Austrian Open R2

July 09-12
Diamon CC, Atzenbrugg, Austria
€500,000
Round 1, Round 3, Round 4

Veteran Spaniard Miguel Angel Jimenez rolled back the years on Friday to claim a two-shot lead at the halfway stage of the Austrian Open, as the 56-year-old looks to shatter his own record as the European Tour's oldest winner.

10 birdies and Miguel is the solo leader heading into the weekend ✍️@Workday #AustrianOpen
— The European Tour (@EuropeanTour) July 10, 2020

Jimenez grabbed the headlines at the first European Tour event, co-sanctioned with the second-tier Challenge Tour, following a four-month break due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The world number 687, playing just his second European Tour competition of the year as he usually competes on the senior circuits, carded a seven-under-par second round of 65 to reach 11-under for the tournament.

He leads a group of five players -- Dutchman Joost Luiten, Scots Marc Warren and Craig Howie, Italy's Renato Paratore and German Nicolai von Dellingshausen -- by two strokes.

How to finish a round in style 👀
By @majimenez1964 pic.twitter.com/X6AsuSV9xk
— The European Tour (@EuropeanTour) July 10, 2020

"I'm playing very well," Jimenez, who has spent the last four months in the Dominican Republic, told europeantour.com.

"It feels great. Four months without competing, it's nice getting back into a tournament and feeling the tension again.

"I was excited to get back. I miss the competition. I can't remember the last time I had four months holidays."

He is already the oldest ever winner on the European Tour, setting the current record when he won the 2014 Spanish Open, his 21st Tour title, aged 50 years and 133 days.

That was the third time he had broken the record, having originally set a new mark aged 48 at the 2012 Hong Kong Open before successfully defending that title the following year.

The oldest victor on either of the two major tours was American great Sam Snead, aged 52 when he won the 1965 Greater Greensboro Open on the PGA Tour.

Jimenez looked to be feeling the pressure late on Friday as he bogeyed the 16th and 17th holes when poised to threaten the course record of 63, but he quickly bounced back with a closing birdie to ensure he remained in pole position heading into the weekend.

He first played on the European Tour in 1988.

