Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles
WARREN AND FORSYTH STILL IN THE HUNT BUT
LAWRIE MAKES CUT WITH NOTHING TO SPARE
FROM THE A O L GOLF WEBSITE
As far as Simon Wakefield is concerned two things usually happen on Saturdays - Port Vale lose and he struggles. But he hopes this weekend can be different on both counts after a four-under-par 69 at Gleneagles gave him another chance to win his first European Tour title.
The 34-year-old from Staffordshire goes into the third round of the Johnnie Walker Championship on nine under par 137 and joint leader with France's Thomas Levet. They are one ahead of first-round leader Marc Warren.
A second Scot, Alistair Forsyth, is joint fifth on 140 after a two-under-par 71 today.
But Paul Lawrie, a winner over the course, went backwards with a second-round 77 and just made the cut with nothing to spare on level par 146.
"I feel more comfortable on Thursday and Friday," said joint leader Wakefield after his six-birdie display in the windy conditions.
"For some reason Saturday is always the day that I don't enjoy. It's moving day, but I tend to move the other way. It's not that I dislike them - I think it's the hardest day. You've made the cut and you suddenly relax and don't try too hard."
Defending champion Paul Casey is the highest-placed of the quartet on four under and did well to get to that mark.
Down on level par after eight holes Casey, twice a winner on the course, was in danger of missing the cut. But he eagled the 564-yard ninth and birdied two more of the par-5s coming home.
Playing partners Colin Montgomerie and Lee Westwood both finished three under, but had starkly different rounds. Westwood got himself back into the hunt with a 69, but Montgomerie could do no better than 74.
There were three birdie 2s on the Scot's card, but also three 6s - two of them bogeys and the other a double bogey on the 461yd fifth. Colin was lucky to avoid an even higher score on the ninth after a wild drive, but after a long search the ball was found and he escaped with a par.
Darren Clarke was one further back following a 71, having criticised the lay-out on which the 2014 Ryder Cup will be played.
The non-qualifiers included last year's European Tour winner, Ross Fisher. Sic transit gloria.
JOHNNIE WALKER CHAMPIONSHIP
Gleneagles Hotel Centenary Course
QUALIFIERS
SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
Par 146 (2 x 73)
137 Thomas Levet (Fra) 69 68, Simon Wakefield 68 69
138 Marc Warren 65 73
139 Phillip Archer 68 71
140 Alastair Forsyth 69 71, Wade Ormsby (Aus) 71 69, David Lynn 72 68, Graeme Storm 70 70
141 Jeev Milkha Singh (Ind) 67 74, Zane Scotland (Gb) 68 73, Soren Hansen (Den) 69 72, Nicolas Colsaerts (Bel) 66 75, Ricardo Gonzalez (Arg) 70 71, Miles Tunnicliff 67 74, Barry Lane 70 71
142 Paul Casey 71 71, Shiv Kapur (Ind) 68 74, Santiago Luna (Spa) 73 69
143 James Kingston (Rsa) 70 73, Martin Erlandsson (Swe) 71 72, Robert Dinwiddie 72 71, Joost Luiten (Ned) 68 75, Luis Claverie (Spa) 70 73, Alan McLean 72 71, Soren Kjeldsen (Den) 71 72, Colin Montgomerie 69 74, Sion Bebb 71 72, Marcus Higley 69 74, Stephen Gallacher 71 72, Richard Finch 71 72, James Hepworth 68 75, Lee Westwood 74 69
