Friday, September 03, 2010

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Jimenez replies with a 61 to US

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Miguel Angel Jimenez, belittled this week by American writers as the under-achiever in Colin Montgomerie's Ryder Cup team, produced the lowest round of his 27-year European Tour career in Switzerland today.
Two eagles and six birdies gave the 46-year-old man from Malaga a 10-under-par 61 in the Omega European Masters at Crans-sur-Sierre and he goes into the weekend with a three-stroke lead.
Jimenez, making his 22nd successive visit to the Alpine resort, had a chance of the Tour's first-ever 59 when he reached the 16th tee needing two more birdies, but the Spaniard, who has had 10 of his 17 victories on the circuit since turning 40, had to be content with parring all three remaining holes for a 14-under halfway total of 128.
More good news for Ryder Cup captain Colin Montgomerie was that Italian Edoardo Molinari, the only other member of his side playing in the event, lies joint second with 17-year-old compatriot Matteo Manassero.

Molinari, handed a wild card after his win in the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles last Sunday, added a 65 to his opening 66.

First-round leader Manassero, trying to become the Tour's youngest-ever winner in only his sixth event as a professional, chipped in for eagle at the long 15th in his 67.

But the day belonged to a player who made his Tour debut 10 years before Manassero was even born.

"It was a beautiful day in the mountains," said Jimenez, playing his 535th Tour event.

"I was thinking about a possible 59 a little bit and I tried, but it was still a great round. All the clubs were working properly and that's what you need."
Among those who missed the cut was Open champion Louis Oosthuizen with two par rounds of 71 for 142 - one over the limit mark for qualifying. Two past Open champions, Paul Lawrie (144) and Greg Norman (150) also failed to make it through to the weekend action.
SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
Par 142 (2x71)
128 Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa) 67 61

131 Matteo Manassero (Ita) 64 67, Edoardo Molinari (Ita) 66 65

132 Mikko Ilonen (Fin) 65 67

133 Graeme Storm 65 68
134 Charl Schwartzel (S Africa) 68 66
135 Robert Jan Derksen (Netherlands) 67 68, Anthony Wall 67 68, Anders Hansen (Den) 68 67
136 Steve Webster 66 70, Oliver Wilson 68 68, Phillip Price 68 68, Peter Hedblom (Swe) 69 67, Simon Dyson 69 67, David Drysdale 66 70, David Dixon 67 69, Jamie Donaldson 68 68, Ignacio Garrido (Spa) 68 68
137 Gary Lockerbie 68 69, Jeppe Huldahl (Den) 69 68, Seung-yul Noh (S Korea) 71 66, Robert Coles 66 71, Keith Horne (S Africa) 68 69, Maarten Lafeber (Netherlands) 69 68, Darren Clarke 67 70, Pablo Martin (Spa) 70 67
138 John Parry 70 68, Chris Wood 69 69, Thomas Aiken (S Africa) 70 68, Paul Waring 67 71, Soren Hansen (Den) 67 71, Nicolas Colsaerts (Bel) 70 68, Scott Strange (Aus) 68 70, Rafael Echenique (Arg) 69 69, Marc Warren 69 69, Rick Kulacz (Aus) 66 72, Alejandro Canizares (Spa) 67 71, Fredrik Svanberg (Swi) 70 68, Rafael Cabrera Bello (Spa) 72 66, Marcus Fraser (Aus) 69 69, Nino Bertasio (Ita) 70 68
139 Thomas Bjorn (Den) 69 70, Markus Brier (Aut) 71 68, Chapchai Nirat (Tha) 66 73, Angelo Que (Phi) 70 69, Danny Willett 70 69, Mark Foster 74 65, Chinnarat Phadungsil (Thailand) 72 67
140 Ben Leong (Mal) 69 71, Martin Wiegele (Austria) 69 71, Francois Delamontagne (Fra) 70 70, Gareth Maybin 69 71, Andrew Dodt (Aus) 71 69, Wen-chong Liang (Chn) 76 64, Brett Rumford (Aus) 70 70, Daniel Vancsik (Arg) 68 72, Julien Clement (Swi) 68 72, Tano Goya (Arg) 72 68, Michael Hoey 71 69, Peter O'Malley (Aus) 71 69
141 Richard Bland 72 69, Nick Dougherty 69 72, Sung Lee (Pkr) 74 67, Peter Lawrie 72 69, David Lynn 72 69, Julien Quesne (Fra) 74 67, Thongchai Jaidee (Tha) 71 70, Felipe Aguilar (Chi) 73 68, Alastair Forsyth 68 73, James Kamte (S Africa) 68 73, Adam Blyth (Aus) 71 70, Ross McGowan 68 73
MISSED THE CUT
142 Mikael Lundberg (Swe) 69 73, James Kingston (S Africa) 72 70, Todd Hamilton (USA) 69 73, Steven O'Hara 69 73, Johan Edfors (Swe) 73 69, Jose Manuel Lara (Spa) 75 67, Jamie Elson 70 72, Scott Hend (Aus) 71 71, Michael Jonzon (Swe) 68 74, Bradley Dredge 76 66, Christian Cevaer (Fra) 73 69, Richard McEvoy 73 69, Thaworn Wiratchant (Thailand) 74 68, Louis Oosthuizen (S Africa) 71 71, Rikard Karlberg (Swe) 71 71, Raphael Jacquelin (Fra) 70 72, Ricardo Gonzalez (Arg) 74 68
143 Jeev Milkha Singh (Ind) 70 73, Jean-Baptiste Gonnet (Fra) 68 75, Shiv Kapur (Ind) 74 69, Joost Luiten (Ned) 74 69, Jann Schmid (Swi) 73 70, David Horsey 71 72, Chih-bing Lam (Singapore) 74 69, Alexander Noren (Swe) 73 70, Ariel Canete (Arg) 70 73

