US PGA TOUR REPORT, SCORES

Rickie Fowler leads by three from Justin Rose

FROM THE PGA.COM WEBSITE
DUBLIN, Ohio -- Rickie Fowler, the new kid in golf, gave himself a chance Friday to be the next kid to win on the US PGA Tour.
The 21-year-old Fowler ran off three straight birdies late in his round for a 6-under 66 to tie the 36-hole record at the Memorial Tournament and take a three-shot lead over Justin Rose into the weekend at soggy Muirfield Village.
Fowler was at 13-under 131. That tied the tournament record set by Scott Hoch in 1987.
Youth has been all the rage on the PGA Tour over the last month, with Rory McIlroy winning at Quail Hollow two days before his 21st birthday, and Jason Day winning the Byron Nelson Championship two weeks ago at age 22.
They both turned pro three years ago. Fowler didn't turn pro until last summer, yet he already has lost in a playoff last fall and finished one shot behind in the Phoenix Open in February.
"Just being in contention the few times I have over the last eight months, this is by far the best I've felt," Fowler said.
Defending champion Tiger Woods is starting to feel a little better, too.
Woods was just inside the projected cut line when he started, and with his lackluster play on a course that can penalize errant shots, there was some question whether he would be around for all four rounds in his final event before the U.S. Open.
Those questions didn't last long. He birdied three of the opening five holes, then ran off three straight birdies on his front nine to offset the few mistakes for a 69. He was at 3-under 141, 10 shots behind, but still playing.
"I hit more good shots today than I did yesterday, and really putted well," Woods said.
Phil Mickelson, who has another chance to become No. 1 with a victory, was headed in that direction with a birdie-birdie-eagle stretch on the front nine, only to give it back by missing one par putt after another on the back nine. He closed with two straight birdies for a wild round of 71 that put him at 6-under 138, still in the game but seven shots behind.
"It's frustrating for me because I played very well and didn't shoo t the number I thought I should," Mickelson said.
Jim Furyk missed a short birdie putt on the final hole and had to settle for a 67, leaving him in the group at 9-under 135 that included Tim Petrovic, who earlier in the day matched Fowler's 66.
SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
Par 144 (2x72)

131 Rickie Fowler 65 66
134 Justin Rose (Eng) 65 69
135 Jim Furyk 68 67, Tim Petrovic 69 66
136 Spencer Levin 68 68, Jason Day (Aus) 67 69
137 Stewart Cink 70 67
138 Phil Mickelson 67 71, Alex Cejka (Ger) 71 67
139 Steve Stricker 69 70, Jeff Overton 69 70, Matt Kuchar 71 68, Tom Pernice junior 72 67, Kenny Perry 71 68, Steve Marino 68 71, Sean O'Hair 68 71, Bo Van Pelt 70 69, Carl Pettersson (Swe) 69 70, Ryan Moore 70 69
140 Brendon De Jonge 71 69, Rory McIlroy (NIrl) 72 68, Rory Sabbatini (Rsa) 67 73, Adam Scott (Aus) 70 70, Brett Quigley 70 70
141 Pat Perez 71 70, Tiger Woods 72 69, Zach Johnson 73 68, Matthew Jones (Aus) 70 71, Thongchai Jaidee (Tha) 71 70, Ricky Barnes 70 71, Dustin Johnson 72 69, Tim Clark (Rsa) 70 71
142 Jerry Kelly 72 70, J.P. Hayes 72 70, Bubba Watson 69 73, Geoff Ogilvy (Aus) 65 77, Aaron Baddeley (Aus) 71 71, Peter Hanson (Swe) 71 71, J.B. Holmes 68 74, Andres Romero (Arg) 67 75, D.J. Trahan 73 69
143 Charley Hoffman 72 71, Tom Lehman 70 73, Kevin Streelman 70 73, Vijay Singh (Fij) 71 72, Fredrik Jacobson (Swe) 68 75, Bill Haas 73 70, K J Choi (Kor) 69 74, Martin Laird (Sco) 72 71, Tom Gillis 71 72, Henrik Stenson (Swe) 73 70
144 Brian Davis (Eng) 71 73, Tim Herron 71 73, Vaughn Taylor 75 69, Davis Love III 72 72, Greg Chalmers (Aus) 74 70, Woody Austin 71 73, Kevin Sutherland 72 72, D.A. Points 73 71, Kevin Stadler 69 75, Nathan Green (Aus) 72 72, Mark Calcavecchia 72 72, Y.E. Yang (Kor) 70 74
145 Bryce Molder 74 71, John Merrick 73 72, Erik Compton 73 72, John Senden (Aus) 73 72, Ben Curtis 73 72, Chad Collins 73 72, Camilo Villegas (Col) 77 68, Brett Wetterich 71 74
MISSED THE CUT
146 Rodney Pampling (Aus) 76 70, Billy Mayfair 73 73, Graham Delaet (Can) 75 71, John Mallinger 76 70, George McNeill 74 72, Mathew Goggin (Aus) 73 73, Ernie Els (Rsa) 74 72, Troy Merritt 74 72
147 Hunter Mahan 75 72, Jeff Maggert 74 73, Robert Allenby (Aus) 74 73, Noh Seung-yul (Kor) 75 72, Wen-chong Liang (Chn) 72 75, Brandt Snedeker 75 72, Derek Lamely 75 72, Stuart Appleby (Aus) 73 74
148 Michael Letzig 67 81, Jeev Milkha Singh (Ind) 74 74, Michael Sim (Sco/Aus) 69 79, Jason Dufner 74 74, Byeong-hun An (Kor) 77 71, Kevin Johnson 73 75, Chris Couch 73 75, Angel Cabrera (Arg) 73 75, Webb Simpson 73 75, Matt Hill (Can) 72 76, Boo Weekley 72 76, Ryuji Imada (Jpn) 72 76, Jonathan Byrd 72 76
149 Kris Blanks 71 78, Joe Ogilvie 73 76, Troy Matteson 75 74
150 Lucas Glover 76 74
151 Marc Leishman (Aus) 76 75, Blake Adams 72 79
152 Brad Faxon 73 79, Mike Weir (Can) 77 75, Jimmy Walker 74 78, James Nitties (Aus) 74 78, Jason Bohn 74 78
153 Josh Teater 73 80
154 Alex Prugh 74 80, Mark Wilson 75 79
156 Nick Watney 74 82
157 Chris Wilson 78 79, Chris Smith 78 79, Sam Saunders 83 74
158 David Duval 79 79
159 Steve Flesch 79 80