PETER WHITEFORD MAKES THE CUT
IN THE AUSTRALIAN MASTERS
Peter Whiteford is lying in joint 34th position at the halfway stage of the Australian Masters over the Huntindale course in Melbourne.
The Scot has had rounds of 73 and 71 for a par tally of 144 - not a bad effort considering the European Challenge Tour player was three over par for the four par-3s in his second round.
Whiteford had five birdies - at the sixth, seventh, eighth, 13th and 14th, but he shed shots at the short third and short fifth and short 15th as well as the 18th in halves of 35 and 36.
Australian Robert Allenby continued to lead at nine-under-par 135 with rounds of 67 and 68. He his a shot ahead of compatriot Aaron Baddeley.
Young Ulster rookie Rory McIlroy is hanging on in there in joint third place on 139 with a 70 and a 69.
FROM THE AUSTRALIAN PGA TOUR WEBSITE:
The final two days of the MasterCard Masters are set to be a showdown between two of the biggest names in Australian golf, Robert Allenby and Aaron Baddeley.The two Melbourne boys set the scene for a big weekend at Huntingdale with excellent second rounds in the 60s which see them separated by just one shot at the halfway stage.
Allenby holds the lead after his 68, while Baddeley has the momentum after a 66. They are already three shots clear of the rest of the field.A
Allenby is expecting a stern test when the two tee off just after noon on Saturday, and said it is apparent that the world No.18 is the biggest obstacle to his third gold jacket.
"He is playing well, he is a great putter, probably one of the best in the world," said Allenby."He is still young and fiery. Obviously he has made some serious swing changes. It is a very different type of swing but it works really well for him."
Allenby said strong third rounds from both men would put them in a position where Sunday would be close to a match-play."It depends on how we play tomorrow. If we play well it will be hard for the guys behind to catch up, unless they shoot seven, eight, nine-under. If we keep shooting five or six-under or whatever, it is going to make it harder for them to get us," he said.
"It's one day at a time, one shot at a time. There is a long way to go. We are only halfway there. I hope I keep playing well tomorrow and stay on top."
Allenby said he needed to play a lot better if he was to stay in front of Baddeley and the rest of the field. He felt he had worked very hard on Friday to secure his 68.
"I'd like to get away to a better start than I did today. I did not give myself many opportunities to make birdies for the first five holes. Hopefully I can do that in the first five holes tomorrow before I get to the sixth, the par five," he said.
With a foundation of a good start, Allenby believes he could shoot some very low numbers and have a good buffer heading into the final day of the tournament.
"If you get away to a good start here you can shoot eight or nine under quite easily. If you get a few under early, you've got the two par fives and the short eighth, the ninth and 10, a short par five. You could be five or six under through six to 10 easily," he said.
After two days of reasonably easy conditions, Allenby is surprised that there are only two player at better than five-under.
"I thought Appleby would shoot a few less than what he did. It is the type of golf course, if you're just slightly off," he said. "Some of the flags were tucked up today. That made it hard..... The course was set up a little tricky. Some of the flags I've seen them there on the last day, but I think the golf course is fantastic."
The biggest name among those who missed the halfway cut was former US Open champion Michael Campbell from New Zealand. Earlier in the week former Open champion Ian Baker-Finch expressed the view that Campbell was on the same downward spiral that he had endured after winning a major. Baker-Finch eventually retired from the playing side prematurely; Campbell has plummeted to the 130s in the world rankings.
In the Aussie Masters today, Campbell had a second-round 84, 13 shots more than his first-r0und effort and he missed the cut by TEN shots with a tally of 155. How sad.
