Trophee Hassan II - R2

April 25-28
Royal Golf Dar Es Salam, Rabat, Morocco
€2,500,000
Round 1, Round 3, Round 4

David Lipsky and Sean Crocker share the halfway lead in the Hassan Trophy as American players continued to enjoy a brilliant season on the European Tour.

Sean Crocker and David Lipsky tied for lead, © Getty Images — Sean Crocker, *© Getty Images*

Lipsky produced one of the best rounds of the day in testing, windy conditions, a three-under-par 70 at Royal Golf Dar Es Salam leaving him alongside Crocker on five under par.

Crocker, who was born in Zimbabwe but is a naturalised American, added a 74 to his opening 67 to finish a shot ahead of compatriot Julian Suri, Australia's Dimitrios Papadatos and the English pair of Lee Slattery and Jordan Smith.

Smith held the overnight lead following an opening 66 but struggled to a 76 on Friday which contained five bogeys and just two birdies.

American players have won eight of the 18 tournaments contested on the European Tour this season, with Lipsky's good friend Kurt Kitayama getting the ball rolling in Mauritius and Lipsky himself winning in South Africa in December.

Since then, Kitayama won again in Oman, Dustin Johnson has claimed a brace of wins and Bryson DeChambeau, Kevin Kisner and Masters champion Tiger Woods have all tasted victory on the tour.

"Bryson and DJ have come out and played well and they're some of the best players in the world," Lipsky said. "What Kurt and I have been doing has been playing pretty solid.

"It's become more comfortable out here, Americans are more open to coming out, travelling, playing more and it's great to have friends out here.

"I played really solid today. It's tough on that back nine when the wind picked up and the greens firmed up so I'm really happy with where I'm at. We're going into the weekend looking pretty good."

Suri looked poised to hold the outright lead at six under before finding the water on the ninth, his final hole, to run up a double bogey, but was still pleased with a 71 in very tough conditions.

"It was a really solid round," he said. "Still in position to contend for this thing. I hit a lot of good shots and obviously I had one kind of blemish on my last hole today. For the most part I'm pretty pleased with where my game's at."

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Scotland's Stephen Gallacher, who had an albatross in his opening 68, slumped to a second round of 82 to fall nine shots off the lead.

