Padraig Harrington and Gary Orr each shot a 7-under-par 65 Friday to share the second-round lead at the Madrid Masters while Darren Clarke was eight strokes back in his first tournament since his wife's death.

Harrington and Orr were at 12-under 132. Ian Poulter (66) followed at 133. First-round leader Jean-Francois Lucquin (69), Ignacio Garrido (66), Christian Nilsson (66) and 2003 winner Ricardo Gonzalez (67) were at 134.

Harrington closed his round with an eagle after a 403-yard drive left him with a 43-foot putt that he holed to finish his last three holes at 4 under. Orr had a bogey-free day and sank a birdie putt on the final hole.

Clarke made bogeys at Nos. 2 and 4 and shot a 72 to drop him to 2 under after finishing Thursday's first round _ his first since a missed cut at the British Open on July 21 _ with a 68. He rallied with birdies at Nos. 6 and 9 and made up for a bogey on No. 16 with a birdie on No. 17.

``I'm delighted with the way I'm hitting the ball from tee to green,'' Clarke said. ``I had a lot of chances, just the putter wasn't working. I'm just struggling on my pace _ I can't get to the hole, they're just a little bit slow.''

Harrington, who started on the back nine, holed his first putt of the day from six feet, then followed with a pitch on No. 11 that left him with a tap-in for birdie. On No. 13, he made another birdie by sinking a 20-foot putt.

``My tee shots were the difference today,'' Harrington said. ``It was a much tougher day: We had wind for 18 holes rather than nine like yesterday. The greens were starting to firm up and give hard bounces, but I holed the putts at the right time.''

Clarke said he will play better once he sinks some putts.

``I've put myself in a position to come out and play this week and I've played well enough to be in contention,'' he said. ``I haven't scored that way, but I've played well enough. I just need to work at it.''

© The Canadian Press, 2007