Gallacher pays hefty penalty as Casey takes control in Madrid

STEPHEN GALLACHER missed equalling the lowest round of his European Tour career by incurring a bizarre one-shot penalty for hitting the ball when he did not mean to.

While Paul Casey moved four clear of the field in a frost-delayed second round of the Telefonica Madrid Open at Club de Campo, Gallacher moved into joint second place with a 64.

But it should have been a 63. Putting for par from three feet at the 467-yard 13th the 28-year-old clipped the ball making a practice stroke.