Morgan Maintains Ufford Advantage - 11/06/2007

JOHN MORGAN landed a hole-in-one during a brilliant round of 63 to move five shots clear after round two of The MCP Classic at Ufford Park.

Morgan, who shared the overnight lead at -4 following an opening round of 66, produced some sensational play at the Suffolk course on Thursday.

He included a hole-in-one, seeing his nine-iron tee shot "slam dunk" into the cup at the 150 yard, par three 16th.

His round of 63, which included a further eagle and five birdies, moved him out to -11 and puts him in a great position to secure a second PGA EuroPro Tour win of 2006.

Morgan's 63 - a record for the course being used this week at Ufford Park - was matched in a flawless round by Roger Winchester, who landed an eagle and five birdies to move out to five-under-par.

Winchester is a shot behind Darren Prosser, who moved out to -6 on Thursday by following up his opening round 69 with six birdies in a round of 65.

The quartet of Kevin Harper, Nathan Treacher, Matt Morris and Craig Smith shot rounds of 68 for the second successive day to move to -4.

Mark Smith's 67 put him out to -3, with Matthew Woods, Graeme Clark and Matthew Mills all sat at -2.

Strong winds and rain in Suffolk on Thursday afternoon made scoring tough, with only 18 players currently sat at par or better.

A total of 51 players made the cut at +4, with a 67 from Daniel Wood - who opened with a 77 - earning him a place in Friday's final round.

Joint first round leader Michael McDermott slipped from -4 to +4 with a 78 on Thursday, including a nightmare 11 at the fourth when he went out of bounds on four occasions.