Kenny Perry shoots 64 to take lead from Tiger

United States PGA Tour Scoreboard
US TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP
East Lake GC, Atlanta, Georgia
THIRD ROUND TOTALS
Par 210 (3x70)
202 Kenny Perry 72 66 64
204 Tiger Woods 67 68 69
206 Phil Mickelson 73 67 66, Sean O'Hair 66 70 70
207 Steve Marino 69 71 67, Padraig Harrington (Irl) 67 69 71
208 Steve Stricker 70 72 66, Ernie Els (Rsa) 71 66 71
209 Jerry Kelly 71 67 71, John Senden (Aus) 70 70 69, Angel Cabrera (Arg) 72 67 70, Stewart Cink 67 72 70
210 Nick Watney 70 69 71, David Toms 74 66 70
211 Jim Furyk 72 68 71, Lucas Glover 68 71 72
212 Jason Dufner 71 68 73, Geoff Ogilvy (Aus) 75 73 64, Heath Slocum 73 68 71, Y.E. Yang (Kor) 71 75 66
213 Retief Goosen (Rsa) 69 72 72
214 Mike Weir (Can) 72 72 70, Marc Leishman (Aus) 70 74 70
215 Zach Johnson 70 72 73, Scott Verplank 70 71 74
216 Dustin Johnson 69 74 73, Hunter Mahan 71 73 72
218 Kevin Na 73 70 75
219 Luke Donald (Eng) 70 71 78
220 Brian Gay 72 72 76

Macaulay follows Ramsay into field

for next week's Alfred Dunhill Cup

Callum Macaulay has been called up from the reserve list for next week's Alfred Dunhill Cup over the Old Course (St Andrews), Carnoustie and Kingsbarns links.

Richie Ramsay, another European Tour rookie, was called into the field on Friday following Paul Casey's withdrawal.

Now Macaulay (pictured right by Cal Carson Golf Agency), Steven O'Hara and David Drysdale have all received the call to arms.

Macaulay's inclusion means that the three men - Gavin Dear and Wallace Booth are the others - who won the Eisenhower Trophy world amateur team championship for Scotland in Australia last October are together again as professionals, although heading their own pro-am teams.

Dear's participation will help to soften the blow of falling at the first hurdle in the European Tour Qualifying School Stage 1 Section B process at The Oxfordshire on Friday. Gavin came up one stroke short with a three-under-par total for 72 holes.

Carnoustie's Keir McNicoll, who shot a brilliant 65, to make the cut-off for Stage 2 with nothing to spare has also received a sponsors' invitation into the event.

