England's Oliver Wilson knows better than most not to get ahead of himself despite charging into the Madeira Islands Open halfway lead with a superb 65.
The former Ryder Cup player from Mansfield has had no fewer than nine runners-up finishes on the European Tour, but has yet to taste victory - and last season lost his card.
Wilson, a member of Nick Faldo's beaten side in Louisville four years ago who has since slumped to 475th in the world, stands 13 under par after his second bogey-free round of the week.
Swedes Magnus Carlsson and Joakim Lagergren are one behind along with Wilson's compatriot Andy Sullivan, like Lagergren a graduate from last December's qualifying school.
Wilson, who skipped that to try to resolve health issues, has made eight appearances so far this season - six as a sponsor's invite - but has made less than £20,000.
"The fact I haven't had a bogey for two rounds shows I'm playing solidly and sensibly," the 31-year-old told the Tour website.
"I actually feel like I left a few out there today. I missed three putts from inside six feet, but I made a couple of really good par saves - not from bad shots, just because the course is tricky.
"There's a long way to go and the scoring will carry on being low, but I'll keep pushing on trying to make birdies.
"There will inevitably be some mistakes at the weekend, but it's just a question of trying to limit them. You've got to be patient."
Sullivan, part of Britain and Ireland's winning Walker Cup team last September, had a best-of-the-day 64, the obvious highlight of which was an eagle on the 572-yard 11th.The halfway cut came at three under, which meant 2002 Ryder Cup hero Phillip Price missed by one and fellow Welshman Bradley Dredge, winner by eight after an amazing 60 in 2003, by four.
Collated second round scores & totals in the European Tour Madeira Islands Open, Portugal, Santo da Serra, Madeira, Portugal
(Gbr & Irl unless stated, par 72):
131 Oliver Wilson 66 65
132 Andy Sullivan 68 64, Magnus A Carlsson (Swe) 66 66, Joakim Lagergren (Swe) 66 66
134 Sihwan Kim (Nor) 68 66
135 Richard Bland 68 67, Charlie Ford 67 68, Ricardo Santos (Por) 68 67, Morten Orum Madsen (Den) 66 69
136 Carlos Del Moral (Spa) 69 67, Alvaro Velasco (Spa) 64 72, Hans Peter Bacher (Aut) 67 69, Tommy Fleetwood 66 70, David Dixon 68 68, Lloyd Kennedy 71 65
137 Alex Haindl (Rsa) 69 68, Thomas Norret (Den) 69 68, Jarmo Sandelin (Swe) 70 67, Knut Borsheim (Nor) 68 69, Alastair Forsyth 69 68, Matthew Baldwin 67 70
138 Gary Orr 69 69, Shiv Kapur (Ind) 70 68, Sion E Bebb 69 69, Chris Paisley 69 69, Ben Parker 66 72, Jamie McLeary 69 69, Jordi Garcia (Spa) 72 66, Alessandro Tadini (Ita) 70 68, Andrew McArthur 70 68, James Heath 69 69, Andreas Harto (Den) 67 71, Christopher Doak 70 68
139 Mikael Lundberg (Swe) 69 70, Roope Kakko (Fin) 70 69, Adam Gee 68 71, Julien Guerrier (Fra) 70 69, Warren Abery (Rsa) 67 72, Benjamin Hebert (Fra) 70 69, Pedro Oriol (Spa) 69 70
