Lilly Moving Nicely In Manchester Event - 02/09/2007

FORMER PGA EuroPro Tour Champion Simon Lilly leapt into third place at the Morson International Pro-Am Challenge on day two.

Lilly followed up his opening round 65 with a 68 on Thurday to move clear of the chasing pack in the Challenge Tour event at -7.

However, he was still five shots adrift of leader Mark Pilkington, and two strokes behind second placed Gustavo Rojas, who is sat on -9 at the half-way point.

Michiel Bothma, another former PGA EuroPro Tour star, is among six players tied on -5, with James Heath a further shot back.

John Wells, Ben Willman and Phil Worthington are among a group of players at -3, with a four-over-par 74 on the second day from Zane Scotland seeing him slip back to -2.