Pos.	Player	Nat	To Par	R1	R2	Total
1	Miguel Angel Jimenez	ESP	-11	68	65	133
T2	Joost Luiten	NED	-9	65	70	135
T2	Marc Warren	SCO	-9	66	69	135
T2	Craig Howie	SCO	-9	66	69	135
T2	Renato Paratore	ITA	-9	68	67	135
T2	Nicolai von Dellingshausen	GER	-9	68	67	135
7	Darius van Driel	NED	-8	71	65	136
T8	Oscar Lengden	SWE	-7	69	68	137
T8	Connor Syme	SCO	-7	67	70	137
T8	Joel Stalter	FRA	-7	68	69	137
T8	Sebastian Garcia	ESP	-7	70	67	137
T8	Scott Vincent	ZWE	-7	71	66	137
T8	Wil Besseling	NED	-7	68	69	137
T14	Marcel Schneider	GER	-6	69	69	138
T14	Felix Mory	FRA	-6	70	68	138
T14	Jonathan Thomson	ENG	-6	68	70	138
T14	Christopher Mivis	BEL	-6	68	70	138
T18	Eduardo De La Riva	ESP	-5	68	71	139
T18	Jordan Wrisdale	ENG	-5	70	69	139
T18	Bernd Ritthammer	GER	-5	74	65	139
T18	Matt Ford	ENG	-5	71	68	139
T18	Carlos Pigem	ESP	-5	70	69	139
T18	Thomas Detry	BEL	-5	68	71	139
T18	Joel Sjoeholm	SWE	-5	71	68	139
T18	Allen John	GER	-5	69	70	139
T26	Alexander Knappe	GER	-4	71	69	140
T26	Philip Eriksson	SWE	-4	67	73	140
T26	Maximilian Kieffer	GER	-4	70	70	140
T26	Craig Ross	SCO	-4	70	70	140
T26	John Catlin	USA	-4	71	69	140
T26	Deyen Lawson	AUS	-4	73	67	140
T26	Nicolai Hoejgaard	DEN	-4	67	73	140
T26	Rikard Karlberg	SWE	-4	72	68	140
T26	Ondrej Lieser	CZE	-4	72	68	140
T26	Oliver Lindell	FIN	-4	69	71	140
T26	Henric Sturehed	SWE	-4	70	70	140
T26	Martin Leth Simonsen	DEN	-4	69	71	140
T38	Gregory Bourdy	FRA	-3	70	71	141
T38	Lorenzo Gagli	ITA	-3	72	69	141
T38	Adria Arnaus	ESP	-3	70	71	141
T38	Anton Karlsson	SWE	-3	69	72	141
T38	Chase Hanna	USA	-3	72	69	141
T38	Per Laengfors	SWE	-3	72	69	141
T38	Aaron Zemmer	ITA	-3	73	68	141
T38	Lukas Nemecz	AUT	-3	70	71	141
T38	Pedro Oriol	ESP	-3	71	70	141
T38	Niklas Noergaard Moeller	DEN	-3	69	72	141
T38	Santiago Tarrio	ESP	-3	71	70	141
T38	Daan Huizing	NED	-3	70	71	141
T38	Marcel Siem	GER	-3	73	68	141
T51	Todd Clements	ENG	-2	75	67	142
T51	Lorenzo Scalise	ITA	-2	67	75	142
T51	Joel Girrbach	SWE	-2	70	72	142
T51	Robin Roussel	FRA	-2	70	72	142
T51	Robbie van West	NED	-2	71	71	142
T51	Pelle Edberg	SWE	-2	71	71	142
T51	Scott Henry	SCO	-2	69	73	142
T51	Jerome Lando-Casanova	FRA	-2	69	73	142
T51	Max Schmitt	GER	-2	72	70	142
T51	Raphael De Sousa	CHE	-2	73	69	142
T51	Adrien Saddier	SCO	-2	70	72	142
T62	Roope Kakko	FIN	-1	73	70	143
T62	Gavin Moynihan	IRL	-1	69	74	143
T62	Markus Habeler	AUT	-1	73	70	143
T62	Moritz Lampert	GER	-1	71	72	143
T62	Francesco Laporta	ITA	-1	73	70	143
T62	David Borda	ESP	-1	74	69	143
T62	Antoine Rozner	FRA	-1	74	69	143
T62	Matthew Baldwin	ENG	-1	71	72	143
T62	Jens Fahrbring	SWE	-1	72	71	143
T62	Hurly Long	GER	-1	73	70	143
T62	David Boote	WAL	-1	73	70	143
T62	Enrico Di Nitto	ITA	-1	71	72	143
CUT	Benjamin Rusch	SWE	Par	74	70	144
CUT	Borja Virto	ESP	Par	72	72	144
CUT	Christofer Blomstrand	SWE	Par	77	67	144
CUT	Clement Berardo	FRA	Par	72	72	144
CUT	Damien Perrier	FRA	Par	76	68	144
CUT	Gary Stal	FRA	Par	70	74	144
CUT	Robin Petersson	SWE	Par	72	72	144
CUT	Scott Fernandez	ESP	Par	74	70	144
CUT	Scott Gregory	ENG	Par	70	74	144
CUT	Sebastian Heisele	GER	Par	70	74	144
CUT	Steven Tiley	ENG	Par	72	72	144
CUT	Daniel Gavins	ENG	1	75	70	145
CUT	Federico Maccario	ITA	1	72	73	145
CUT	Hinrich Arkenau	GER	1	74	71	145
CUT	Leo Astl	AUT	1	74	71	145
CUT	Markus Brier	AUT	1	75	70	145
CUT	Pep Angles	ESP	1	74	71	145
CUT	Timon Baltl	AUT	1	68	77	145
CUT	Alvaro Arizabaleta	COL	2	78	68	146
CUT	Bradley Moore	ENG	2	71	75	146
CUT	Dominic Foos	GER	2	74	72	146
CUT	Jens Dantorp	SWE	2	68	78	146
CUT	Mathieu Fenasse	FRA	2	73	73	146
CUT	Nicolas Colsaerts	BEL	2	71	75	146
CUT	Robin Dawson	IRL	2	76	70	146
CUT	Robin Sciot-Siegrist	FRA	2	69	77	146
CUT	Stanislav Matus	CZE	2	72	74	146
CUT	Stuart Manley	WAL	2	75	71	146
CUT	Adrian Meronk	POL	3	76	71	147
CUT	Andrew Wilson	ENG	3	74	73	147
CUT	Gudmundur Kristjansson	ISL	3	70	77	147
CUT	Laurenz Kubin	AUT	3	74	73	147
CUT	Maximilian Steinlechner	AUT	3	73	74	147
CUT	Niall Kearney	IRL	3	78	69	147
CUT	Nicolai Kristensen	DNK	3	74	73	147
CUT	Ricardo Melo Gouveia	POR	3	75	72	147
CUT	Richard Mansell	ENG	3	74	73	147
CUT	Sami Vaelimaeki	FIN	3	72	75	147
CUT	Tapio Pulkkanen	FIN	3	79	68	147
CUT	Ugo Coussaud	FRA	3	72	75	147
CUT	Chris Robb	SCO	4	73	75	148
CUT	Gerold Folk	AUT	4	77	71	148
CUT	Lukas Lipold	AUT	4	76	72	148
CUT	Mikael Lundberg	SWE	4	70	78	148
CUT	Niklas Regner	AUT	4	70	78	148
CUT	Ryan Evans	ENG	4	76	72	148
CUT	Victor Riu	FRA	4	74	74	148
CUT	Ewen Ferguson	SCO	5	75	74	149
CUT	Alfie Plant	ENG	6	77	73	150
CUT	Janne Kaske	FIN	6	77	73	150
CUT	Lars van Meijel	NED	6	73	77	150
CUT	Mark F. Haastrup	DEN	6	73	77	150
CUT	Ross McGowan	ENG	6	75	75	150
CUT	Antti Ahokas	FIN	7	73	78	151
CUT	Martin Wiegele	AUT	7	73	78	151
CUT	Rhys Enoch	WAL	7	81	70	151
CUT	Ben Stow	ENG	8	75	77	152
CUT	Emilio Cuartero	ESP	8	77	75	152
CUT	Frederic Lacroix	FRA	8	71	81	152
CUT	Haraldur Magnus	ISL	8	81	71	152
CUT	Ivan Cantero	ESP	8	76	76	152
CUT	Jonas Koelbing	GER	8	76	76	152
CUT	Julien Quesne	FRA	8	72	80	152
CUT	Martin Ovesen	DNK	8	75	77	152
CUT	Nick Mccarthy	ENG	8	79	73	152
CUT	Filippo Bergamaschi	ITA	9	75	78	153
CUT	Jesper Sandborg	SWE	11	81	74	155
CUT	Kim Koivu	FIN	13	80	77	157
CUT	Fredrik Nilehn	SWE	16	85	75	160
CUT	Sebastian Wittmann	AUT	20	87	77	164
RET	Haydn Porteous	RSA	Par	81	-	81

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