Four months after surviving the European Tour’s qualifying school by the skin of his teeth, Argentina's Daniel Vancsik today became the circuit’s latest first-time winner.

Irishman Peter Lawrie shrugged off an Achilles strain to post a stunning round of 64 and take a one-shot lead midway through the second round of the dunhill Championship at the Houghton Country Club.

Ireland’s Peter Lawrie made a good start to the second round of the dunhill Championship, carding four birdies on the front nine holes to move into second place.

Harrington dropped his first shot of the week but kept the lead in the Deutsche Bank-SAP Open in Hamburg today.