Nick Dougherty has been groomed by Nick Faldo

Britain's Nick Dougherty moved three clear of the field in the second round of the Scandinavian Masters on Friday.

Dougherty, in a three-way tie for the lead overnight, fired a three-under-par 69 to finish on eight-under 136 at Barsebeck.

Tied for second were Dougherty's 2001 Walker Cup team mate Luke Donald, who shot a 68, British veteran Mark James (70) and Dutchman Maarten Lafeber (71).

Sweden's Robert Karlsson raised the gallery's hopes of a home winner by moving into a share of fifth place, four shots off the lead, after carding a 69.

Level with Karlsson was fellow Swede Peter Hedblom, who returned a second successive 70 after losing his second play-off of the year last week when Michael Campbell won the Irish Open.

The 21-year-old Dougherty has been groomed by Nick Faldo and the six-times major champion's advice helped the Englishman to bounce back from a poor spell, exacerbated by glandular fever.

"I think he understood that things were getting depressing for me and he guided me through," Dougherty said.

I've got to get a good finish in the bag Mark James

"He told me I had to go through lows like that to appreciate the highs.

"Nick is also great with diets and he told me I've got to cut out the McDonalds and stop drinking three or four pints of Coke a day.

"It seems to be working because I do feel much better, even though I slip occasionally with my diet," he added.

Surprise contender James, who becomes a senior tour player when he turns 50 in October, played down his own chances in Malmo.

"Hopefully I can build towards turning 50 but, at the moment, I'm one-hundred-and-fifty-miserable-seventh (in fact, 165th on the money list)," he said.

"I've got to get a good finish in the bag before I can consider I'm playing well enough."

Buick Open

Chris DiMarco hit nine birdies in his last 13 holes to fire an eight-under-par 64 and take a two-shot lead in the second round of the Buick Open on Friday.

Play was interrupted for four hours and 42 minutes but the bad weather did not stop DiMarco posting a 13-under-par total of 131 in the clubhouse.

David Sutherland (67) and Australia's Paul Gow (67) shared second place on 133, 11 under.

Neal Lancaster (68), Andrew Magee (64), Garrett Willis (68) and Carl Paulson, who had three holes still to play, were all on nine-under.

Defending champion and world number one Tiger Woods was five-under for the round through 15 holes, eight-under for the tournament.

Play will resume on Saturday. The third round is due to begin at noon local time with threesomes going off the first and 10th tees.

DiMarco, a three times PGA Tour winner, bogeyed the par-four fifth hole but then birdied nine of the next 12.

British Open champion Ben Curtis played 15 holes at one-under and was five-under when play was halted.

The 26-year-old rookie is making his first appearance since a stunning victory at Royal St George's, where he became the first golfer in 90 years to win in his first major start.