EUROPEAN TOUR REPORT AND SCORES
RAMSAY, LAWRIE IN TOP TEN AT
HALFWAY IN SPANISH OPEN
Aberdeen's Richie Ramsay and Paul Lawrie are in the leading 10 at the halfway stage of the Spanish Open.
Ramsay is joint fifth behind Belgian leader Thomas Pieters (69-69 for 138) with scores of 69 and 72.
Lawrie, making a comeback after a prolonged absence because of a neck injury is tied eighth on 142 with rounds of 70 and 72.
BELGIAN THOMAS PIETERS LEADS
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Qualifying School graduate Thomas Pieters from Belgium continued his love affair with PGA Catalunya Resort to claim the halfway lead at the Open de España.
The 22 year old, who secured his place on The Race to Dubai when he took the 20th card at this venue in November, overcame three bogeys in his
first four holes to record a second consecutive 69.
That gave Pieters a six under halfway total, one ahead of first round leader Eddie Pepperell and Dutchman Joost Luiten.Luiten fired his approach to three feet to pick up another shot on the ninth - his final hole - to card a second round of 69 and join Oxfordshire's Pepperell on five under par.
Pepperell had carded an opening 68 to claim a one-shot lead overnight and was five shots clear of the field when, after starting on the back nine, he birdied the tenth and 11th and eagled the 12th.
However, he then ran up a double-bogey 6 on the 14th and bogeyed the 18th to be out in 35, with two birdies and two bogeys on the front nine, meaning the 23 year old from Oxford had to settle for a 71.
"The game's been pretty good for two days and five under puts me in a really nice spot for the weekend," said Pepperell, who finished 76th on The Race to Dubai in his rookie season last year.
"I expected to be caught today but I'm not too worried, if I keep doing what I'm doing I hope to have a shot at it come Sunday afternoon."It was a great start and I hit some really nice shots early. I had three ten footers for birdie, birdie and eagle and I holed them all. But it was an up and down day for me. I hit some good shots in the early part of the round, but there were also some poor ones.
"Unfortunately, I made a double bogey where I played aggressively and it didn't come off. I didn't get the pace of the greens and had a couple
of three putts when I bombed my first past the hole."
Francesco Molinari was two shots off the lead after six birdies and one bogey gave him a round of 67.
SPANISH OPEN
Second-round leaders
par 144 (2x72)
138 Thomas Pieters (Belgium) 69 69
139 Eddie Pepperell (England) 68 71, Joost Luiten (Netherlands) 70 69
140 Francesco Molinari (Italy) 73 67
141 Richard Bland (England) 73 68, Alvaro Quiros (Spain) 74 67, Richie Ramsay (Scotland) 69 72
142 Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spain) 69 73, Paul Lawrie (Scotland) 70 72
SELECTED SCORES
143 Sergio Garcia (Spain) 69 74 (T10)
145 Marc Warren (Scotland) 75 70, David Drysdale (Scotland) 74 71 (T26)
148 Craig Lee (Scotland) 73 75 (T63)
SCOTS WHO MISSED THE CUT
(148 and better qualified)
149 Peter Whiteford 74 75
151 Jack Doherty 76 75
152 Alastair Forsyth 77 75
153 Chris Doak 75 78
154 Scott Jamieson 74 80, Jamie McLeary 77 77
165 Scott Henry 82 83
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HALFWAY IN SPANISH OPEN
Aberdeen's Richie Ramsay and Paul Lawrie are in the leading 10 at the halfway stage of the Spanish Open.
Ramsay is joint fifth behind Belgian leader Thomas Pieters (69-69 for 138) with scores of 69 and 72.
Lawrie, making a comeback after a prolonged absence because of a neck injury is tied eighth on 142 with rounds of 70 and 72.
BELGIAN THOMAS PIETERS LEADS
FROM THE EUROPEAN TOUR WEBSITE
Qualifying School graduate Thomas Pieters from Belgium continued his love affair with PGA Catalunya Resort to claim the halfway lead at the Open de España.
The 22 year old, who secured his place on The Race to Dubai when he took the 20th card at this venue in November, overcame three bogeys in his
first four holes to record a second consecutive 69.
That gave Pieters a six under halfway total, one ahead of first round leader Eddie Pepperell and Dutchman Joost Luiten.Luiten fired his approach to three feet to pick up another shot on the ninth - his final hole - to card a second round of 69 and join Oxfordshire's Pepperell on five under par.
