{"id":359408,"date":"2011-04-01T18:56:24","date_gmt":"2011-04-01T18:56:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/01\/wales-davies-shares-morocco-lead\/"},"modified":"2011-04-01T18:56:24","modified_gmt":"2011-04-01T18:56:24","slug":"wales-davies-shares-morocco-lead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/01\/wales-davies-shares-morocco-lead\/","title":{"rendered":"Wales&#8217; Davies shares Morocco lead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"83.946421431427\">\n                    <!-- empty related-stories for Wide --><\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><em>-6:<\/em> R Davies (Wal), J Luiten (Ned)<\/li>\n<li><em>-5:<\/em> D Horsey (Eng), M Ilonen (Fin), P Hedblom (Swe), S Kapur (Ind), JM Singh (Ind), G Coetzee (SA), R Rock (Eng), D Clarke (NI)<\/li>\n<li><em>Selected others: -3:<\/em> M Campbell (NZ), Ptr Lawrie (Ire)<\/li>\n<li><em>level:<\/em> P McGinley (Ire), B Lane (Eng)<\/li>\n<li><em>+1:<\/em> N Fasth (Swe)<\/li>\n<li><em>+2:<\/em> T Bjorn (Den)<\/li>\n<li><em>+4:<\/em> D Howell (Eng)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><span><br \/>\n  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/168b342d011668161-1.jpg.jpg\" width=\"226\" height=\"282\" alt=\"Rhys Davies\" \/><\/p>\n<p>    Davies won last year&#8217;s tournament by two strokes<br \/>\n  <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Defending champion Rhys Davies shot a 70 to share the halfway lead at six under in the Trophee Hassan in Morocco.<\/p>\n<p>Last year&#8217;s win was Davies&#8217;s first European Tour title but his best finish in five events in 2011 is 61st.<\/p>\n<p>He carded two birdies in round two on the Ocean course, while Darren Clarke posted a round of 69 on the Royal course and is one stroke adrift.<\/p>\n<p>First-day leader Peter Lawrie followed a 64 with a 76 and David Howell missed the cut after a 76 left him four over.<\/p>\n<p>Howell moved into the world top 10 in 2006 after winning the prestigious Champions Trophy, beating Tiger Woods in the process, and adding the BMW Championship at Wentworth.<\/p>\n<p>But a back injury curtailed his season and he has not won a tournament since.<\/p>\n<p>The 35-year-old began the week with a level-par 72 but carded two double bogeys to miss the cut by two shots.<\/p>\n<div readability=\"25.111111111111\">\n           <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/sport2\/hi\/golf\/12937674.stm#skip_feature_02\">Continue reading the main story<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"7\">\n<p>I&#8217;ve been working hard on my swing with my coach, trying to match up my arm swing with my body swing<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\t<span>Rhys Davies<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>After two eagles and four birdies in a course record in round one at the Royal, Lawrie found the Ocean a much tougher proposition, failing to make a birdie and running up a double bogey and three bogeys.<\/p>\n<p>Reflecting on his strong performance, Welshman Davies said: &#8220;I&#8217;m not feeling any pressure despite being defending champion this week. It&#8217;s a different golf course for one and I just feel very relaxed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve been working hard on my swing with my coach, trying to match up my arm swing with my body swing, and it&#8217;s getting there. The hard work is starting to come off. It&#8217;s quite hard to do it in this wind though.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Dutchman Joost Luiten produced seven birdies for a 69 to share the overall lead with Davies.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was good on the back nine with four birdies so that kept me going,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was tough today, really tough, especially on the front nine. The holes coming into the wind are very tricky.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;On the back nine the wind was less but there are some really tricky pin positions, so overall it was a pretty hard day and you needed to be very straight off the tee. I&#8217;m pleased with the score I&#8217;ve come away with.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/168b342d011668161-1.jpg-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Originally posted here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/go\/rss\/-\/sport1\/hi\/golf\/12937674.stm\" title=\"Wales' Davies shares Morocco lead\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wales&#8217; Davies shares Morocco lead<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> -6: R Davies (Wal), J Luiten (Ned) -5: D Horsey (Eng), M Ilonen (Fin), P Hedblom (Swe), S Kapur (Ind), JM Singh (Ind), G Coetzee (SA), R Rock (Eng), D Clarke (NI) Selected others: -3: M Campbell (NZ), Ptr Lawrie (Ire) level: P McGinley (Ire), B Lane (Eng) +1: N Fasth (Swe) +2: T Bjorn (Den) +4: D Howell (Eng) Davies won last year&#8217;s tournament by two strokes Defending champion Rhys Davies shot a 70 to share the halfway lead at six under in the Trophee Hassan in Morocco. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-359408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Wales&#039; 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