Funk leads by three from Torrance at

halfway in Seniors Open at Sunningdale

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Fred Funk set a record low halfway total at The Senior Open Championship presented by MasterCard but Sunningdale expert Sam Torrance is hot on his heels going into the weekend.
Both men carded sublime rounds of 65 to leave 53 year old American Funk 11 under, with Scotland’s Torrance three behind.
Funk recorded an eagle 2 at the par 4 18th after he holed out with a 174yd eight iron to reach 11 under after 36 holes, one better than anyone has managed at a Senior Open Championship before.
That capped a flawless round as the former US Ryder Cup player shot three birdies without dropping a stroke for the second day running.
“I don't feel like I shot 65,” said Funk. “It's just the way it all added up at the end.
“When you do what I did at the finish and then all of a sudden you're five under par, you go, wow, where did that come from?
“It wasn't like I walked off thinking I shot this great round, although it was a round I would have loved to have before I teed off, that's for sure.
“I birdied 16 and holed a shot on 18 and all of a sudden it looks like a great round that I played,” added Funk – who reached halfway with an impressive 129 aggregate for the second time in three tournaments, although at The Dick’s Sporting Goods Open last month he could only go on to tie for second.
“There's a lot of golf to be played, but yeah, I'm playing well. If I keep doing what I'm doing and especially putt as well as I've been putting, I will be hard to catch.”
Torrance, who lives in nearby Virginia Water and knows Sunningdale’s Old Course “like the back of my hand”, birdied the first and fourth after Funk had already set the clubhouse target at 11 under before a 2hr delay for a thunder storm.
After a gutsy par putt at the seventh Torrance looked in trouble at the eighth when his tee shot found the large greenside bunker but he splashed out to six feet and again held his nerve.
“I would have been miles behind if I’d bogeyed them both,” he said. “You can’t look at it that way.”
That sparked a spectacular run of birdie-birdie-par-birdie after the turn which propelled the former Ryder Cup captain into second place, although a shanked approach to the 16th cost him a shot.
That was put right with a birdie at the 17th and after finding trouble at the last Torrance got up and down for par.
“It’s not pay day, there’s still two more days to go,” Torrance added.
“I know the greens better than anyone, I had good speed with the putter today.”
America’s Loren Roberts, the 2006 winner of this event at Turnberry, sits third after a 68 took him to six under, one better than his compatriots Mike Allen and Tom Kite.
SECOND ROUND LEADERS
Par 140 (2x70)
+The second round play was suspended due inclement weather for the day and will resume at 7:40hrs Saturday
129 Fred Funk 64 65
132 Sam Torrance (Sco) 67 65
134 Loren Roberts 66 68
135 Michael Allen 70 65, Tom Kite 67 68
136 Gordon J Brand (Eng) 68 68, Denis Watson (Zim) 68 68, Tom Watson 67 69, Mark McNulty (Irl) 69 67, Greg Norman (Aus) 67 69, Don Pooley 70 66
137 Ian Woosnam (Wal) 68 69, Scott Simpson 68 69, Jay Haas 66 71
138 Sandy Lyle (Sco) 68 70
139 Bernhard Langer (Ger) 72 67, Russ Cochran 69 70, Tony Johnstone (Zim) 68 71, Jeff Sluman 69 70, Mark James (Eng) 70 69, Morris Hatalsky 72 67, Bruce Vaughan 70 69, Mark O'Meara 69 70, Denis O'Sullivan (Irl) 68 71, Mark Wiebe 71 68, Gordon Brand Jnr (Sco) 68 71, Larry Mize 69 70
140 Philip Blackmar 68 72, Bertus Smit (Rsa) 69 71, Sir Nick Faldo (Eng) 70 70, Des Smyth (Irl) 66 74, Philippe Dugeny (Fra) 71 69, Gary Koch 70 70, Paul Simson 71 69
141 Joey Sindelar 69 72, Gene Jones 74 67, Joe Ozaki (Jpn) 71 70, Mike Donald 71 70, Jerry Bruner 67 74, Angel Fernandez (Chi) 70 71, Olin Browne 68 73, Eduardo Romero (Arg) 70 71
142 Andy Bean 70 72, Fulton Allem (Rsa) 70 72, Kevin Spurgeon (Eng) 72 70, Mike Goodes 71 71, Christopher Williams (Rsa) 66 76, Wayne Grady (Aus) 70 72, Bob Gilder 72 70
143 Kirk Hanefeld 72 71, Juan Quiros (Spa) 72 71, Luis Carbonetti (Arg) 73 70, Craig Stadler 74 69, Mike Reid 72 71, Ben Crenshaw 73 70, Tom Lehman 70 73, Noel Ratcliffe (Aus) 71 72, Lonnie Nielsen 72 71, John Morse 72 71, Stewart Ginn (Aus) 71 72, Glenn Ralph (Eng) 70 73, Curt Byrum 68 75, Bobby Wadkins 73 70
144 Robert L Thompson 70 74, Giuseppe Cali (Ita) 71 73, Delroy Cambridge (Jam) 71 73, Tom Purtzer 73 71, Costantino Rocca (Ita) 74 70, Bobby Lincoln (Rsa) 72 72
145 Eamonn Darcy (Irl) 73 72, Tim Planchin (Fra) 74 71, Peter Mitchell (Eng) 72 73, David J Russell (Eng) 70 75, John Cook 72 73, Tony Allen (Eng) 71 74, Bob Larratt (Eng) 72 73, Bob Charles (Nzl) 70 75, Yoshi Mizumaki (Jpn) 72 73, Angel Franco (Par) 73 72, Peter Fowler (Aus) 71 74, David Merriman (Aus) 70 75
146 Katsuyoshi Tomori (Jpn) 71 75, Ross Drummond (Sco) 71 75, Jim Rhodes (Eng) 74 72, Chris Starkjohann 71 75
148 Mark Balen 72 76, Simon Owen (Aus) 72 76, Brady Exber 75 73, John Chillas (Sco) 77 71, Tony Charnley (Eng) 72 76, Peter Dahlberg (Swe) 72 76, Bill Longmuir (Sco) 74 74
149 Denis Durnian (Gbr) 74 75, Simon Wood (Eng) 74 75, Domingo Hospital (Spa) 76 73, Alastair Webster (Sco) 75 74, Jay Don Blake 72 77, John Bland (Rsa) 74 75, Isao Aoki (Jpn) 78 71
150 Carl Baker 75 75, Nick Job (Eng) 72 78, Graham Gunn (Can) 75 75, Terry Gale (Aus) 78 72, Frank Kiddie (Eng) 76 74, Mike Harwood (Aus) 74 76
151 Christy O'Connor Jnr (Irl) 71 80, Bob Boyd 76 75, Torsten Giedeon (Ger) 73 78, Pete Oakley 71 80
152 Wes Burton 72 80, Jimmy Heggarty (NIrl) 77 75, Jose Maria Canizares (Spa) 73 79, Shinji Ikeuchi (Jpn) 75 77, Jerry Pate 75 77
153 Gary Player (Rsa) 79 74, Ikuo Shirahama (Jpn) 71 82
155 Richard Masters (Eng) 77 78
156 Antonio Garrido (Spa) 80 76, Niall Lavin (Irl) 76 80, Ralph McLean (Sco) 79 77
158 James Mason 74 84, Jeff Hawkes (Rsa) 77 81, John C Davies (Eng) 76 82
162 Joel S Hirsch 78 84