McGinley's men charge seven points

clear with only 10 singles to play


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Paul McGinley achieved just about everything he must have been hoping for at Saint-Nom-La-Breteche, near Paris today - off the course as well as on it.
McGinley, on the winning side every time he played the Ryder Cup and Seve Trophy, looks set to continue that as a captain after his withdrawal-"weakened" Britain and Ireland team charged into a massive 12 1/2 to 5 1/2 lead over Continental Europe after three days' play.
Only the 10 singles are to come in what is now called the Vivendi Trophy and the holders, even without six stars, need just two points for a fifth successive win.
Off the course, meanwhile, Ryder Cup captain Colin Montgomerie sang the praises of the Dubliner and confirmed he wants McGinley as one of "at least four" assistants at Celtic Manor next year.
"Paul's taken to this like a fish to water. Incredible," said Montgomerie. "His team meetings have been exceptional. He's worked as a psychologist as well and I've been very impressed with him."
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Monty wants Continental captain Thomas Bjorn alongside him too - this all presumes they do not qualify for the team as players - regardless of how much of a drubbing the pre-event favourites have been given so far at St Nom-la-Breteche.
Ahead 6-4 overnight, Britain and Ireland totally dominated the day even though Anthony Wall, a winner of his first two games, could not play all day because of shoulder trouble and Simon Dyson needed an afternoon rest after the food poisoning that kept him in bed on Wednesday left him feeling weak again.
Twenty-year-old Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell led off both greensomes and foursomes and won both to take their personal tallies to three points out of four. First they beat Swedes Henrik Stenson and Peter Hanson 2 and 1, then it was Dane Soren Hansen and Soren Kjeldsen by the same margin.
World No 5 Stenson is the top-ranked player on either side and he looked like suffering a fourth successive defeat until he and Hanson won the last three holes to halve with Nick Dougherty and Steve Webster.
A 25-footer from Stenson on the last was badly needed, but then 21-year-old Chris Wood had already made it four wins out of four in the game behind. After twice being successful with Wall, he linked up with Ross Fisher and they recorded a double over Anders Hansen and Francesco Molinari.
Dyson and Oliver Wilson lost their 100 per cent record just before lunch when they bogeyed the last to lose to Alvaro Quiros and Miguel Angel Jimenez. The Spanish pair were kept together for the foursomes, but Continental Europe were left needing a miracle when they lost on the last to Wilson and Robert Rock, who, together with Dougherty, claimed another point for Europe in the greensomes.
THIRD-DAY SCOREBOARD
Overnight score:
Continental Europe 4, Britain & Ireland 6.
Morning Greensomes
Continental Europe 1, Britain and Ireland 3
Robert Karlsson and Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano lost to Robert Rock and Nick Dougherty 5 & 4.
Henrik Stenson & Peter Hanson lost to Rory McIlroy & Graeme McDowell 2 & 1.
Anders Hansen and Francesco Molinari lost to Ross Fisher and Chris Wood 1 hole.
Miguel Angel Jimenez and Alvaro Quiros bt Simon Dyson and Oliver Wilson 1 hole.
Overall position:
Continental Europe 5, Britain and Ireland 9
Afternoon Foursomes
Continental Europe 0.5, Britain and Ireland 3.5
Soren Hansen and Soren Kjeldsen lost to McIlroy and McDowell 2 & 1
A Hansen and Molinari lost to Fisher and Wood 3 & 2
Stenson and Hanson halved with Dougherty and Steve Webster
Alvaro Quiros & Miguel-Angel Jimenez lost to Robert Rock & Oliver Wilson 1 hole
Overall position:
Continental Europe 5.5, Britain and Ireland 12.5

