Mahan holds narrow edge at Doral

Hunter Mahan leads at the halfway stage of the WGC Cadillac Championship in Florida his opening round of 64 the catalyst for the one shot lead he holds over golf’s number one, Martin Kaymer and Italy’s Francesco Molinari.Scotland’s Martin Laird, Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy and Americans Matt Kuchar and Nick Watney are tied in 4th position just one shot further back sports golf tournament.Aaron Baddeley continued his good recent form with a brilliant ‘best of the day’ second round of 66 to be at 6 under and three from the lead and he is tied in that position with his fellow countryman Adam Scott and Dustin Johnson.28 year old Mahan, who won the World Golf Championship Bridgestone event in Akron last August, has played solidly this season with a runner-up finish at Pebble Beach and a 6th place finish at Torrey Pines. He made it to the round of 16 at the Accenture before being narrowly beaten by eventual finalist Martin Kaymer so his form-line was good leading into this week’s event.Mahan made a brilliant start on day one when he birdied six of his first eight holes Will Tiger Woods Become Mediocrity. When play was called for darkness on day one he was 7 under though 11 holes and although he dropped two shots late in his round on day two he has led throughout.In three starts in this event at this venue Mahan has yet to finish better than 30th but he is clearly well placed to do a lot better this week.Molinari is seeking his second consecutive stroke-play World Golf Championship event having won the HSBC Champions tournament in China late in 2010. He has been brilliant from tee to green thus far this week and another win at this level is not out of the question.