Friday, February 12, 2010

Europe's Ryder Cup team contenders on US PGA Tour
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unlikely to come over for Celtic Manor Wales Open
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FROM THE GOLFWEEK.COM WEBSITE
By Alistair Tait
Colin Montgomerie is likely to be one disappointed European Ryder Cup captain this June. If he thinks every potential member of his team will play in the Celtic Manor Wales Open to get a sneak preview of this year’s Ryder Cup venue, then he’s in for a rude awakening.
Ian Poulter, Paul Casey and Sergio Garcia are unlikely to set foot on Celtic Manor before the Ryder Cup. All three are likely to miss the Celtic Manor Wales Open.
Poulter and Casey say scheduling difficulties make it almost certain they will skip the Wales Open (June 3-6), while Garcia restricts his UK appearances because of stringent British tax laws.
The two Englishmen will play the BMW PGA Championship (May 20-23), the European Tour’s flagship event, then they will head to the States to play in the PGA Tour’s Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial.
Their problem is that the Wales Open is the week after Colonial. The prospect of criss-crossing the Atlantic four times in three weeks isn’t appealing.
“It’s tough because I want to play (the Wales Open), but I love Colonial,” Casey said. “It’s a good, old fashioned course that I love. So, as much as I’d love to see Celtic Manor, I think if you look at my schedule last year you’ll get an idea of what I’m going to do.”
Casey played Colonial last year but not Celtic Manor. So did Poulter. Poulter has more reason than Casey to choose Colonial over Celtic Manor.
“There is pressure to play at Celtic Manor, but I feel I have a chance of winning Colonial,” Poulter said. “I finished top 10 there last year, and top 15 the year before.”
Garcia’s case is more complex. He resents the UK government hitting him with large tax bills the more he plays in the UK.
According to a recent report in the Sunday Times, “if a sports star plays in two tournaments or races in two marathons a year, and one of those events is in Britain, they could be charged 50 percent tax on half their total annual sponsorship money.”
That’s why Garcia usually only plays in the Open Championship, and no other British tournaments.
“It’s not fair, but what can you do? I have to live with it,” Garcia said.
Luke Donald and Justin Rose are other potential Ryder Cup players who likely will miss the Wales Open. They also played Colonial last year.
Montgomerie wants as many of his potential players to compete at Celtic Manor as possible this year, especially after last season. Miguel Angel Jimenez was the only member of the 2008 team to tee it up in the 2009 Wales Open.
Montgomerie should have no problem getting his home-based players to compete at Celtic Manor, but those Europeans based on the US PGA Tour are bound to be no shows.
That won’t please the Scot.

UNITED STATES TEAM WILL FLY TO CARDIFF

The United States team, led by Captain Corey Pavin, will fly into Cardiff Airport when they arrive in Europe to defend the Ryder Cup at the Celtic Manor Resort from October 1-3.
The announcement was made by the Minister for Heritage, Alun Ffred Jones, who finalised an agreement with the Chief Executive of the PGA of America, Joe Steranka, during his recent trip to the PGA Golf Merchandise Show in Orlando.

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Harrington moves into contention at Pebble Beach

FROM THE IRISHTIMES.COM WEBSITE
Pádraig Harrington moved to within two shots of the clubhouse lead at the Pebble Beach Pro-Am with a five-under-par 67 at the Golf Links, California today.
The Dubliner is two adrift of Germany’s Alex Cejka who shot the same score at Spyglass Hill.
Overnight leader Dustin Johnson remained in pole position to move back into the lead after two rounds having shot 13 holes at Monterey Peninsula in three under to move to 11 under overall.
American JB Holmes was on nine under through 11 holes at the same course.
Harrington’s card was flawless after the Irishman birdied the second, sixth, 11th, 15th and 18th

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No Woods or Mickelson in next week's World Match-play,

