Dutch golfer Robert-Jan Derksen and Chinese veteran Zhang Lianwei shared the halfway lead at the Asian Open after many of the big names in the field had failed to master the strong winds at the tight Tomson Pudong course in Shanghai. Zhang, 42, sunk a 10-foot birdie putt on the 18th to card a three-under 69 and match Derksen, who fired the same score earlier in the day, at five-under 139.Derksen had five birdies and two bogeys in his round.
Zhang shot three birdies and did not drop a stroke.
A shot further back was Irishman Darren Clarke, who also shot a 69, despite a bogey six at the second.
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