Scotland lying fifth in World Cup

qualifier with one round to play

Scotland's David Drysdale and Alistair Forsyth need a supreme effort over Sunday's final round if they are to figure among the first three in the final placings who will qualify to play alongside the exempt from qualifying teams at the $5.5m Mission Hills World Cup at Mission Hills Golf Club, China from November 26 to 29.
Drysdale and Forsyth are currently lying fifth on 207. The men in their sights are the third-placed Portuguese pair Jose-Filipe Lima and Antonio Sobrina who shone in today's four-ball better-ball round with a 64 for 202.
So the Scots have five shots to make up over the last 18 holes, which are to be played under the alternate-shot foursomes format. It's possible but not probable.
Canada were on spectacular form in the third-round, shooting 63 to lead by three shots going into the final day.
Playing alongside partner Graham DeLaet, Stuart Anderson produced a spectacular display of golf shooting eight of their 10 birdies in the four-ball better-ball format at the Estonian Golf and Country Club to finish day three at 19 under par 197.
Three shots behind Canada in second place are the Welsh duo of Jamie Donaldson and Stephen Dodd who shot 68 to drop back from first to second place at 16 under 200.
Canada started their round with a birdie blitz on the first four holes, adding another on the sixth, followed by run of pars until the 11th hole. They went on to birdie the 12th and 13th before dropping a shot at the 14th hole. Another birdie came on the 16th and the duo birdied their final hole for the third consecutive day.
“Stu played awesome today”, said DeLaet. “He carried us today. I was able to contribute but he shot eight of our birdies today”.
Canada’s only blemish on an otherwise perfect score card came with a bogey at the par four 14th.
“I spun my ball of the green from 100 yards and Stuart hit the green in regulation but three putted. It always hurts to make bogey in this format but we recovered well and made a couple more birdies”, said DeLaet.
Although Anderson made the lion’s share of Canada’s birdies, he was quick to point out how important DeLaet’s par making had been for the team.
“Graham made the pars today and that freed me up to fire it at the flags and to be aggressive. We worked as a team and his pars were crucial. They made my birdie putts look easier.”
looking ahead to the final round, DeLaet was clear about the Canadian team’s plans for the final round foursomes:
“We will have the same team order tomorrow as we did on Friday but we might play a little more passively as we have a bit of a cushion. We aren’t thinking too much about China yet. We will take care of business tomorrow then we can be excited about the World Cup.”
A double bogey on the 16th hole brought an end to the Welsh team’s run of 50 consecutive holes without dropping a shot. Dodd lost his ball off the tee and although Donaldson had a good drive, he missed the green with his second and then three putted.
“The 16th was a bit of a hiccup”, said Donaldson. “It was a pity to drop shots that way”.
“We played alright today but never really into any kind of rhythm. We got off to a slow start and didn’t really get the adrenaline flowing. You think you should be scoring under-par in the four-ball format so maybe we got a bit lackadaisical.
Looking ahead to the final day, Donaldson remained positive about the Welsh team’s chances of qualification for the Omega Mission Hills World Cup in November:
“Foursomes suits both of our games. It sharpens you up a bit and we’ll be trying to shoot the lights out tomorrow. We are still in a good position to qualify”.
Portugal were justifiably pleased with their performance. Sobrinho who got the Portuguese team off to a good start with a birdie on the second hole later remarked, “Lima played great today, he played like a god and I am very proud of him”.
With five of their eight birdies coming on the back nine, Lima described the team’s mind-set as they made the turn. “We go to the 10th tee and we knew we were going to have to play well on the back nine. We had started well with Antonio’s birdie on the second hole and we stayed calm and saved a few pars. Then on the back nine, the birdies came.”
Looking forward to the final day’s foursomes, Lima shared the team’s thoughts on tactics. “We feel good about our game. We are driving well and hitting good iron shots so it is important tomorrow that we focus on our game and don’t make any dangerous shots”.

THIRD ROUND TOTALS
Par 216 (3x72)
After Saturday four-balls:
197 Graham Delaet & Stuart Anderson (Can) 65 69 63
200 Stephen Dodd & Jamie Donaldson (Wal) 66 66 68
202 Jose-Filipe Lima & Antnio Sobrinho (Por) 67 71 64
206 Michael A Moser & Christoph Bausek (Aut) 67 70 69
207 Alastair Forsyth & David Drysdale (Sco) 69 71 67
208 Toni Karjalainen & Juha-Pekka Peltomaki (Fin) 67 68 73
209 Sigurpall Sveinsson & Bjorgvin Sigurbergsson (Ice) 69 74 66
210 Martin Toom & Mark Suursalu (Est) 67 75 68
213 Janez Grilc & Miha Studen (Slo) 70 71 72
214 Amine Joudar & Tarik Benslimane (Mar) 69 75 70
215 Jean-Luc Burnier & Gerold Berchtold (Swi) 72 75 68
216 Nemanja Savic & Danilo Kraljevic (Ser) 72 77 67
220 Maximillian Saluda & Marcin Stelmasiak (Pol) 71 79 70,oulos (Gre) 73 85
DQ: 70 Mus Deboub & Farid Guedra (Alg)

Note: Fourball used in first and third rounds, Foursomes (alternate shot) used in the second and final rounds.