HALFWAY SCOREBOARD
Par 144 (2 x 72)
135 Robert Allenby (Aus) 67 68
136 Aaron Baddeley (Aus) 70 66
139 Daniel Chopra (Swe) 69 70, Rory McIlroy 70 69, Rick Kulacz (Aus) 70 69, Scott Strange (Aus) 70 69, Terry Pilkadaris (Aus) 71 68
140 Rodney Pampling (Aus) 69 71, Peter Baker 68 72, Matthew Zions (Aus) 70 70, Kurt Barnes (Aus) 69 71, Stuart Appleby (Aus) 69 71
141 Luke Hickmott (Aus) 70 71, Alistair Presnell (Aus) 71 70, Richard Finch 70 71, Simon Furneaux (Aus) 70 71, Peter Lonard (Aus) 70 71, Adam Crawford (Aus) 72 69, Marcus Fraser (Aus) 72 69
142 Aaron Black (Aus) 70 72, Josh Carmichael (Aus) 72 70, John Senden (Aus) 73 69, Shane Baxter (Aus) 72 70, Stephen Leaney (Aus) 70 72, Peter Senior (Aus) 72 70, Dave Horsey 77 65
143 Fredrik Andersson Hed (Swe) 68 75, Paul Spargo (Aus) 71 72, Damien McGrane 72 71, Ewan Porter (Aus) 70 73, Michael Long (NZ) 69 74, Anthony Summers (Aus) 71 72, Nick Flanagan (Aus) 70 73
144 Chris Downes (Aus) 72 72, Andrew Tampion (Aus) 70 74, Peter Whiteford 73 71, Jarmo Sandelin (Swe) 74 70, Stuart Manley 71 73, Tim Wood (Aus) 71 73, Didier De Vooght (Bel) 74 70, Simon Khan 75 69, Paul Marantz (Aus) 69 75, Alexander Noren (Swe) 72 72, Ryan Hammond (Aus) 74 70, Terry Price (Aus) 72 72, Heath Reed (Aus) 73 71, Edward Rush 71 73, Peter O'Malley (Aus) 72 72
145 Mahal Pearce (Nzl) 71 74, Martin Erlandsson (Swe) 73 72, Robert Dinwiddie 74 71, Michael Wright (Aus) 74 71, Adam Bland (Aus) 75 70, Jarrod Moseley (Aus) 74 71, Michael Curtain (Aus) 74 71, Peter Wilson (Aus) 72 73, Peter Fowler (Aus) 74 71, Ashley Hall (Aus) 77 68, Scott Laycock (Aus) 75 70, Marcus Cain (Aus) 75 70, Steven Jeffress (Aus) 73 72, Rhys Davies 70 75, Matthew Ecob (Aus) 70 75, Anthony Brown (Aus) 74 71, Richard Green (Aus) 72 73, David Bransdon (Aus) 79 66, Ross McGowan 74 71, Paul Sheehan (Aus) 72 73
MISSED THE CUT
146 Aron Price (Aus) 74 72, Andrew Tschudin (Aus) 75 71, Julio Zapata (Arg) 72 74, David Diaz (Aus) 72 74, Simon Wakefield 76 70, Jarrod Lyle (Aus) 74 72, Justin Maker (Aus) 75 71, Ben Wharton (Aus) 72 74, Craig Scott (Aus) 73 73, Anthony Painter (Aus) 75 71
147 Aaron Townsend (Aus) 77 70, Alvaro Velasco (Spa) 73 74, Brendan Chant (Aus) 73 74, Charles Gardiner (Aus) 76 71, Joost Luiten (Ned) 73 74, Ryan Haller (Aus) 74 73, Oliver Fisher 73 74, Jason Scrivener (Aus) 76 71, Lucas Parsons (Aus) 75 72, Paul Dwyer 76 71, Tony Carolan (Aus) 71 76, Gary Simpson (Aus) 75 72, Michael Jonzon (Swe) 73 74, Chinarat Phadungsil (Tha) 71 76, Gavin Flint (Aus) 72 75
148 Andrew Butterfield 77 71, Jamie Little 76 72, Christian Nilsson (Swe) 74 74, Lasse Jensen (Den) 72 76, Dean Kinney (Aus) 70 78, Eric Egloff (Aus) 76 72, Richard Ball (Aus) 74 74, Marc Leishman (Aus) 74 74, Craig Spence (Aus) 75 73, Paul Donahoo (Aus) 73 75, Sam Little 73 75
149 Tony McFadyean (Aus) 75 74, Adam Porker (Aus) 76 73, Glenn Joyner (Aus) 78 71, Michael Brennan (Aus) 71 78, Steve Jones (USA) 76 73, Mads Vibe-Hastrup (Den) 71 78, Ally Mellor 73 76, Gareth Paddison (Nzl) 75 74, Henry Epstein (Aus) 73 76, Matt Ballard (Aus) 74 75, Kim Felton (Aus) 74 75, Michael Clayton (Aus) 76 73