144 David Griffiths 71 73, Steven O'Hara 71 73, Anthony Wall 73 71, Fredrik Andersson Hed (Swe) 73 71, Dean Robertson 69 75, Matthew Millar (Aus) 77 67, Ian Garbutt 70 74, Richard Bland 69 75, Mark Loftus 70 74, Greig Hutcheon 69 75, Phillip Price 68 76, Darren Fichardt (Rsa) 73 71, Carlos Rodiles (Spa) 73 71, Darren Clarke 73 71, Mark Pilkington 68 76, Jose Manuel Carriles (Spa) 74 70, Gregory Bourdy (Fra) 69 75, Peter O'Malley (Aus) 73 71
145 Garry Houston 73 72, Mads Vibe-Hastrup (Den) 71 74, Terry Pilkadaris (Aus) 69 76, Oliver Fisher 73 72, Brett Rumford (Aus) 72 73, Ariel Canete (Arg) 73 72, Ignacio Garrido (Spa) 71 74, Emanuele Canonica (Ita) 69 76
146 Francesco Molinari (Ita) 76 70, Jesus Maria Arruti (Spa) 74 72, Patrik Sjoland (Swe) 75 71, Peter Lawrie 72 74, Alexandre Rocha (Bra) 71 75, Stephen Dodd 72 74, Paul Lawrie 69 77, Jean-Francois Remesy (Fra) 72 74, Terry Price (Aus) 71 75, Chinarat Phadungsil (Tha) 73 73, Mark Foster 74 72
MISSED THE CUT
147 David Carter 75 72, Damien McGrane 73 74, Kevin McAlpine (am) 71 76, Ross Fisher 76 71, Birgir Hafthorsson (Ice) 73 74, Steven Jeppesen (Swe) 72 75, Rafael Echenique (Arg) 73 74, Kenneth Ferrie 76 71, Alexander Noren (Swe) 72 75, Richie Ramsay 77 70, Scott Strange (Aus) 71 76, Gary Lockerbie 72 75, Sam Walker 70 77, Tom Whitehouse 69 78, Jean-Francois Lucquin (Fra) 74 73, Jonathan Lomas 77 70
148 Andrew Tampion (Aus) 72 76, Oliver Wilson 70 78, Jean Hugo (Rsa) 74 74, Richard McEvoy 73 75, Andrew Coltart 74 74, Pelle Edberg (Swe) 71 77, Robert Rock 70 78, Jamie Spence 72 76, Chris Kelly 77 71, Andrew Marshall 72 76, Taichi Teshima (Jpn) 73 75, Rafael Cabrera Bello (Spa) 70 78, Edward Rush 74 74, Martin Maritz (Rsa) 73 75, Gregory Havret (Fra) 74 74
149 Jean-Baptiste Gonnet (Fra) 73 76, Christian Cevaer (Fra) 74 75, Steve Alker (Nzl) 71 78, Mattias Eliasson (Swe) 73 76, Scott Henderson 75 74, Joakim Haeggman (Swe) 71 78, Martin Kaymer (Ger) 74 75, Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa) 74 75, Johan Axgren (Swe) 77 72, David Frost (Rsa) 73 76, Simon Khan 76 73, Jose-Filipe Lima (Por) 72 77, Stuart Little 72 77
150 Gary Murphy 73 77, Christian Nilsson (Swe) 77 73, Benn Barham 75 75, David Bransdon (Aus) 72 78, Andrew Raitt 75 75, Julien Guerrier (Fra) 75 75
151 Peter Gustafsson (Swe) 75 76, Maarten Lafeber (Ned) 79 72, John Gallacher (am) 78 73, Lee Slattery 72 79, Yong-eun Yang (Kor) 78 73, David Higgins 74 77, Sam Little 75 76, Chris Doak 73 78
152 Graeme McDowell 77 75, Lee S James 77 75, Scott Drummond 75 77, Manuel Quiros (Spa) 72 80, Cesar Monasterio (Arg) 79 73, Bradley Dredge 75 77
153 Gareth Davies 77 76, Kyron Sullivan 76 77
154 Daniel Vancsik (Arg) 77 77, Joakim Backstrom (Swe) 76 78, James Heath 70 84, David Park 74 80, Sandy Lyle 78 76
155 Craig Lee 79 76, Henrik Nystrom (Swe) 78 77, Sven Struver (Ger) 77 78, Christopher Hanell (Swe) 72 83, Jason McCreadie 79 76, Marcus Fraser (Aus) 76 79
156 Carl Suneson (Spa) 74 82, Adrien Mork (Fra) 77 79, Robert Arnott 79 77
157 Eirik Tage Johansen (Nor) 76 81
158 Shaun P Webster 76 82, Mardan Mamat (Sin) 79 79
160 Gary Emerson 76 84
162 Juan Parron (Spa) 79 83
LAWRIE MAKES CUT WITH NOTHING TO SPARE
FROM THE A O L GOLF WEBSITE
As far as Simon Wakefield is concerned two things usually happen on Saturdays - Port Vale lose and he struggles. But he hopes this weekend can be different on both counts after a four-under-par 69 at Gleneagles gave him another chance to win his first European Tour title.
