Donaldson impresses after injury trouble

Welshman Jamie Donaldson, kept off the European tour for six months last year by serious back trouble, returned from another injury lay-off to grab a share of the halfway lead in the Smurfit European Open at the K Club near Dublin today.

The 29-year-old added a 70 to his opening 69 and will tee off in the last group with Dane Thomas Bjorn in the third round.