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European Tour Scoreboard
SAS MASTERS
SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
Par 146 (2x72)
136 Ricardo Gonzalez (Arg) 68 68
137 Lee Slattery 67 70
140 Richie Ramsay 70 70, Martin Erlandsson (Swe) 70 70, Pablo Larrazabal (Spa) 69 71
141 Anders Sjostrand (Swe) 72 69, Marcus Fraser (Aus) 72 69
142 Jeppe Huldahl (Den) 72 70, Magnus A Carlsson (Swe) 71 71, Oskar Henningsson (Swe) 70 72
143 Soren Kjeldsen (Den) 72 71, Christian Nilsson (Swe) 72 71, Marcus Higley 72 71, Niclas Fasth (Swe) 72 71, Jamie Donaldson 71 72, Danny Willett 71 72, Tano Goya (Arg) 69 74, Marc Cayeux (Zim) 74 69
144 Joakim Haeggman (Swe) 74 70, Jean-Baptiste Gonnet (Fra) 73 71, Steve Webster 71 73, Damien McGrane 73 71, Robert Dinwiddie 74 70, Peter Lawrie 73 71, Richard S Johnson (Swe) 74 70, Wade Ormsby (Aus) 72 72, Pablo Martin (Spa) 69 75, Peter O'Malley (Aus) 74 70
145 Mattias Eliasson (Swe) 73 72, Gareth Maybin 72 73, Marcel Siem (Ger) 71 74, Pelle Edberg (Swe) 72 73, Raphael Jacquelin (Fra) 76 69, Brett Rumford (Aus) 70 75, Jacob Olesen (Den) 73 72, Gary Murphy 71 74, Joel Sjoholm (Swe) 73 72, Callum Macaulay 73 72, Alejandro Canizares (Spa) 71 74, Ignacio Garrido (Spa) 73 72, Jesper Parnevik (Swe) 74 71
146 Richard Bland 74 72, Robert Rock 73 73, John Mellor 76 70, Nathan T Smith (USA) 75 71, Bernd Wiesberger (Aut) 74 72, David Lynn 73 73, Fredrik Andersson Hed (Swe) 74 72, Michael Hoey 72 74
147 Mikael Lundberg (Swe) 73 74, Alvaro Velasco (Spa) 77 70, Mikko Ilonen (Fin) 75 72, Andrew Coltart 76 71, Klas Eriksson (Swe) 69 78, Maarten Lafeber (Ned) 72 75, James Driscoll (USA) 73 74, Simon Dyson 75 72, Johan Edfors (Swe) 74 73, Peter Hanson (Swe) 74 73, Will MacKenzie (USA) 73 74, Antti Ahokas (Fin) 74 73, Sam Little 72 75, Chris Doak 74 73, Henrik Stenson (Swe) 73 74
148 Robert Jan Derksen (Ned) 77 71, Ake Nilsson (Rsa) 75 73, Michael Campbell (Nzl) 78 70, Per Barth (Swe) 75 73, Francois Delamontagne (Fra) 73 75, Branden Grace (Rsa) 70 78, Simon Khan 74 74, Joakim Rask (Swe) 75 73, Niklas Bruzelius (Swe) 78 70, Alessandro Tadini (Ita) 74 74, Phillip Archer 75 73, Fabrizio Zanotti (Par) 78 70, Rafael Cabrera Bello (Spa) 74 74, Bradley Dredge 76 72
MISSED THE CUT
149 Patrik Sjoland (Swe) 76 73, Stuart Davis 75 74, Hennie Otto (Rsa) 76 73, David Horsey 76 73, Steven O'Hara 76 73, Seve Benson 76 73, Kane Webber (Aus) 76 73, Alexandre Rocha (Bra) 79 70, Eirik Tage Johansen (Nor) 75 74, Matthew Millar (Aus) 75 74, Inder Van Weerelt (Ned) 76 73, Michael Jonzon (Swe) 78 71
150 Jonathan Caldwell 73 77, Robert Carlsson (Swe) 77 73, Benn Barham 78 72, Per-Ulrik Johansson (Swe) 76 74, Birgir Hafthorsson (Ice) 74 76, Jean Van de Velde (Fra) 74 76, Johan Wahlqvist (Swe) 74 76, Mads Vibe-Hastrup (Den) 76 74, Peter Hedblom (Swe) 78 72, Christian Cevaer (Fra) 75 75, Kyle Stanley (USA) 77 73, Peter Gustafsson (Swe) 73 77, Andrew McLardy (Rsa) 79 71, Daniel Vancsik (Arg) 77 73, Jean-Francois Lucquin (Fra) 73 77, Ross McGowan 73 77, Jyoti Randhawa (Ind) 73 77, Barry Lane 75 75
151 Michael Lorenzo-Vera (Fra) 76 75, Thomas Aiken (Rsa) 76 75, Alexander Noren (Swe) 71 80, James Kingston (Rsa) 74 77, Jarmo Sandelin (Swe) 74 77
152 David Dixon 76 76, Chapchai Nirat (Tha) 77 75, Santiago Luna (Spa) 74 78, Scott Drummond 74 78, Simon Wakefield 79 73, Anthony Snobeck (Fra) 78 74, Chinnarat Phadungsil (Tha) 72 80
153 Gary Lockerbie 78 75, Carlos Del Moral (Spa) 82 71, Rolf Muntz (Ned) 78 75, Ulrich Van Den Berg (Rsa) 79 74, John E Morgan 76 77, Wilhelm Schauman (Swe) 76 77, Shiv Shankar Prasad Chowrasia (Ind) 81 72
154 Wil Besseling (Ned) 74 80, Marco Ruiz (Par) 77 77, Andrew Oldcorn 73 81, Taco Remkes (Ned) 75 79, Anders Larsson (Swe) 78 76, Ben Mason 77 77, Stuart Manley 78 76, Jose Manuel Lara (Spa) 78 76
155 Felipe Aguilar (Chi) 79 76, Andre Bossert (Swi) 79 76, Anton Haig (Rsa) 79 76, Marc Warren 77 78
156 Carlos Rodiles (Spa) 80 76
157 Mattias Nordqvist (Swe) 80 77, Iain Pyman 77 80, Pontus Gad (Swe) 78 79, Nils Floren (Swe) 79 78,David Frost (Rsa) 79 78
158 Alfredo Garcia-Heredia (Spa) 78 80, Kalle Brink (Swe) 80 78, Oliver Fisher 79 79
159 Roope Kakko (Fin) 82 77
160 Bjorn Akesson (Swe) 85 75
163 Michael Curtain (Aus) 79 84

