Craig Lee tied sixth at halfway

 Larrazabal leads by two at Valderrama
FROM THE EUROPEAN TOUR WEBSITE
Pablo Larrazábal recorded a level par round of 71 in devilishly difficult conditions on Friday to open up a two-shot lead at the halfway stage of the Real Club Valderrama Open de España, Hosted by the Sergio Garcia Foundation.
After 15 players broke par in perfect, benign conditions on day one, the wind played its part in the second round, with only Peter Hanson and Mike Lorenzo-Vera able to get round in 70 as Valderrama showed just why it is regarded as one of the ultimate tests in world golf.
That made the round of home favourite Larrazábal all the more impressive as he stayed at three under and held off the challenge of England's Andrew Johnston.
Defending champion James Morrison, Alejandro Cañizares and first round leader Alexander Levy were then at level par, with Pep Angles, Richard Bland, Craig Lee and Lorenzo-Vera a further shot back.

A bogey on the second and bunker trouble on the third dropped him back to his starting position, but that was enough to give the four-time European Tour winner the advantage heading into the weekend.
"To shoot level in these conditions is a great feeling and to have a chance on the last to go into the red figures is something really special," he said.
"I said to my playing partners that I only missed one shot today really bad, and I made triple-bogey. I made so many great saves – like the 17th, the putt I made from the back of there was great.