Pepperell had carded an opening 68 to claim a one-shot lead overnight and was five shots clear of the field when, after starting on the back nine, he birdied the tenth and 11th and eagled the 12th.
However, he then ran up a double-bogey 6 on the 14th and bogeyed the 18th to be out in 35, with two birdies and two bogeys on the front nine, meaning the 23 year old from Oxford had to settle for a 71.
"The game's been pretty good for two days and five under puts me in a really nice spot for the weekend," said Pepperell, who finished 76th on The Race to Dubai in his rookie season last year.
"I expected to be caught today but I'm not too worried, if I keep doing what I'm doing I hope to have a shot at it come Sunday afternoon."It was a great start and I hit some really nice shots early. I had three ten footers for birdie, birdie and eagle and I holed them all. But it was an up and down day for me. I hit some good shots in the early part of the round, but there were also some poor ones.
"Unfortunately, I made a double bogey where I played aggressively and it didn't come off. I didn't get the pace of the greens and had a couple
of three putts when I bombed my first past the hole."
Francesco Molinari was two shots off the lead after six birdies and one bogey gave him a round of 67.
Belgian
Qualifying School graduate Thomas Pieters continued his love affair
with PGA Catalunya Resort to claim the halfway lead at the Open de
España.
The 22 year old, who secured his place on The Race to Dubai when he took the 20th card at this venue in November, overcame three bogeys in his first four holes to record a second consecutive 69.
That gave Pieters a six under halfway total, one ahead of first round leader Eddie Pepperell and Dutchman Joost Luiten.
Luiten fired his approach to three feet to pick up another shot on the ninth - his final hole - to card a second round of 69 and join England's Pepperell on five under par.
Pepperell had carded an opening 68 to claim a one-shot lead overnight and was five shots clear of the field when, after starting on the back nine, he birdied the tenth and 11th and eagled the 12th.
However, he then ran up a double-bogey six on the 14th and bogeyed the 18th to be out in 35, with two birdies and two bogeys on the front nine meaning the 23 year old from Oxford had to settle for a 71.
"The game's been pretty good for two days and five under puts me in a really nice spot for the weekend," said Pepperell, who finished 76th on The Race to Dubai in his rookie season last year.
"I expect to be caught today but I'm not too worried, if I keep doing what I'm doing I hope to have a shot at it come Sunday afternoon.
"It was a great start and I hit some really nice shots early. I had three ten footers for birdie, birdie and eagle and I holed them all. But it was an up and down day for me. I hit some good shots in the early part of the round, but there were also some poor ones.
"Unfortunately, I made a double bogey where I played aggressively and it didn't come off. I didn't get the pace of the greens and had a couple of three putts when I bombed my first past the hole."
Francesco Molinari was two shots off the lead after six birdies and one bogey gave him a round of 67.
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The 22 year old, who secured his place on The Race to Dubai when he took the 20th card at this venue in November, overcame three bogeys in his first four holes to record a second consecutive 69.
That gave Pieters a six under halfway total, one ahead of first round leader Eddie Pepperell and Dutchman Joost Luiten.
Luiten fired his approach to three feet to pick up another shot on the ninth - his final hole - to card a second round of 69 and join England's Pepperell on five under par.
Pepperell had carded an opening 68 to claim a one-shot lead overnight and was five shots clear of the field when, after starting on the back nine, he birdied the tenth and 11th and eagled the 12th.
However, he then ran up a double-bogey six on the 14th and bogeyed the 18th to be out in 35, with two birdies and two bogeys on the front nine meaning the 23 year old from Oxford had to settle for a 71.
"The game's been pretty good for two days and five under puts me in a really nice spot for the weekend," said Pepperell, who finished 76th on The Race to Dubai in his rookie season last year.
"I expect to be caught today but I'm not too worried, if I keep doing what I'm doing I hope to have a shot at it come Sunday afternoon.
"It was a great start and I hit some really nice shots early. I had three ten footers for birdie, birdie and eagle and I holed them all. But it was an up and down day for me. I hit some good shots in the early part of the round, but there were also some poor ones.
"Unfortunately, I made a double bogey where I played aggressively and it didn't come off. I didn't get the pace of the greens and had a couple of three putts when I bombed my first past the hole."