Steve Stricker is No 1 seed, Lee Westwood No 2

The stage is set with the field for next week's World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship finalized tonight (see entire list below).
Steve Stricker, who moved to No 2 in the Official World Golf Ranking with his victory last week at the Northern Trust Open, becomes the fourth different No 1 overall seed in the 12-year history of the Accenture Match Play Championship.
Joining Stricker as No. 1 seeds in their respective brackets are England's Lee Westwood, the highest-ranked international player in the field, USA's Jim Furyk and Germany's Martin Kaymer.
The top 64 from the Official World Golf Ranking (as of Monday, February 8) had until 5 p.m. ET Friday to officially commit to the tournament. Tiger Woods made no approach. Complete brackets will be released on Sunday, Feb. 14, at 7 p.m. ET when they become official.
The first round of match play, featuring 32 head-to-head matches, begins Wednesday, Feb. 17, at The Ritz-Carlton Golf Club, Dove Mountain.
The four brackets at the Accenture Match Play Championship are named in honor of Bobby Jones, Ben Hogan, Gary Player and Sam Snead. Players in each of the four brackets are seeded No. 1 through No. 16, with the top-ranked golfer playing the No. 16 seed, No. 2 pairing off against No. 15, No. 3 vs. No. 14, and so forth in the first round.
Stricker became the No. 1 overall seed by virtue of World No. 1 Tiger Woods' decision not to compete in the Accenture Match Play Championship. Stricker, who won the Accenture Match Play Championship in 2001 as the No. 55 seed, joins Woods (1999, 2000, 2002-2004, 2006-2009), Ernie Els (2001) and Vijay Singh (2005) as the only No. 1 overall seeds in the history of the tournament. He will be the No. 1 seed in the Bobby Jones Bracket.
Westwood, currently ranked No. 4 in the Official World Golf Ranking, earned the No. 2 overall seed when Phil Mickelson, ranked No. 3 in the OWGR, withdrew due to a conflict with family plans.
The appearance will be Westwood's 10th in the event as he looks to improve on an Accenture Match Play Championship record in which he has never advanced past the second round. Furyk (No. 5 in the OWGR) will also make his 10th appearance in the Accenture Match Play Championship while Kaymer (No. 6) will make just his third. Westwood will be the top seed in the Gary Player bracket while Furyk and Kaymer will be the top seeds in the Snead and Hogan brackets, respectively.
The direct beneficiaries of Woods and Mickelson not competing are Chris Wood (No. 65) and Ross McGowan (No. 66), a pair of Englishmen who gained entry into the field by virtue of their standing in the Official World Golf Ranking. Both Wood and McGowan will be making their first appearance in the Accenture Match Play Championship.
Other first-timers hoping to make their Accenture Match Play Championship debuts memorable ones are: USA's Nick Watney (No. 33); Japan's Ryo Ishikawa (No. 34); Aberdeen-born Australian Michael Sim (No. 35); Japan's Yuta Ikeda (No. 36); USA's Matt Kuchar (No. 42); Italy's Francesco (No. 45) and Edoardo (No. 48) Molinari; USA's Ryan Moore (No. 52); England's Simon Dyson (No. 53); USA's Brian Gay (No. 56); Sweden's Alexander Noren (No. 57) ; and USA's Kevin Na (No. 62).
2010 Accenture Match Play field