Tartan Tour Scoreboard
GRAMPIAN HOUSTON JUNIOR FUND PRO-AM
Royal Aberdeen Golf Club
FINAL SCORES
Par 71
65 Stephen Gray (Hayston) £2,033.55.
67 Samuel Cairns (Colville Park) £1,626.12.
69 Chris Kelly (Cawder), Colin Gillies (Perry Golf) £1,067.40 each.
70 David Orr (East Renfrewshire), Edward Thomson (Senit Associates), Bruce Davidson (River Oaks CC, Texas) £623.36 each.
71 Alan Lockhart (Ladybank), Mark King (Kingsfield), Alan E Reid (West Lothian), Scott Henderson (Kings Links) £371.15.
72 Neil Murray (Cruden Bay), Iain Buchan (Craibstone), Euan Cameron (Hamilton), Andrew Crerar (Panmure), Paul McKechnie (Braid Hills), Lindsay Mann (Carnoustie), Jonathan Lomas (unatt) £223.58 each.
73 Chris Campbell (Grantown on Spey) £142.73.
74 Graeme Lornie (Paul Lawrie Foundation), Craig Ronald (Carluke), Craig Matheson (Falkirk Tryst), Campbell Elliott (Haggs Castle) £74.85 each.]
75 Ross Cameron (McDonald Ellon), Robert Arnott (Bishopbriggs), Fraser Mann (Musselburgh) £59.15 each.
76 Callum Nicoll (Prestwick), Ricky Lyons (Deerwood CC, US) £59.15 each.
77 Gary Forbes (Murcar Links), Sean O'Donnell (Balbirnie Park), Christopher Russell (RAW Golf Course Design), Ian Bratton (Newburgh on Ythan), Ewan Hogarth (Peebles) £59.15 each.
78 Murray Urquhart (Spey Valley), Neil Colquhoun (Merchants of Edinburgh) £59.15 each.
80 Kevin Stables (Elgin), Scott Morrison (Acushnet Europe Ltd) £59.15 each.
83 Gordon Law (Uphall), Chris Morris (Kingsknowe) £59.15 each.
88 Nicholas Reid (unatt) £59.15
Disq - David Ross (Royal Aberdeen), Jonas Hedberg (Royal Aberdeen) £59.15 each.
TEAM EVENT LEADING PROS
-12 Stephen Gray (Hayston) £243.98.
-12 Scott Henderson (Kings Links) £243.98.
-11 Samuel Cairns (Colville Park) £243.98.
+Stephen Gray's winning trio of amateurs, after a card countback, were Colin Manderson, Robbie Gordon and Iain Morrice.

