Jimenez takes clubhouse lead
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October 30, 2010, Saturday
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MIGUEL Angel Jimenez has shot a second straight 1-under 70 to take the clubhouse lead yesterday during the second round of the Andalucia Masters in Sotogrande, Spain.
The Spaniard's scorecard included five bogeys and six birdies as he fought to reach 2 under at Valderrama.
Another Spaniard, Pablo Larrazabal, had led by two shots after shooting a first-round 66 but driving through the short third green he ran up a double bogey.
Four more dropped shots and only one birdie dropped him back to level par. Graeme McDowell and Damien McGrane, who been in second place at 3-under overnight, started their rounds later.
Sweden's Peter Hedlom shot a 1-under 70 to move into second place behind Jimenez after nine straight birdies to end his round.
On Thursday, Martin Kaymer's attempt to end Tiger Woods' five-year reign as the world's top-ranked golfer got off to a slow start.
The German needs to win the tournament, or finish in second place in a tie with no more than one other player, but could only manage an opening round of 72, leaving him six shots adrift of Larazabal.
Kaymer said before the tournament his priority was winning Europe's second Race to Dubai money list, but that could be in jeopardy after McDowell's strong opening round.
The Northern Irishman currently lies second in the table, 995,561 euros behind Kaymer, but if the US Open champion could win Sunday's 500,000 euros first prize, the gap would close with four big money events still to be played.
McDowell was Kaymer's playing partner on Thursday as the German missed a putt from 18 inches on the 11th green, drove into a bunker at the next hole and then drove into trees at the 13th.
However, McDowell, whose own 68 included three birdies and no bogeys, said afterwards that it was too early to write off Kaymer's chances of winning his fourth straight strokeplay tournament.
"Martin is never very far away from playing well," he said.
"And although he hit a few loose shots he generally hung in pretty well.
"But now I need to stay ahead of him, to win some tournaments and has some strong finishes to have any opportunity of winning the Race to Dubai. I think it is fair to say we are going to be seeing a lot of each other in the next few weeks."
The Spaniard's scorecard included five bogeys and six birdies as he fought to reach 2 under at Valderrama.
Another Spaniard, Pablo Larrazabal, had led by two shots after shooting a first-round 66 but driving through the short third green he ran up a double bogey.
Four more dropped shots and only one birdie dropped him back to level par. Graeme McDowell and Damien McGrane, who been in second place at 3-under overnight, started their rounds later.
Sweden's Peter Hedlom shot a 1-under 70 to move into second place behind Jimenez after nine straight birdies to end his round.
On Thursday, Martin Kaymer's attempt to end Tiger Woods' five-year reign as the world's top-ranked golfer got off to a slow start.
The German needs to win the tournament, or finish in second place in a tie with no more than one other player, but could only manage an opening round of 72, leaving him six shots adrift of Larazabal.
Kaymer said before the tournament his priority was winning Europe's second Race to Dubai money list, but that could be in jeopardy after McDowell's strong opening round.
The Northern Irishman currently lies second in the table, 995,561 euros behind Kaymer, but if the US Open champion could win Sunday's 500,000 euros first prize, the gap would close with four big money events still to be played.
McDowell was Kaymer's playing partner on Thursday as the German missed a putt from 18 inches on the 11th green, drove into a bunker at the next hole and then drove into trees at the 13th.
However, McDowell, whose own 68 included three birdies and no bogeys, said afterwards that it was too early to write off Kaymer's chances of winning his fourth straight strokeplay tournament.
"Martin is never very far away from playing well," he said.
"And although he hit a few loose shots he generally hung in pretty well.
"But now I need to stay ahead of him, to win some tournaments and has some strong finishes to have any opportunity of winning the Race to Dubai. I think it is fair to say we are going to be seeing a lot of each other in the next few weeks."
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