Mickelson - 'I played terribly' - misses the cut but Michael Sim and

Martin Laird make it comfortably

FROM THE AOL GOLF NEWS SERVICE

World number two Phil Mickelson crashed out of the Crowne Plaza Invitational in Fort Worth, Texas after a three-over-par second round 73.

The American left-hander was off colour on Thursday as he fired a one-over 71 but things got worse on Friday, with a run of bogeys on the third, fourth and fifth holes and others on the 11th and 12th.

Bryce Molder leads by one stroke at 13-under after an eight-under 62, while Englishman Brian Davis sits in a two-way tie for third on 11-under.

"I played terribly," Mickelson told pgatour.com. "I don't know what to say. I haven't played the course since the changes. The changes are fabulous. The course is in great shape."

He added: "There was no wind and there were a lot of birdies out there. And I just played terribly. But I will take the weekend. It's a good barometer for me to know that starting my US Open run, which is here, I've got a lot of work to do."
Davis' five-under 65 came despite having overnight hospital treatment to remove a mouth abscess.
"It's just one of those things, I went last night and had it taken care of," said Davis. "Obviously I've got a lots of swelling still so it will take a few days to go down, but I'll be fine."
Leader Molder said after his round: "It's a good position, one of the last groups on Saturday, and I can have some fun.
"It's been a strange two days with no breeze, really warm, but really good scoring conditions and fortunately I was just able to capitalise."
Jason Bohn remains well in contention in second, a shot off Molder, having recorded a 65 after Thursday's 63.
Aberdeen-born Michael Sim, pictured above, and Glasgow's Martin Laird both made the cut with ease on 136 with rounds of 69 and 67.
SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
Par 140 (2x70)
127 Bryce Molder 65 62
128 Jason Bohn 63 65
129 Brian Davis (Eng) 64 65, Kris Blanks 65 64
130 Jeff Overton 63 67, Boo Weekley 67 63
131 Zach Johnson 65 66, Corey Pavin 67 64, Carl Pettersson (Swe) 65 66, John Mallinger 65 66
132 Kenny Perry 68 64, Ricky Barnes 66 66, Ben Crane 68 64, John Merrick 66 66
133 Aron Price (Aus) 65 68, Bill Haas 65 68, Bo Van Pelt 67 66, Scott Verplank 67 66, Derek Lamely 67 66, Blake Adams 63 70
134 Spencer Levin 65 69, Nick Watney 68 66, Paul Goydos 69 65, Kyle Stanley 68 66, K J Choi (Kor) 67 67, James Nitties (Aus) 68 66
135 Brendon De Jonge 69 66, Steve Stricker 68 67, David Toms 68 67, Greg Chalmers (Aus) 70 65, Matthew Jones (Aus) 69 66, John Daly 66 69, Kevin Na 67 68, Nathan Green (Aus) 65 70, Cameron Beckman 67 68
136 Michael Sim (Sco) 69 67, John Senden (Aus) 69 67, Michael Bradley 67 69, Lee Janzen 70 66, Angel Cabrera (Arg) 68 68, Graham Delaet (Can) 68 68, Alex Prugh 71 65, Chad Collins 70 66, Mike Weir (Can) 68 68, Tim Petrovic 68 68, Martin Laird (Sco) 69 67, Paul Casey (Eng) 66 70, Henrik Stenson (Swe) 67 69
137 Brian Gay 68 69, J.P. Hayes 67 70, Geoff Ogilvy (Aus) 70 67, Ben Curtis 70 67, Vijay Singh (Fij) 67 70, Brett Quigley 71 66, Justin Rose (Eng) 67 70, Rickie Fowler 70 67, Jerry Kelly 67 70, Pat Perez 69 68, Lucas Glover 72 65, Stewart Cink 69 68, Jason Day (Aus) 66 71, Charlie Wi (Kor) 68 69, Kevin Stadler 69 68, J J Henry 67 70, Fredrik Jacobson (Swe) 68 69, Jerod Turner 69 68, Tim Clark (Rsa) 67 70, Brandt Snedeker 71 66
138 Rory Sabbatini (Rsa) 67 71, Billy Mayfair 69 69, Ian Poulter (Eng) 69 69, Matt Kuchar 69 69, Tom Gillis 69 69, Kevin Sutherland 71 67, Heath Slocum 69 69, Stephen Ames (Can) 68 70
MISSED THE CUT
139 Justin Leonard 67 72, Trevor Immelman (Rsa) 71 68, Jim Furyk 72 67, Tim Herron 67 72, Ryan Palmer 72 67, Mark Brooks 71 68, Jonathan Byrd 68 71, Webb Simpson 70 69
140 Rodney Pampling (Aus) 70 70, Chris Stroud 71 69, Woody Austin 67 73, Michael Connell 68 72, Shaun Micheel 70 70, Hunter Mahan 73 67, Chad Campbell 70 70, Steve Marino 68 72, Sean O'Hair 70 70, Ryuji Imada (Jpn) 69 71, Stuart Appleby (Aus) 72 68
141 Byeong-hun An (Kor) 71 70, David Duval 68 73, Steve Elkington (Aus) 71 70, Kevin Streelman 72 69, Yuta Ikeda (Jpn) 72 69, Y.E. Yang (Kor) 73 68, Josh Teater 75 66, D.J. Trahan 69 72, Ryan Moore 72 69
142 D.A. Points 72 70, Jeev Milkha Singh (Ind) 73 69, Martin Flores 72 70, Scott Piercy 71 71, Chris Couch 71 71, Tom Pernice Jnr. 71 71, Mark Wilson 70 72
143 George McNeill 68 75
144 Phil Mickelson 71 73, Andres Romero (Arg) 75 69, Davis Love III 71 73, Steve Flesch 73 71, Briny Baird 70 74, Matt Weibring 73 71
145 John Rollins 75 70
WD: Jeff Maggert 72