MICHAEL SIM, BOB CHARLES, DANNY LEE MISS NZ OPEN CUT

Aberdeen-born Australian Michael Sim missed the halfway cut in the New Zealand Open. He had rounds of 74 and 77 for 151. Only players with 36-hole tallies of one-under-par 143 or better qualified for the final two rounds.
Other big names who failed to beat the cut were former Open champion Bob Charles on 152 (73-79) and New Zealand amateur Danny Lee, winner of the recent Johnnie Walker Classic in Australia, with 71 and 77 for 148.

New Zealand Open Scoreboard
THE HILLS COURSE
Near Queenstown.
SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
Par 144 (2 x 72).
Players from New Zealand unless stated
134: Jeff Gove (USA) 71 63, Jason Norris (Australia) 69 65
135: Steve Alker 68 67
136: Alex Prugh (USA) 65 71, Stephen Dartnall (Australia) 67 69, Martin Piller (USA) 67 69
137: Josh Geary 72 65, Henrik Bjornstad (Norway) 70 67, Josh Teater (USA) 65 72, Steve Friesen (USA) 69 68, Michael Putnam (USA) 71 66, Drew Laning (USA) 69 68
138: Ian Leggatt (Canada) 74 64, Todd Demsey (USA) 65 73, Bob Sowards (USA) 69 69
139: Grant Waite 70 69, Aaron Townsend (Australia) 71 68, Vance Veazey (USA) 68 71, Adam Bland (Australia) 68 71, Jonas Blixt (Sweden) 68 71, Matthew Every (USA) 71 68
140: Michael Wright (Australia) 73 67, Jeff Brehaut (USA) 74 66, David McKenzie (Australia) 68 72, Bubba Dickerson (USA) 70 70, Nick Flanagan (Australia) 70 70, Kyle Reifers (USA) 70 70, Miguel Angel Carballo (Argentina) 68 72
141: Roger Tambellini (USA) 74 67, Steven Bowditch (Australia) 73 68, Jim Rutledge (Canada) 70 71, Alistair Presnell (Australia) 73 68, Jim Herman (USA) 68 73, David Smail 74 67, Peter Senior (Australia) 68 73, Chad Collins (USA) 68 73, Seung-su Han (Korea) 67 74, Michael Clark II (USA) 71 70, Kim Felton (Australia) 70 71, Jason King (Australia) 70 71
142: Michael Long 72 70, Richard Johnson (Wales) 70 72, Tony Carolan (Australia) 70 72, Won Joon Lee (Australia) 70 72, Bryan DeCorso (Canada) 72 70, Andrew Bonhomme (Australia) 73 69, Jim McGovern (USA) 68 74, Craig Parry (Australia) 72 70, Steve Wheatcroft (USA) 72 70, Chris Gaunt (Australia) 71 71, Kevin Johnson (USA) 73 69, Ryan Hammond (Australia) 70 72, Justin Bolli (USA) 70 72, Brad Elder (USA) 69 73
143: Andrew Buckle (Australia) 69 74, Marcus Fraser (Australia) 71 72, Terry Pilkadaris (Australia) 71 72, Wade Ormsby (Australia) 72 71, Justin Hicks (USA) 68 75, Joe Daley (USA) 75 68, Tee McCabe (USA) 72 71, Brennan Webb (Canada) 70 73, Brian Stuard (USA) 72 71, Dustin White (USA) 71 72
MISSED THE CUT
144: Andre Stolz (Australia) 71 73, D.J. Brigman (USA) 73 71, Bradley Hughes (Australia) 72 72, Richie Gallichan (Australia) 72 72, Jeff Gallagher (USA) 72 72, Tim Wood (Australia) 75 69, David Branshaw (USA) 69 75, Ryan Haller (Australia) 68 76, Ryan Armour (USA) 75 69, Michael Brennan (Australia) 75 69, Garrett Osborn (USA) 71 73, Bronson La'Cassie (Australia) 73 71
145: Daniel Summerhays (USA) 75 70, Douglas LaBelle (USA) 72 73, Grant Moorhead 75 70, Bob May (USA) 73 72, Chris Nallen (USA) 75 70, Ron Whittaker (USA) 72 73, Cameron Percy (Australia) 71 74, Rich Barcelo (USA) 74 71, Michael McGrath (Australia) 79 66, Gareth Paddison 74 71, Paul Sheehan (Australia) 72 73
146: Peter Fowler (Australia) 76 70, Scott Dunlap (USA) 74 72, Fran Quinn (USA) 74 72, Andrew Tschudin (Australia) 79 67, Matthew Griffin (Australia) 75 71, Paul Claxton (USA) 72 74, Wayne Perske (Australia) 72 74, Major Manning (USA) 76 70, Steven Jones (Australia) 76 70, Leigh McKechnie (Australia) 73 73
147: Peter O'Malley (Australia) 72 75, Matthew Millar (Australia) 68 79, Ashley Hall (Australia) 73 74, Thomas Spearman-Burn (a) 70 77, Stuart Bouvier (Australia) 69 78, Mark Purser 74 73, Scott Hend (Australia) 74 73, Paul Marantz (Australia) 73 74
148: Skip Kendall (USA) 73 75, Brenden Pappas (USA) 73 75, Kyle Thompson (USA) 78 70, Peter Nolan (Australia) 76 72, John Kimbell (USA) 75 73, Danny Lee (a) 71 77, Brad Kennedy (Australia) 78 70, Trevor Dodds (Namibia) 75 73, Sam Ma (a) 76 72
149: Chad Ginn (USA) 73 76, J.J. Killeen (USA) 76 73, Andrew Johnson (USA) 73 76, Keith Nolan (Ireland) 72 77
150: Hunter Haas (USA) 76 74, Dustin Risdon (Canada) 78 72, Len Mattiace (USA) 77 73, Bradley Iles 75 75, Geoffrey Sisk (USA) 79 71, Jon Mills (Canada) 72 78, Jin Park (Korea) 76 74, Michael Hendry 76 74, Craig Bowden (USA) 74 76, Anthony Summers (Australia) 74 76
151: Phil Tataurangi 74 77, Michael Sim (Australia) 74 77, Craig Scott (Australia) 77 74, Scott Laycock (Australia) 79 72, Brad Lamb (Australia) 74 77, Ryan Fox (a) 77 74, Craig Spence (Australia) 75 76, Tristan Lambert (Australia) 74 77
152: Tripp Isenhour (USA) 80 72, Kurt Barnes (Australia) 78 74, Joseph Sykora (USA) 74 78, Ryan Hietala (USA) 80 72, Bob Charles 73 79, Jared Pender 75 77
153: Mahal Pearce 78 75, Steven Conran (Australia) 76 77
154: Brenden Stuart 82 72, Adam Crawford (Australia) 82 72
155: Troy Ropiha 81 74, Jason Enloe (USA) 78 77
156: Heath Reed (Australia) 79 77
157: Paul Gow (Australia) 77 80, Anthony Brown (Australia) 77 80, Michael Moore (Australia) 83 74
160: Brad Shilton 84 76