Francesco Molinari was two shots off the lead after six birdies and one bogey gave him a round of 67.
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Belgian
Qualifying School graduate Thomas Pieters continued his love affair
with PGA Catalunya Resort to claim the halfway lead at the Open de
España.
The 22 year old, who secured his place on The Race to Dubai when he took the 20th card at this venue in November, overcame three bogeys in his first four holes to record a second consecutive 69.
That gave Pieters a six under halfway total, one ahead of first round leader Eddie Pepperell and Dutchman Joost Luiten.
Luiten fired his approach to three feet to pick up another shot on the ninth - his final hole - to card a second round of 69 and join England's Pepperell on five under par.
Pepperell had carded an opening 68 to claim a one-shot lead overnight and was five shots clear of the field when, after starting on the back nine, he birdied the tenth and 11th and eagled the 12th.
However, he then ran up a double-bogey six on the 14th and bogeyed the 18th to be out in 35, with two birdies and two bogeys on the front nine meaning the 23 year old from Oxford had to settle for a 71.
"The game's been pretty good for two days and five under puts me in a really nice spot for the weekend," said Pepperell, who finished 76th on The Race to Dubai in his rookie season last year.
"I expect to be caught today but I'm not too worried, if I keep doing what I'm doing I hope to have a shot at it come Sunday afternoon.
"It was a great start and I hit some really nice shots early. I had three ten footers for birdie, birdie and eagle and I holed them all. But it was an up and down day for me. I hit some good shots in the early part of the round, but there were also some poor ones.
"Unfortunately, I made a double bogey where I played aggressively and it didn't come off. I didn't get the pace of the greens and had a couple of three putts when I bombed my first past the hole."
Francesco Molinari was two shots off the lead after six birdies and one bogey gave him a round of 67.
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The 22 year old, who secured his place on The Race to Dubai when he took the 20th card at this venue in November, overcame three bogeys in his first four holes to record a second consecutive 69.
That gave Pieters a six under halfway total, one ahead of first round leader Eddie Pepperell and Dutchman Joost Luiten.
Luiten fired his approach to three feet to pick up another shot on the ninth - his final hole - to card a second round of 69 and join England's Pepperell on five under par.
Pepperell had carded an opening 68 to claim a one-shot lead overnight and was five shots clear of the field when, after starting on the back nine, he birdied the tenth and 11th and eagled the 12th.
However, he then ran up a double-bogey six on the 14th and bogeyed the 18th to be out in 35, with two birdies and two bogeys on the front nine meaning the 23 year old from Oxford had to settle for a 71.
"The game's been pretty good for two days and five under puts me in a really nice spot for the weekend," said Pepperell, who finished 76th on The Race to Dubai in his rookie season last year.
"I expect to be caught today but I'm not too worried, if I keep doing what I'm doing I hope to have a shot at it come Sunday afternoon.
"It was a great start and I hit some really nice shots early. I had three ten footers for birdie, birdie and eagle and I holed them all. But it was an up and down day for me. I hit some good shots in the early part of the round, but there were also some poor ones.
"Unfortunately, I made a double bogey where I played aggressively and it didn't come off. I didn't get the pace of the greens and had a couple of three putts when I bombed my first past the hole."
Francesco Molinari was two shots off the lead after six birdies and one bogey gave him a round of 67.
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Belgian
Qualifying School graduate Thomas Pieters continued his love affair
with PGA Catalunya Resort to claim the halfway lead at the Open de
España.
The 22 year old, who secured his place on The Race to Dubai when he took the 20th card at this venue in November, overcame three bogeys in his first four holes to record a second consecutive 69.
That gave Pieters a six under halfway total, one ahead of first round leader Eddie Pepperell and Dutchman Joost Luiten.
Luiten fired his approach to three feet to pick up another shot on the ninth - his final hole - to card a second round of 69 and join England's Pepperell on five under par.
Pepperell had carded an opening 68 to claim a one-shot lead overnight and was five shots clear of the field when, after starting on the back nine, he birdied the tenth and 11th and eagled the 12th.
However, he then ran up a double-bogey six on the 14th and bogeyed the 18th to be out in 35, with two birdies and two bogeys on the front nine meaning the 23 year old from Oxford had to settle for a 71.