THE FIELD AND THEIR SEEDING:
1 Steve Stricker USA
2 Lee Westwood England
3 Jim Furyk USA
4 Martin Kaymer Germany
5 Rory McIlroy N. Ireland
6 Paul Casey England
7 Henrik Stenson Sweden
8 Padraig Harrington Ireland
9 Ian Poulter England
10 Geoff Ogilvy Australia
11 Kenny Perry USA
12 Robert Allenby Australia
13 Sergio Garcia Spain
14 Sean OHair USA
15 Ernie Els South Africa
16 Robert Karlsson Sweden
17 Ross Fisher England
18 Retief Goosen South Africa
19 Stewart Cink USA
20 Lucas Glover USA
21 Luke Donald England
22 Zach Johnson USA
23 Camilo Villegas Colombia
24 Angel Cabrera Argentina
25 Anthony Kim USA
26 Y E Yang South Korea
27 Alvaro Quiros Spain
28 Miguel Angel Jimenez Spain
29 Vijay Singh Fiji
30 Hunter Mahan USA
31 Nick Watney USA
32 Ryo Ishikawa Japan
33 Michael Sim (Sco/Australia)
34 Yuta Ikeda Japan
35 Charl Schwartzel South Africa
36 Tim Clark South Africa
37 Oliver Wilson England
38 Mike Weir Canada
39 Soren Kjeldsen Denmark
40 Matt Kuchar USA
41 Adam Scott Australia
42 Dustin Johnson USA
43 Francesco Molinari Italy
44 Graeme McDowell N. Ireland
45 Anders Hansen Denmark
46 Edoardo Molinari Italy
47 Soren Hansen Denmark
48 Thongchai Jaidee Thailand
49 Rory Sabbatini South Africa
50 Ryan Moore USA
51 Simon Dyson England
52 David Toms USA
53 Peter Hanson Sweden
54 Brian Gay USA
55 Alexander Noren Sweden
56 Justin Leonard USA
57 Jeev M. Singh India
58 Ben Crane USA
59 Stephen Ames Canada
60 Kevin Na USA
61 Chad Campbell USA
62 Scott Verplank USA
63 Chris Wood England
64 Ross McGowan England
Reserves:
65 Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano Spain
66 Ben Curtis USA
67 Shingo Katayama Japan
68 Jason Dufner USA
69 Hiroyuki Fujita Japan
70 Brandt Snedeker USA
71 Justin Rose England

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United States Champions (Seniors) Tour
ACE GROUP CLASSIC
The Quarry, Naples, Florida
FIRST ROUND (not completed)
Par 72
First-round play suspended due to bad weather condition and will resume at 8am local time. Round two will begin at approximately 12.30pm off two tees.
69 Ronnie Black
70 Olin Browne
71 Russ Cochran, Des Smyth (Ire), Dana Quigley, Don Pooley
73 Bruce Fleisher, Wayne Levi
75 Jim Colbert

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Double bogeys cost Jimmy Gunn

a fistful of dollars in Arizona


Two double bogeys in his final round cost Dornoch exile Jimmy Gunn a fistful of dollars at this week's Gateway Tour's Desert Winter Series event at Palm Valley Golf Club, Palms in Arizona.
Gunn, pictured by Robin Wilson, had scores of 70, 66 and 76 for a four-under-par total of 212, which gave him joint 40th place and a pay cheque for $1,037.
He birdied the first, sixth and long 14th but double bogeyed the long ninth and short 16th, dropping other shots with boeys at the seventh, 10th and short 12th.
American Nathan Taylor won the first prize of $18,500 with scores of 65, 64 and 67 for 20-under-par 196.
LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 216 (3x72)
196 Nathan Tyler 65 64 67 ($18,500).
200 Jake Younan-Wise 66 68 66 ($11,000).
201 Nathan Lashley 65 66 70 ($7,900).
202 Zack Miller 66 68 68 ($5,950).
Selected totals:
207 Niall Turner (Ireland) 67 69 71 (jt 22nd) ($1,500).
212 Jimmy Gunn (Scotland) 76 66 76 (jt 40th) ($1,037).

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Barry Lane leads weather-hit Avantha Masters in India


