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Wilson leads Madeira Islands Open after Day 2

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FUNCHAL, MADEIRA, PORTUGAL - MAY 11: Oliver Wilson of England lines up a puttt on the 8th green during Day Two of the Madeira Islands Open at Santo da Serra Golf Course on May 11, 2012 in Funchal, Madeira, Portugal. (Photo by Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images)

SANTO DA SERRA, Madeira Islands – Oliver Wilson of England shot a 7-under 65 Friday to take a one-stroke lead after two rounds of the Madeira Islands Open.

He has nine second-place finishes on the European Tour but has yet to win. He lost his main tour card at the end of last year

Wilson is at 13-under 131 on the mountainous Santa da Serra course. Tied for second are Sweden’s Magnus Carlsson (66) and 19-year old Joakim Lagergren (66) and England’s Andy Sullivan (64).

The tournament is being played on a Portuguese archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean about 400 miles west of Morocco.