News from European Tour event at Wentworth
Paul McGinley sets new 36-hole record
in BMW PGA championship
FROM THE AOL GOLF NEWS SERVICE
Paul McGinley continued on his merry way while others were tearing their hair out at Wentworth today.
A closing 20-foot eagle putt gave McGinley a 66 to add to his opening 65 and that 13-under-par total of 131 is a record for Europe's flagship BMW PGA Championship.
By knocking one stroke off the previous best of Colin Montgomerie, Ernie Els and Andrew Oldcorn, the 41-year-old Irishman opened up a four-stroke halfway lead over Swede Robert Karlsson and England's Miles Tunnicliff.
And this on a day when Ernie Els, Justin Rose, Lee Westwood, Colin Montgomerie, Darren Clarke and Jose Maria Olazabal all failed to survive the cut.
Virtually every sentence used by McGinley afterwards contained the word "great". Even when it came to football - he supports Celtic, who were crowned Scottish champions last night.
Now a first prize of almost £600,000 is his for the taking and should he win it he could rocket up to sixth in the Ryder Cup points race.
Not bad for a player who from reaching the world's top 20 with victory in the 2005 Volvo Masters then went over a year without a top-10 finish.
"It's not like all of a sudden the hole is the size of a bucket but I am in control of what I'm doing and I love Wentworth," commented the Dubliner.
"I'm more than pleased. I had a great back nine, I holed some great putts, it was great.
"Things are looking good but I've been long enough in this game to know there's a long way to go. It's a marathon and I'm only halfway through."
Colin Montgomerie is not the first new bridegroom to find his golf suffering in the post-wedding bliss. Monty missed the cut by two shots with 73 and 75 for 148.
Best placed Scot was Gary Orr with 70 and 68 for 138 - seven shots off McGinley's blistering pace.
Lee Westwood was forced to pull due to illness. Westwood, the Ryder Cup points leader, had played just five holes of his second round when he told playing partners Luke Donald and defending champion Anders Hansen he was not going to continue.
"I had a Chinese meal on Thursday night but I don't think it's something I ate because I've got a bit of a sore throat as well as feeling rough. I think it's a virus of some sort," said Westwood. "I was sick during the night and hardly got any sleep."
SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
Par 144 (2 x 72)
131 Paul McGinley 65 66
135 Robert Karlsson (Swe) 66 69, Miles Tunnicliff 70 65
136 Soren Kjeldsen (Den) 71 65, Oliver Wilson 70 66, Marcus Fraser (Aus) 67 69
137 Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa) 70 67
138 Daniel Vancsik (Arg) 68 70, Felipe Aguilar (Chi) 71 67, Damien McGrane 72 66, Gary Orr 70 68, Alejandro Canizares (Spa) 72 66
139 Paul Casey 71 68, Marc Warren 69 70, Charl Schwartzel (Rsa) 68 71, Richard Green (Aus) 70 69, Simon Wakefield 68 71
140 Robert Jan Derksen (Ned) 70 70, Hennie Otto (Rsa) 71 69
141 Steve Webster 71 70, Robert Dinwiddie 78 63, Andres Romero (Arg) 72 69, David Howell 70 71, Martin Kaymer (Ger) 71 70, Thongchai Jaidee (Tha) 72 69, Luke Donald 72 69, Ignacio Garrido (Spa) 73 68, Jyoti Randhawa (Ind) 73 68
