Ferrie boosted by Shanghai ace

Helped by a hole-in-one, England’s Kenneth Ferrie charged into the lead at the HSBC Champions tournament in wet and miserable Shanghai today – and in the process took another step towards a Ryder Cup debut next year.

Ferrie sank his four-iron tee shot on the 209-yard sixth in his second round. The 27-year-old from Northumberland had already made a hat-trick of birdies from the second and even though he ran up a bogey six on the eighth he followed with an 18-foot putt to turn in 31.