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Patrik Sjoland vaults into lead with 64

Patrik Sjoland of Sweden shot a course-record 8-under-par 64 Friday, making birdies on his last four holes to take a one-stroke lead halfway through the South African Open.

He was at 12-under 132 after two rounds on the links course. Ernie Els (66) and Trevor Immelman (66) were at 133, with Retief Goosen (66) and Andrew Raitt (68) at 135.

Sjoland started well, completing his front nine in 30.

"All of a sudden, all the cameras came and I got nervous for a few holes," he said. "But I managed to get myself to together and finished nicely."

Goosen and Raitt were the first to take advantage of windless conditions, setting the early clubhouse mark at 9 under.

"We all know she (the course) isn't showing her teeth yet and we've been quite lucky," Els said.

Goosen birdied Nos. 15 and 16 and then eagled No. 17, the hole on which he carded an 11 in the first round.

Immelman then carded three birdies and an eagle from No. 14 to lead by two, but a bogey on No. 18 halted his move.

Behind him, Els chipped in for an eagle on No. 16 and birdied No. 17 to share the lead with Immelman. Then Sjoland closed in a surge.

132 Patrik Sjoland (Swe) 68 64

133 Trevor Immelman (Rsa) 67 66, Ernie Els (Rsa) 67 66

135 Retief Goosen (Rsa) 69 66, Andrew Raitt 67 68

136 Jaco Van Zyl (Rsa) 71 65, Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa) 71 65, Fredrik Andersson Hed (Swe) 69 67, Lee Westwood 68 68, Steve Van Vuuren (Rsa) 71 65

137 Alan McLean 69 68, Pelle Edberg (Swe) 69 68, James Kamte (Rsa) 69 68, Edward Rush 70 67

138 Robert Rock 70 68, Bradford Vaughan (Rsa) 70 68, Desmond Terblanche (Rsa) 68 70

139 Gary Lockerbie 73 66, Andrew Tampion (Aus) 72 67, Ross Fisher 70 69, Nic Henning (Rsa) 71 68, Gregory Bourdy (Fra) 71 68, Darren Fichardt (Rsa) 72 67, Edoardo Molinari (Ita) 70 69

140 Titch Moore (Rsa) 71 69, Steve Basson (Rsa) 71 69, Charl Schwartzel (Rsa) 71 69, Scott Drummond 73 67, Angel Cabrera (Arg) 75 65, James Heath 70 70, Lee S James 71 69, Nico Van Rensburg (Rsa) 70 70, Wade Ormsby (Aus) 71 69, Justin Walters (Rsa) 73 67

141 Desvonde Botes (Rsa) 73 68, Sam Walker 72 69, Lee Slattery 71 70, Eirik Tage Johansen (Nor) 75 66, Keith Horne (Rsa) 73 68, Rafael Bello (Spa) 72 69, David Frost (Rsa) 72 69, Nigel Edwards 73 68, Gregory Havret (Fra) 73 68

142 Ulrich Van Den Berg (Rsa) 72 70, Matthew Richardson 74 68, Adilson Da Silva (Bra) 71 71, Benn Barham 71 71, Mathias Gronberg (Swe) 72 70, Andre Cruse (Rsa) 72 70, Johan Axgren (Swe) 72 70, Andrew McLardy (Rsa) 71 71, Daniel Vancsik (Arg) 71 71, Chris Williams (Rsa) 72 70, Richard Finch 71 71, Warren Bennett 73 69, Dion Fourie (Rsa) 72 70, Richard Sterne (Rsa) 73 69

143 Juan Parron (Spa) 71 72, Ian Hutchings (Rsa) 73 70, David Carter 74 69, Garry Houston 71 72, Hennie Otto (Rsa) 70 73, Anton Haig (Rsa) 75 68, Oliver Wilson 74 69, Birgir Hafthorsson (Is) 74 69, Chris Swanepoel (Rsa) 73 70, Carl Suneson (Spa) 67 76, Christiaan Basson (Rsa) 73 70, Ross Wellington (Rsa) 76 67, Phillip Archer 75 68, Mark Murless (Rsa) 72 71