United States PGA Tour Scoreboard
RBC CANADIAN OPEN
Glen Abbey Golf Club, Oakville, Ontario, Canada
FIRST ROUND (completed today)
Par 72
63 Kevin Na, Camilo Villegas (Col)
65 Jerry Kelly, Peter Tomasulo, Joe Durant, Retief Goosen (Rsa), Martin Laird (Sco), Scott Verplank
66 Derek Fathauer, Ken Duke, Jimmy Walker, Parker McLachlin
67 Brendon De Jonge, Bob Estes, Pat Perez, Tim Herron, Scott Sterling, David Peoples, Steve Lowery
68 Kent Jones, Patrick Sheehan, Scott McCarron, Chris Riley, Jason Dufner, Lee Janzen, Harrison Frazar, Kevin Sutherland, Mark Wilson, Steve Elkington (Aus), D.A. Points, Nathan Green (Aus), Dean Wilson, Leif Olson, Corey Pavin, Stephen Ames (Can), Frank Lickliter II
69 Michael Letzig, Billy Mayfair, Wes Heffernan (Can), Darron Stiles, Todd Hamilton, Cliff Kresge, Christopher Baryla (Can), Brian Bateman, Jay Delsing, Anthony Kim, Ryan Palmer, Tommy Gainey, Y.E. Yang (Kor)
70 Spencer Levin, Jeff Overton, Colt Knost, Matt Hill, Mathias Gronberg (Swe), Daniel Chopra (Swe), Steve Marino, Craig Barlow, Dicky Pride, Bob Heintz, Charles Warren, John Merrick, Jason Day (Aus), Charlie Wi (Kor), Kevin Stadler, Mike Grob, Jay Williamson, Johnson Wagner, Steve Allan (Aus)
71 Rafael Gomez (Arg), Jeff Quinney, Stuart Anderson (Can), Bryan Decorso (Can), Webb Simpson, Dustin Risdon, Jeff Klauk, Mike Weir (Can), David Mathis, Troy Kelly, Bryce Molder, Andres Gonzales, Brad Adamonis, Chris DiMarco, Greg Chalmers (Aus), Lucas Lee, Scott Piercy, Mark Calcavecchia, Trevor Immelman (Rsa), Glen Day, Luke Donald (Eng)
72 Michael Bradley, Jonathan Kaye, Aron Price (Aus), J.P. Hayes, Matthew Jones (Aus), Roland Thatcher, Mauricio Molina (Arg), Briny Baird, Rick Price, Tyler Aldridge, Omar Uresti, Joe Ogilvie, Casey Wittenberg, John Senden (Aus), Kevin Streelman, Jeff Maggert, Andrew Parr (Can), Brendon Todd, Jonathan Byrd
73 Robert Garrigus, David Gossett, Graham Delaet (Can), Greg Owen (Eng), John Mallinger, Nick O'Hern (Aus), Chez Reavie, Bill Haas, Sean O'Hair, Ryuji Imada (Jpn), Matt Weibring, Nicholas Thompson, Jason Gore, Richard Lee (Nzl), Peter Lonard (Aus), Billy Andrade, Brian Vranesh, J.B. Holmes, Mathew Goggin (Aus), Brandt Snedeker
74 Hugo Leon, Vaughn Taylor, Tag Ridings, Eric Axley, Wil Collins, Ian Leggatt (Can), Tom Pernice Jnr., Jamie Lovemark, Cam Burke (Can), Brad Faxon, Bo Van Pelt, James Oh (Kor)
75 Kyle German (Can), Kris Blanks, Arjun Atwal (Ind), Graham Baillargeon (Can), Bubba Watson, Matt Bettencourt
76 Aaron Baddeley (Aus), Troy Matteson, Matthew Borchert
77 John Daly, Carl Pettersson (Swe)
78 Brian Davis (Eng), Mark Brooks
79 Nick Taylor (Can)Kevin Na

