europeantour.com Thomas Björn issued a timely reminder of what happened five months ago after joining Rory McIlroy in the halfway lead at the Omega Dubai Desert Classic.
Northern Ireland's US Open Champion justified his position as favourite by adding a 65 to his first round 66 to reach -13. But 40 year old Bjorn has matched him shot-for-shot so far 66, 65 -13 and now finds himself in a battle with not only the World Number Two, but also golf's third- and fourth-ranked players as well.
Martin Kaymer had the first hole-in-one of his life on the 186 yard seventh - his 16th - as he reached -11 with a 67, while Lee Westwood's 65 for -10 included birdies on the last three holes.
Björn also has the memory of beating Tiger Woods head-to-head on the Emirates course in 2001 with a 22 under par total which still stands as the tournament record.
The cut fell at -1 which means John Daly 72, Fred Couples 73 and Mark O'Meara 74 will all be around for the weekend, all at -1
live scoreboard http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=2012/tournamentid=2012006/leaderboard/index.html?showLeaderboard=Y
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