Maruyama goes four shots clear in Panasonic Open

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Kyoto, September 26: Japan’s Daisuke Maruyama brilliantly o pen ed up a four-shot lead after the third round of the Asia-Pacific Panasonic Open today but was wary of being his own enemy in his quest for glory.
Maruyama, 38, fired a four-under-par 67 at a sun-baked Joyo Country Club where his three-day total of 11-under-par 202 is well clear of talented Korean Kim Kyung-tae, who charged into second place with a superb 66.
Chinese star Liang Wen-chong, the Asian Tour number one in 2007, kept himself in the title frame with a battling 69 to lie in tied third place, five back alongside Korean Kim Hyung-sung, who shot a 71 after slipping up with three late bogeys in the US$1.5 million event sanctioned by the Asian Tour and Japan Golf Tour.
Searching for his first win since 2005, Maruyama, who has one title each on the Asian Tour and Japan , scrambled superbly on the back nine to extend his overnight lead. He made big par saves on the 10th and 12th holes, draining putts of 25 feet and 20 feet to stay ahead of the chasing pack in a round that included five birdies and one bogey.
“Those two holes were big saves for me,” said a relieved Maruyama, who spent two seasons on the US PGA Tour in 2006 and 2007. “I found a lot of the rough, more so than yesterday but my putting and short game saved me.
“I’m not going to think about the other players tomorrow. I just have to concentrate on making an under par score and worry about my own game.”
The 23-year-old Kim, winner of the Maekyung O pen on the Asian Tour in 2007, wielded a hot putter as he gave himself a chance of upstaging Maruyama. He turned in 35 before romping home with four more birdies.
“I hit a lot of good iron shots and my putting was very good. I holed a lot of long putts from more than five meters, at least four or five holes were from long range. On 18, I holed out from over 10 meters which was nice,” said Kim, who won the Asian Games gold medal in the individual and team event in 2006.
“This score has given me a small chance tomorrow. I’m four behind which is quite a lot of this tough course but I’ll give it a try. If I can shoot another 66, maybe I will win.”
Liang echoed Kim’s sentiments although he faces a five-shot deficit going into Sunday’s last round. “There is only one player who is on 11-under. If the leader drops shots tomorrow, everyone will have a chance. If I can shoot a four-under round tomorrow, who knows what will happen ,” said Liang, a two-time winner in Asia .
However, the Chinese ace knows he must start converting more putts from close range. “I made some long putts but missed a few short ones as well which has been my story this week. The good thing is that I’m striking the ball good and I just need to stay patient and hope that the putts will start dropping. You can’t get angry as it will affect your game,” he said.
Hyung-sung stayed on Maruyama’s heels the whole day before dropping disappointing bogeys on 14, 16 and 18. “My swing wasn’t good. I hit a flier on 14 and then came up short on 16 when the wind picked up. The winning score could be 12-under tomorrow, so I’ll need to aim for that goal,” he said.
Japanese star Ryo Ishikawa fired a 69, his first sub-par round of the week, for tied 30th place on 214.

THIRD-ROUND LEADERS
202 - Daisuke Maruyama (JPN) 69-66-67
206 - Kim Kyung-tae (KOR) 70-70-66
207 - Liang Wen-chong (CHN) 68-70-69, Kim Hyung-sung (KOR) 68-68-71
208 - Yuta Ikeda (JPN) 68-73-67, Yusaku Miyazato (JPN) 75-69-64, Toshinori Muto (JPN) 74-64-70
210 - Kenichi Kuboya (JPN) 69-72-69, Tetsuya Haraguchi (JPN) 66-74-70, Jyoti Randhawa ( IND ) 72-68-70
211 - Noh Seung-yul (KOR) 67-74-70, Toru Suzuki
(JPN) 73-64-74
212 - Makoto Inoue (JPN) 74-69-69, Yuji Igarashi (JPN) 67-75-70, Ted Oh (KOR) 70-72-70, Hideto Tanihara (JPN) 71-71-70, Tadahiro Takayama (JPN) 70-72-70, Lam Chih Bing (SIN) 66-72-74, Azuma Yano (JPN) 68-71-73

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Sandy Lyle (69) makes first-day

top 20 in US Seniors Tour event

FROM THE PGA.COM WEBSITE
CARY, N.C. (AP) -- Russ Cochran and Denis Watson shared the first round lead at 6-under 66 on a windy and drizzling Friday at the US Champions (Seniors) Tour's SAS Championship.
Joey Sindelar, Larry Mize, R.W. Eaks, Dan Forsman, Jim Thorpe and Tom Pernice Jr. were tied one stroke back.