142 Magnus A Carlsson (Swe) 70 72, Garry Houston 68 74, Soren Hansen (Den) 76 66, Alastair Forsyth 72 70, Mark Foster 72 70, Sam Little 74 68, Simon Dyson 75 67, Simon Khan 71 71
143 Graeme McDowell 70 73, James Kingston (Rsa) 72 71, Nick Dougherty 70 73, Ricardo Gonzalez (Arg) 73 70, Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa) 67 76, Rafael Echenique (Arg) 70 73, Carlos Rodiles (Spa) 72 71, Paul Broadhurst 72 71, Peter Hanson (Swe) 72 71, Sam Walker 75 68, Alexander Noren (Swe) 75 68, Gregory Bourdy (Fra) 72 71, Peter O'Malley (Aus) 71 72
144 Jean-Baptiste Gonnet (Fra) 75 69, Henrik Nystrom (Swe) 72 72, Anders Hansen (Den) 75 69, Jamie Donaldson 72 72, Marcel Siem (Ger) 71 73, Gregory Havret (Fra) 70 74, Henrik Stenson (Swe) 74 70, Oliver Fisher 71 73
145 Anton Haig (Rsa) 70 75, Alvaro Velasco (Spa) 69 76, Michael Lorenzo-Vera (Fra) 69 76, Ross Fisher 72 73, Angel Cabrera (Arg) 73 72, Peter Lawrie 73 72, Johan Edfors (Swe) 71 74, Matthew Morris 71 74, Paul Lawrie 72 73, Retief Goosen (Rsa) 76 69, Ariel Canete (Arg) 74 71, Ross McGowan 73 72, Thomas Levet (Fra) 74 71
MISSED THE CUT
146 Francesco Molinari (Ita) 75 71, Benn Barham 74 72, Paul Streeter 74 72, Jarmo Sandelin (Swe) 78 68, Mads Vibe-Hastrup (Den) 77 69, Mark Brown (USA) 75 71, Andrew McLardy (Rsa) 76 70, Richard Finch 75 71, Markus Brier (Aut) 73 73
147 Christian Cevaer (Fra) 74 73, Mikko Ilonen (Fin) 74 73, Shiv Kapur (Ind) 71 76, Per-Ulrik Johansson (Swe) 76 71, Scott Drummond 74 73, Shiv Shankar Prasad Chowrasia (Ind) 70 77, Jose-Filipe Lima (Por) 71 76, Lee Slattery 74 73, Stephen Gallacher 75 72, Andrew Oldcorn 75 72, Gonzalo Fdez-Castano (Spa) 73 74, Bradley Dredge 75 72
148 Martin Erlandsson (Swe) 76 72, Colin Montgomerie 73 75, Andrew Coltart 72 76, Stuart Manley 71 77, Darren Clarke 75 73, John Bickerton 76 72, David Lynn 72 76, Jose Manuel Lara (Spa) 74 74, Jose-Maria Olazabal (Spa) 75 73, Carl Suneson (Spa) 76 72, Ernie Els (Rsa) 75 73, Niclas Fasth (Swe) 77 71, Gary Murphy 73 75, Chapchai Nirat (Tha) 76 72
149 Justin Rose 76 73, Greig Hutcheon 75 74, Phillip Archer 77 72, Pablo Martin (Spa) 74 75, Alvaro Quiros (Spa) 76 73, Raphael Jacquelin (Fra) 74 75, Kane Webber (USA) 80 69
150 Jean-Francois Remesy (Fra) 75 75, Maarten Lafeber (Ned) 77 73, Mardan Mamat (Sin) 78 72
151 Mikael Lundberg (Swe) 73 78, Rory McIlroy 74 77, Scott Strange (Aus) 73 78, Phillip Price 77 74, Pelle Edberg (Swe) 78 73
152 Jeev Milkha Singh (Ind) 78 74, Peter Whiteford 79 73, Jean Van de Velde (Fra) 80 72, David Shacklady 76 76, Fredrik Andersson Hed (Swe) 83 69, Anthony Wall 73 79, Stephen Dodd 75 77, Thomas Bjorn (Den) 76 76, Tom Whitehouse 76 76, Jean-Francois Lucquin (Fra) 76 76, Richard Sterne (Rsa) 75 77
153 David Griffiths 77 76
154 Leif Westerberg (Swe) 80 74, Peter Baker 81 73, Jon Lupton 77 77, Peter Hedblom (Swe) 79 75, Graeme Storm 79 75, Brett Rumford (Aus) 80 74, Sean Mason 78 76, Emanuele Canonica (Ita) 73 81, Barry Lane 76 78
156 Anthony Tarchetti 80 76, Ian Ellis 76 80, James Kamte (Rsa) 79 77
159 Zane Scotland 83 76
160 Michael Campbell (Nzl) 80 80, Mark Staunton 80 80
in BMW PGA championship
FROM THE AOL GOLF NEWS SERVICE
Paul McGinley continued on his merry way while others were tearing their hair out at Wentworth today.
