Green slips, Donald leads
05/21/2010 09:28:24 PM
(70) and South African James Kingston (69).
Casey, who has Donald's brother Christian as his caddie, still has high hopes of a successful defence on four-under, while Padraig Harrington and Bristol's Chris Wood are on the same mark following rounds of 67 and 68 respectively.
Els has felt almost duty-bound to try for the green in two at the 539-yard last. In the first round he hit a five-wood into the water and bogeyed, but on his return a massive drive left him only a seven-iron in and he almost made what would have been just the second eagle of the week there.
The 610-yard 17th has not seen one eagle yet and although Spanish Open champion Alvaro Quiros had a quintuple bogey 10 there - it included a second shot out of bounds and then a double hit on his chip - that was not the biggest score of the day.
Portugal's Jose-Filipe Lima put three balls in the water on the 391-yard eighth, another of the altered holes, and walked off with an 11. There was a 10 from Spaniard Pablo Martin at the last.
Westwood had a triple bogey seven on the 15th and Rory McIlroy a six there, but they stand one-over and two-over and could yet fight their way back into contention.