Olazabal & Wall lead at 11 under

Jose Maria Olazabal, seeking his first win of the season, fired a seven-under-par 65 to grab a share of the lead after the second round of the German Masters on Friday.

The Spaniard's eight-birdie display put the twice former U.S. Masters champion on 11-under 133 alongside Britain's Anthony Wall, whose 62 was two strokes off the Gut Larchenhof course record.

Olazabal and Wall were one shot in front of Briton Paul Casey (67). South African Retief Goosen shared fourth place on 135 with Zimbabwean Marc Cayeux and British duo David Lynn and Nick Dougherty.

Earlier in the week Olazabal doubted that the course suited him but he was boosted on Friday by a combination of accurate driving and a hot putter.

Olazabal is enjoying a reasonable season on both sides of the Atlantic and is keen to start gathering points ahead of next year's Ryder Cup.

"Everybody is eager to play in the Ryder Cup and I would love to be in it again," he told reporters after holing putts of 40-feet, 30-feet and 25-feet and three 12-footers.

"If I don't get into the team it will hurt like it did the last two times. But if I don't make it I'm not going to throw myself off a bridge."

In the race to be top of the order of merit on Sunday night, number two Goosen has the edge after a 68 pushed him five ahead of number one Michael Campbell (69).

Goosen, winner of the European money list in 2001 and 2002, is only $185,000 behind New Zealander Campbell and the first prize this week is $627,000.

With $16 million in prize money on offer in four events over the next five weeks, including next week's World Matchplay Championship and the WGC American Express Championship in San Francisco, Goosen has been sharpening his swing in a bid to make it a hat-trick of orders of merit.

"Not many people have won it three times. These next few weeks are going to be very important because if you win one of the events it is going to be tough for your rivals to catch you," said Goosen.

Argentine Angel Cabrera, lying fourth on the money list, can also force his way to the top but number three Colin Montgomerie's chance has gone. The Scot missed the cut by two strokes after a 72 for 144, level par.

Defending champion Padraig Harrington of Ireland finished on the same mark.

133 Anthony Wall 71 62, Jose Maria Olazabal (Spa) 68 65

134 Paul Casey 67 67

135 Retief Goosen (Rsa) 67 68, Marc Cayeux (Zim) 66 69, David Lynn 68 67, Nick Dougherty 71 64

136 Bernhard Langer (Ger) 67 69, Scott Drummond 68 68

137 Henrik Stenson (Swe) 71 66, Thomas Levet (Fra) 71 66, Paul Broadhurst 69 68, Philip Golding 71 66, Andrew Marshall 66 71, Pierre Fulke (Swe) 68 69, Joakim Backstrom (Swe) 71 66

138 Sven Struver (Ger) 70 68, Jonathan Lomas 73 65, Lee Slattery 72 66, Simon Khan 69 69, David Howell 72 66, Graeme Storm 69 69, Ricardo Gonzalez (Arg) 67 71, Barry Lane 66 72, Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (Spa) 71 67, Angel Cabrera (Arg) 70 68

139 Marten Olander (Swe) 71 68, Carlos Rodiles (Spa) 72 67, Charl Schwartzel (Rsa) 67 72, Niki Zitny (Aut) 67 72, Stephen Dodd 69 70

140 Robert-Jan Derksen (Ned) 75 65, Jose-Filipe Lima (Por) 71 69, Alastair Forsyth 69 71, Simon Dyson 72 68, Richard Green (Aus) 70 70, Ignacio Garrido (Spa) 73 67, Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa) 70 70, Michael Campbell (Nzl) 71 69, Kenneth Ferrie 68 72, Niclas Fasth (Swe) 69 71

141 Andrew Coltart 73 68, Joakim Haeggman (Swe) 70 71, Thomas Bjorn (Den) 71 70, Marcel Siem (Ger) 71 70, Damien McGrane 71 70, Andrew Oldcorn 68 73, Jose Manuel Lara (Spa) 67 74, Steve Webster 69 72, Bradley Dredge 66 75, Graeme McDowell 71 70

142 David Carter 71 71, Mikael Lundberg (Swe) 71 71, Jean-Francois Remesy (Fra) 74 68, Peter Hanson (Swe) 69 73, Mark Hensby (Aus) 71 71, Christian Cevaer (Fra) 71 71, Soren Hansen (Den) 71 71, Brett Rumford (Aus) 70 72, John Bickerton 72 70, Raphael Jacquelin (Fra) 71 71, Ian Woosnam 75 67, Ian Poulter 72 70, Peter O'Malley (Aus) 71 71, Miles Tunnicliff 74 68

143 Santiago Luna (Spa) 72 71, Stephen Gallacher 69 74, Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa) 71 72, Sandy Lyle 71 72, Wade Ormsby (Aus) 74 69, Stephen Scahill (Nzl) 72 71, Klas Eriksson (Swe) 71 72, Peter Hedblom (Swe) 73 70, Soren Kjeldsen (Den) 78 65, Mads Vibe-Hastrup (Den) 71 72, Miguel Angel Martin (Spa) 72 71, Jean Van de Velde (Fra) 73 70

144 Padraig Harrington 75 69, James Kingston (Rsa) 74 70, Tobias Dier (Ger) 74 70, Marcus Fraser (Aus) 69 75, Colin Montgomerie 72 72

145 Steven O'Hara 74 71, Eduardo Romero (Arg) 69 76, Christopher Hanell (Swe) 72 73

146 Jean-Francois Lucquin (Fra) 74 72, Costantino Rocca (Ita) 73 73, Rolf Muntz (Ned) 74 72, Martin Maritz (Rsa) 73 73, Gregory Havret (Fra) 71 75, Peter Fowler (Aus) 71 75

147 Ben Mason 74 73, Erol Simsek (Ger) 72 75, Malcolm Mackenzie 71 76, Christian Reimbold (Ger) 75 72, Jamie Donaldson 75 72, Anders Hansen (Den) 68 79, Darren Fichardt (Rsa) 73 74, Robert Coles 73 74, Paul Lawrie 74 73

148 Gordon Brand Jnr 74 74, Roger Chapman 73 75, Gary Emerson 77 71, Maarten Lafeber (Ned) 73 75, Peter Gustafsson (Swe) 73 75, Richard Sterne (Rsa) 74 74

149 Nicolas Meitinger (Ger) 73 76

150 Brad Kennedy (Aus) 71 79, Patrik Sjoland (Swe) 76 74

151 Thomas Gogele (Ger) 76 75, Steven Richardson 76 75

152 Mark Foster 74 78, Richard Porter (Ger) 75 77

153 David Park 78 75

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