A closing 20-foot eagle putt gave McGinley a 66 to add to his opening 65 and that 13-under-par total of 131 is a record for Europe's flagship BMW PGA Championship.
By knocking one stroke off the previous best of Colin Montgomerie, Ernie Els and Andrew Oldcorn, the 41-year-old Irishman opened up a four-stroke halfway lead over Swede Robert Karlsson and England's Miles Tunnicliff.
And this on a day when Ernie Els, Justin Rose, Lee Westwood, Colin Montgomerie, Darren Clarke and Jose Maria Olazabal all failed to survive the cut.
Virtually every sentence used by McGinley afterwards contained the word "great". Even when it came to football - he supports Celtic, who were crowned Scottish champions last night.
Now a first prize of almost £600,000 is his for the taking and should he win it he could rocket up to sixth in the Ryder Cup points race.
Not bad for a player who from reaching the world's top 20 with victory in the 2005 Volvo Masters then went over a year without a top-10 finish.
"It's not like all of a sudden the hole is the size of a bucket but I am in control of what I'm doing and I love Wentworth," commented the Dubliner.
"I'm more than pleased. I had a great back nine, I holed some great putts, it was great.
"Things are looking good but I've been long enough in this game to know there's a long way to go. It's a marathon and I'm only halfway through."
Colin Montgomerie is not the first new bridegroom to find his golf suffering in the post-wedding bliss. Monty missed the cut by two shots with 73 and 75 for 148.
Best placed Scot was Gary Orr with 70 and 68 for 138 - seven shots off McGinley's blistering pace.
Lee Westwood was forced to pull due to illness. Westwood, the Ryder Cup points leader, had played just five holes of his second round when he told playing partners Luke Donald and defending champion Anders Hansen he was not going to continue.
"I had a Chinese meal on Thursday night but I don't think it's something I ate because I've got a bit of a sore throat as well as feeling rough. I think it's a virus of some sort," said Westwood. "I was sick during the night and hardly got any sleep."
SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
Par 144 (2 x 72)
131 Paul McGinley 65 66
135 Robert Karlsson (Swe) 66 69, Miles Tunnicliff 70 65
136 Soren Kjeldsen (Den) 71 65, Oliver Wilson 70 66, Marcus Fraser (Aus) 67 69
137 Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa) 70 67
138 Daniel Vancsik (Arg) 68 70, Felipe Aguilar (Chi) 71 67, Damien McGrane 72 66, Gary Orr 70 68, Alejandro Canizares (Spa) 72 66
139 Paul Casey 71 68, Marc Warren 69 70, Charl Schwartzel (Rsa) 68 71, Richard Green (Aus) 70 69, Simon Wakefield 68 71
140 Robert Jan Derksen (Ned) 70 70, Hennie Otto (Rsa) 71 69
141 Steve Webster 71 70, Robert Dinwiddie 78 63, Andres Romero (Arg) 72 69, David Howell 70 71, Martin Kaymer (Ger) 71 70, Thongchai Jaidee (Tha) 72 69, Luke Donald 72 69, Ignacio Garrido (Spa) 73 68, Jyoti Randhawa (Ind) 73 68
142 Magnus A Carlsson (Swe) 70 72, Garry Houston 68 74, Soren Hansen (Den) 76 66, Alastair Forsyth 72 70, Mark Foster 72 70, Sam Little 74 68, Simon Dyson 75 67, Simon Khan 71 71
