Funk on fire but Torrance in hot pursuit after birdie run

FRED Funk set a record halfway total at The British Senior Open presented by MasterCard but Sunningdale expert Sam Torrance is hot on his heels going into the weekend.

The 55-year-old Scot carded a sublime round of 65 to reach eight under for the week, just three shots behind 53-year-old American Funk, who matched Torrance’s score yesterday.

Torrance, who lives in nearby Virginia Water and knows Sunningdale’s old course “like the back of my hand”, birdied the first and fourth after Funk had already set the clubhouse target at 11 under before a two-hour delay for a thunder storm.