The 56-year-old Miguel Ángel Jiménez fired a flawless 64 on Thursday to sit two shots behind leader Sebastian Garcia Rodriguez.
And with the leader not out until the afternoon, Jiménez halved the deficit on his fellow Spaniard with an outward 35.
After a bogey at the first, Jiménez took a share of the lead through birdies at the second, fifth and seventh, before dropping a second shot of the day at the ninth.
Another Spaniard, Pablo Larrazábal, had joined Jiménez on eight under overnight and, like Garcia Rodriguez, was among the later starters.
He had been joined in a share of third by Sweden’s Alexander Bjørk, Finland’s Mikko Korhonen and South Africa’s Justin Walters.
European Tour Release, July 31, 2020
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