Pos.	Player	Nat	To Par	R1	R2	Total
T1	David Lipsky	USA	-5	71	70	141
T1	Sean Crocker	USA	-5	67	74	141
T3	Julian Suri	USA	-4	71	71	142
T3	Lee Slattery	ENG	-4	70	72	142
T3	Dimitrios Papadatos	AUS	-4	70	72	142
T3	Jordan Smith	ENG	-4	66	76	142
T7	Kristoffer Reitan	NOR	-3	70	73	143
T7	Jorge Campillo	ESP	-3	72	71	143
T7	Matthias Schwab	AUT	-3	70	73	143
T7	Alejandro Canizares	ESP	-3	67	76	143
T7	Guido Migliozzi	ITA	-3	72	71	143
T7	Erik Van Rooyen	RSA	-3	74	69	143
T13	Masahiro Kawamura	JPN	-2	75	69	144
T13	Wade Ormsby	AUS	-2	74	70	144
T13	Fabrizio Zanotti	PAR	-2	74	70	144
T16	Victor Dubuisson	FRA	-1	75	70	145
T16	Ashley Chesters	ENG	-1	72	73	145
T16	Alexander Bjoerk	SWE	-1	74	71	145
T16	Thongchai Jaidee	THA	-1	73	72	145
T16	Marc Warren	SCO	-1	72	73	145
T16	Grant Forrest	SCO	-1	75	70	145
T22	David Law	SCO	Par	75	71	146
T22	Clement Sordet	FRA	Par	76	70	146
T22	Justin Walters	RSA	Par	74	72	146
T22	Raphael Jacquelin	FRA	Par	72	74	146
T22	Matthieu Pavon	FRA	Par	68	78	146
T22	Christiaan Bezuidenhout	RSA	Par	75	71	146
T22	Andrea Pavan	ITA	Par	72	74	146
T22	Jeff Winther	SWE	Par	74	72	146
T22	Tom Murray	ENG	Par	77	69	146
T31	James Morrison	ENG	1	72	75	147
T31	Benjamin Hebert	FRA	1	73	74	147
T31	Richard Sterne	RSA	1	71	76	147
T31	Andy Sullivan	ENG	1	74	73	147
T31	Marcel Siem	GER	1	74	73	147
T31	Michael Hoey	NIR	1	74	73	147
T31	Edoardo Molinari	ITA	1	69	78	147
T31	Kurt Kitayama	USA	1	73	74	147
T31	Tom Lewis	ENG	1	72	75	147
T31	Chris Paisley	ENG	1	75	72	147
T31	Jack Senior	ENG	1	70	77	147
T42	Paul Dunne	IRL	2	73	75	148
T42	Joost Luiten	NED	2	73	75	148
T42	Gavin Moynihan	IRL	2	74	74	148
T42	Kalle Samooja	FIN	2	72	76	148
T42	Mikko Korhonen	FIN	2	72	76	148
T42	David Horsey	ENG	2	73	75	148
T48	Pablo Larrazabal	ESP	3	70	79	149
T48	Thomas Detry	BEL	3	73	76	149
T48	Tapio Pulkkanen	FIN	3	75	74	149
T48	Michael Lorenzo-Vera	FRA	3	73	76	149
T48	Richie Ramsay	SCO	3	77	72	149
T48	Ricardo Melo Gouveia	POR	3	75	74	149
T48	Lasse Jensen	DNK	3	73	76	149
T48	Joachim B. Hansen	DEN	3	75	74	149
T48	Romain Langasque	FRA	3	74	75	149
T48	Joel Girrbach	SWE	3	74	75	149
T48	Oliver Wilson	ENG	3	74	75	149
T48	Hyo-Won Park	KOR	3	75	74	149
T60	Hideto Tanihara	JPN	4	76	74	150
T60	Paul Waring	ENG	4	73	77	150
T60	Kim Koivu	FIN	4	74	76	150
T60	Maximilian Kieffer	GER	4	72	78	150
T60	Steven Brown	ENG	4	76	74	150
T60	Adrian Otaegui	ESP	4	73	77	150
T60	Callum Shinkwin	ENG	4	74	76	150
T60	Stephen Gallacher	SCO	4	68	82	150
T60	Alvaro Quiros	ESP	4	73	77	150
T60	Peter Hanson	SWE	4	72	78	150
T60	Jake McLeod	AUS	4	72	78	150
T60	Sebastian Soederberg	SWE	4	72	78	150
CUT	Ben Evans	ENG	5	74	77	151
CUT	Bernd Ritthammer	GER	5	76	75	151
CUT	David Borda	ESP	5	78	73	151
CUT	Hugo Leon	CHI	5	73	78	151
CUT	Nacho Elvira	ESP	5	77	74	151
CUT	Max Schmitt	GER	5	78	73	151
CUT	Niklas Lemke	SWE	5	74	77	151
CUT	Nino Bertasio	ITA	5	75	76	151
