James Kingston of South Africa finished level par in round two of the Iberdrola Open Cala Millor Mallorca to post 5 under at Pula Golf Club and a share of the lead with Pelle Edberg of Sweden who signed for a 5 under 65 earlier in the day. Two dropped shots by Kingston on holes 11 and 12 pushed the South African to 4 under with 5 holes to play. Then a birdie on 17 secured a share of the lead for the South African ahead of day three.
Having been the leading Irish player from Thursday Gary Murphy was on course through six holes on 3 under. Then a double bogey on the 8th hole pushed the Kilkenny man back to one over par with nine holes to play. Added misery of two dropped shots on the 11th, a triple bogey on the 12th, another double on 17 and then a dropped shot on the 18th added another missed cut for Murphy as he finished on 7 over - one shot beyond the projected cut off mark.
Colm Moriarty, playing his second European Tour event this season, completed a level par round only dropping one shot on the fifth. The Glasson professional then carded a birdie on the 11th hole to finish with a 4 over total ands the chance to compete over the weekend.
Damien McGrane double bogeyed the 10th at the very start of the second round and then picked up a birdie immediately afterwards to make the turn in 36. A level par back nine could not improve on a 5 over total but was enough to remain one shot inside the projected cut.
Paul McGinley went around Pula in one over par with a double bogey on the 11th the biggest problem making the halfway mark in a 2 over par 37. The homeward leg of 34 came after two birdies and his 6 over was to prove enough, in the end, to earn a weekend stay as the cut extended to an aggregate of 146 shots.
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