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Huldahl: slow start to 2011
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-8 J Huldahl (Den)
-8 M Lafeber (Fra)
-8 R Karlberg (swe)
-7 T Hiratsuka (Jpn)
-7 P Lawrie
-7 J Elson
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Denmark’s Jeppe Huldahl shot a second successive 66 to move into a share of the lead at the halfway stage of the Open de Andalucia in Malaga.
Huldahl joined first round leaders Maarten Lafeber of France and Swede Ricard Karlberg at the top of the leaderboard on eight-under par.
The leading trio are a shot clear of a group of three players that includes Scottish former Open champion Paul Lawrie.
Huldahl, a 29-year-old from Holstebro, mixed six birdies with two bogeys on the par-70 lay-out as he bids to find some form after a stuttering start to the season.
He has made just three cuts from eight starts so far with a best finish of 30th at the South African Open, although after claiming the Wales Open title two years ago, the world number 444 has shown before that he can come from nowhere to win.
Big names
More than 20 players are separated by just four strokes at the top of the leaderboard, but the event has already lost many of its big names.
Colin Montgomerie, Jose Maria Olazabal, Darren Clarke and tournament promoter Miguel Angel Jimenez all failed to survive the cut, along with Australian Richard Green, who had to win to have a chance of qualifying for The Masters in two weeks.
Green’s chances of climbing into the world’s top 50 and so earning a second appearance at Augusta were slim even if he had taken the title on Sunday.
But the left-hander had a second successive 71 for two over and missed the cut by three, as did Montgomerie after a 72 that means the 47-year-old’s search for a first top-10 finish since June 2008 goes on.
Olazabal and Clarke missed out on one over, while Jimenez can concentrate on his hosting duties after a 73 left him on five over.
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