CUT	Pedro Oriol	ESP	5	73	78	151
CUT	Renato Paratore	ITA	5	74	77	151
CUT	Richard McEvoy	ENG	5	77	74	151
CUT	Victor Perez	FRA	5	73	78	151
CUT	Adrien Saddier	SCO	6	73	79	152
CUT	Alexander Levy	FRA	6	75	77	152
CUT	Anton Karlsson	SWE	6	77	75	152
CUT	Dean Burmester	RSA	6	73	79	152
CUT	Deyen Lawson	AUS	6	75	77	152
CUT	Jacques Kruyswijk	RSA	6	75	77	152
CUT	Jens Dantorp	SWE	6	73	79	152
CUT	Kristian Krogh Johannessen	NOR	6	75	77	152
CUT	Matteo Manassero	ITA	6	76	76	152
CUT	Nick Cullen	AUS	6	74	78	152
CUT	Othman Raouzi	MAR	6	77	75	152
CUT	Robert Karlsson	SWE	6	76	76	152
CUT	Yusaku Miyazato	JPN	6	72	80	152
CUT	Ashun Wu	CHI	7	75	78	153
CUT	Ayoub Lguirati	MOR	7	75	78	153
CUT	Jack Singh-Brar	ENG	7	77	76	153
CUT	Jeung-Hun Wang	KOR	7	77	76	153
CUT	Jin-Ho Choi	KOR	7	73	80	153
CUT	Joakim Lagergren	SWE	7	75	78	153
CUT	Josh Geary	NZL	7	78	75	153
CUT	Marcus Kinhult	SWE	7	73	80	153
CUT	Max Orrin	ENG	7	77	76	153
CUT	Ross McGowan	ENG	7	75	78	153
CUT	Ryan Evans	ENG	7	73	80	153
CUT	Scott Gregory	ENG	7	79	74	153
CUT	Scott Jamieson	SCO	7	74	79	153
CUT	Sihwan Kim	KOR	7	73	80	153
CUT	Austin Connelly	CAN	8	78	76	154
CUT	Christofer Blomstrand	SWE	8	75	79	154
CUT	Darren Fichardt	RSA	8	76	78	154
CUT	Lorenzo Gagli	ITA	8	74	80	154
CUT	Romain Wattel	FRA	8	76	78	154
CUT	Scott Vincent	ZWE	8	80	74	154
CUT	Bradley Dredge	WAL	9	77	78	155
CUT	Faycal Serghini	MOR	9	75	80	155
CUT	Haydn Porteous	RSA	9	77	78	155
CUT	Hurly Long	GER	9	79	76	155
CUT	Ivan Cantero	ESP	9	76	79	155
CUT	Jason Scrivener	AUS	9	74	81	155
CUT	John Catlin	USA	9	75	80	155
CUT	Jonathan Thomson	ENG	9	79	76	155
CUT	Laurie Canter	ENG	9	73	82	155
CUT	Liam Johnston	SCO	9	77	78	155
CUT	Louis De Jager	RSA	9	75	80	155
CUT	Oliver Fisher	ENG	9	78	77	155
CUT	Robert MacIntyre	SCO	9	78	77	155
CUT	Aaron Cockerill	CAN	10	78	78	156
CUT	Aaron Rai	ENG	10	76	80	156
CUT	David Drysdale	SCO	10	76	80	156
CUT	Filippo Bergamaschi	ITA	10	81	75	156
CUT	Matthew Southgate	ENG	10	77	79	156
CUT	Philipp Mejow	GER	10	78	78	156
CUT	Daniel Gavins	ENG	11	78	79	157
CUT	David Howell	ENG	11	77	80	157
CUT	Espen Kofstad	NOR	11	75	82	157
CUT	Esteban Toledo	MEX	11	81	76	157
CUT	Pedro Figueiredo	POR	11	77	80	157
CUT	Stuart Manley	WAL	11	76	81	157
CUT	Adria Arnaus	ESP	12	78	80	158
CUT	Julien Quesne	FRA	12	77	81	158
CUT	Matthew Baldwin	ENG	12	81	77	158
CUT	Ewan Porter	AUS	13	73	86	159
CUT	Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano	ESP	13	79	80	159
CUT	Per Laengfors	SWE	14	84	76	160
CUT	Shergo Al Kurdi	JOR	15	83	78	161
CUT	Zander Lombard	RSA	17	81	82	163
CUT	Ayoub Ssouadi	MAR	19	83	82	165
CUT	Ahmed Marjan	MOR	21	90	77	167
CUT	Saud Al Sharif	KSA	21	83	84	167
DSQ	Chris Wood	ENG	Par	76	-	76
RET	Andrew Dodt	AUS	Par	73	-	73
RET	Matthew Nixon	ENG	Par	73	-	73
RET	Soren Kjeldsen	DEN	Par	77	-	77

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