Edfors in charge in sunny Seville

SWEDEN’S Johan Edfors remembers all too clearly the moment in last year’s US Open final round when he left a putt eight feet short and a New York fan yelled out: “Looks like Jesus, putts like Mary.”

There was no need for anything but compliments to come the 34-year-old’s way in Seville yesterday, however, as he charged into the Spanish Open halfway lead with an eight-under-par 64.

Edfors, who has not shot lower on the European Tour since a closing 63 won him the 2006 Scottish Open, goes into the weekend 10 under par and one ahead of England’s Mark Foster and Spaniard Sebi Garcia-Grout.