"The game's been pretty good for two days and five under puts me in a really nice spot for the weekend," said Pepperell, who finished 76th on The Race to Dubai in his rookie season last year.
"I expect to be caught today but I'm not too worried, if I keep doing what I'm doing I hope to have a shot at it come Sunday afternoon.
"It was a great start and I hit some really nice shots early. I had three ten footers for birdie, birdie and eagle and I holed them all. But it was an up and down day for me. I hit some good shots in the early part of the round, but there were also some poor ones.
"Unfortunately, I made a double bogey where I played aggressively and it didn't come off. I didn't get the pace of the greens and had a couple of three putts when I bombed my first past the hole."
Francesco Molinari was two shots off the lead after six birdies and one bogey gave him a round of 67.
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The 22 year old, who secured his place on The Race to Dubai when he took the 20th card at this venue in November, overcame three bogeys in his first four holes to record a second consecutive 69.
That gave Pieters a six under halfway total, one ahead of first round leader Eddie Pepperell and Dutchman Joost Luiten.
Luiten fired his approach to three feet to pick up another shot on the ninth - his final hole - to card a second round of 69 and join England's Pepperell on five under par.
Pepperell had carded an opening 68 to claim a one-shot lead overnight and was five shots clear of the field when, after starting on the back nine, he birdied the tenth and 11th and eagled the 12th.
However, he then ran up a double-bogey six on the 14th and bogeyed the 18th to be out in 35, with two birdies and two bogeys on the front nine meaning the 23 year old from Oxford had to settle for a 71.
"The game's been pretty good for two days and five under puts me in a really nice spot for the weekend," said Pepperell, who finished 76th on The Race to Dubai in his rookie season last year.
"I expect to be caught today but I'm not too worried, if I keep doing what I'm doing I hope to have a shot at it come Sunday afternoon.
"It was a great start and I hit some really nice shots early. I had three ten footers for birdie, birdie and eagle and I holed them all. But it was an up and down day for me. I hit some good shots in the early part of the round, but there were also some poor ones.
"Unfortunately, I made a double bogey where I played aggressively and it didn't come off. I didn't get the pace of the greens and had a couple of three putts when I bombed my first past the hole."
Francesco Molinari was two shots off the lead after six birdies and one bogey gave him a round of 67.
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Belgian
Qualifying School graduate Thomas Pieters continued his love affair
with PGA Catalunya Resort to claim the halfway lead at the Open de
España.
The 22 year old, who secured his place on The Race to Dubai when he took the 20th card at this venue in November, overcame three bogeys in his first four holes to record a second consecutive 69.
That gave Pieters a six under halfway total, one ahead of first round leader Eddie Pepperell and Dutchman Joost Luiten.
Luiten fired his approach to three feet to pick up another shot on the ninth - his final hole - to card a second round of 69 and join England's Pepperell on five under par.
Pepperell had carded an opening 68 to claim a one-shot lead overnight and was five shots clear of the field when, after starting on the back nine, he birdied the tenth and 11th and eagled the 12th.
However, he then ran up a double-bogey six on the 14th and bogeyed the 18th to be out in 35, with two birdies and two bogeys on the front nine meaning the 23 year old from Oxford had to settle for a 71.
"The game's been pretty good for two days and five under puts me in a really nice spot for the weekend," said Pepperell, who finished 76th on The Race to Dubai in his rookie season last year.
"I expect to be caught today but I'm not too worried, if I keep doing what I'm doing I hope to have a shot at it come Sunday afternoon.
"It was a great start and I hit some really nice shots early. I had three ten footers for birdie, birdie and eagle and I holed them all. But it was an up and down day for me. I hit some good shots in the early part of the round, but there were also some poor ones.
"Unfortunately, I made a double bogey where I played aggressively and it didn't come off. I didn't get the pace of the greens and had a couple of three putts when I bombed my first past the hole."
Francesco Molinari was two shots off the lead after six birdies and one bogey gave him a round of 67.
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The 22 year old, who secured his place on The Race to Dubai when he took the 20th card at this venue in November, overcame three bogeys in his first four holes to record a second consecutive 69.
That gave Pieters a six under halfway total, one ahead of first round leader Eddie Pepperell and Dutchman Joost Luiten.
Luiten fired his approach to three feet to pick up another shot on the ninth - his final hole - to card a second round of 69 and join England's Pepperell on five under par.