Sandy Lyle had a 69 to be lying joint 16th. Mark James was farther back on 73 for a shared of 52nd place.
Denis Watson, who has two top-10 finishes on the Champions Tour this year, matched his best round of 2009.
"It's nice to have a good round and have some fun," the 58-year-old Watson said. "All in all, I was very happy."
With overcast skies, a light drizzle and whipping winds, Watson said the course at Prestonwood Country Club, North Carolina played long.
"There were some difficult shots if you didn't hit in the fairway," he said. "And the wind was whipping pretty good today."
Cochran, who finished tied for second last week at the Greater Hickory Classic, said he got several lucky breaks in his round.
"I putted well, but I got a little help," said Cochran, who chipped in from a greenside bunker for birdie on No. 10, a 428-yard par 4. "No. 10 was my big break of the day. I drove it good, but I hit a terrible 5-iron and hit it into the bunker on the right."
Cochran's bunker shot landed past the pin and spun back into the hole.
A Champions Tour rookie this year, the 50-year-old Cochran has had to rely on sponsor exemptions and is trying to remain in the top 30 on the money list to qualify for the Charles Schwab Cup Championship in October in Sonoma, California.
At the end of June, Cochran was in 70th place in season earnings. Since then, he has moved up to No. 28, thanks in part to his top five finishes at the U.S. Senior Open in August and last week at the Greater Hickory Classic.
Cochran called last week's tournament a breakthrough for him because he stopped worrying about top-10 finishes, money lists and exemptions.
"I said that if I'm going to have any kind of success, I'm just going to have to go at the hole," he said. "Anything that takes away from your aggressiveness hurts you."
Fred Funk and Loren Roberts, who are first and second in the Charles Schwab Cup points race, both shot 70s to finish the first round at 2 under, four shots off the pace. Funk leads Roberts by 57 points for the Schwab Cup.
Defending champion Eduardo Romero carded a 3-over 75 and is tied for 62nd.
The SAS Championship was Leonard Thompson's 1,000th tournament on the PGA Tour and Champions Tour, dating back to the 1971 U.S. Open. Thompson joined nine other players who have played in at least 1,000 events.
Thompson, 62, a North Carolina native and Wake Forest graduate, said 1,000 tournaments isn't something you set out to do.
"But once I knew I was going to do it, I tried to arrange to do it here," said Thompson, who was greeted with a cake after his round of 74.
FIRST-ROUND LEADERS

66 R Cochran, D Watson.
67 J Sindelar, L Mize, R W Eaks, D Forsman, J Thorpe, T Pernice jun.
Selected scores:
69 Sandy Lyle (jt 16th).
73 Mark James (jt 52nd).