140 Lasse Jensen (Den) 71 69, Nick Dougherty 69 71, Johan Wahlqvist (Swe) 70 70, Steven Tiley 71 69, Joachim B Hansen (Den) 70 70, Jamie Elson 70 70, Nuno Henriques (Por) 73 67, Tim Sluiter (Ned) 69 71, Tyrone Ferreira (Rsa) 74 66, Charles-edouard Russo (Fra) 74 66
141 John Parry 71 70, Steven Jeppesen (Swe) 73 68, Raymond Russell 71 70, Anthony Snobeck (Fra) 70 71, Antonio Rosado (Por) 72 69, Emiliano Grillo (Arg) 73 68, Andre Bossert (Swi) 69 72, Daniel Denison 70 71, Stephen Dodd 73 68, Niclas Fasth (Swe) 73 68, Markus Brier (Aut) 69 72, Victor Riu (Fra) 72 69, Bjorn Akesson (Swe) 73 68, Maarten Lafeber (Ned) 71 70, Lloyd Saltman 68 73, Sam Walker 69 72, Florian Praegant (Aut) 73 68, Jean-Francois Lucquin (Fra) 73 68, Andrea Perrino (Ita) 70 71, Chris Lloyd 74 67
The following players failed to make the cut:
142 Colm Moriarty 67 75, Andrew Johnston 74 68, Daniel Gaunt (Aus) 71 71, Robert Coles 71 71, Phillip Price 72 70, Scott Pinckney (USA) 71 71, Sebastian Buhl (Ger) 74 68, Jose-Filipe Lima (Por) 70 72, Carl Suneson (Spa) 73 69, Justin Walters (Rsa) 70 72, Matteo Delpodio (Ita) 74 68
143 Chris Gane 72 71, Edouard Dubois (Fra) 71 72, Klas Eriksson (Swe) 72 71, Steven O'Hara 73 70, Seve Benson 69 74, Raul Quiros (Spa) 69 74, Andrew Parr (Can) 75 68, Phillip Archer 73 70
144 Craig Lee 72 72, Martin Erlandsson (Swe) 73 71, Thomas Feyrsinger (Aut) 71 73, Santiago Luna (Spa) 71 73, Matthew Southgate 72 72
145 Marco Crespi (Ita) 70 75, Michael Lorenzo-Vera (Fra) 71 74, Stuart Davis 74 71, Garry Houston 72 73, Espen Kofstad (Nor) 75 70, Daniel Brooks 72 73, Byeong-Hun An (Kor) 72 73, Scott Strange (Aus) 77 68, Rafael Echenique (Arg) 74 71, Sam Hutsby 71 74, Andrew Marshall 71 74, Borja Etchart (Spa) 76 69, Bradley Dredge 72 73
146 Tiago Cruz (Por) 76 70, Mark Tullo (Chi) 72 74, Federico Colombo (Ita) 70 76, Fredrik Henge (Swe) 74 72, Roland Steiner (Aut) 76 70, Matt Ford 71 75, Sam Little 76 70
147 Ake Nilsson (Rsa) 71 76, Anders Schmidt Hansen (Den) 73 74, Pierre Relecom (Bel) 71 76, Joao Carlota (Por) 73 74, Darren Fichardt (Rsa) 74 73, Wil Besseling (Ned) 74 73, Daniel Vancsik (Arg) 72 75, Callum Macaulay 76 71, Adrien Bernadet (Fra) 71 76, Adrian Otaegui (Spa) 72 75
148 Andrew Tampion (Aus) 76 72, Maximilian Kieffer (Ger) 77 71, Benn Barham 71 77, Augustin Domingo (Spa) 73 75, Baptiste Chapellan (Fra) 74 74, Scott Drummond 71 77, Pelle Edberg (Swe) 76 72, Michiel Bothma (Rsa) 77 71, Goncalo Pinto (Por) 78 70, Taco Remkes (Ned) 72 76, Reinier Saxton (Ned) 72 76, Olly Whiteley 73 75, Simon Thornton 76 72, Bernd Ritthammer (Ger) 79 69
149 Paul Dwyer 74 75, Tyrrell Hatton 75 74, Antti Ahokas (Fin) 72 77, Francois Delamontagne (Fra) 71 78, Peter Gustafsson (Swe) 75 74, Antonio Sobrinho (Por) 69 80, Simon Wakefield 77 72
150 Francis McGuirk 75 75, Matthew Nixon 76 74, Nicolas Meitinger (Ger) 72 78
151 Jamie Moul 76 75
152 Christophe Brazillier (Fra) 71 81, Hugo Santos (Por) 75 77
153 Jordan Gibb 79 74
156 Dara Ford 78 78
164 Elidio Costa (Por) 82 82
176 Edgar Rodrigues (Por) 86 90
RTD: 73 Robert Dinwiddie