McNicoll finishes jt 26th in South of

England Open at Walton Heath

Carnoustie's Keir Nicoll suffered the highs and lows of golf on the final of the South of England Amateur Open championship at Walton Heath on Thursday.

Keir, pictured right by Cal Carson Golf Agency, followed a pair of 73s for 146 - which made him the only Scot to survive the halfway cut - with a third-round 68 which hoisted him well up the field ... only for him to drop back down again to a final placing of joint 26th with a closing round of 78 for 292, six over the combined par for the Old Course (71) and the New Course (72)

We can now tell you the top 10 or so totals, the Walton Heath Golf Club computer, which "crashed" on Thursday before it could put out the final totals, coming back on line today.

LEADING TOTALS

Par 286 (2x71, 2x72)

279 Jason Palmer (Kirby Muxloe) 63 75 70 71.

280 Stiggy Hodgson (Sunningdale) 69 70 69 72.

281 Simon Crockett (Addington Palace) 68 69 70 74.

283 Dale Whitnell (Five Lakes) 74 71 67 71, Luke Goddard (Hendon) 65 74 70 74.

284 Eddie Pepperell (Drayton Park) 74 72 70 68, Jamie Abbott (Fynn Valley) 68 72 73 71, Niall Kearney (Royal Dublin) 70 68 71 75.