The 34-year-old from Staffordshire goes into the third round of the Johnnie Walker Championship on nine under par 137 and joint leader with France's Thomas Levet. They are one ahead of first-round leader Marc Warren.
A second Scot, Alistair Forsyth, is joint fifth on 140 after a two-under-par 71 today.
But Paul Lawrie, a winner over the course, went backwards with a second-round 77 and just made the cut with nothing to spare on level par 146.
"I feel more comfortable on Thursday and Friday," said joint leader Wakefield after his six-birdie display in the windy conditions.
"For some reason Saturday is always the day that I don't enjoy. It's moving day, but I tend to move the other way. It's not that I dislike them - I think it's the hardest day. You've made the cut and you suddenly relax and don't try too hard."
Defending champion Paul Casey is the highest-placed of the quartet on four under and did well to get to that mark.
Down on level par after eight holes Casey, twice a winner on the course, was in danger of missing the cut. But he eagled the 564-yard ninth and birdied two more of the par-5s coming home.
Playing partners Colin Montgomerie and Lee Westwood both finished three under, but had starkly different rounds. Westwood got himself back into the hunt with a 69, but Montgomerie could do no better than 74.
There were three birdie 2s on the Scot's card, but also three 6s - two of them bogeys and the other a double bogey on the 461yd fifth. Colin was lucky to avoid an even higher score on the ninth after a wild drive, but after a long search the ball was found and he escaped with a par.
Darren Clarke was one further back following a 71, having criticised the lay-out on which the 2014 Ryder Cup will be played.
The non-qualifiers included last year's European Tour winner, Ross Fisher. Sic transit gloria.
JOHNNIE WALKER CHAMPIONSHIP
Gleneagles Hotel Centenary Course
QUALIFIERS
SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
Par 146 (2 x 73)
137 Thomas Levet (Fra) 69 68, Simon Wakefield 68 69
138 Marc Warren 65 73
139 Phillip Archer 68 71
140 Alastair Forsyth 69 71, Wade Ormsby (Aus) 71 69, David Lynn 72 68, Graeme Storm 70 70
141 Jeev Milkha Singh (Ind) 67 74, Zane Scotland (Gb) 68 73, Soren Hansen (Den) 69 72, Nicolas Colsaerts (Bel) 66 75, Ricardo Gonzalez (Arg) 70 71, Miles Tunnicliff 67 74, Barry Lane 70 71
142 Paul Casey 71 71, Shiv Kapur (Ind) 68 74, Santiago Luna (Spa) 73 69
143 James Kingston (Rsa) 70 73, Martin Erlandsson (Swe) 71 72, Robert Dinwiddie 72 71, Joost Luiten (Ned) 68 75, Luis Claverie (Spa) 70 73, Alan McLean 72 71, Soren Kjeldsen (Den) 71 72, Colin Montgomerie 69 74, Sion Bebb 71 72, Marcus Higley 69 74, Stephen Gallacher 71 72, Richard Finch 71 72, James Hepworth 68 75, Lee Westwood 74 69
