Hanson ready to take on world’s finest

Peter Hanson, the one European to draw a blank in the Ryder Cup, now has 10 of his team-mates chasing him in the BMW Masters in Shanghai.

While Welshman Jamie Donaldson crashed from four ahead to six behind with a second-round 74 – 12 worse than his opening course record – Hanson moved to 14 under par with a nine-birdie 64.

The 35-year-old Swede, far from happy about being given only two games by captain Jose Maria Olazabal in Chicago a month ago, goes into the weekend two ahead of title favourite Rory McIlroy.

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