144 Thomas Aiken (Rsa) 76 68, Divan Van Den Heever (Rsa) 71 73, Gareth Davies 69 75, Tony Johnstone (Zim) 72 72, Branden Grace (Rsa) 73 71, Oliver Fisher 77 67, Julien Foret (Por) 75 69, Alessandro Tadini (Ita) 74 70, Sam Little 73 71, Sean Farrell (Zim) 75 69, Trevor Fisher Jnr (Rsa) 79 65, Joakim Backstrom (Swe) 72 72, Mattias Eliasson (Swe) 75 69, Tongoona Charamba (Zim) 75 69, Michiel Bothma (Rsa) 75 69, Alexandre Rocha (Bra) 74 70, Grant Muller (Rsa) 73 71, Werner Geyer (Rsa) 73 71, Michael Lamb (Zim) 76 68

The following players missed the cut:

145 Jesus Maria Arruti (Spa) 75 70, Henk Alberts (Rsa) 78 67, Mark Pilkington 74 71, Thabang Simon (Rsa) 76 69, Garth Mulroy (Rsa) 77 68, Tom Whitehouse 74 71, Alvaro Quiros (Spa) 71 74

146 John Bele (Rsa) 76 70, Sion Bebb 78 68, Bobby Lincoln (Rsa) 77 69, Richard McEvoy 76 70, Doug McGuigan 75 71, Marc Cayeux (Zim) 76 70, Hendrik Buhrmann (Rsa) 72 74, Billy Valentyn (Rsa) 74 72, Jean-Francois Lucquin (Fra) 71 75, Michael Kirk (USA) 76 70, Martin Maritz (Rsa) 75 71

147 James Kingston (Rsa) 69 78, Eugene Marugi (Rsa) 74 73, Steven Jeppesen (Swe) 74 73, Rafael Echenique (Arg) 75 72, Rossouw Loubser (Rsa) 76 71, Kevin Stone (Rsa) 76 71, Alexander Noren (Swe) 79 68, Tyrone Van Aswegen (Rsa) 80 67, Gavan Levenson (Rsa) 75 72, Vaughn Groenewald (Rsa) 73 74, Alex Haindl (Rsa) 76 71, Clinton Whitelaw (Rsa) 75 72, Brett Liddle (Rsa) 78 69, Omar Sandys (Rsa) 77 70, David Drysdale 76 71, Alan Michell (Rsa) 79 68

148 Wayne De Haas (Rsa) 74 74, Martin Erlandsson (Swe) 77 71, Sven Struver (Ger) 76 72, Warren Abery (Rsa) 73 75, Lindani Ndwandwe (Rsa) 75 73, Edrich Jansen (Rsa) 79 69

149 Trevor Dodds (Nam) 78 71, Bafana Hlophe (Rsa) 78 71, Manuel Quiros (Spa) 77 72, Merrick Bremner (Rsa) 74 75, Derek Crawford 73 76

150 Charl Coetzee (Rsa) 75 75, Brandon Pieters (Rsa) 71 79, Jean Hugo (Rsa) 76 74, Luis Claverie (Spa) 80 70, Chuck Johnson (Rsa) 75 75, Dawie Van der Walt (Rsa) 78 72, Christiaan Van Der Merwe (Rsa) 79 71

151 Henrik Nystrom (Swe) 77 74, Grant Veenstra (Rsa) 77 74, Wayne Westner(Rsa) 79 72, Ryan Tipping (Rsa) 77 74

153 Sammy Daniels (Rsa) 77 76, Francois Calmels (Fra) 78 75

154 Robert Wragg 81 73, Dylan Frittelli (Rsa) 81 73

155 Dean Lambert (Rsa) 81 74

159 Lyle Rowe (Rsa) 80 79

160 Mick Hough (Rsa) 83 77, Christopher Hanell (Swe) 82 78

163 Anton Prinsloo (Rsa) 87 76

Withdrew: Carlos Rodiles (Spa)