144 Christian Nilsson (Swe) 71 73, Hennie Otto (S Africa) 71 73, Michael Campbell (Nzl) 72 72, Anthony Kang (USA) 72 72, Stephen Dodd 73 71, Paul Lawrie 74 70, Gaganjeet Bhullar (Ind) 73 71, Paul McGinley 72 72, Jyoti Randhawa (Ind) 70 74, Fredrik Andersson Hed (Swe) 69 75

145 Soren Kjeldsen (Den) 74 71, Richie Ramsay 71 74, David Howell 71 74, Marcel Siem (Ger) 73 72, George Coetzee (S Africaa) 74 71, Simon Khan 73 72, Paul Broadhurst 71 74, Danny Lee (NZ) 74 71, A Siddikur (Ban) 70 75, Marcus Both (Aus) 75 70, Prayad Marksaeng (Tha) 73 72, Niclas Fasth (Swe) 72 73, Fabrizio Zanotti (Paraguay) 74 71, Anirban Lahiri (Ind) 73 72

146 Lian-Wei Zhang (China) 76 70, Mark Brown (NZ) 75 71, Pablo Larrazabal (Spa) 73 73, Mark F Haastrup (Den) 74 72, Shane Lowry 74 72, Jean-Francois Lucquin (Fra) 75 71, Ted Oh (Kor) 71 75, Eduardo Romero (Arg) 72 74, Thomas Levet (Fra) 69 77

147 Francis Valera (Spa) 73 74, C Muniyappa (India) 71 76, Nicolas D'incau (Swi) 74 73, Sam Little 73 74, James Morrison 74 73, Gregory Havret (Fra) 73 74

148 Peter Whiteford 69 79, Phillip Archer 71 77

149 Andre Bossert (Swi) 75 74, Andrew Butterfield 74 75, David Gleeson (Aus) 74 75, Mardan Mamat (Singapore) 72 77

150 Ken Benz (Swi) 74 76, Greg Norman (Australia) 75 75

151 Jose-Filipe Lima (Por) 79 72, Martin Erlandsson (Swe) 74 77, Rhys Davies 76 75

152 Sven Struver (Ger) 79 73, Edouard Amacher (Swi) 83 69

154 Shiv Shankar Prasad Chowrasia (Ind) 73 81, Danny Chia (Malaysia) 73 81, Jin Jeong (Kor) 71 83

158 Darren Beck (Aus) 76 82

161 Victor Doka (Swi) 80 81

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