Day two at the 71° Open D’Italia Presented by DAMIANI will be remembered for one thing - good scoring. The likes of Hennie Otto, Rafa Cabrera-Bello and Stephen Gallacher went low, with tournament leader Otto shooting the low round of the day, courtesy of a ten under par 62. Check out some more of the key numbers below...
15– under par leads the way for Hennie Otto in Italy at the halfway stage
62– the South African’s second round contained nine birdies, one eagle and one bogey
17 – greens in regulation found for Otto on Friday
2 – European Tour wins for Otto, including the 2008 Italian Open
63– Rafa Cabrera-Bello’s second round was ten shots better than his opening 73
10– birdies and just the one bogey in Cabrera-Bello’s nine under par effort
30– shots for Stephen Gallacher on the tricky back nine
0– dropped shots from Bernd Wiesberger this week in Italy – he’s 12 under par
4– sand saves from four attempts for Wiesberger in his second round
72– for one of the home favourites Francesco Molinari
31– putts needed for Francesco as he toiled with the putter
10– under par for the two Molinaris going into the weekend (Francesco -6, Edoardo -4)
2 – under par was where the cut mark fell at
7– Italian players will be back for the weekend after making the cut
16– the 220-yard par three played the hardest, averaging 3.22
1 – the long par five came in for some more punishment, averaging just 4.32