SCOREBOARD

1	Pablo Larrazabal*	68	71	.					139
2	Andrew Johnston*	67	74						141
T3	Alejandro Canizares*	67	75						142
T3	Alexander Levy	66	76						142
T3	James Morrison*	67	75						142
T6	Pep Angles*	72	71						143
T6	Craig Lee*	71	72						143
T6	Michael Lorenzo-Vera	73	70						143
T6	Richard Bland	71	72						143
T10	Ross Fisher	70	74						144
T10	Gregory Bourdy*	70	74						144
T10	Jordi Garcia Pinto*	69	75						144
T10	Martin Kaymer	69	75						144
T14	Sergio Garcia	74	71						145
T14	Peter Hanson*	75	70						145
T14	Richie Ramsay*	69	76						145
T14	Joost Luiten*	70	75						145
T14	Thomas Pieters*	73	72						145
T19	Stuart Manley	67	79						146
T19	James Robinson	73	73						146
T19	Nino Bertasio	74	72						146
T19	Ben Evans	74	72						146
T19	Ricardo Gouveia*	72	74						146
T24	Graeme Storm	74	73						147
T24	Thomas Bjorn	76	71						147
T24	Jose Manuel Lara	72	75						147
T24	Chris Wood	72	75						147
T24	Rafa Cabrera Bello*	74	73						147
T24	S.S.P. Chawrasia*	73	74						147
T24	Mikko Ilonen*	75	72						147
T24	Edoardo Molinari	74	73						147
T32	David Drysdale*	72	76						148
T32	Johan Carlsson*	72	76						148
T32	Soren Kjeldsen	71	77						148
T32	Thomas Linard*	73	75						148
T32	Jason Knutzon	75	73						148
T32	Julien Quesne	73	75						148
T38	Gonzalo Fernandez-Casta	73	76						149
T38	Maximilian Kieffer*	70	79						149
T38	Steve Webster*	72	77						149
T38	David Dixon	72	77						149
T38	Tommy Fleetwood	71	78						149
T38	Thorbjorn Olesen	74	75						149
T38	Jens Fahrbring	76	73						149
T38	Raphael Jacquelin*	71	78						149
T38	Paul Lawrie*	73	76						149
T38	Pelle Edberg	75	74						149
T38	Roope Kakko	73	76						149
T38	Andy Sullivan*	71	78						149
T38	Paul Dunne*	73	76						149
T38	Richard Sterne	74	75						149
T52	Bjorn Akesson	75	76						166
T52	Bradley Dredge	73	78						166
T52	Adrian Otaegui	74	76						161
T52	Nacho Elvira	72	78						154
T52	Alex Noren	75	75						154
T52	Callum Shinkwin	75	75						154
T52	Peter Uihlein	75	75						154
T52	Borja Virto	73	77						154
T60	Daniel Brooks	77	74						171
T60	Seve Benson	75	76						162
T60	Kristoffer Broberg	78	73						162
T60	Eddie Pepperell	77	74						162
T60	Sebastien Gros	73	77	.					155
T65	Marcel Siem	74	77						172
T65	Alvaro Quiros	77	73						163
T67	Peter Lawrie	77	74						173
T67	Renato Paratore	75	76						169
T67	Marcus Kinhult	73	78						164
WD	JB Hansen	WD	WD						WD
DQ	Pedro Oriol	DQ	DQ						DQ
T70	Felipe Aguilar	76	76	MC	MC	-	-	-	152
T70	Rhys Davies	70	82	MC	MC	-	-	-	152
T70	Eduardo De La Riva*	72	80	MC	MC	-	-	-	152
T70	Scott Fernandez*	75	77	MC	MC	-	-	-	152
T70	Daniel Gavins*	75	77	MC	MC	-	-	-	152
T70	Gregory Havret	72	80	MC	MC	-	-	-	152
T70	David Horsey	78	74	MC	MC	-	-	-	152
T70	Joakim Lagergren	69	83	MC	MC	-	-	-	152
T70	David Lipsky*	75	77	MC	MC	-	-	-	152
T70	Guido Migliozzi	73	79	MC	MC	-	-	-	152
T70	Robert Rock	75	77	MC	MC	-	-	-	152
T70	Lee Slattery	71	81	MC	MC	-	-	-	152
T70	Anthony Wall*	76	76	MC	MC	-	-	-	152
T70	Marc Warren	75	77	MC	MC	-	-	-	152
T70	Romain Wattel*	75	77	MC	MC	-	-	-	152
T85	Jorge Campillo*	78	75	MC	MC	-	-	-	153
T85	Carlos Pigem*	76	77	MC	MC	-	-	-	153
T85	Matthew Southgate*	78	75	MC	MC	-	-	-	153
T85	Brandon Stone*	74	79	MC	MC	-	-	-	153
T89	James Busby	79	75	MC	MC	-	-	-	154
T89	Chris Hanson	72	82	MC	MC	-	-	-	154
T89	Scott Hend	81	73	MC	MC	-	-	-	154
T89	Jean Hugo*	76	78	MC	MC	-	-	-	154
T89	Scott Jamieson	78	76	MC	MC	-	-	-	154
T89	Simon Khan*	77	77	MC	MC	-	-	-	154
T89	Jamie McLeary	76	78	MC	MC	-	-	-	154
T89	Jarmo Sandelin	75	79	MC	MC	-	-	-	154
T97	Magnus A. Carlsson*	76	79	MC	MC	-	-	-	155
T97	Nicolas Colsaerts*	76	79	MC	MC	-	-	-	155
T97	Niclas Fasth	77	78	MC	MC	-	-	-	155
T97	Daniel Im*	81	74	MC	MC	-	-	-	155
T97	Matteo Manassero	79	76	MC	MC	-	-	-	155
T97	Gary Stal	78	77	MC	MC	-	-	-	155
T97	Oliver Wilson	79	76	MC	MC	-	-	-	155
T104	Edouard Espana	78	78	MC	MC	-	-	-	156
T104	Xavier Guzman*	75	81	MC	MC	-	-	-	156
T104	Lasse Jensen*	78	78	MC	MC	-	-	-	156
T104	Francesco Laporta	80	76	MC	MC	-	-	-	156
T104	Morten Madsen	79	77	MC	MC	-	-	-	156
T104	Andrew McArthur	77	79	MC	MC	-	-	-	156
T104	Hennie Otto	77	79	MC	MC	-	-	-	156
T104	Jaco Van Zyl	77	79	MC	MC	-	-	-	156
T104	Jeff Winther	76	80	MC	MC	-	-	-	156
T113	Carlos Del Moral*	78	79	MC	MC	-	-	-	157
T113	Robert Dinwiddie*	78	79	MC	MC	-	-	-	157
T113	Chris Paisley*	78	79	MC	MC	-	-	-	157
T116	Matthew Baldwin*	78	80	MC	MC	-	-	-	158
T116	Gary Boyd*	79	79	MC	MC	-	-	-	158
T116	Ryan Evans*	75	83	MC	MC	-	-	-	158
T116	Ryan Fox*	72	86	MC	MC	-	-	-	158
T116	Mario Galiano Aguilar*	80	78	MC	MC	-	-	-	158
T116	Wade Ormsby	78	80	MC	MC	-	-	-	158
T116	Haydn Porteous*	73	85	MC	MC	-	-	-	158
T116	Justin Walters	77	81	MC	MC	-	-	-	158
T124	Borja Etchart	75	84	MC	MC	-	-	-	159
T124	Richard Green*	75	84	MC	MC	-	-	-	159
T124	Matthew Nixon*	75	84	MC	MC	-	-	-	159
T127	Ivan Cantero Gutierr	79	81	MC	MC	-	-	-	160
T127	Matt Ford*	81	79	MC	MC	-	-	-	160
T127	Soren Hansen*	82	78	MC	MC	-	-	-	160
T127	Nicolo Ravano*	81	79	MC	MC	-	-	-	160
T131	Oliver Fisher	78	83	MC	MC	-	-	-	161
T131	Fabrizio Zanotti	80	81	MC	MC	-	-	-	161
T133	Richard McEvoy	76	86	MC	MC	-	-	-	162
T133	John Parry*	81	81	MC	MC	-	-	-	162
T135	Lucas Bjerregaard*	81	82	MC	MC	-	-	-	163
T135	Lukas Nemecz	81	82	MC	MC	-	-	-	163
T137	Kenneth Ferrie*	82	82	MC	MC	-	-	-	164
T137	Pablo Martin Benavide	86	78	MC	MC	-	-	-	164
T139	Clement Berardo*	81	84	MC	MC	-	-	-	165
T139	John Hahn*	81	84	MC	MC	-	-	-	165
141	Laurie Canter	81	89	MC	MC	-	-	-	170
142	Thomas Levet*	81	WD	WD	WD	-	-	-	81
-	Brett Rumford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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