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Marco Penge insisted he was only operating at "seven out of ten" even as he took the halfway lead at the 2025 Open de España presented by Madrid.
The Englishman had four birdies, including the final two holes, in a 67 to move to -9 and one ahead of Aaron Cockerill, Joel Girrbach and Jeff Winther.
"Very patient day, nice to have a bogey-free round," said Penge. "I played pretty solid, still a couple of bits there that I can improve on but all in all it was a steady round of golf.
"I think if you're not patient, it's going to catch you out. It's so tricky and a little bit fiddly and if you're not fully focused or concentrating over every shot, you're going to make bogeys.
Cockerill shot 67 for the second successive day and produced a near-identical front and back nine to boot. The Canadian birdied the fourth, bogeyed the seventh and responded with a pair of birdies - then, after the turn, had a gain at the 14th before again finishing bogey-birdie-birdie for -8 total.
He said: "I played really solid tee to green made a couple of good putts where I needed to, couple of birdies at the end of each nine. Overall very happy with the day."
Winther's 64, which featured five birdies along with an eagle at the 14th, matched the best round of the day set by fellow Scandinavian Joakim Lagergren.
Girrbach produced a superb bogey-free 65, with pairs of birdies at the 12th and 13th and then the 16th and 17th having started on the back nine. Another followed at the fourth before a perfect approach to the sixth left him to add another from four feet.
Lagergren, who was thrilled with a round that he said "felt sort of effortless", was -7 alongside Daniel Brown, Bernd Wiesberger, Patrick Reed and late finishers Alexander Levy and Julien Guerrier.
American Reed followed up his opening 68 with a 67 but remained frustrated. He said: "If I hit the ball like I did today over the weekend, I’ll give myself a lot of opportunities - I just need the putter working like it did the first day."
Angel Ayora remained the leading Spaniard at -6 two shots ahead of three-time champion Jon Rahm.
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