150 Magnus Persson (Swe) 72 78, Peter Nolan (Aus) 73 77, Nick Dastey (Nzl) 76 74, Mathew Holten (Nzl) 75 75, Nigel Stivala (Aus) 72 78, Aaron Pike (Aus) 74 76, Steven Bowditch (Aus) 75 75, Nathan Kent (Aus) 75 75, Kasper Jorgensen (Den) 77 73, Nathan Main (Aus) 75 75, Jens Nilsson (Swe) 75 75
151 Leigh McKechnie (Aus) 77 74, Hamish Robertson (Nzl) 76 75, Ben Burge (Aus) 78 73, Richard McEvoy 75 76, Andrew McKenzie 77 74, Jason Norris (Aus) 79 72, Tristan Lambert (Aus) 75 76, Jamie Donaldson 74 77, Michael Light (Aus) 72 79, Robin Hodgetts (Rsa) 70 81
152 Matthew Woods (Aus) 75 77, Josh Younger (Aus) 76 76, Euan Walters (Aus) 77 75, Ben Bunny (Aus) 77 75
153 Ricky Schmidt (Aus) 77 76, Lee Hunt (Aus) 79 74, James Nitties (Aus) 75 78
154 Richard Kent (Aus) 74 80, Michael Harwood (Aus) 78 76
155 Brad McIntosh (Aus) 82 73, Henry Perks (Rsa) 77 78, Michael Campbell (Nzl) 71 84, Martin Doyle (Aus) 76 79
157 Scott Draper (Rsa) 80 77, Rodney Booth (Aus) 76 81
158 Tigh Van leeuwen (Aus) 79 79
159 Chris Gray 78 81, Andrew Pitt (Aus) 77 82
160 David Stein (Aus) 84 76
IN THE AUSTRALIAN MASTERS
Peter Whiteford is lying in joint 34th position at the halfway stage of the Australian Masters over the Huntindale course in Melbourne.
The Scot has had rounds of 73 and 71 for a par tally of 144 - not a bad effort considering the European Challenge Tour player was three over par for the four par-3s in his second round.
Whiteford had five birdies - at the sixth, seventh, eighth, 13th and 14th, but he shed shots at the short third and short fifth and short 15th as well as the 18th in halves of 35 and 36.
Australian Robert Allenby continued to lead at nine-under-par 135 with rounds of 67 and 68. He his a shot ahead of compatriot Aaron Baddeley.
Young Ulster rookie Rory McIlroy is hanging on in there in joint third place on 139 with a 70 and a 69.
FROM THE AUSTRALIAN PGA TOUR WEBSITE:
The final two days of the MasterCard Masters are set to be a showdown between two of the biggest names in Australian golf, Robert Allenby and Aaron Baddeley.The two Melbourne boys set the scene for a big weekend at Huntingdale with excellent second rounds in the 60s which see them separated by just one shot at the halfway stage.
Allenby holds the lead after his 68, while Baddeley has the momentum after a 66. They are already three shots clear of the rest of the field.A
Allenby is expecting a stern test when the two tee off just after noon on Saturday, and said it is apparent that the world No.18 is the biggest obstacle to his third gold jacket.
"He is playing well, he is a great putter, probably one of the best in the world," said Allenby."He is still young and fiery. Obviously he has made some serious swing changes. It is a very different type of swing but it works really well for him."
Allenby said strong third rounds from both men would put them in a position where Sunday would be close to a match-play."It depends on how we play tomorrow. If we play well it will be hard for the guys behind to catch up, unless they shoot seven, eight, nine-under. If we keep shooting five or six-under or whatever, it is going to make it harder for them to get us," he said.
"It's one day at a time, one shot at a time. There is a long way to go. We are only halfway there. I hope I keep playing well tomorrow and stay on top."
