Marc Warren back in the mood to win in

Denmark after a 64 puts him 1 off lead

EUROPEAN TOUR COMMUNICATIONS

Steve Webster had to be persuaded to tee it up at the Made in Denmark tournament  but he will take a one-shot lead into the weekend at Himmerland Golf and Spa Resort.

The Englishman's grandmother had a fall at the weekend and it was only after some coaxing from his father that Webster decided to go and play in just his ninth event of the season after losing his card last term.

An opening 64 handed him a share of the first-round lead and on a much windier Friday in Farsø, Webster carded a 70 in the toughest conditions of the day to get to eight under and lead the way from 2014 champion Marc Warren from Scotland, his successor David Horsey, India's S S P Chawrasia and Ireland's Paul Dunne.

Webster had been an ever-present on the European Tour since winning the Qualifying School in 1995 until losing his card while playing on a medical exemption last season and has two wins under his belt.

A wrist injury has curtailed his progress in recent times but he admitted the health of his grandmother has put those troubles in perspective and he feels that may be helping him this week.

He will have to continue to play his best to hold off a tightly  bunched leaderboard which features 52 players within six holes of the lead with 36 holes to play.

Marc Warren: “The wind helped me focus on hitting the shots I needed to instead of thinking about my swing. I filmed myself on the range after I had played yesterday and I noticed that I was a little long on the backswing so I managed to shorten it down a little bit and took that to the course today.

“I’m confident for the weekend. I was in control from start to finish today and I struck the ball solidly today – if I continue that I should be up there.

“Being near the top of the leaderboard make a change from the last while! You can definitely feed off being a past champion at any event and the good memories of coming down the stretch can give something to feed off over the weekend so hopefully I can continue to play well.”

SECOND-ROUND SCORES, TOTALS

par 142 (2x71)

134 S Webster (Eng) 64 70

135 M Warren (Sco) 71 64; S Chawrasia (India) 67 68; P Dunne (Ire) 67 68; D Horsey (Eng) 68 67

136 N Elvira  (Spn) 67 69; W Ormsby (Australia) 64 72; L Jensen (Den) 67 69; B Hebert  (Fra) 65 71; W Ashun (China) 71 65; R Rock (Eng) 68 68; J Suri (USA) 67 69;

137 V Dubuisson  (Fra) 66 71; C Paisley  (Eng) 68 69; D Lipsky (USA) 66 71; H Porteous (RSA) 70 67; S Kjeldsen (Denmark) 69 68; J Daly (USA) 67 70; M Søgaard  (Denmark) 67 70; G Havret  (Fra) 68 69; J Hansen  (Denmark) 66 71

138 M Wallace (Eng) 64 74; A Rai (Eng) 69 69; O Lengden (Swe) 65 73; S Manley (Wales) 71 67; J Parry (Eng) 66 72; P Widegren  (Swe) 68 70; J Lima  (Portugal) 71 67; M Pavon (Fra) 66 72; L Bjerregaard  (Den) 66 72; T Olesen (Denmark) 67 71;

139 A Björk (Swe) 69 70; P Waring  (Eng) 66 73; J Roos (RSA) 70 69; A Connelly (Can) 68 71; B Ritthammer (Ger) 68 71; B Evans  (Eng) 71 68; T Lewis (Eng) 67 72; R Finch  (Eng) 71 68; J Walters (SAf) 71 68; R Karlsson (Swe) 65 74; B Eccles (Australia) 69 70

140 O Fisher  (Eng) 69 71; L Cianchetti (Ita) 69 71; J Dantorp (Swe) 70 70; E Pepperell (Eng) 71 69; T Detry  (Belgium) 69 71; R Green (Australia) 70 70; A Chesters  (Eng) 69 71; J Morrison  (Eng) 66 74; M Siem  (Ger) 66 74; M Kaymer (Ger) 69 71;

141 D Drysdale (Sco) 70 71; E Molinari  (Ita) 72 69; N Johansson (Swe) 68 73; L Canter (Eng) 69 72; D Im (USA) 68 73; S Khan (Eng) 72 69; K Horne (SAf) 71 70; S Horsfield (Eng) 69 72; T Bjørn (Denmark) 73 68; M Armitage (Eng) 73 68