Frann Quinn, heading back to US PGA Tour,

leads Nationwide event at Midland, Texas

FROM THE PGA.COM WEBSITE
MIDLAND, Texas -- Fran Quinn might not surf at home but the 44-year-old New England native is certainly riding a wave of good play that just might land him back on the US PGA Tour next year. Quinn ended a nine-year winless drought a week ago in Idaho and has put himself in position to possibly win again, this time in Texas.
Quinn added a 5-under 67 Friday to his opening 64 at Midland Country Club, good for a 13-under 131 total and sole possession of the 36-hole lead at the WNB Golf Classic, the 25th of 29 stops on the 2009 US Nationwide Tour schedule.
Quinn leads by one from 2008 Nationwide Tour grad Arjun Atwal (64) and is two ahead of Garrett Willis (69) and Jason Schultz (64). Seven players are knotted at 10 under and three back, including 2005 winner Kris Cox, who was 0-for-12 in cuts made this year before returning to the scene of his only Tour title.
"It's fun," said Quinn, who moved up to No. 18 on the money list with his winner's cheque. "This is what we play for. You just keep trying to play as well as you can and keep a smile on your face."
Quinn's has been all smiles since capturing the Albertsons Boise Open with a clutch birdie putt on the final hole of regulation last Sunday, his first victory since the 2000 Florida Classic.
"I started out and the birdies just kept coming," he said of his second round. "I just kept hitting it close. I hit a lot of quality shots."
He's had a lot of those lately. That wasn't always the case. Quinn made the cut in only six of his first 17 starts this year and found himself No. 98 on the money list thanks to a scoring average of 71.35. Then, in Wichita, things turned for the better.
"If you go back to my last 25 rounds or so, this is probably the best scoring stretch of golf, my most consistent he said. "I've had a lot of good play. Some of it wasn't rewarded but now I'm getting rewarded for it."
The numbers back him up. Starting in early August, Quinn has made the cut in six of his last seven starts, including this one. He sports a scoring average of 68.87 for those events and has earned about 83 percent of his current money total of $179,291. Another good week, or another win here and he'll be a lock to finish in the 25 top money winners who will graduate to the US PGA Tour when the season ends.
Quinn hit more fairways Friday than Thursday (10 vs. 8) but fewer greens in regulation (14 vs. 17).
"I played really well yesterday and I have a lot of confidence going right now," said the leader. "I'm putting excellent. These greens are perfect."
Atwal made the day's biggest move with an 8-under 64 that featured ten birdies, six of which came from over 15 feet, including one from about 40 feet.
"The putter started to behave itself," he said after needing only 25 putts on the day. "I started making a lot of putts and the ones I didn't make were right on line. These greens are rolling absolutely perfect. I figured I needed to get into double digits (under par) if I was going to get into contention."
Not that anyone figured he would. Atwal has been battling a torn rotator cuff for the 2009 season and is just now feeling good about a swing that helped him win last year's Chattanooga Classic and finish No. 17 on the Nationwide Tour money list.
Atwal played four events on the west coast before an MRI revealed a 50 percent tear in his right shoulder. He spent the next five months on the shelf, anxious to return.
"I've never had so much time off and I was getting kind of edgy at home and my wife was wondering when I was going to start back," he said. "I went back to Milwaukee and I was just miserable. I had lost a lot of my length and wasn't hitting my clubs the same yardage. It was not a good combination."
Atwal played six times and missed all six cuts, admitting he'd returned too soon. The net result to this point -- three cuts in 10 starts and a spot at No. 210 on the FedExCup points list.
Since his last start at the Wyndham Championship, he's been rehabbing his shoulder and has turned to a new swing coach who is helping him take pressure off his ailing right shoulder.
"I missed the cut last week in Boise (where Quinn won) but I wasn't doing it right," said Atwal. "I got on the phone with my coach and we sorted it out. There's a lot less pressure on my shoulder now."
And the results have Atwal paired with Quinn for Saturday's third round.
I didn't expect this at all," said Atwal, who is using this week to prep for next week's Tour stop at the Turning Stone Resort Championship. "Seriously, I haven't made a cut since Pebble Beach, not that I've played that much but it was basically to get some confidence going."
He will need to look no further than his playing partner on Saturday for pointers.
Veteran Joe Durant returned to the Nationwide Tour for the first time since 1996, when he was a member of the Tour graduating class. Durant was looking to get his game in shape as the Fall Series approaches. Unfortunately, the four-time PGA Tour winner posted rounds of 71-70 and missed the cut by one stroke. Durant birdied four of his first five holes Friday and was at 5-under but quickly gave five shots back to par in his next six holes. He closed with birdies at Nos. 14, 15 and 18, but it wasn't enough to make the weekend.
"I needed to play in a golf tournament and saw where my game was," he said. "It's kind of where it is on the regular Tour. I just can't seem to get over the hump. I've got to keep working." Durant won back in 1996 at the Mississippi Gulf Coast Classic and noted that the Nationwide Tour has come a long way since he last teed it up.
"We've always known that these guys play great out here and you can tell by the scoring. The guys that come off this Tour and move onto the PGA Tour and win majors, they don't just hang around," he said.
"I think the guys that come off this Tour know what they've got to do on the regular Tour to play well. The things that they have to do out here to get them to the regulaor Tour will carry you on the regular Tour now. There was always that question of whether the two correlated. It's obviously proven that it does. It's just gotten so much better out here now."
Second-round notes: The temperature when play began Friday was 49 degrees. The afternoon high reached 84 degrees ... A total of 73 players made the 36-hole cut, which came at 4-under 140. The 4-under cut is the lowest since the tournament moved to Midland CC in 2002. The lowest cut in the tournament's 18-year history was 6 under at The Club at Mission Dorado in 2001 ... Jason Schultz birdied seven holes during a nine-hole stretch starting at No. 13 today. Schultz went from 3-under to 10-under en route to an 8-under 64 ... Billy Mayfair, a veteran of 643 career starts on the US PGA Tour, is making his Nationwide Tour debut this week. Mayfair will be around for the weekend.
Scots note: Former Walker Cup player Steven Young from Inverallochy, who is on the pro staff at Midland Country Club, Texas, missed the cut with rounds of 72 and 74 for 146.

SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
Midland Country Club, Midland, Texas
Par 144 (2x72)
131 Fran Quinn 64 67
132 Arjun Atwal 68 64
133 Jason Schultz 69 64, Garrett Willis 64 69
134 Kris Cox 67 67, Rhein Gibson 64 70, Fabian Gomez 66 68, David Hearn 66 68, Paul Stankowski 66 68, Brendan Steele 66 68, Jerod Turner 67 67
135 Oskar Bergman 69 66, Guy Boros 67 68, David Morland IV 70 65, Darron Stiles 69 66, Brian Stuard 69 66, Esteban Toledo 68 67
136 Adam Bland 67 69, Matthew Borchert 70 66, Marco Dawson 66 70, Tom Gillis 68 68, J.J. Killeen 70 66, Bob May 66 70, Garth Mulroy 70 66, Brenden Pappas 72 64, Cameron Percy 69 67
137 Steven Bowditch, Chad Collins 69 68, Robert Damron 68 69, Will Dodson 70 67, Scott Gardiner 70 67
138 Keoke Cotner 69 69, Brad Fritsch 73 65, Bret Guetz 70 68, Hunter Haas 70 68, Skip Kendall 69 69, Billy Mayfair 68 70, Jin Park 69 69
139 Ryan Armour 69 70, Jeff Burns 69 70, Gary Christian 72 67, Bubba Dickerson 68 71, Justin Hicks 68 71, Derek Lamely 69 70, Won Joon Lee 68 71, Craig Lile 68 71, Scott Parel 70 69, Michael Putnam 72 67, Dustin Risdon 70 69, Daniel Summerhays 70 69, Chris Tidland 68 71, Willie Wood 69 70
140 Tyler Aldridge 69 71, Mark Brooks 71 69, Jason Caron 70 70, Ryan Cobb 68 72, Joe Daley 70 70, Jason Enloe 71 69, Tommy Gainey 69 71, John Kimbell 68 72, J.L. Lewis 69 71, Len Mattiace 70 70, Connie Pierce 70 70, Martin Piller 69 71, Alex Prugh 68 72, Adam Rubinson 69 71, Dave Schultz 68 72, Patrick Sheehan 69 71, Geoffrey Sisk 70 70, Bob Sowards 75 65, Omar Uresti 69 71, Ron Whittaker 72 68
MISSED THE CUT:
141 Alex Aragon 72 69, Craig Barlow 71 70, Craig Bowden 71 70, Paul Claxton 70 71, Bryan DeCorso 67 74, Todd Demsey 71 70, Andrew Dresser 70 71, Joe Durant 71 70, Vince Jewell 70 71, Mike Lavery 69 72, Jesse Mueller 72 69, Ryan Nelson 71 70, Michael Sims 69 72, Sal Spallone 71 70, Kyle Thompson 72 69, Tjaart Van der Walt 70 71 , Dustin White 68 73
142 Miguel Carballo 70 72, Tom Carter 70 72, Jim Carter 75 67, Jim Herman 71 71, Craig Kanada 70 72, Alistair Presnell 69 73, Tom Scherrer 74 68
143 Blake Adams 68 75, Stuart Deane 71 72, Scott Dunlap 71 72, Chad Ginn 74 69, Troy Kelly 72 71, Doug LaBelle II 72 71, Lucas Lee 73 70, Brian Vranesh 70 73, Brennan Webb 73 70
144 Bobby Clampett 72 72, Matt Every 73 71, Kevin Johnson 71 73, Jim McGovern 71 73, Chris Nallen 69 75, Garrett Osborn 72 72, John Riegger 73 71, Steve Wheatcroft 73 71
145 Larry Bryan 71 74, Casie Cathrea 71 74, Martin Flores 72 73, Ryan Hietala 75 70, Ian Leggatt 72 73, Randy Lowry 70 75, Phil Tataurangi 68 77
146 Jeffrey Barton 75 71, Andrew Buckle 73 73, Michael Clark II 71 75, Bradley Iles 74 72, David McKenzie 74 72, David D. Schultz 72 74, Grant Waite 73 73, Steven Young 72 74
147 Steve Alker 75 72, Rich Barcelo 74 73, Dustin Bray 71 76, Brent Delahoussaye 72 75, Seung Han 73 74, Matt Hansen 77 70, Andrew Johnson 73 74, Chris Kirk 73 74, Drew Laning 74 73
148 John Adams 75 73, Ben Bates 72 76, Tom Byrum 74 74, Joey Lamielle 76 72, Vance Veazey 70 78
149 Brian Dwyer 72 77, Jeff Gove 77 72, Joseph Sykora 73 76
150 Paul Gow 75 75
151 Josh Broadaway 72 79, Trevor Dodds 77 74, Leroux Ferreira 74 77
Withdrew: Mathias Gronberg 72, Tom Johnson 73, B.J. Staten 73, Andrew Magee 76, Bob Burns 81