Pepperell had carded an opening 68 to claim a one-shot lead overnight and was five shots clear of the field when, after starting on the back nine, he birdied the tenth and 11th and eagled the 12th.
However, he then ran up a double-bogey six on the 14th and bogeyed the 18th to be out in 35, with two birdies and two bogeys on the front nine meaning the 23 year old from Oxford had to settle for a 71.
"The game's been pretty good for two days and five under puts me in a really nice spot for the weekend," said Pepperell, who finished 76th on The Race to Dubai in his rookie season last year.
"I expect to be caught today but I'm not too worried, if I keep doing what I'm doing I hope to have a shot at it come Sunday afternoon.
"It was a great start and I hit some really nice shots early. I had three ten footers for birdie, birdie and eagle and I holed them all. But it was an up and down day for me. I hit some good shots in the early part of the round, but there were also some poor ones.
"Unfortunately, I made a double bogey where I played aggressively and it didn't come off. I didn't get the pace of the greens and had a couple of three putts when I bombed my first past the hole."
Francesco Molinari was two shots off the lead after six birdies and one bogey gave him a round of 67.
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SPANISH OPEN
Second-round leaders
par 144 (2x72)
138 Thomas Pieters (Belgium) 69 69
139 Eddie Pepperell (England) 68 71, Joost Luiten (Netherlands) 70 69
140 Francesco Molinari (Italy) 73 67
141 Richard Bland (England) 73 68, Alvaro Quiros (Spain) 74 67, Richie Ramsay (Scotland) 69 72
142 Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spain) 69 73, Paul Lawrie (Scotland) 70 72
SELECTED SCORES
143 Sergio Garcia (Spain) 69 74 (T10)
145 Marc Warren (Scotland) 75 70, David Drysdale (Scotland) 74 71 (T26)
148 Craig Lee (Scotland) 73 75 (T63)
SCOTS WHO MISSED THE CUT
(148 and better qualified)
149 Peter Whiteford 74 75
151 Jack Doherty 76 75
152 Alastair Forsyth 77 75
153 Chris Doak 75 78
154 Scott Jamieson 74 80, Jamie McLeary 77 77
165 Scott Henry 82 83
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Belgian
Qualifying School graduate Thomas Pieters continued his love affair
with PGA Catalunya Resort to claim the halfway lead at the Open de
España.
The 22 year old, who secured his place on The Race to Dubai when he took the 20th card at this venue in November, overcame three bogeys in his first four holes to record a second consecutive 69.
That gave Pieters a six under halfway total, one ahead of first round leader Eddie Pepperell and Dutchman Joost Luiten.
Luiten fired his approach to three feet to pick up another shot on the ninth - his final hole - to card a second round of 69 and join England's Pepperell on five under par.
Pepperell had carded an opening 68 to claim a one-shot lead overnight and was five shots clear of the field when, after starting on the back nine, he birdied the tenth and 11th and eagled the 12th.
However, he then ran up a double-bogey six on the 14th and bogeyed the 18th to be out in 35, with two birdies and two bogeys on the front nine meaning the 23 year old from Oxford had to settle for a 71.
"The game's been pretty good for two days and five under puts me in a really nice spot for the weekend," said Pepperell, who finished 76th on The Race to Dubai in his rookie season last year.
"I expect to be caught today but I'm not too worried, if I keep doing what I'm doing I hope to have a shot at it come Sunday afternoon.
"It was a great start and I hit some really nice shots early. I had three ten footers for birdie, birdie and eagle and I holed them all. But it was an up and down day for me. I hit some good shots in the early part of the round, but there were also some poor ones.
"Unfortunately, I made a double bogey where I played aggressively and it didn't come off. I didn't get the pace of the greens and had a couple of three putts when I bombed my first past the hole."
Francesco Molinari was two shots off the lead after six birdies and one bogey gave him a round of 67.
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The 22 year old, who secured his place on The Race to Dubai when he took the 20th card at this venue in November, overcame three bogeys in his first four holes to record a second consecutive 69.
That gave Pieters a six under halfway total, one ahead of first round leader Eddie Pepperell and Dutchman Joost Luiten.
Luiten fired his approach to three feet to pick up another shot on the ninth - his final hole - to card a second round of 69 and join England's Pepperell on five under par.
