European Tour Open de Espana leaderboard http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=2015/tournamentid=2015036/leaderboard/index.html
Edouard Espana holds a one shot lead at the halfway stage of the Open de España after a day of testing conditions at Real Club de Golf El Prat.
The Challenge Tour graduate, who until this week had only broken 70 once in his rookie European Tour campaign, added a second round 69 to his opening 68 for -7 total.
That was one ahead of Argentine Ricardo Gonzalez, with Northern Ireland’s Michael Hoey and South African Darren Fichardt a shot further back.
Defending champion Miguel Angel Jiménez had his second hole-in-one of the season, and the ninth of his European Tour career, on the eighth, but the 51 year old came home in 39 to find himself six shots off the pace after a round of 71
45 year old Gonzalez is a four-time European Tour winner, with half his titles coming on Spanish soil and his most recent victory occurring six years ago in Sweden.
Windy conditions in the afternoon drove scores up and Sergio Garcia who looked like he was done, after he added E 72 in the morning to his opening 75 +3 made the cut by a shot
If you have never been to Barcelona it's worth the trip. One of Europe's major cities the architecture is simply stunning. The city is overwhelming, big, bustling, there is an edge, especially with the recession which has brought Spain to it's knees. Football, or soccer if you must, with Lionel Messi and his mates is beyond a sport here, the play in front of 95,000 every Sunday at the famous Camp Nou stadium.
A short flight south and you are on the beach somewhere in the dazzling Costa del Sol, in the Mediterranean, vacation home for tourists from all over northern Europe and of course the UK..
Ah the memories...
More golf to follow.. Bryan
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