SINGAPORE, Nov 10, 2012 (AFP) – Danish veteran Thomas Bjorn outshone world number one Rory McIlroy Saturday as he moved two shots clear after a marathon second round at the storm-disrupted Barclays Singapore Open. Bjorn, 41, hit a sparkling four-under-par 67 at par-71 Sentosa Golf Club to give himself a great chance of his first [...]

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SINGAPORE, Nov 10, 2012 (AFP) – Danish veteran Thomas Bjorn outshone world number one Rory McIlroy Saturday as he moved two shots clear after a marathon second round at the storm-disrupted Barclays Singapore Open.

Bjorn, 41, hit a sparkling four-under-par 67 at par-71 Sentosa Golf Club to give himself a great chance of his first win of the year, especially after weather delays left the event at risk of being cut to 54 holes.

The Ryder Cup vice-captain’s rounds of 66 and 67, for a 133 total, are two better than South Africa’s George Coetzee, who shot a brilliant eight-under-par 63, and England’s Chris Wood after his 65.

Francesco Molinari, who starred in Bjorn’s victorious Ryder Cup team, hit 67 to lie three off the lead and one ahead of England’s Simon Dyson and three-time winner Adam Scott, who fired himself into contention with a 66.

McIlroy, needing a top-three finish to clinch the European order of merit, as he seeks to win the money lists on both sides of the Atlantic, shot his second successive round of 70, leaving him seven shots back from the leader.

Phil Mickelson chipped bravely between two palm trees for birdie on the 18th to avoid the cut by a stroke, but Major-winner Padraig Harrington, who claimed the PGA Grand Slam of Golf last month, was eliminated after rounds of 74 and 73.

The action completed a stop-start round that started on Friday morning and was halted after just a few hours as lightning storms hovered over the course. It finally wrapped up mid-afternoon on Saturday — 28 hours later.

“The course is not easy but especially having to go out and come back in. It’s a been a bit of a frustrating few days,” McIlroy said.

Thomas Bjorn of Denmark playing a shot during day three of the Barclays Singapore Open Golf tournament at the Sentosa Golf Club in Singapore. The six million USD event, co-sanctioned by the European and Asian Tours, runs from November 8 to 11. AFP



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