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Day Two in Numbers: Turkish Airlines Open
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Day Two in Numbers: Turkish Airlines Open

128- Nicolas Colsaerts holds the lead at the halfway stage in Antalya on 14 under par after shooting low round of the day with his second consecutive 64.

6th hole during the second round of the Turkish Airlines Open

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  • Colsaerts becomes just the third player this season to open with two sub-65 rounds (Scott Hend - Omega European Masters, Alvaro Quiros - Rocco Forte Open)

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  • Stephen Gallacher, who turned 43 on Wednesday, remains the only player left in the field without a bogey on his card through two days in Turkey. The Scot is six back with a pair of rounds to come.
Stephen Gallacher during the second round of the Turkish Airlines Open

13- Months since Stephen Gallacher shot lower than his 65 on Friday and more than four years since he shot lower on a weekday.

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  • Big hole-out eagles on Friday. David Lipsky from 130 yards with a pitching wedge at the 11th (his first hole of the day) and Peter Uihlein with an 87-yard lob wedge at 13)3 - 36-hole leads for the Belgian on the European Tour. He eventually finished tied 53rd at the 2006 Irish Open and tied sixth at the 2014 BMW Masters.

2- There have now been three four or more shot leads after 36-holes this season. In the previous two, Matt Wallace (five shots) went on to win the Open de Portugal, while Bernd Wiesberger (four shots) won the Shenzhen International.

11- Colsaerts claims the 16th lead of four or more shots through 36 holes in the last four seasons. 11 of the previous 15 have held on to win.

84- Of the 84 players to have held a 36 hole lead of four, 43 have gone on to win.

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