DAVID DRYSDALE'S LATE HAT-TRICK
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OF BIRDIES PUTS HIM ONE OFF LEAD
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FROM THE AOL GOLF NEWS SERVICE & THE ASIAN TOUR NEWS RELEASE
English duo John Parry and Barry Lane were in a three-way tie for the lead at the Avantha Masters on 10 under par when play was suspended during the second round in New Delhi, India today.
Parry had only one hole to play - the ninth - when the day's action came to a premature end due to lightning at DLF Golf and Country Club, with the 23-year-old on five under for his round.
Lane had earlier carded a second consecutive 67 to take the clubhouse lead on 10-under-par 134, while Taiwan's Chan Yih-shin was also at 10 under playing the last.
Lane had trailed Andrew Dodt for most of the morning but the Australian carded a double bogey at the par-three 16th and signed for a 68 to end up in a group of four players on nine under.
He joined David Drysdale (pictured above) after the man from Dunbar produced a strong finish with three consecutive birdies in his 67, his third successive sub-70 round on the European Tour after he had admitted struggling adjusting to the new grooves regulation.
Darren Beck surged up the leaderboard to nine under following an impressive bogey-free 65, the Australian grabbing five of his seven birdies over the second half of his round having started on the 10th, while Singaporean Lan Chih-bing completed the quartet following a 68.
Four more players are tied at eight under, while Ulsterman Darren Clarke climbed back into contention after a 66 that featured nine birdies - seven of which came in his last 11 holes - moved him to seven under.
He was joined by, among others, Oliver Fisher - who posted a 67 - and Marcel Siem, who had dropped off the pace after three straight bogeys from the 12th saw him one over for the day with three holes of his second round remaining.
A total of 36 players will return to the DLF Golf and Country Club to complete their rounds at 7.15am (local time) on Saturday before the start of the third round which is scheduled to tee off at 9am local time.
Chinese Taipei’s Chan Yih-shin was three under through 17 holes of his second round when play was suspended at 4.28pm and eventually abandoned due to inclement weather.
Singapore’s Lam Chih Bing who managed to complete his round before rain brought play to an abrupt halt, added a 68 to his opening 67 to take a share of fourth place in the clubhouse alongside David Drysdale and Australians Andrew Dodt and Darren Beck on 135.
Thailand’s Kwanchai Tannin matched his opening 68 with another 68 to take a share of eighth place with India’s Rahil Gangjee and Korea’s Lee Sung on 136.
Lane, who opened with a 67, made steady progress with three birdies over his opening nine holes in the morning.
After making the turn in 34, the veteran Englishman mixed three birdies against a lone bogey on the par-four fifth to cruise home with another 67.
“It can be hard work being an old man out here and these young guys are bombing it past you at times but it is nice to know that I can still play and compete out here,” said Lane who will be turning 50 in June.
“It has just been the short game and the putting but hopefully it’ll get better,” added Lane.
Meanwhile Lam who is no stranger to success having won his maiden Asian Tour title in 2008, continued to stay in the hunt for his second win on the Asian Tour despite enduring a mixed day where his card was marked with six birdies, four bogeys and an eagle.
“I haven’t had one of these days for a while. It just seems like I’m either hitting it really close to the pin or getting a bad break and landing myself in trouble. Hopefully the birdies will continue to come and eliminate the couple of loose shots that I’ve made,” said Lam.
Starting the day tied for third, the Singaporean had two birdies on the second and sixth holes cancelled out by bogeys on the fifth and seventh holes. It was not until the eighth hole when Lam reeled in another birdie and an eagle three on the ninth hole that appeared to turn his game round.
However, Lam’s card in homeward run was again coloured with red and blue with three birdies and two bogeys.
“There’s still everything to play for this weekend as everyone at the top are all separated by only one shot. I’ll continue to stay focus and do my best,” added Lam.
After enjoying two top-10s on the Asian Tour season, Dodt is now keeping his focus on securing his maiden Asian Tour title after his second round of 68.
“I’m playing well and obviously one of my goals this season is to win an event,” said Dodt, whose brilliant early season form was highlighted by two runner-up finishes in Australia and New Zealand last month.
Dodt, who started the day in tied-third, birdied the par-three third hole and continued a hat-trick of birdies on the sixth, seventh and ninth holes to complete a flawless opening front-nine.
Despite a lone bogey on the 10th after making the turn, the Australian’s hot streak continued with successive birdies recorded from holes 11th to 13th.
However he was left to rue a costly double bogey on the 16th that spoilt his card on his inward-nine.
“It was a very quick start to my back-nine with three birdies in a row starting from the 11th and then a double bogey on the 16th which was really a very bad tee shots. I hit it into the water and I had to make it in five after the tee shots,” said the Australian
“I made a pretty slow start yesterday in the front-nine but today, I probably made a better start than I did today and I had a good middle patch today and hopefully I can carry that through over the weekend,” added Dodt.
COMPLETED SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
Par 144 (2x72)
Play was abandoned for the day with 36 players still on the course. The round will be completed on Saturday morning (local time).
134 Barry Lane 67 67
135 David Drysdale 68 67, Darren Beck (Aus) 70 65, Andrew Dodt (Aus) 67 68, Chih-bing Lam (Sin) 67 68
136 Sung Lee (Kor) 71 65, Rahil Gangjee (Ind) 67 69, Kwanchai Tannin (Hkg) 68 68
137 Shane Lowry 71 66, Darren Clarke 71 66, Oliver Fisher 70 67
138 Richard Finch 69 69, Wen-hong Lin (Chn) 68 70
139 Richie Ramsay 71 68, Gareth Maybin 70 69, Wen-chong Liang (Chn) 71 68, Danny Chia (Mal) 74 65, Lee Slattery 70 69, Jyoti Randhawa (Ind) 72 67, Fredrik Andersson Hed (Swe) 68 71
140 Peter Whiteford 70 70, Chapchai Nirat (Tha) 68 72, Thaworn Wiratchant (Tha) 67 73, Hideto Tanihara (Jpn) 71 69
141 Robert Jan Derksen (Ned) 67 74, Jeppe Huldahl (Den) 71 70, Patrik Sjoland (Swe) 71 70, Arjun Atwal (Ind) 72 69, Richard McEvoy 73 68, Chinnarat Phadungsil (Tha) 76 65, Pablo Larrazabal (Spa) 71 70
142 David Howell 74 68, Steven O'Hara 69 73, Clodomiro Carranza (Arg) 73 69, Udorn Duangdecha (Tha) 71 71, George Coetzee (Rsa) 72 70, Mardan Mamat (Sin) 72 70, Ashok Kumar (Ind) 70 72, Digvijay Singh (Ind) 71 71, Gregory Havret (Fra) 71 71
143 Anthony Kang (USA) 71 72, Felipe Aguilar (Chi) 69 74, Scott Hend (Aus) 76 67, Mark F Haastrup (Den) 72 71, Andrew Coltart 69 74, Rafael Echenique (Arg) 70 73.

