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The Australian ended up in a tie for fourth on 288 with first-round leader Lee Slattery (76) and his fellow Englishman Marcus Higley (77), American Nathan Smith (71), Denmark's Jacob Olesen (68) and Martin Erlandsson of Sweden (76).

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The 28-year-old from Belfast proved a class apart as he topped the leaderboard ahead of Scotland's Richie Ramsay, France's Raphael Jacquelin and England's Marcus Higley -- while American John Daly would have been joint second as well but for two closing bogeys.

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