US PRO TOUR REPORT

Aberdonian Michael Sim is North Star with a 62

FROM THE AOL GOLF NEWS SERVICE
Phil Mickelson left the North course at Torrey Pines four shots off the halfway lead held by DA Points and Ryuji Imada at the Farmers Insurance Open in San Diego, California.
World number two Mickelson had opened his season with a two-under-par 70 on the 7,569yd South course, while Scott Piercy's first-round leading 64 had come on the easier 6874yd North course.
Mickelson had said he was looking to move into contention as he moved across to the North for round two and, while he did card a five-under-par 67 to move to seven under at halfway, American Points and Japan's Imada did enough on the South to get to 11 under par for the 36-hole lead.
Points was the most impressive, shooting a seven-under 65, while Imada took a 68, with another American, Matt Every, moving into a tie for third on nine under following a 70 on the South.
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The relative difficulties of the courses made no difference to Points, who said: "Funnily enough, I've played this course a lot more than I've played the other one, and I feel pretty comfortable out here.
"The main thing for this course is obviously just making putts and driving the fairway, and those are two things that I've done the last two rounds, especially today I made a lot of putts.
"Iron game isn't quite as sharp as I would love it to be, but certainly making putts is always a good way to make up for a little bit of a sloppy iron game."
Aberdeen-born Australian Michael Sim joined Every at nine under thanks to a 10-under 62 on the North, with compatriot Robert Allenby part of a five-man group on eight under. Allenby shot a 69, with Americans John Rollins (66), George McNeill (67), Ben Crane (71) and Chris Tidland (71) alongside him in a tie for fifth.
Mickelson was also part of a five-man group, on seven under with 50-year-old Tom Pernice (71), rookie Rickie Fowler (70), Australian Marc Leishman (69) and South Korea's Charlie Wi, who shot a 66 on the North course.
Overnight leader Piercy had a bad day on the South course as he dropped to five under with a 75, alongside, among others, Ernie Els of South Africa, who shot a three-under 69 on the North.
SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
Par 144 (2x72)
Torrey Pines (South Course)
133 D.A. Points 68 65, Ryuji Imada (Jpn) 65 68
135 Matthew Every 65 70
136 Chris Tidland 65 71, Ben Crane 65 71
137 Rickie Fowler 67 70, Tom Pernice Jnr. 66 71
138 Vance Veazey 67 71, Tom Gillis 67 71, Alex Prugh 67 71
139 David Lutterus (Rsa) 69 70, Spencer Levin 69 70, Scott Piercy 64 75
140 Michael Bradley 71 69, Bill Lunde 72 68, Jason Dufner 69 71, Ted Purdy 69 71, Jeff Klauk 70 70, Justin Rose (Eng) 71 69, Andres Romero (Arg) 69 71, Boo Weekley 67 73, Rocco Mediate 69 71
141 Nick Watney 71 70, Lee Janzen 74 67, Chris Couch 68 73, Blake Adams 69 72, Bill Haas 70 71, Martin Laird (Sco) 71 70, Shane Bertsch 69 72, Troy Merritt 69 72, Josh Teater 67 74, Rich Barcelo 72 69, Nicholas Thompson 68 73
142 Michael Letzig 71 71, Steve Lowery 67 75, Ben Curtis 73 69, Harrison Frazar 70 72, Ricky Barnes 67 75, Chad Collins 72 70, Blake Trimble 68 74, Rich Beem 68 74
MISSED THE CUT
143 Chris Riley 70 73, John Merrick 71 72, Garth Mulroy (Rsa) 70 73, Joe Ogilvie 71 72, Greg Owen (Eng) 71 72, Dustin Johnson 72 71, Nathan Green (Aus) 72 71, Arjun Atwal (Ind) 73 70, Paul Goydos 71 72, Jay Williamson 72 71, Billy Horschel 72 71
144 Scott McCarron 71 73, Charley Hoffman 74 70, Greg Chalmers (Aus) 72 72, J.P. Hayes 69 75, Bubba Watson 70 74, Cameron Percy (Aus) 69 75, John Mallinger 71 73, Matt Bettencourt 69 75, J J Henry 70 74, Ryan Moore 70 74
145 Francis Quinn 69 76, Brian Stuard 73 72, Daniel Chopra (Swe) 69 76, Garrett Willis 72 73
146 Justin Bolli 70 76, Jeff Quinney 71 75, Carl Pettersson (Swe) 72 74
148 Brent Delahoussaye 74 74, Robert Garrigus 74 74
150 Chris Wilson 72 78
151 Steve Wheatcroft 76 75
152 Gregory Casagranda 74 78
153 Nathan Tyler 74 79
154 Estanisiao Guerrero 74 80
159 Tim Parun 81 78

Torrey Pines (North Course)
135 Michael Sim (Sco/Aus) 73 62
136 John Rollins 70 66, George McNeill 69 67, Robert Allenby (Aus) 67 69
137 Phil Mickelson 70 67, Charlie Wi (Kor) 71 66, Marc Leishman (Aus) 68 69
138 Michael Allen 72 66, K J Choi (Kor) 72 66, Lucas Glover 71 67
139 Hunter Mahan 72 67, Ernie Els (Rsa) 70 69, Michael Putnam 71 68, Brandt Snedeker 71 68, Derek Lamely 70 69
140 Brendon De Jonge 70 70, Fredrik Jacobson (Swe) 71 69, Michael Connell 69 71, Charles Howell III 71 69
141 Tim Herron 71 70, Kevin Sutherland 74 67, Andrew McLardy (Rsa) 71 70, Matthew Jones (Aus) 70 71, J.B. Holmes 72 69, Richard S Johnson (Swe) 71 70, Brett Quigley 73 68, Johnson Wagner 72 69
142 Martin Flores 74 68, James Driscoll 71 71, Tommy Armour III 74 68, Chez Reavie 72 70, Steve Marino 72 70, Mathew Goggin (Aus) 72 70, Craig Bowden 72 70, Luke Donald (Eng) 70 72, Jonathan Byrd 73 69, Stephen Ames (Can) 74 68
MISSED THE CUT
143 Chad Campbell 71 72, Kevin Stadler 77 66, Jason Day (Aus) 72 71, Jesper Parnevik (Swe) 73 70, Kevin Streelman 75 68
144 Aaron Baddeley (Aus) 75 69, Omar Uresti 74 70, Mark Calcavecchia 74 70, Tim Petrovic 76 68, John Huston 74 70, Bryce Molder 71 73, Graham Delaet (Can) 70 74, Stuart Appleby (Aus) 75 69, Alex Cejka (Ger) 72 72
145 Will MacKenzie 72 73, Rodney Pampling (Aus) 72 73, Henrik Bjornstad (Nor) 74 71, Pat Perez 69 76, Ryan Palmer 68 77, Jimmy Walker 75 70, Cameron Tringale 74 71, Mark Wilson 73 72
146 Jeff Overton 75 71, Billy Mayfair 78 68, James Nitties (Aus) 80 66, Troy Matteson 73 73
147 Aron Price (Aus) 79 68, Marc Turnesa 75 72, Jerod Turner 72 75, Parker McLachlin 76 71, Brenden Pappas (Rsa) 71 76
148 Brad Adamonis 74 74, Kris Blanks 75 73, Greg Kraft 74 74, Roger Tambellini 74 74
149 Steve Flesch 80 69, Kevin Johnson 76 73, Christopher Baryla (Can) 74 75
150 John Daly 79 71
151 Jeff Gove 76 75, Gunner Wiebe 73 78
WD: 75 Roland Thatcher