Turkish Open: Justin Rose two ahead while he goes for hat trick of victories
World number eight Justin Rose's last tournament win was the Farmers Insurance Open in January Turkish Airlines Open day two leaderboard-12 M Schwab (Aus); -11 A Norwegians (Swe), T Detry (Bel), R Fisher (Eng), D Willett (Eng), -10 D Lipsky (USA), J Rose (Eng), J Harding (SA), J Scrivener (Aus ), R MacIntyre (Sco) -9 S Jamieson (Sco), T Lewis (Eng), S Sharma (Ind), A Rai (Eng). Selected others: -8 T Hatton (Eng), L Westwood (Eng), P Reed (USA), -7 S Lowry (Ire), -5 M Southgate (Eng), -3 P Harrington (Ire).
Justin Rose is two strokes of the lead halfway through in his pursuit for a third consecutive Turkish Open title.
Rose hopes to become the fourth player after Nick Faldo, Ian Woosnam and Colin Montgomerie to win a regular European Tour event three years in a row.
"I put myself in position. The dream is undoubtedly alive," said the 39-year-old.
Matthias Schwab from Austria is at 12 under par, with Ross Fisher and Danny Willett from England among four players in second place at 11-under.
World number 104 Schwab is still waiting for a first European Tour title despite placing nine top 10 finishes this season.
Rose is one of the five-member group on 10 under, including Scotland's Robert MacIntyre, who fired a stunning 63 with nine birdies.
Tom Lewis of England and Aaron Rai and Scott Jamieson of Scotland, along with India's Shubhankar Sharma, are just a shot further back.