Tiger lets chance of big lead slip away

FROM THE DAILY TELEGRAPH WEBSITE
Tiger Woods squandered the chance to take a commanding lead in the US PGA Tour Championship with an untidy finish to Friday's second round, ending a sun-splashed day just one ahead of the chasing pack.
The world No 1 lipped out with four-foot putts at the 15th and 16th before bogeying the par-3 last for a two-under-par 68 at East Lake Golf Club.
That left Woods at five-under 135 in the Tour's lucrative FedExCup play-off event, a stroke in front of playing partner Padraig Harrington (69) and overnight leader Sean O'Hair (70) of the U.S.
South African Ernie Els, boosted by four birdies in five holes from the eighth, was alone in fourth place at three under after carding a 66.
Woods, champion here in 2007, produced a sizzling three-birdie run from the seventh to go one shot clear.
He then struck a superb five-wood uphill from 247yd at the long 15th to four feet but lipped out with his eagle putt. The tap-in birdie put him two ahead of the field.
Another brilliant approach followed at the par-four 16th, his ball ending up less than four feet from the pin, but Woods again surprisingly lipped out and had to settle for a par.
After doing well to par 17 after finding a fairway bunker off the tee, he overshot the green off the tee at the last and failed to reach the putting surface with his initial chip from tangly rough.
Tee times have been pushed forward by more than three hours for Saturday's third round with heavy rainfall forecast for the afternoon.
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SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
East Lake GC, Atlanta, Georgia
Par 140 (2x70)
135 Tiger Woods 67 68
136 Sean O'Hair 66 70, Padraig Harrington (Irl) 67 69
137 Ernie Els (Rsa) 71 66
138 Jerry Kelly 71 67, Kenny Perry 72 66
139 Nick Watney 70 69, Jason Dufner 71 68, Lucas Glover 68 71, Stewart Cink 67 72, Angel Cabrera (Arg) 72 67
140 Phil Mickelson 73 67, Steve Marino 69 71, Jim Furyk 72 68, John Senden (Aus) 70 70, David Toms 74 66
141 Retief Goosen (Rsa) 69 72, Luke Donald (Eng) 70 71, Scott Verplank 70 71, Heath Slocum 73 68
142 Steve Stricker 70 72, Zach Johnson 70 72
143 Dustin Johnson 69 74, Kevin Na 73 70
144 Hunter Mahan 71 73, Marc Leishman (Aus) 70 74, Mike Weir (Can) 72 72, Brian Gay 72 72
146 Y.E. Yang (Kor) 71 75
148 Geoff Ogilvy (Aus) 75 73