144 David Griffiths 71 73, Steven O'Hara 71 73, Anthony Wall 73 71, Fredrik Andersson Hed (Swe) 73 71, Dean Robertson 69 75, Matthew Millar (Aus) 77 67, Ian Garbutt 70 74, Richard Bland 69 75, Mark Loftus 70 74, Greig Hutcheon 69 75, Phillip Price 68 76, Darren Fichardt (Rsa) 73 71, Carlos Rodiles (Spa) 73 71, Darren Clarke 73 71, Mark Pilkington 68 76, Jose Manuel Carriles (Spa) 74 70, Gregory Bourdy (Fra) 69 75, Peter O'Malley (Aus) 73 71
145 Garry Houston 73 72, Mads Vibe-Hastrup (Den) 71 74, Terry Pilkadaris (Aus) 69 76, Oliver Fisher 73 72, Brett Rumford (Aus) 72 73, Ariel Canete (Arg) 73 72, Ignacio Garrido (Spa) 71 74, Emanuele Canonica (Ita) 69 76
146 Francesco Molinari (Ita) 76 70, Jesus Maria Arruti (Spa) 74 72, Patrik Sjoland (Swe) 75 71, Peter Lawrie 72 74, Alexandre Rocha (Bra) 71 75, Stephen Dodd 72 74, Paul Lawrie 69 77, Jean-Francois Remesy (Fra) 72 74, Terry Price (Aus) 71 75, Chinarat Phadungsil (Tha) 73 73, Mark Foster 74 72
MISSED THE CUT
147 David Carter 75 72, Damien McGrane 73 74, Kevin McAlpine (am) 71 76, Ross Fisher 76 71, Birgir Hafthorsson (Ice) 73 74, Steven Jeppesen (Swe) 72 75, Rafael Echenique (Arg) 73 74, Kenneth Ferrie 76 71, Alexander Noren (Swe) 72 75, Richie Ramsay 77 70, Scott Strange (Aus) 71 76, Gary Lockerbie 72 75, Sam Walker 70 77, Tom Whitehouse 69 78, Jean-Francois Lucquin (Fra) 74 73, Jonathan Lomas 77 70
148 Andrew Tampion (Aus) 72 76, Oliver Wilson 70 78, Jean Hugo (Rsa) 74 74, Richard McEvoy 73 75, Andrew Coltart 74 74, Pelle Edberg (Swe) 71 77, Robert Rock 70 78, Jamie Spence 72 76, Chris Kelly 77 71, Andrew Marshall 72 76, Taichi Teshima (Jpn) 73 75, Rafael Cabrera Bello (Spa) 70 78, Edward Rush 74 74, Martin Maritz (Rsa) 73 75, Gregory Havret (Fra) 74 74
149 Jean-Baptiste Gonnet (Fra) 73 76, Christian Cevaer (Fra) 74 75, Steve Alker (Nzl) 71 78, Mattias Eliasson (Swe) 73 76, Scott Henderson 75 74, Joakim Haeggman (Swe) 71 78, Martin Kaymer (Ger) 74 75, Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa) 74 75, Johan Axgren (Swe) 77 72, David Frost (Rsa) 73 76, Simon Khan 76 73, Jose-Filipe Lima (Por) 72 77, Stuart Little 72 77
150 Gary Murphy 73 77, Christian Nilsson (Swe) 77 73, Benn Barham 75 75, David Bransdon (Aus) 72 78, Andrew Raitt 75 75, Julien Guerrier (Fra) 75 75
151 Peter Gustafsson (Swe) 75 76, Maarten Lafeber (Ned) 79 72, John Gallacher (am) 78 73, Lee Slattery 72 79, Yong-eun Yang (Kor) 78 73, David Higgins 74 77, Sam Little 75 76, Chris Doak 73 78
152 Graeme McDowell 77 75, Lee S James 77 75, Scott Drummond 75 77, Manuel Quiros (Spa) 72 80, Cesar Monasterio (Arg) 79 73, Bradley Dredge 75 77
153 Gareth Davies 77 76, Kyron Sullivan 76 77
154 Daniel Vancsik (Arg) 77 77, Joakim Backstrom (Swe) 76 78, James Heath 70 84, David Park 74 80, Sandy Lyle 78 76
155 Craig Lee 79 76, Henrik Nystrom (Swe) 78 77, Sven Struver (Ger) 77 78, Christopher Hanell (Swe) 72 83, Jason McCreadie 79 76, Marcus Fraser (Aus) 76 79
156 Carl Suneson (Spa) 74 82, Adrien Mork (Fra) 77 79, Robert Arnott 79 77
157 Eirik Tage Johansen (Nor) 76 81
158 Shaun P Webster 76 82, Mardan Mamat (Sin) 79 79
160 Gary Emerson 76 84
162 Juan Parron (Spa) 79 83
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