285 Sam Hutsby (Liphook) 70 72 72 71, Steven Uzzell (Hornsea) 73 69 71 72, Jerome Lando-Casanova (France) 70 74 68 73.

Selected totals:

288 Rhys Enoch (Truro) 76 68 71 73.

289 Chris Paisley (Stocksfield) 76 70 74 69.

290 Nigel Edwards (Whitchurch, Cardiff) 73 71 72 74.

292 Keir McNicoll (Carnoustie) 73 73 68 78 (jt 26th).

SURRY FROM THE FRINGE GOES TOP

(heading devised by Scott Crockett, European Tour Chief Press Officer)
A chip in from the fringe at the fourth hole helped Steve Surry take the second-round lead in the SWALEC Wales Challenge at The Vale Hotel Golf and Spa Resort near Cardiff, the Englishman also showing there was no substitute for success.
The 27 year old from Bath currently leads the EuroPro Tour Order of Merit, after winning the opening event of the season at Collingtree Park and recording another couple of top ten finishes, and carried on tapping into the rich vein of form on the European Challenge Tour circuit with a second consecutive 71 for a two under par total of 142.
It gave Surry a one-shot clubhouse lead over Spaniard Jorge Campillo and overnight leader Matthew Cort of England, but also bucked the general trend at the National Course where most players struggled to cope with the demands of the 7,266 yard layout playing its full length thanks to pre-tournament rain and heavy showers.
“The key in difficult conditions is that you have to strike the ball well and I feel like I’ve been doing that over the first two days,” said Surry who, aside from his masterstroke at the fourth, also birdied the demanding 16th and 17th holes, no mean feat on holes playing on average well over their par of four.
Another key for the Englishman was the presence of his Cumberwell Park clubmate Harry Bird as caddie, a vital element in helping keep his clubs and equipment dry in the rain, Bird having also been on the bag during his climb to the top of the EuroPro Tour rankings.
“It does help a lot because having to cope with umbrellas and everything like that is not easy when you are on your own,” said Surry, adding, “I’d better say that of course considering he is standing here listening to this conversation!”
Second placed Campillo, who finished fifth in the Credit Suisse Challenge three weeks ago, admitted his four years at college in Indiana had stood him in good stead for being able to play in difficult conditions.
“Coming from Spain, it is obvious that I prefer playing in warm sunshine but my time in Indiana certainly taught me how to cope with other things, especially wind as it can get very windy there,” he said.
The 23 year old Spaniard carded four birdies in total in his second round 71, which he added to his opening 72, the highlight being chip ins at both the fifth and seventh holes, which helped make up for his only real mistake of the day at the par five 13th where he made double bogey seven after pulling his second shot into the water hazard.
Campillo was joined in second spot by one of the overnight leaders, England’s Matthew Cort, who could not quite reproduce the fireworks of his opening 68 but the 34 year old from Leicester admirably steadied his ship after a rocky first ten holes, eight pars to finish seeing him card a 75 for a one under par total of 143.

