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Jordan Smith finished his second round with a flourish to remain on top of the 2022 Portugal Masters leaderboard at the halfway stage, with Gavin Green joining him at the summit after another day of low scoring in Vilamoura.
Englishman Smith started the day with a one-shot lead following Thursday's sparkling 62 but found himself trailing Green with two holes left to play on Friday, having mixed four birdies with two bogeys in his first 16 holes.
However, Smith got up and down for a birdie on the long 17th before holing his 21-foot putt from the rough around the 18th green to pick up another shot, sign for a second-round 67 and join Green in the clubhouse on 13 under par.
Malaysia's Green, who began his round ten minutes before Smith on Friday morning, made seven birdies and a single bogey in his 65.
Finn Tapio Pulkkanen and Frenchman Benjamin Hebert were one shot back in a tie for third after they both followed up opening 66s with matching 64s to remain bogey-free after 36 holes at Dom Pedro Victoria Golf Course.
Hebert started the week 179th on the DP World Tour Rankings in Partnership with Rolex, knowing he needed to do something special to keep his playing privileges, and he has put himself in a decent position to contend for the title over the weekend.
Having pulled off an important par save from five feet at the 16th, Smith finished with back-to-back birdies to join Green at the top.
Canadian Aaron Cockerill had his best round in a while - 6 65 with 7 birdies and just 1 bogey to finish the day T13 -9 just 4 shots off the lead heading into the weekend, currently projected to finish #104 with the cut off number to retain 2023 cards at #117.
Bryan Angus
(europeantour.com)
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