Casey holds four stroke lead in Madrid

England's Paul Casey quickly added another birdie this morning to take a four-stroke lead into the third round of the Telefonica…

England's Paul Casey quickly added another birdie this morning to take a four-stroke lead into the third round of the Telefonica Madrid Open.

Left with three holes of his second round to complete because of a two-hour frost delay yesterday, Casey hit a nine-iron to within a foot of the flag on the 167-yard 17th.

Pars either side of that gave the 26-year-old - seventh on the European Order of Merit this season - a six-under-par 65 to tag on to his opening 63, leaving him with a superb 14-under-par halfway total of 128.

Swede Robert Karlsson stood 10 under after a 67, while joint third one further back were Scots Paul Lawrie and Stephen Gallacher and Australian Peter Fowler.