SECOND ROUND QUALIFIERS
Par 144 (2x72)
142 S Surry (Eng) 71 71
143 M Cort (Eng) 68 75, J Campillo (Spa) 72 71, R Treis (Ger) 70 73
144 J Parry (Eng) 68 76, K Jorgensen (Den) 73 71, O Farr (Wal) 73 71
145 G Hutcheon (Sco) 69 76, R Davies (Wal) 77 68, N Colsaerts (Bel) 73 72, J Morrison (Eng) 73 72
146 A Bernadet (Fra) 74 72, J Grillon (Fra) 74 72
147 T Whitehouse (Eng) 77 70, G Shaw (NIrl) 72 75, J Quesne (Fra) 74 73, J McLeary (Sco) 73 74, A Hogberg (Swe) 70 77, C Gane (Eng) 72 75, R McEvoy (Eng) 72 75, J Frazer (Wal) 75 72
148 J Little (Eng) 75 73, R Karlberg (Swe) 73 75, A Belt (Eng) 69 79, S Jeppesen (Swe) 75 73, C Moriarty (Irl) 74 74, M McGeady (Irl) 74 74, A McArthur (Sco) 78 70, R Steiner (Aut) 76 72, G Houston (Wal) 74 74, F Colombo (Ita) 76 72, S Walker (Eng) 73 75
149 S Thornton (Irl) 78 71, G Murray (Sco) 75 74, P Whiteford (Sco) 72 77, D Kupper (Ger) 75 74, D Nouailhac (Fra) 71 78, M Wiegele (Aut) 76 73
150 C Brazillier (Fra) 74 76, R Santos (Por) 78 72, R Coles (Eng) 74 76, S Juul (Den) 76 74, A Tampion (Aus) 74 76, E Molinari (Ita) 78 72, P Del Grosso (Arg) 74 76, A Grenier (Fra) 73 77, S Robinson (Eng) 72 78, J Abbate (Arg) 74 76, J Doherty (Sco) 74 76, D Wardrop (Eng) 78 72, C Lee (Sco) 74 76, T Ferreira (Rsa) 75 75, L Saltman (Sco) 79 71, P Kaensche (Nor) 73 77, G Clark (Eng) 75 75
151 J Granberg (Fin) 75 76, T Haylock (Eng) 78 73, L Gagli (Ita) 77 74, Z Scotland (Eng) 76 75, O Floren (Swe) 73 78, A Summers (Aus) 77 74, J Lima (Por) 76 75, P Golding (Eng) 77 74, N Meitinger (Ger) 74 77, A Butterfield (Eng) 72 79, M Zions (Aus) 74 77, S Bebb (Wal) 72 79, B Evans (Eng) 80 71
MISSED THE CUT
152 A Constable (Wal) 76 76, M Crespi (Ita) 78 74, S Webster (Eng) 74 78, N Fox (Irl) 77 75, A Murray (Irl) 78 74, J Ruth (Eng) 79 73, T Cruz (Por) 79 73, M Laskey (Wal) 77 75, C Russo (Fra) 78 74, G Molteni (Ita) 76 76, A Mellor (Eng) 77 75, L Bond (Wal) 78 74, J Boerdonk (Ned) 80 72, D Marmion (Eng) 73 79
153 R Saxton (Ned) 75 78, C Smith (Wal) 71 82, A Gee (Eng) 75 78, M Kramer (Ger) 79 74, L Westerberg (Swe) 78 75, B Miarka (Ger) 77 76, N Lemke (Swe) 76 77, T Sundstrom (Fin) 79 74, A Hansen (Den) 79 74, J Heath (Eng) 79 74, M Mills (Eng) 70 83, B Pettersson (Swe) 75 78, B Etchart (Spa) 78 75
154 L Kennedy (Eng) 78 76, R Russell (Sco) 77 77, F Praegant (Aut) 74 80, J Larsen (Nor) 78 76
155 D Brooks (Eng) 78 77, A Willey (Eng) 80 75, A Kaleka (Fra) 78 77, M Rominger (Swi) 77 78, J Bjerhag (Swe) 78 77, D Griffiths (Eng) 79 76, P Bocian (Swe) 77 78, S Jamieson (Sco) 78 77, G Woodman (Eng) 75 80, A Runcie (Wal) 77 78
156 R Thomas (Wal) 80 76, C Carranza (Arg) 76 80, P Price (Wal) 80 76, R Steele (Eng) 79 77, O David (Fra) 79 77, P Drost (Den) 76 80, E Saltman (Sco) 81 75, T Dykes (Wal) 77 79, J McCreadie (Sco) 75 81, D Denison (Eng) 77 79, J Colomo (Spa) 78 78, R Harris (Eng) 79 77
157 M Griffiths (Wal) 81 76, M Delpodio (Ita) 78 79, J Skold (Swe) 80 77, C Mills (Wal) 78 79
158 J Billot (Fra) 82 76, K Sullivan (Wal) 80 78, R Dinsdale (Wal) 79 79, L Thompson (Eng) 80 78, L Rooke (Wal) 78 80, M Haastrup (Den) 75 83, G Davies (Eng) 79 79
159 T Laitto (Fin) 81 78, F Fritsch (Ger) 83 76, J Guerrier (Fra) 78 81, D Froreich (Ger) 83 76, R Hooper (Wal) 82 77
160 L James (Eng) 78 82
161 N Turner (Irl) 79 82, S Grant (Irl) 82 79, D Sandberg (Swe) 79 82
162 M Pilkington (Wal) 81 81, V Riu (Fra) 77 85, J Vickery (Wal) 80 82
163 A Bruschi (Ita) 82 81, G Paddison (Nzl) 79 84
165 E Ramsay (Sco) 81 84, R Charania (Ken) 86 79, G Woolgar (Eng) 82 83, V Thorne (Wal) 85 80
166 T Jones (Eng) 85 81
168 H Thethy (Ken) 85 83
RTD: S Dodd (Wal) 75, N Harris (Eng) 83
WD: L Richard (Bel) 86
DQ: P Baker (Eng)