143 Graeme McDowell 70 73, James Kingston (Rsa) 72 71, Nick Dougherty 70 73, Ricardo Gonzalez (Arg) 73 70, Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa) 67 76, Rafael Echenique (Arg) 70 73, Carlos Rodiles (Spa) 72 71, Paul Broadhurst 72 71, Peter Hanson (Swe) 72 71, Sam Walker 75 68, Alexander Noren (Swe) 75 68, Gregory Bourdy (Fra) 72 71, Peter O'Malley (Aus) 71 72
144 Jean-Baptiste Gonnet (Fra) 75 69, Henrik Nystrom (Swe) 72 72, Anders Hansen (Den) 75 69, Jamie Donaldson 72 72, Marcel Siem (Ger) 71 73, Gregory Havret (Fra) 70 74, Henrik Stenson (Swe) 74 70, Oliver Fisher 71 73
145 Anton Haig (Rsa) 70 75, Alvaro Velasco (Spa) 69 76, Michael Lorenzo-Vera (Fra) 69 76, Ross Fisher 72 73, Angel Cabrera (Arg) 73 72, Peter Lawrie 73 72, Johan Edfors (Swe) 71 74, Matthew Morris 71 74, Paul Lawrie 72 73, Retief Goosen (Rsa) 76 69, Ariel Canete (Arg) 74 71, Ross McGowan 73 72, Thomas Levet (Fra) 74 71
MISSED THE CUT
146 Francesco Molinari (Ita) 75 71, Benn Barham 74 72, Paul Streeter 74 72, Jarmo Sandelin (Swe) 78 68, Mads Vibe-Hastrup (Den) 77 69, Mark Brown (USA) 75 71, Andrew McLardy (Rsa) 76 70, Richard Finch 75 71, Markus Brier (Aut) 73 73
147 Christian Cevaer (Fra) 74 73, Mikko Ilonen (Fin) 74 73, Shiv Kapur (Ind) 71 76, Per-Ulrik Johansson (Swe) 76 71, Scott Drummond 74 73, Shiv Shankar Prasad Chowrasia (Ind) 70 77, Jose-Filipe Lima (Por) 71 76, Lee Slattery 74 73, Stephen Gallacher 75 72, Andrew Oldcorn 75 72, Gonzalo Fdez-Castano (Spa) 73 74, Bradley Dredge 75 72
148 Martin Erlandsson (Swe) 76 72, Colin Montgomerie 73 75, Andrew Coltart 72 76, Stuart Manley 71 77, Darren Clarke 75 73, John Bickerton 76 72, David Lynn 72 76, Jose Manuel Lara (Spa) 74 74, Jose-Maria Olazabal (Spa) 75 73, Carl Suneson (Spa) 76 72, Ernie Els (Rsa) 75 73, Niclas Fasth (Swe) 77 71, Gary Murphy 73 75, Chapchai Nirat (Tha) 76 72
149 Justin Rose 76 73, Greig Hutcheon 75 74, Phillip Archer 77 72, Pablo Martin (Spa) 74 75, Alvaro Quiros (Spa) 76 73, Raphael Jacquelin (Fra) 74 75, Kane Webber (USA) 80 69
150 Jean-Francois Remesy (Fra) 75 75, Maarten Lafeber (Ned) 77 73, Mardan Mamat (Sin) 78 72
151 Mikael Lundberg (Swe) 73 78, Rory McIlroy 74 77, Scott Strange (Aus) 73 78, Phillip Price 77 74, Pelle Edberg (Swe) 78 73
152 Jeev Milkha Singh (Ind) 78 74, Peter Whiteford 79 73, Jean Van de Velde (Fra) 80 72, David Shacklady 76 76, Fredrik Andersson Hed (Swe) 83 69, Anthony Wall 73 79, Stephen Dodd 75 77, Thomas Bjorn (Den) 76 76, Tom Whitehouse 76 76, Jean-Francois Lucquin (Fra) 76 76, Richard Sterne (Rsa) 75 77
153 David Griffiths 77 76
154 Leif Westerberg (Swe) 80 74, Peter Baker 81 73, Jon Lupton 77 77, Peter Hedblom (Swe) 79 75, Graeme Storm 79 75, Brett Rumford (Aus) 80 74, Sean Mason 78 76, Emanuele Canonica (Ita) 73 81, Barry Lane 76 78
156 Anthony Tarchetti 80 76, Ian Ellis 76 80, James Kamte (Rsa) 79 77
159 Zane Scotland 83 76
160 Michael Campbell (Nzl) 80 80, Mark Staunton 80 80
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