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BMW Masters: Bjerregaard takes route 66 to the top.
Fri Nov 13 11:34:51 CET 2015 Press Release
Leading Dane firing on all cylinders at Lake Malaren – García, Jaidee, Poulter, Casey and An all giving chase.
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Shanghai. Denmark’s Lucas Bjerregaard moved to the top of the
leaderboard at the BMW Masters at Lake Malaren today with an
outstanding second successive round of 66. The Dane made light work of
a course that played long and tough after overnight rain and a
strengthening breeze. He has dropped just one shot in 36 holes and has
picked up 13 birdies along the way.
Among the chasing pack
are Sergio García (ESP), the overnight leader, and Thongchai Jaidee,
of Thailand, who lie three strokes back after rounds of 71 and 68
respectively. One stroke further in arrears are two Englishmen, Ian
Poulter and Paul Casey, and Byeong-Hun An (S. KOREA), winner in May of
the BMW PGA Championship, the European Tour’s flagship
event.
“It was a great round and I finished off with some
good birdies coming in,” Bjerregaard said. “It was a good bit tougher
than yesterday. With the wind up, some of the holes were playing
really long.”
Of the five players in with a chance of
overhauling Rory McIlroy at the top of the standings for the Race to
Dubai, England’s Justin Rose, who currently lies fifth, remains the
best placed, on five under par, after a workmanlike round of 72. Danny
Willett, Rose’s compatriot, lies second to McIlroy and needs to finish
inside the top 28 to go to the final event of the season – the DP
World Tour Championship in Dubai next week – at the top of the
rankings. He had a 69 to move to three under par for the tournament
and into 28th place.
Martin Kaymer kept German hopes alive
with a score of 69 that moved him to six under par, six strokes off
the lead, while Max Kieffer, the BMW Golfsport Ambassador, moved to
four under par after a 68. There was not such rosy news for Marcel
Siem, the defending champion, who was out of sorts from the start in a
disappointing 80.