Pepperell had carded an opening 68 to claim a one-shot lead overnight and was five shots clear of the field when, after starting on the back nine, he birdied the tenth and 11th and eagled the 12th.
However, he then ran up a double-bogey six on the 14th and bogeyed the 18th to be out in 35, with two birdies and two bogeys on the front nine meaning the 23 year old from Oxford had to settle for a 71.
"The game's been pretty good for two days and five under puts me in a really nice spot for the weekend," said Pepperell, who finished 76th on The Race to Dubai in his rookie season last year.
"I expect to be caught today but I'm not too worried, if I keep doing what I'm doing I hope to have a shot at it come Sunday afternoon.
"It was a great start and I hit some really nice shots early. I had three ten footers for birdie, birdie and eagle and I holed them all. But it was an up and down day for me. I hit some good shots in the early part of the round, but there were also some poor ones.
"Unfortunately, I made a double bogey where I played aggressively and it didn't come off. I didn't get the pace of the greens and had a couple of three putts when I bombed my first past the hole."
Francesco Molinari was two shots off the lead after six birdies and one bogey gave him a round of 67.
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Belgian
Qualifying School graduate Thomas Pieters continued his love affair
with PGA Catalunya Resort to claim the halfway lead at the Open de
España.
The 22 year old, who secured his place on The Race to Dubai when he took the 20th card at this venue in November, overcame three bogeys in his first four holes to record a second consecutive 69.
That gave Pieters a six under halfway total, one ahead of first round leader Eddie Pepperell and Dutchman Joost Luiten.
Luiten fired his approach to three feet to pick up another shot on the ninth - his final hole - to card a second round of 69 and join England's Pepperell on five under par.
Pepperell had carded an opening 68 to claim a one-shot lead overnight and was five shots clear of the field when, after starting on the back nine, he birdied the tenth and 11th and eagled the 12th.
However, he then ran up a double-bogey six on the 14th and bogeyed the 18th to be out in 35, with two birdies and two bogeys on the front nine meaning the 23 year old from Oxford had to settle for a 71.
"The game's been pretty good for two days and five under puts me in a really nice spot for the weekend," said Pepperell, who finished 76th on The Race to Dubai in his rookie season last year.
"I expect to be caught today but I'm not too worried, if I keep doing what I'm doing I hope to have a shot at it come Sunday afternoon.
"It was a great start and I hit some really nice shots early. I had three ten footers for birdie, birdie and eagle and I holed them all. But it was an up and down day for me. I hit some good shots in the early part of the round, but there were also some poor ones.
"Unfortunately, I made a double bogey where I played aggressively and it didn't come off. I didn't get the pace of the greens and had a couple of three putts when I bombed my first past the hole."
Francesco Molinari was two shots off the lead after six birdies and one bogey gave him a round of 67.
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The 22 year old, who secured his place on The Race to Dubai when he took the 20th card at this venue in November, overcame three bogeys in his first four holes to record a second consecutive 69.
That gave Pieters a six under halfway total, one ahead of first round leader Eddie Pepperell and Dutchman Joost Luiten.
Luiten fired his approach to three feet to pick up another shot on the ninth - his final hole - to card a second round of 69 and join England's Pepperell on five under par.
Pepperell had carded an opening 68 to claim a one-shot lead overnight and was five shots clear of the field when, after starting on the back nine, he birdied the tenth and 11th and eagled the 12th.
However, he then ran up a double-bogey six on the 14th and bogeyed the 18th to be out in 35, with two birdies and two bogeys on the front nine meaning the 23 year old from Oxford had to settle for a 71.
"The game's been pretty good for two days and five under puts me in a really nice spot for the weekend," said Pepperell, who finished 76th on The Race to Dubai in his rookie season last year.
"I expect to be caught today but I'm not too worried, if I keep doing what I'm doing I hope to have a shot at it come Sunday afternoon.
"It was a great start and I hit some really nice shots early. I had three ten footers for birdie, birdie and eagle and I holed them all. But it was an up and down day for me. I hit some good shots in the early part of the round, but there were also some poor ones.
"Unfortunately, I made a double bogey where I played aggressively and it didn't come off. I didn't get the pace of the greens and had a couple of three putts when I bombed my first past the hole."
Francesco Molinari was two shots off the lead after six birdies and one bogey gave him a round of 67.
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