US TOUR REPORT AND SCORES

Justin Rose in triple tie for lead at Memorial Tournament

FROM THE AOL GOLF NEWS SERVICE
Justin Rose hopes to turn his opening round 65 into a winning lead on day two of the Memorial Tournament at Muirfield Village in Dublin, Ohio.

Rose has played well at the tournament in the past and plans to turn his good form into a victory on Sunday after ending the opening round in a three-way tie for the lead. The Englishman, who had to sit through a delay of two hours because of rain, saw his 65 matched by American Rickie Fowler and Australian Geoff Ogilvy.
Rose was a runner-up to Kenny Perry two years ago and aims to record his first victory in America this weekend. He said: "It's a tournament that I feel like I should have won."
He added: "I always feel comfortable when I do get here. I like all the tee shots, and the greens are so pure here that if you do get a putting stroke going, you're going to make some putts."
An 18-foot birdie on the second was the beginning of a run of five birdies in six holes that put Rose on top of the leaderboard where he was later joined by Fowler and Ogilvy.
Rose added: "I feel like I've been comfortable with my game for a number of weeks, and I'm not really trying to do anything different."
Home player Phil Mickelson was in a five-way tie for fourth after shooting a bogey-free 67 and was pleased with the way the course played.
"The soft greens allow you to attack a lot of the pins," said Mickelson.
"It played a lot longer because the ball wasn't rolling. It was a very fun day and a lot of good scoring."
Aberdeen-born Australian Michael Sim is well in the picture with a 69, three shots better than Tiger Woods.
FIRST-ROUND SCORES
Par 72. Temperature 78F
65 Justin Rose (Eng), Geoff Ogilvy (Aus), Rickie Fowler
67 Phil Mickelson, Michael Letzig, Rory Sabbatini (Rsa), Andres Romero (Arg), Jason Day (Aus)
68 Spencer Levin, J.B. Holmes, Steve Marino, Fredrik Jacobson (Swe), Jim Furyk, Sean O'Hair
69 Steve Stricker, Michael Sim (Sco/Aus), Jeff Overton, Bubba Watson, Kevin Stadler, K J Choi (Kor), Tim Petrovic, Carl Pettersson (Swe)
70 Adam Scott (Aus), Tom Lehman, Stewart Cink, Kevin Streelman, Matthew Jones (Aus), Ricky Barnes, Brett Quigley, Bo Van Pelt, Tim Clark (Rsa), Y.E. Yang (Kor), Ryan Moore
71 Brendon De Jonge, Brian Davis (Eng), Kris Blanks, Pat Perez, Tim Herron, Woody Austin, Matt Kuchar, Alex Cejka (Ger), Thongchai Jaidee (Tha), Kenny Perry, Aaron Baddeley (Aus), Peter Hanson (Swe), Vijay Singh (Fij), Tom Gillis, Brett Wetterich
72 Jerry Kelly, Tiger Woods, Charley Hoffman, Davis Love III, J.P. Hayes, Kevin Sutherland, Tom Pernice junior, Matt Hill (Can), Blake Adams, Dustin Johnson, Rory McIlroy (NIrl), Nathan Green (Aus), Mark Calcavecchia, Wen-chong Liang (Chn), Martin Laird (Sco), Ryuji Imada (Jpn), Boo Weekley, Jonathan Byrd
73 Billy Mayfair, Kevin Johnson, Chris Couch, Ben Curtis, Webb Simpson, Bill Haas, Stuart Appleby (Aus), Henrik Stenson (Swe), Erik Compton, John Merrick, Zach Johnson, John Senden (Aus), Joe Ogilvie, Angel Cabrera (Arg), Brad Faxon, D.A. Points, Chad Collins, Mathew Goggin (Aus), D.J. Trahan, Josh Teater
74 Jeev Milkha Singh (Ind), Nick Watney, Bryce Molder, Jason Dufner, Greg Chalmers (Aus), James Nitties (Aus), Alex Prugh, Jeff Maggert, George McNeill, Robert Allenby (Aus), Ernie Els (Rsa), Jimmy Walker, Troy Merritt, Jason Bohn
75 Hunter Mahan, Vaughn Taylor, Noh Seung-yul (Kor), Troy Matteson, Brandt Snedeker, Graham Delaet (Can), Mark Wilson, Derek Lamely
76 Rodney Pampling (Aus), Lucas Glover, Marc Leishman (Aus), John Mallinger
77 Byeong-hun An (Kor), Mike Weir (Can), Camilo Villegas (Col)
78 Chris Wilson, Chris Smith
79 Steve Flesch, David Duval
83 Sam Saunders