Spain's Ignacio Garrido broke the Real Club course record by two strokes on Friday to sweep to a seven-shot lead during the Spanish Open second round. The 1997 Ryder Cup player rediscovered his touch after a poor recent run to produce a faultless card of nine-under-par 63, two better than the record set by the first-round leader Martin Erlandsson of Sweden on Thursday. Garrido's nine birdies took him to a 15-under total of 129, seven strokes ahead of his nearest challenger, Briton David Lynn, who carded a 66, and Erlandsson, who was eight-under after four holes of his round. The 36-year-old from Madrid is the son of Antonio Garrido, also a Ryder Cup player, and nephew of German Garrido, another European Tour winner. Lynn, the 2004 Dutch Open winner, moved up to second place with six birdies. Two more Spaniards hold third place in the clubhouse on seven-under, Miguel Angel Jimenez, looking for a second win of the season, and Jose Manuel Lara. Tournament invitee John Daly cheered himself with a closing eagle at the ninth but the two-time major champion is likely to miss the cut after compiling a one-over 145 with a second round 70, a shot over the projected cut-off. Hwang and Jun tied for lead In Seoul, South Korea's Jun Tae-hyun fired a four-under-par 68 and joined early pacesetter Hwang In-Choon at the top of the field at the halfway stage of the Maekyung Open Golf Championship on Friday. Jun fired five birdies against a lone bogey for a six-under-par 138 total and finished alongside Hwang, who improved with an impressive 67 at the Nam Seoul Country Club. The duo hold a one-stroke advantage over in-form teenager Noh Seung-yul who remained in the hunt after a solid 70 and was tied third with overnight leader Kang Ji-man, who slipped off the lead after an even-par performance. Bae Sang-moon was also a stroke behind the leaders in the $600,000 Asian Tour event after a 68 together with Park Sung-kook who carded a 70. Defending champion Kim Kyung-tae returned a 71 to stay firmly in contention in tied seventh place alongside Kim Do-hoon III who recorded his second straight 70 for a 140 total. Big hitting Australian Scott Hend rose up the rankings, thanks to a hole-in-one at the par three 11th hole en route to a 67 and lies in 14th place on 143. Park seizes lead In Oklahoma, South Korea's Hee Young Park seized the first-round lead the LPGA SemGroup Championship on Thursday as world No. 1 Lorena Ochoa was blown off course by difficult windy conditions. Only four players managed sub-par rounds, and Ochoa was not one of them. Park managed a two-under-par 69 for a one-shot lead over defending champion Mi Hyun Kim, Ji Young Oh and Paul Creamer, who all notched 70s. Toms back in business In Charlotte, David Toms showed that quality never goes out of style when he earned a one-stroke lead after the first round at the $6.4 million Wachovia Championship on Thursday. Toms, who recently took a month off to rest his back, returned to form on the demanding Quail Hollow course. Playing the more difficult back nine first, the American picked up four strokes on his outward half on his way to a 5-under-par 67. “It does feel good to play solid golf again,” the 2001 US PGA champion told reporters after opening a one-shot advantage over compatriots Phil Mickelson and Jason Bohn with last year's Masters champion Zach Johnson among a large group two shots behind.
