lee (Sco) 69 69
139 J Luiten (Ned) 70 69
140 G Mulroy (RSA) 73 67; C Paisley (Eng) 73 67; S Wakefield (Eng) 68 72; C Lloyd (Eng) 72 68
141 R McEvoy (Eng) 71 70; A Velasco (Esp) 67 74; G Havret (Fra) 70 71; D Howell (Eng) 71 70
142 S Arnold (Aus) 71 71; M
Baldwin (Eng) 72 70; D Brooks (Eng) 72 70; O Fisher (Eng) 73 69; A
Snobeck (Fra) 75 67; M Lundberg (Swe) 73 69; J Walters (RSA) 71 71
143 S Gallacher (Sco) 75 68; J Lara
(Esp) 72 71; S Henry (Sco) 72 71; P Waring (Eng) 71 72; R Ramsay
(Sco) 74 69; M Hoey (Nir) 74 69; J Quesne (Fra) 71 72
144 M Lafeber (Ned) 77 67; A
Marshall (Eng) 73 71; S Dodd (Wal) 74 70; F Molinari (Ita) 73 71; M
Wiegele (Aut) 75 69; D Popovic (Aus) 72 72; M Delpodio (Ita) 74 70; E
Grillo (Arg) 74 70
145 L Slattery (Eng) 74 71; S Luna (Esp) 72 73; P Erofejeff (Fin) 76 69; G Storm (Eng) 68 77; G Lockerbie (Eng) 69 76;
146 B Ritthammer (Ger) 73 73; R
Coles (Eng) 76 70; J Parry (Eng) 73 73; K Horne (RSA) 77 69; S Webster
(Eng) 74 72; J Elson (Eng) 77 69; R Green (Aus) 75 71; I Garrido (Esp)
77 69; D Drysdale (Sco) 74 72; C Del Moral (Esp) 78 68; J
Campillo (Esp) 72 74; A Tadini (Ita) 72 74; A Cañizares (Esp) 73 73; J
Hansen (Den) 73 73
147 M Madsen (Den) 78 69; A Levy
(Fra) 73 74; F Andersson Hed (Swe) 75 72; L Gagli (Ita) 74 73; E
Molinari (Ita) 81 66; M Korhonen (Fin) 76 71; E Kofstad (Nor) 74 73; M
Southgate (Eng) 72 75; J Sjöholm (Swe) 78 69
MISSED THE CUT
MISSED THE CUT
148 B Rumford (Aus) 73 75; R
Jacquelin (Fra) 76 72; K Broberg (Swe) 76 72; G Orr (Sco) 79 69; R
Wattel (Fra) 77 71; M Lampert (Ger) 72 76; T Fleetwood (Eng) 75 73; S
Hansen (Den) 76 72; D Higgins (Irl) 73 75; E De La Riva (Esp) 73
75; S Kjeldsen (Den) 78 70
149 J Olazábal (Esp) 79 70; R
Cabrera-Bello (Esp) 74 75; P Lawrie (Irl) 75 74; M Foster (Eng) 82 67; G
Maybin (Nir) 79 70; R Davies (Wal) 73 76; R Rock (Eng) 73 76; K
Kyung-Nam (Kor) 71 78; J Lagergren (Swe) 74 75; J Morrison (Eng)
74 75; N Fasth (Swe) 81 68; M Zions (Aus) 78 71; G Murray (Sco) 74 75;
D Gaunt (Aus) 75 74
150 C Cévaër (Fra) 75 75; S Little
(Eng) 76 74; E Porter (Aus) 73 77; J Edfors (Swe) 76 74; R Derksen (Ned)
78 72; L Jensen (Den) 75 75; F Aguilar (Chi) 79 71
151 M Carlsson (Swe) 80 71; T Van
Der Walt (RSA) 78 73; B Dredge (Wal) 78 73; E Pepperell (Eng) 80 71; S
Walker (Eng) 79 72; G Cambis (Fra) 76 75; T Levet (Fra) 75 76
152 Y El Hassani (Mar) 77 75
153 E Goya (Arg) 81 72; S Benson (Eng) 80 73; R Bland (Eng) 77 76; J Busby (Eng) 76 77; P Whiteford (Sco) 81 72
154 A Forsyth (Sco) 79 75; A Joudar (Mar) 78 76; D McGrane (Irl) 80 74
155 P Hedblom (Swe) 80 75; A
Sullivan (Eng) 78 77; F Serghini (Mar) 80 75; M Crespi (Ita) 82 73; S
Jamieson (Sco) 77 78; A Kaleka (Fra) 76 79; M Glauert (Ger) 83 72
156 J Gonnet (Fra) 83 73; M Jonzon (Swe) 80 76; M Tullo (Chi) 80 76; O Floren (Swe) 80 76; G Bourdy (Fra) 83 73
157 G Boyd (Eng) 84 73; M Kieffer (Ger) 85 72; C Macaulay (Sco) 85 72; A Quiros (Esp) 76 81
159 C Yuan (am) (Chn) 84 75
161 M Nixon (Eng) 84 77; B Åkesson (Swe) 81 80; M El Maouas (am) (Mar) 82 79
162 O Wilson (Eng) 85 77
** C Doak (Sco) 79 WD; P Price (Wal) 79 WD; J Svoboda (Cze) Retired
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