Andrew Oldcorn carded a superb six under par 66 to storm up the leaderboard during the second round of the Senior Open de Portugal, at Vidago Palace.
The Scot started the day ten shots off the pace after an opening round 73, but carded five birdies over his opening seven holes and another on the par five 17th to finish the round on five under par 139.
“I can’t believe how well I played today,” he said. “When I got here at the start of the week I felt lousy. I think I had some sort of man flu. I had no energy at all on Thursday and Friday but I’m feeling a bit better today.
“I played terrible yesterday so last night I decided I’d go out today and just free-wheel it and see what happened. I played awesome for the first seven holes but then missed three or four chances coming home when I could have shot a really low number.
“66 was by far the most I could have shot today.”
Oldcorn was one of several players making a move up the leaderboard early in the second round.
Canada’s Rick Gibson and England’s Gordon Manson both fired five under par rounds of 67 to go into the last round on four under par 140. Oldcorn’s compatriot Steve McAllister and his playing partner Mark Davis both shot 68 to finish on 142 -while Andrew Shelborne was just one shot further back after a two under par 70.
First round leader Chris Williams made a great start to his second round with two birdies in his first three holes, but he dropped two shots on the fifth to fall back to nine under par, leaving him only two shots clear of Des Smyth, Greg Turner, Carl Mason and Steen Tinning.
Former Ryder Cup captain Ian Woosnam retired after 13 holes of his second round suffering from a back problem.
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