Campbell maintains six shot lead

Michael Campbell is still well clear of the field despite shooting a 69 - six shots worse than his first round score.

The New Zealander, who was six shots clear after his opening 63 - a European Tour record, struggled early on in his round but managed to keep a stronghold on his game.

He birdied the last two holes and will go into the third round on 12 under par, five ahead of Australian Peter O'Malley.

Colin Montgomerie and Lee Westwood are two shots further back in third place along with local hope Steve Webster.

"I had a bit of a glitch in the system early on, but that was a pretty good day, it's very hard to back up a 63," said the 31-year-old. Montgomerie, who managed just a one-under, 71, birdied four of his first eight holes to clse the gap on Campbell, but a missed four-foot birdie putt on the 9th took stopped his charge and he was also warned for slow play.

"We were running. Why we were I don't know, but we were and it does throw you a wee bit," said the Scot.

"Generally I'm all for it. It's a good thing to speed up play, just not my group! I certainly didn't feel we were going particularly slowly, but we were rushing when we were on the clock.

"Things had been rolling along so smoothly and I was thinking of catching Campbell, but I lost a certain amount of momentum missing that putt on the 18th and then just didn't hit the irons shots close enough."

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