{"id":21707,"date":"2016-07-04T14:29:27","date_gmt":"2016-07-04T14:29:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/garcia-and-kaymer-join-four-way-lead-in-qatar\/"},"modified":"2016-07-04T14:29:27","modified_gmt":"2016-07-04T14:29:27","slug":"garcia-and-kaymer-join-four-way-lead-in-qatar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/garcia-and-kaymer-join-four-way-lead-in-qatar\/","title":{"rendered":"Garcia and Kaymer join four-way lead in Qatar"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p class=\"\\\" p1=\"\">\n<p class=\"\\\" p1=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"%5C%22images\/stories\/Jugadores\/garcia.jpg%5C%22\" border=\"\\\"0\\\"\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"\\\" p1=\"\">\n<p class=\"\\\" p4=\"\"><span style=\"\\\"line-height:\">Ryder Cup heroes Sergio Garcia and Martin Kaymer moved into a share of the halfway lead with Marcus Fraser and Ricardo Santos at the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\\\" p5=\"\">Garcia was at his ball-striking best as he produced the round of the day \u2013 an excellent six under par 66 \u2013 as the notorious winds that have in the past so often defended the Doha Golf Club with distinction picked up as the day progressed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\\\" p5=\"\"><span style=\"\\\"line-height:\">Indeed, the Spaniard could have taken the outright lead, but his birdie attempt on the 18<\/span><span s2=\"\" class=\"\\\" style=\"\\\"line-height:\"><sup>th<\/sup><\/span><span style=\"\\\"line-height:\">  green stayed above ground. Still, Garcia was delighted to join the lead in this, his first appearance of 2013. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\\\" p5=\"\"><span style=\"\\\"line-height:\">\u201cIt was nice to shoot a good round today and put myself in a position,\u201d said Garcia. I played a little bit better than yesterday, so I am very happy with it. It was a little bit tougher today and the wind definitely made it tougher than yesterday.  <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\\\" p5=\"\"><span style=\"\\\"line-height:\">\u201cYou want to get your hands on every trophy you play for but this game doesn\u2019t really work like that. But it would be special to get my hands on this trophy because I usually always always start my year here, so that only tells you and shows you how much I enjoy it here and how much I like it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\\\" p5=\"\"><span style=\"\\\"line-height:\">Kaymer was another man enjoying himself in Doha, the German posting a second round of 67 to join the nine under lead.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\\\" p5=\"\"><span style=\"\\\"line-height:\">\u201cI played a lot better than the last few rounds I have played, especially in Abu Dhabi last week,\u201d said Kaymer. \u201cI think nine under is a good position to be in and I am in with a good chance to contend on Saturday. I am here to win, but I will be happy if I can give myself a chance in the final round.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\\\" p5=\"\"><span style=\"\\\"line-height:\">Fraser and first round leader Santos posted respective scores of 67 and 71 to force a four-way tie at the top of the leaderboard, with five players a further shot back.<\/span><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indeed, the Spaniard could have taken the outright lead, but his birdie attempt on the 18 green stayed above ground. Still, Garcia was delighted to join the lead in this, his first appearance of 2013. \u201cYou want to get your hands on every trophy you play for but this game doesn\u2019t really work like that. 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