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Open de Espana: Day 2 In Numbers
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Open de Espana: Day 2 In Numbers

After other brilliant day at the Open de Espana, europeantour.com took a numerical look back at the key numbers from the second round at PGA Catalunya Resort...

Francesco Molinari

6 - Shots under par leader Thomas Pieters is after a day 2 69, 1 clear with 36 holes to come 

2 - Shots over par the 22 year old Belgian was on his first 9 (the back 9) on Friday

31 - Pieters' blistering total on the front 9 - the best of the week - including 5 birdies

4 - Shots under par Eddie Pepperell was for his first 3 holes on Friday after starting birdie-birdie-eagle

1 - Double bogey the Englishman added plus 3 bogeys in a madcap 71

12 - Tournaments since Pepperell has shot under par in both the first and second rounds

11 - Nationalities inside the top 10 heading into the weekend, including 4 Spaniards

66 - Low round of the week so far set on Friday by Darren Fichardt, the day's biggest mover after surging 111 places up the board into a tie for 10th

0 - Bogeys on Alvaro Quiros' card on Friday, the only blemish-free round of the day and only the 2nd all week after Miguel Angel Jimenez's flawless 1st round

0 - Holes in 1 when the Open de Espana was held here previously in 2000 and 2009

2 - Holes in 1 on the 5th in 2 days now after Alastair Forsyth bagged a 2nd competitive ace of his career

4 - The iron Forsyth used from 200 yards, 1 club more than Robert-Jan Derksen used for his hole in 1 on Thursday

237 - Yardage of James Kingston's spectacular albatross on the par 5 12th on Friday, the 4th albatross of the 2014 season after Joost Luiten (Volvo Golf Champions), Steve Webster (Qatar Masters) and Mark Tullo (Trophee Hassan II)

5 - The total number of albatrosses Kingston says he has had in his life now along with "at least 10 holes in 1"

3 - The wood the South African pulled to complete his remarkable approach

77 - Players to make the cut on 4 over par or better

10 - Shots between the leader and the cut-line

80 - Berndt Wiesberger's score on day 1; a 4 under par 68 on Friday helped him make the weekend on the mark

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