Allenby said he needed to play a lot better if he was to stay in front of Baddeley and the rest of the field. He felt he had worked very hard on Friday to secure his 68.
"I'd like to get away to a better start than I did today. I did not give myself many opportunities to make birdies for the first five holes. Hopefully I can do that in the first five holes tomorrow before I get to the sixth, the par five," he said.
With a foundation of a good start, Allenby believes he could shoot some very low numbers and have a good buffer heading into the final day of the tournament.
"If you get away to a good start here you can shoot eight or nine under quite easily. If you get a few under early, you've got the two par fives and the short eighth, the ninth and 10, a short par five. You could be five or six under through six to 10 easily," he said.
After two days of reasonably easy conditions, Allenby is surprised that there are only two player at better than five-under.
"I thought Appleby would shoot a few less than what he did. It is the type of golf course, if you're just slightly off," he said. "Some of the flags were tucked up today. That made it hard..... The course was set up a little tricky. Some of the flags I've seen them there on the last day, but I think the golf course is fantastic."
The biggest name among those who missed the halfway cut was former US Open champion Michael Campbell from New Zealand. Earlier in the week former Open champion Ian Baker-Finch expressed the view that Campbell was on the same downward spiral that he had endured after winning a major. Baker-Finch eventually retired from the playing side prematurely; Campbell has plummeted to the 130s in the world rankings.
In the Aussie Masters today, Campbell had a second-round 84, 13 shots more than his first-r0und effort and he missed the cut by TEN shots with a tally of 155. How sad.
HALFWAY SCOREBOARD
Par 144 (2 x 72)
135 Robert Allenby (Aus) 67 68
136 Aaron Baddeley (Aus) 70 66
139 Daniel Chopra (Swe) 69 70, Rory McIlroy 70 69, Rick Kulacz (Aus) 70 69, Scott Strange (Aus) 70 69, Terry Pilkadaris (Aus) 71 68
140 Rodney Pampling (Aus) 69 71, Peter Baker 68 72, Matthew Zions (Aus) 70 70, Kurt Barnes (Aus) 69 71, Stuart Appleby (Aus) 69 71
141 Luke Hickmott (Aus) 70 71, Alistair Presnell (Aus) 71 70, Richard Finch 70 71, Simon Furneaux (Aus) 70 71, Peter Lonard (Aus) 70 71, Adam Crawford (Aus) 72 69, Marcus Fraser (Aus) 72 69
142 Aaron Black (Aus) 70 72, Josh Carmichael (Aus) 72 70, John Senden (Aus) 73 69, Shane Baxter (Aus) 72 70, Stephen Leaney (Aus) 70 72, Peter Senior (Aus) 72 70, Dave Horsey 77 65
143 Fredrik Andersson Hed (Swe) 68 75, Paul Spargo (Aus) 71 72, Damien McGrane 72 71, Ewan Porter (Aus) 70 73, Michael Long (NZ) 69 74, Anthony Summers (Aus) 71 72, Nick Flanagan (Aus) 70 73
144 Chris Downes (Aus) 72 72, Andrew Tampion (Aus) 70 74, Peter Whiteford 73 71, Jarmo Sandelin (Swe) 74 70, Stuart Manley 71 73, Tim Wood (Aus) 71 73, Didier De Vooght (Bel) 74 70, Simon Khan 75 69, Paul Marantz (Aus) 69 75, Alexander Noren (Swe) 72 72, Ryan Hammond (Aus) 74 70, Terry Price (Aus) 72 72, Heath Reed (Aus) 73 71, Edward Rush 71 73, Peter O'Malley (Aus) 72 72