PROJECTED CUT-OFF POINT FOR HALFWAY QUALIFIERS

144 Gary Lockerbie 72 72, Prayad Marksaeng (Tha) 74 70, Mukesh Kumar (Ind) 72 72, Phillip Archer 74 70, P Harendra Gupta (Ind) 73 71, Mars Pucay (Phi) 73 71, Mark Foster 71 73
145 Jeev Milkha Singh (Ind) 72 73, Gaurav Ghei (Ind) 78 67, Gurki Shergill (Ind) 70 75, Shiv Shankar Prasad Chowrasia (Ind) 73 72, Danny Lee (Nzl) 75 70, Marcus Both (Aus) 75 70, Stephan Gross Jnr (Ger) 75 70, Iain Steel (Mal) 74 71, Gaganjeet Bhullar (Ind) 69 76, James Kamte (Rsa) 71 74, Shamim Khan (Ind) 73 72, Anirban Lahiri (Ind) 71 74
146 Jose-Filipe Lima (Por) 73 73, Chris Gane 71 75, Andrew Tampion (Aus) 74 72, Shiv Kapur (Ind) 76 70, Eirik Tage Johansen (Nor) 75 71, Vikrant Chopra (Ind) 72 74, Mark Brown (Nzl) 73 73
147 Naman Dawar (Ind) 72 75, Tony Carolan (Aus) 73 74, Carl Suneson (Spa) 73 74, Gaurav pratap Singh (Ind) 73 74, Jose Manuel Lara (Spa) 72 75
148 Fredrik Ohlsson (Swe) 72 76, Harmeet Kahlon (Ind) 73 75
149 Ranjit Singh (Ind) 76 73
150 Vishal Singh (Ind) 75 75, Raju Ali Mollah (Ind) 76 74
151 Callum Macaulay 76 75
152 Steven Jeppesen (Swe) 83 69, Simon Griffiths 74 78
154 Kodai Ichihara (Jpn) 75 79
155 Andrew Butterfield 80 75
Withdrew: Arjun Singh (Ind), Rafael Cabrera Bello (Spa)
Projected cut: 143 or better to qualify

