Levy leads the way as fog takes its toll
FRANCE’S Alexander Levy will take a fourshot lead into today’s third and final round of the Porsche European Open after the event was reduced to 54 holes.
After fog delayed play for the third day running yesterday, Levy completed the final hole of his second round with a par on the ninth, adding a flawless 63 to his opening 62 to finish 17-under-par.
At that stage the 26-year-old was five clear of England’s Ross Fisher, who had carded a second consecutive 65 but Sweden’s Michael Jonzon then made the most of his last-minute entry into the tournament with a superb 63.
Jonzon, 44, who only got into the field when Victor Dubuisson withdrew on Wednesday, birdied seven of his last 11 holes to finish 13 under, with Fisher 12 under and Ryder Cup star Martin Kaymer and Austria’s Bernd Wiesberger a shot further back.
Wiesberger had looked the biggest threat to Levy when he followed a front nine of 33 with an eagle on the 10th and birdie on the 11th, but found water with his approach to the 12th and came up 30 yards short of the green on the 14th to bogey both holes.
With more fog possible today, tournament officials had no option but to reduce the event to 54 holes.