MICKELSON LEADS BY TWO: TIGER
WOODS TRAILS BY NINE SHOTS
IN US PLAYERS' CHAMPIONSHIP

Phil Mickelson is the halfway leader in the US PGA Tour's Players' Championship at Sawgrass, Ponte Vedra Beach in Florida.
He has had rounds of 67 and 72 for a five-under-par total of 139.
No doubt his new coach, Butch Harmon, will be claiming a bit of credit for putting "Leftie" back on the straight and narrow with his drives.
Tiger Woods made the cut on 148 (75-73) but nine shots is a lot to make up over 36 holes at this level - even for a man like the Tiger.
Colin Montgomerie missed out by one shot with scores of 76 and 74 for 150.
Paul Casey (76-78 for 154) will also be on the sidelines for the remainder of the tournament.
But Luke Donald, Ian Poulter and Padraig Harrington are still in there pitching. They are all on the 146 mark.
HALFWAY QUALIFIERS
Par 144 (2 x 72). Players from US unless stated.
139 Phil Mickelson 67 72
140 Nathan Green (Aus) 71 69
141 Rodney Pampling (Aus) 70 71, Sean O'Hair 72 69, Carl Pettersson (Swe) 70 71, Peter Lonard (Aus) 69 72
142 Chris DiMarco 68 74, Tom Pernice Jnr. 74 68
143 Kirk Triplett 75 68, Mathew Goggin (Aus) 72 71, Jim Furyk 71 72, Jose Coceres (Arg) 73 70, Stewart Cink 74 69, Tom Lehman 70 73, Rocco Mediate 72 71
144 Charley Hoffman 75 69, J.P. Hayes 71 73, Steve Lowery 78 66, Kevin Sutherland 73 71, Cliff Kresge 72 72, Steve Elkington (Aus) 73 71, Aaron Baddeley (Aus) 72 72, Jose-Maria Olazabal (Spa) 78 66, Rich Beem 71 73, Jason Gore 70 74
145 Adam Scott (Aus) 74 71, Retief Goosen (SAf) 71 74, Jeff Quinney 71 74, Harrison Frazar 74 71, Geoff Ogilvy (Aus) 74 71, Robert Karlsson (Swe) 77 68, Vijay Singh (Fij) 74 71, Daniel Chopra (Swe) 74 71, KJ Choi (Kor) 71 74, Jonathan Byrd 74 71, Tim Clark (SAf) 73 72, Stuart Appleby (Aus) 74 71
146 Jerry Kelly 73 73, Rory Sabbatini (SA) 67 79, Arron Oberholser 73 73, Zach Johnson 73 73, Sergio Garcia (Spa) 73 73, Ernie Els (Rsa) 73 73, Ian Poulter (Eng) 75 71, Luke Donald (Eng) 74 72, Brandt Snedeker 72 74, Padraig Harrington (Ire) 76 70
147 Steve Stricker 72 75, John Senden (Aus) 73 74, Ted Purdy 74 73, John Mallinger 73 74, Charles Howell III 73 74, Joe Durant 76 71, John Rollins 76 71, Mike Weir (Can) 75 72, Corey Pavin 75 72, Boo Weekley 74 73, Ryan Moore 78 69
148 Tiger Woods 75 73, Tim Herron 77 71, Davis Love III 77 71, Todd Hamilton 75 73, Mathias Gronberg (Swe) 75 73, Kenny Perry 73 75, J.B. Holmes 76 72, Ken Duke 76 72, Ryuji Imada (Jap) 77 71, Henrik Stenson (Swe) 72 76
149 Bernhard Langer (Ger) 72 77, Joey Sindelar 74 75, Charl Schwartzel (SAf) 74 75, Paul Azinger 78 71, David Toms 77 72, Heath Slocum 78 71, Bill Haas 76 73, Ryan Palmer 77 72, Brett Wetterich 74 75, Scott Verplank 72 77, Frank Lickliter II 77 72
MISSED THE CUT
150 Kent Jones 80 70, Bart Bryant 76 74, Jeff Gove 79 71, Brian Gay 80 70, Colin Montgomerie (Sco) 76 74, Stephen Leaney (Aus) 77 73, Mark Wilson 79 71, Hunter Mahan 78 72, Justin Leonard 78 72, J J Henry 76 74, Brett Quigley 78 72, Fredrik Jacobson (Swe) 76 74, Shaun Micheel 75 75, Shigeki Maruyama (Jpn) 76 74, D.J. Trahan 76 74
151 Brian Davis (Eng) 71 80, Vaughn Taylor 75 76, Craig Perks (Nzl) 75 76, Steve Flesch 79 72, Eric Axley 75 76, Woody Austin 81 70, Nick O'Hern (Aus) 76 75, Dean Wilson 75 76, Jeff Maggert 80 71, Bob Estes 82 69, Shane Bertsch 73 78
152 Charles Warren 78 74, Joe Ogilvie 79 73, Billy Mayfair 78 74, Chris Couch 77 75, Bubba Watson 77 75, Richard S Johnson (Swe) 78 74, Trevor Immelman (SAf) 80 72, Robert Allenby (Aus) 74 78, Bo Van Pelt 77 75, Briny Baird 78 74, Douglas Labelle 77 75, Bobby Wadkins 77 75
153 Will MacKenzie 74 79, David Branshaw 82 71, Camilo Villegas (Col) 80 73, Troy Matteson 75 78, Fred Funk 80 73, Jesper Parnevik (Swe) 76 77
154 Paul Casey (Eng) 76 78, Billy Andrade 81 73, Michael Campbell (NZ) 75 79, Niclas Fasth (Swe) 78 76, Ben Curtis 76 78
155 Nick Watney 75 80, Pat Perez 77 78, Jeff Sluman 75 80, Greg Owen (Eng) 77 78, Jason Bohn 76 79
156 Mark Calcavecchia 82 74, Lucas Glover 79 77, Olin Browne 81 75, Stephen Ames (Can) 77 79
157 Chad Campbell 79 78, Paul Goydos 80 77
159 Stephen Marino 81 78
160 Robert Garrigus 85 75
161 Anthony Kim 78 83.