Saturday 10 December 2016 16:03, UK
Rafa Cabrera Bello holds a three-shot lead at the halfway stage of the Hong Kong Open, where Danny Willett remains in contention.
Cabrera Bello, looking for his first win since 2012, fired a five-under 65 in Fanling to extend his advantage over the nearest challenger Sam Brazel.
A final-hole birdie lifted Willett to within five strokes of the lead, while defending champion Justin Rose sits 10 shots off the pace.
Holding a one-shot overnight lead after a bogey-free 64, Cabrera Bello briefly lost his overnight advantage when Brazel followed a birdie at the 12th with an eagle-three at the next.
The Spaniard posted back-to-back gains from the second and moved two strokes clear when Brazel dropped a shot at the 15th, before bouncing back from a first blemish of the week at the fifth to card successive birdies from the eighth.
Brazel picked up a shot at the 17th and temporarily moved back in to a share of the lead with gains at the fifth and sixth, only for Cabrera Bello to reclaim top spot with a tap-in birdie at the 13th.
Another birdie from close range at the 15th took Cabrera Bello three clear when Brazel bogeyed the ninth to complete a second successive 66, with Willett one of four players tied for third.
"It's nice to be in this position after the last few months," Willett said. "I came out here probably as fresh as I've been for a month and a half."
Willett is joined on six under by Paul Peterson, Justin Walters and Tommy Fleetwood, who missed a birdie chance at the 17th before bogeying the last.
Top seed Patrick Reed made the cut on the mark following a second successive 70, with Ian Poulter also level-par for the tournament after dropping five strokes over his final four holes
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