142 B Fritsch (Canada) 71 71; C Pigem  (Spn) 71 71; M Ovesen (Denmark) 69 73; O Wilson (Eng) 72 70; S Lee (SKor) 71 71; P Peterson (USA) 70 72; F Fritsch  (Ger) 72 70; S Heisele (Ger) 72 70; J Stalter (Fra) 72 70; P Gal  (Czecho) 71 71
MISSED THE CUT

143 R Kakko  (Fin) 69 74; D Brooks (Eng) 74 69; A Cañizares  (Spn) 72 71; P Maddy (Eng) 72 71; N Bertasio (Ita) 70 73; P Tangkamolprasert (Thailand) 73 70; M Southgate  (Eng) 71 72; E De La Riva  (Spn) 71 72; F Aguilar (Chile) 71 72; G King (Eng) 69 74; D Stewart (Sco) 72 71; A Karlsson  (Swe) 72 71; S Dyson  (Eng) 73 70; S Soderberg (Swe) 69 74; J Elson  (Eng) 69 74; Z Lombard  (SAf) 71 72; R Bland (Eng) 68 75; G Bhullar (India) 74 69; C Berardo (Fra) 72 71; C Hanson (Eng) 70 73; R Højgaard (am) (Denmark) 73 70

144 P Angles  (Spn) 73 71; N Kimsey (Eng) 71 73; M Haastrup  (Denmark) 70 74; M Hoey  (NIre) 75 69; R Wattel  (Fra) 73 71; T Pieters  (Belgium) 74 70; M Foster (Eng) 70 74; R Langasque  (Fra) 72 72; M Carlsson  (Swe) 73 71; R McCarthy (Australia) 66 78; R Coles (Eng) 72 72; Å Nilsson (Swe) 76 68

145 J Allan  (Eng) 72 73; J Winther (Denmark) 69 76; J Fahrbring (Swe) 77 68; R Dinwiddie  (Eng) 73 72; R Gonzalez (Arg) 72 73; G Stal  (Fra) 68 77; M Jonzon (Swe) 69 76; D Perrier (Fra) 70 75; A Hansen (Den) 70 75; J Quesne  (Fra) 70 75

146 C Lee (Sco) 69 77; D Boonma (Thailand) 77 69; M Fraser (Australia) 75 71; M Nixon (Eng) 74 72; J Carlsson (Swe) 72 74; A Knappe (Ger) 75 71; M Orrin (Eng) 69 77; P Hanson (Swe) 71 75; R Enoch  (Wales) 72 74

147 P Meesawat  (Tha) 74 73; J Ahlers (SAf) 71 76; S Walker (Eng) 74 73; J Lagergren (Swe) 73 74; J Edfors (Swe) 69 78; S Gros (Fra) 71 76; S Tiley (Eng) 73 74; N Højgaard (am) (Denmark) 72 75

148 J Rutherford (Eng) 73 75

149 A Boasson  (Isl) 77 72; S Jamieson  (Sco) 76 73; B Dredge (Wal) 75 74; N Fasth (Swe) 73 76

150 S Gallacher (Sco) 74 76; R Johnson (Swe) 72 78

151 C Baech (Denmark) 72 79; R Echenique (Arg) 78 73; J Kruger (SAf) 75 76; C Shih-Chang (Taipei) 74 77; R Jacquelin (Fra) 74 77

152 A Maestroni  (Ita) 74 78; G Hurley (Ire) 77 75

153 O Suhr (Den) 74 79; J Van Der Vaart (Netherlands) 76 77; R Sterne  (SAf) 84 69; S Henry  (Sco) 76 77

154 C Feldborg Nielsen (Swe) 79 75

156 M Ulseth (Norway) 72 84

162 N Holman  (Aus) 83 79

163 J Lauridsen (Den) 78 85

** R Karlberg  (Swe) 74 WD; N Colsaerts  (Bel) 69 RT;