Michael Campbell remained in blistering form to increase his lead in the second round of the Deutche Bank - SAP TPC Open of Europe in Germany today.
Having carded a formidable 10-under par 62 in one of the European Tour’s leading tournaments yesterday, the New Zealander was adamant on increasing his advantage with birdies on the opening three holes of the second round.
This year’s Heineken Classic winner moved to a staggering 13-under for 22 holes and leads by six shots ahead four players tied in second.
The chasing pack on seven-under includes one of the the form players of the moment, Paul McGinley, who birdied four of his opening five holes.
The Irishman is joined by Scotand’s Dean Robertson and Sweden’s Mathias Gronberg who both completed second rounds of 68. England’s Greg Owen and Argentina’s Eduardo Romero have played six and three holes respectively and make up the chasing pack.
Not all the players will be able to finish their second rounds because of a seven hour rain delay on the opening day and the main attraction of the week, Tiger Woods, is one such player. The world number one was level after four holes and three-under overall.
His playing partners Colin Montgomerie and Darren Clarke experienced mixed fortunes. Clarke was level after four holes but trying to recover from a poor first round four-over 76, while the Scot moved to four-under after an opening round of 70.
Meanwhile Padraig Harrington can take comfort from his steady progress. After an opening 70, the Dubliner also moved to four-under after five holes with birdies at the first and fifth.
Eamonn Darcy is next of the Irish on one-under after carding a level par round of 72. Veteran Des Smyth just completed the first hole with a birdie and will hope to move away from the projected cut mark of one-over. Ronan Rafferty was two-over with 16 holes still to play.
David Higgins needs a miracle if he is to make the cut. The 28-year-old was eight-over with 11 holes left to play.