Sunday, May 16, 2010

Remember Bobby Clampett? He's leading US seniors' event

FROM PGATOUR.COM WEBSITE
Dan Forsman made two eagles on his way to a tournament-record 10-under 62 on Saturday, leaving him a stroke behind leader Bobby Clampett after the second round of the US Champions' Tour's Regions Charity Classic at Hoover, Alabama
The 50-year-old Clampett, a TV analyst who won the 1982 Southern Open for his lone US PGA Tour title, shot a 64 to finish at 15-under 129 -- the best 36-hole score in the history of the event -- on the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail's Ross Bridge course.
Forsman, a five-time winner on the PGA Tour, bogeyed the second hole, but rebounded with three birdies and an eagle over the next six holes. He had a stretch of four consecutive birdies on the back nine and eagled the 16th.
"I executed some nice shots early on, and the momentum just kept building," said Forsman, who played the four par 5s in 6 under. "I knew on the back nine that I was having a special round."
The 62, the 52-year-old Forsman's lowest score in a PGA Tour-sanctioned event, broke the tournament record of 63 set by Jack Keifer in 1992 at Greystone and matched six times.
Clampett broke the tournament 36-hole record of 130 set by Hale Irwin and Gil Morgan in 2001 at Greystone.
"To put two good rounds together is hard to do, but I feel like I've executed well this week," said Clampett, making his second Champions Tour start. "I've hit a lot of good shots."
Peter Senior (66) was third at 13 under, and Joey Sindelar (67) was 12 under.
Ken Green, playing in his first stroke-play event since having the lower part of his right leg amputated following an auto accident last June, was 6 over after a 76.
Forsman's 12-foot birdie putt on No. 17 stopped at the lip of the cup.
"I thought I had a birdie," Forsman said. "It was on the edge to go 11-under. It was hanging and hanging. I wanted that one bad."
Forsman finished his round more than 90 minutes before Clampett, who was in the day's final group. At the time, Clampett trailed Forsman by three shots, but birdied four of the final six holes -- holing a 50-footer on No. 14.
"It's been an emotional experience to be back up on the leaderboard," said Clampett, who has yet to make a bogey in the tournament after having six three-putts in his Champions Tour debut two weeks ago.
SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
Par 144 (2x72)
129 Bobby Clampett 65 64
130 Dan Forsman 68 62
131 Peter Senior (Aus) 65 66
132 Joey Sindelar 65 67
133 David Peoples 66 67, Joe Ozaki (Jpn) 68 65
134 Brad Bryant 68 66, Tom Kite 67 67, Jeff Sluman 69 65, David Eger 67 67
135 Jodie Mudd 70 65, Russ Cochran 65 70, Corey Pavin 67 68, Chien-Soon Lu (Tpe) 69 66, Larry Nelson 67 68, Bob Tway 68 67
136 Bernhard Langer (Ger) 68 68, Ben Crenshaw 67 69, Mike Goodes 71 65, David Frost (Rsa) 66 70, Jay Don Blake 68 68, Hal Sutton 70 66, Bruce Vaughan 68 68, Hale Irwin 68 68, Eduardo Romero (Arg) 67 69
137 Gil Morgan 68 69, Andy Bean 69 68, James Mason 69 68, Tom Jenkins 67 70, Trevor Dodds (Nam) 67 70, Fred Funk 69 68, Tim Simpson 70 67
138 Fulton Allem (Rsa) 67 71, Ted Schulz 68 70, Chip Beck 70 68, Mike Reid 68 70, Keith Fergus 71 67, Olin Browne 68 70, Bill Glasson 71 67
139 Bruce Fleisher 71 68, Michael Allen 67 72, R.W. Eaks 66 73, Blaine McCallister 67 72, Larry Mize 68 71, Ronnie Black 69 70, Keith Clearwater 70 69
140 Kirk Hanefeld 68 72, John Ross 68 72, Bobby Wadkins 69 71
141 Tom Purtzer 68 73, John Cook 69 72, John Harris 70 71, Fuzzy Zoeller 71 70, Bob Gilder 70 71
142 Gary Hallberg 73 69, Denis Watson (Zim) 70 72, Scott Simpson 72 70, Sandy Lyle (Sco) 69 73, Allen Doyle 71 71
143 Jack Ferenz 73 70, Bruce Lietzke 74 69, Wayne Levi 70 73
144 Gene Jones 74 70, Ron Streck 70 74
145 Mike Smith 70 75, Mark Wiebe 73 72, Joe Inman 76 69
147 Steve Haskins 72 75, Peter Jacobsen 74 73, Jim Roy 74 73, Leonard Thompson 73 74
149 Mike McCullough 75 74, Jim Dent 72 77
150 Ken Green 74 76, Fred Holton (Gbr) 75 75
151 Rick Smallridge 72 79
154 Frank Shikle 77 77

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