<br><br><div> <p data-gtm-element-container="modulo-texto-link" class="paragraph">Scot Calum Hill took the lead in the DP World Tour Bahrain tournament by equaling the Royal GC course record with 61 hits for a total of 128 hits (-128), while Spaniards Alejandro del Rey, Nacho Elvira and Sergio García came fourth.</p> <span class="content-ad-module "> <span class="content-ad visible-md irr-container hidden-ad"><span class="ad-unit irr"> </span></span><span class="content-html"><span class="intext-md hidden-xs hidden-md"> </span></span></span><span class="content-ad-module "> <span class="content-ad visible-xs roba-container hidden-ad"><span class="ad-unit roba"> </span></span></span><p data-gtm-element-container="modulo-texto-link" class="paragraph">Hill dazzled on a brilliant day, in which he recorded eleven birdies – five in his last six holes -, which gives him a clear advantage at the halfway point of the tournament by four strokes over German Freddy Schott, who started in the lead together with Del Rey.</p> <span class="content-related content-border related-double " data-gtm-element-container="modulo-noticias-relacionadas"> <span class="module-supra-title"> <span>Also read</span></span> <span class="related-double-module-container "> </span><span class="related-double-module-container "> </span></span><p data-gtm-element-container="modulo-texto-link" class="paragraph">The Scottish player was just one stroke away from the $70,000 prize on offer this week to the course record holder, which he now shares with Brandon Robinson Thompson, who also scored 61 points last year.</p> <span class="dynamic-ad-module "/><span class="content-ad-module "> <span class="content-ad visible-xs irr-container hidden-ad"><span class="ad-unit irr"> </span></span><span class="content-html"><span class="intext-xs hidden-xs hidden-md"/></span></span><p data-gtm-element-container="modulo-texto-link" class="paragraph">"I started off really well and then made a couple of extra shots from really long on the last two holes and kept making birdies. It felt really good. Obviously this is my best round in a golf tournament. I didn't keep track of my shots in practice, but it's among the best rounds I've ever played. I knew the course record was at 11 under par. I knew I needed to make my last shot. I thought I had a chance, but it was long," he said.</p> <span class="dynamic-ad-module "/><span class="content-ad-module "> <span class="content-ad visible-xs roba-container hidden-ad"><span class="ad-unit roba"> </span></span></span><p data-gtm-element-container="modulo-texto-link" class="paragraph">Frenchman Ugo Coussaud advanced to third place, seven shots behind the Scotsman and Del Rey, with 71, Nacho Elvira, winner two weeks ago in Dubai, with 67, and Sergio García, with 66, are part of a large group that occupies fourth place with 136, eight off the top.</p> <span class="dynamic-ad-module "/><span class="content-ad-module "> <span class="content-ad visible-xs roba-container hidden-ad"><span class="ad-unit roba"> </span></span></span><p data-gtm-element-container="modulo-texto-link" class="paragraph">Jorge Campillo remained close to the top ten, with 137, after scoring 69 hits in this second round and accumulating 137, one less than another group that includes North American Patrick Reed, winner last Sunday of the second tournament held in Dubai.</p> </div><script type="script/gg"> gg.didomi.doWhenConsent(!window.didomiBypass, 'c:facebooka-frU9M5JY', function () { console.log('facebook-ad-def'); !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s) {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod? n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)}; if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0'; n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0; t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script', 'https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/fbevents.js'); fbq('init', '682047071976590'); fbq('track', 'PageView'); }); </script>