145 Mahal Pearce (Nzl) 71 74, Martin Erlandsson (Swe) 73 72, Robert Dinwiddie 74 71, Michael Wright (Aus) 74 71, Adam Bland (Aus) 75 70, Jarrod Moseley (Aus) 74 71, Michael Curtain (Aus) 74 71, Peter Wilson (Aus) 72 73, Peter Fowler (Aus) 74 71, Ashley Hall (Aus) 77 68, Scott Laycock (Aus) 75 70, Marcus Cain (Aus) 75 70, Steven Jeffress (Aus) 73 72, Rhys Davies 70 75, Matthew Ecob (Aus) 70 75, Anthony Brown (Aus) 74 71, Richard Green (Aus) 72 73, David Bransdon (Aus) 79 66, Ross McGowan 74 71, Paul Sheehan (Aus) 72 73
MISSED THE CUT
146 Aron Price (Aus) 74 72, Andrew Tschudin (Aus) 75 71, Julio Zapata (Arg) 72 74, David Diaz (Aus) 72 74, Simon Wakefield 76 70, Jarrod Lyle (Aus) 74 72, Justin Maker (Aus) 75 71, Ben Wharton (Aus) 72 74, Craig Scott (Aus) 73 73, Anthony Painter (Aus) 75 71
147 Aaron Townsend (Aus) 77 70, Alvaro Velasco (Spa) 73 74, Brendan Chant (Aus) 73 74, Charles Gardiner (Aus) 76 71, Joost Luiten (Ned) 73 74, Ryan Haller (Aus) 74 73, Oliver Fisher 73 74, Jason Scrivener (Aus) 76 71, Lucas Parsons (Aus) 75 72, Paul Dwyer 76 71, Tony Carolan (Aus) 71 76, Gary Simpson (Aus) 75 72, Michael Jonzon (Swe) 73 74, Chinarat Phadungsil (Tha) 71 76, Gavin Flint (Aus) 72 75
148 Andrew Butterfield 77 71, Jamie Little 76 72, Christian Nilsson (Swe) 74 74, Lasse Jensen (Den) 72 76, Dean Kinney (Aus) 70 78, Eric Egloff (Aus) 76 72, Richard Ball (Aus) 74 74, Marc Leishman (Aus) 74 74, Craig Spence (Aus) 75 73, Paul Donahoo (Aus) 73 75, Sam Little 73 75
149 Tony McFadyean (Aus) 75 74, Adam Porker (Aus) 76 73, Glenn Joyner (Aus) 78 71, Michael Brennan (Aus) 71 78, Steve Jones (USA) 76 73, Mads Vibe-Hastrup (Den) 71 78, Ally Mellor 73 76, Gareth Paddison (Nzl) 75 74, Henry Epstein (Aus) 73 76, Matt Ballard (Aus) 74 75, Kim Felton (Aus) 74 75, Michael Clayton (Aus) 76 73
150 Magnus Persson (Swe) 72 78, Peter Nolan (Aus) 73 77, Nick Dastey (Nzl) 76 74, Mathew Holten (Nzl) 75 75, Nigel Stivala (Aus) 72 78, Aaron Pike (Aus) 74 76, Steven Bowditch (Aus) 75 75, Nathan Kent (Aus) 75 75, Kasper Jorgensen (Den) 77 73, Nathan Main (Aus) 75 75, Jens Nilsson (Swe) 75 75
151 Leigh McKechnie (Aus) 77 74, Hamish Robertson (Nzl) 76 75, Ben Burge (Aus) 78 73, Richard McEvoy 75 76, Andrew McKenzie 77 74, Jason Norris (Aus) 79 72, Tristan Lambert (Aus) 75 76, Jamie Donaldson 74 77, Michael Light (Aus) 72 79, Robin Hodgetts (Rsa) 70 81
152 Matthew Woods (Aus) 75 77, Josh Younger (Aus) 76 76, Euan Walters (Aus) 77 75, Ben Bunny (Aus) 77 75
153 Ricky Schmidt (Aus) 77 76, Lee Hunt (Aus) 79 74, James Nitties (Aus) 75 78
154 Richard Kent (Aus) 74 80, Michael Harwood (Aus) 78 76
155 Brad McIntosh (Aus) 82 73, Henry Perks (Rsa) 77 78, Michael Campbell (Nzl) 71 84, Martin Doyle (Aus) 76 79
157 Scott Draper (Rsa) 80 77, Rodney Booth (Aus) 76 81
158 Tigh Van leeuwen (Aus) 79 79
159 Chris Gray 78 81, Andrew Pitt (Aus) 77 82
160 David Stein (Aus) 84 76
Labels: Pro Men
posted by Colin |
See story on its own page | Friday, November 23, 2007
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home