Maarten Lafeber shot a 5-under 65 Friday to climb into a share of the halfway lead at the Andalucian Open.
Lafeber had four birdies and an eagle mixed with a lone bogey to join Rikard Karlberg of Sweden and Jeppe Huldahl of Denmark atop the leaderboard with an 8-under total of 132.
The 36-year-old Lafeber eagled the 14th to help him move up 10 spots from the first round, when he shot 67.
''It was a solid round,'' Lafeber said. ''To be honest, my long game was not good but I did very well around the greens.''
Huldahl had five birdies in the final nine holes to make up for a pair of bogeys and match his first-round score of 66, while Karlberg shot a 67.
''Today I played very good off the tee, and when I hit bad shots, I missed on the safe side. There's still a long way to go,'' Huldahl said.
Former British Open winner Paul Lawrie was one stroke behind along with Japan's Tetsuji Hiratsuka and England's Jamie Elson.