142 S Surry (Eng) ,
143 J Campillo (Esp) , M Cort (Eng) ,
144 J Parry (Eng) ,
145 R Davies (Wal) , J Morrison (Eng) ,
146 J Grillon (Fra) , A Bernadet (Fra) ,
147 A Högberg (Swe) , R McEvoy (Eng) , J Frazer (am) (Wal) ,
148 S Walker (Eng) , A McArthur (Sco) , R Karlberg (Swe) , A Belt (Eng) ,
149 G Murray (Sco) , M Wiegele (Aut) , D Nouailhac (Fra) ,
150 P Kaensche (Nor) , D Wardrop (Eng) , G Clark (Eng) , S Robinson (Eng) , L Saltman (Sco) , C Lee (Sco) ,
151 P Golding (Eng) , O Floren (Swe) , T Haylock (Eng) , Z Scotland (Eng) , J Lima (Por) ,
152 J Boerdonk (Ned) , A Murray (Irl) , M Crespi (Ita) , L Bond (Wal) , D Marmion (Eng) , M Laskey (Wal) , N Fox (Irl) ,
153 J Heath (Eng) , M Mills (Eng) , L Westerberg (Swe) , C Smith (Wal) , B Pettersson (Swe) , R Saxton (Ned) , A Gee (Eng) ,
154 R Russell (Sco) , J Larsen (Nor) , L Kennedy (Eng) ,
155 S Jamieson (Sco) , M Rominger (Sui) , A Kaleka (Fra) , D Griffiths (Eng) , P Bocian (Swe) , D Brooks (Eng) , A Runcie (am) (Wal) ,
156 E Saltman (Sco) , R Thomas (Wal) , P Price (Wal) , T Dykes (Wal) , P Drost (Den) , O David (Fra) , J McCreadie (Sco) , D Denison (Eng) ,
157 J Sköld (Swe) , M Griffiths (Wal) ,
158 J Billot (Fra) , M Haastrup (Den) , L Rooke (Wal) , R Dinsdale (Wal) ,
159 F Fritsch (Ger) ,
163 G Paddison (Nzl) , A Bruschi (Ita) ,
165 E Ramsay (Sco) , R Charania (Ken) , G Woolgar (Eng) ,
166 T Jones (Eng) ,
168 H Thethy (Ken) ,

SENIOR OPEN TEES OFF AT SUNNINGDALE

Fred Funk's 64 gives him two-stroke

lead as Tom Watson returns a 67

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Fred Funk carded the lowest-ever opening round in history of The Senior Open Championship presented by MasterCard as Tom Watson responded to his Open Championship play-off heartache with a 67.
American Funk’s 64 at Sunningdale gave him a two-shot cushion over compatriots Jay Haas and Loren Roberts - the winner of this event in 2006 on the same course Watson almost made history on Sunday - Ireland's Des Smyth and South African Chris Williams.
The 59 year old Watson, who came agonisingly close to becoming the oldest major winner in history before missing out to Stewart Cink, insisted it was not difficult to put that disappointment behind him after his three under par round.
"That was a big story last week for me," said Watson, who is looking to win this title for the fourth time. "But here it's a different story this week. I've got to write it - let's get on with it."
There was no sign of the putting nerves that appeared to get the better of him on the final hole at Turnberry over the opening holes at Sunningdale, Watson draining birdie putts on the first, fourth and fifth holes.
At the par-2 13th Watson missed a birdie effort from eight feet - the same distance as his missed putt at the 72nd hole in Turnberry, which would have given him a sixth Open Championship title.
"I'm not very good at eight footers right now," he joked.
On the 18th his birdie effort lipped out to leave Watson three shots off Funk’s furious early pace.
"It was a good start," said Watson. "I played well, I made some good early putts and missed some makeable putts in the middle of the round. I played a good round of golf, kept the ball in play off the tee, which is critical here. I'm obviously happy with a 67 starting out - it was a good score."
Funk was only one under par at the turn, thanks to a birdie at the par- 5 opening hole, but the 53 year old burst into life on the back nine with five birdies, including one at the 17th where he chipped in from a bunker.
"The front nine I got out of position numerous times and made some great par putts," said Funk.
"And then I made an unexpected birdie at 11 and started hitting it close from there. Any time you do what I did on 17, it's pretty nice."
Sam Torrance, who resides close to Sunningdale and regularly plays the course, is alongside Watson on three under, as are Americans Jerry Bruner and Tom Kite and two-time Open winner Greg Norman.
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