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Dustin Johnson finishes with five birdies in a row

for a 64 and first-round lead at Pebble Beach

FROM THE PGA.COM WEBSITE
Dustin Johnson wanted to make sure he got off to a good start as the defending champion of the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am in California. He succeeded Thursday because of a phenomenal finish.
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PGATOUR.COM: Complete coverage of the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am
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Johnson overpowered the par 5s on a pristine day at Pebble Beach and closed with five consecutive birdies to tie the tournament record with a 30 on the back nine. He finished with an 8-under 64 and was atop the leaderboard.
Charley Hoffman had a 6-under 64 on the Shore Course at Monterey Peninsula, the newcomer to a three-course rotation that opened to rave reviews and scenery to match.
"One of my favorites now on tour," Phil Mickelson said after a 68 at Monterey Peninsula.
The best round might have belonged to David Duval, who played bogey-free until the final hole for a 5-under 67 at Spyglass Hill, traditionally the toughest course of the bunch. The average score at Spyglass was 71.52, compared with a 70.89 at Pebble Beach and a 69.97 at Monterey Peninsula.
So who's leading?
"No one," Duval said, laughing. "All the courses are so different. It's hard to tell until after the third day."
J.B. Holmes finished eagle-birdie at Pebble Beach for a 7-under 65, an unusual streak that began by holing out an 8-iron on the par-4 eighth hole over the edge of the Pacific Ocean. K.J. Choi also had a 65 at Pebble Beach.
The most famous of the three courses was the best place to be in such serene conditions. If wind and rain is in the forecast -- anything is possible in these parts -- it's best to get Pebble out of the way.
"It's one of the best places you want to be when it's good weather," Johnson said. "It's so pretty, too. It's a fun place to be."
It's always good to have length, and Johnson used that to his advantage.
He reached the front edge of the green on the 573-yard 14th hole, setting up a chip and a putt to start his birdie run. Johnson was worried momentarily when he pulled his 3-wood toward the out-of-bounds stake, safe by some 20 feet and leaving him a sand wedge that he hit inside 6 feet. Johnson finished with another big drive that left him only a 3-iron to the middle of the par-5 18th green.
But it was a 7-iron that left him the most pleased.
Johnson had 169 yards to the hole, typically an 8-iron. But with the pin to the back right, he tried to protect against too much spin down the slope. Instead, he hit what Johnson called a "chip 7-iron" that settled about 6 feet away.
"One of the better swings," he said.
Johnson missed a 30-inch par putt on the fifth hole, but that's not unusual at this tournament, with soft, damp greens that get plenty of footprints considering the 156 players each have an amateur partner.
Holmes also missed a par putt about that length on the par-3 seventh hole, but he bounced back better than he could have imagined. The 8-iron over a corner of the ocean to a tough green at No. 8 covered the flag and landed about 10 feet behind the cup before it spun back into the hole. He followed that with a 40-foot birdie putt on the ninth.
"That's one of those rare occasions when you make one and you actually hit it perfect," he said of his 8-iron from 175 yards.
Holmes has been working with Dave Stockton over the last month, and the first instruction was to ditch the belly putter. Stockton wanted Holmes to putt the way he did as a kid -- similar to the advice Stockton gave Mickelson-- and Holmes learned quickly that it was tough to make a forward press with the end of a putter jabbed into his gut.
"That was a pretty quick decision," Holmes said. "I had been wanting to go to the short putter, anyway."
The celebrities were at Monterey Peninsula, and the antics were at a minimum. Most of them -- whether it's Bill Murray or George Lopez or Andy Garcia -- pace themselves for the third round Saturday at Pebble Beach.
The best golf out of Mickelson's group belonged to Brian Gay, who shot a 68. Mickelson made the turn at 3 under, but he missed a short par putt on the 14th and played his final eight holes in 1 over.
One similarity to Pebble -- along with the Pacific scenery -- is that it's best to play Monterey Peninsula on a calm day. Half of the holes run along the coast, making them exposed to the wind.
"We caught it on a pretty calm day, and I thought that there were some low rounds to be had out there," Mickelson said. "But you've got to make some putts. That was the one area that I didn't quite do."
Hoffman's highlight was an eagle at the par-5 sixth with a hybrid that cleared the bunker and stayed on the top shelf, some 18 feet away. His green-and-black shoes were no match for the "Gumby & Smurf" pairing of 18-year-old Ryo Ishikawa, dressed all in green, and 21-year-old Rickie Fowler, dressed all in blue.
Fowler wound up with a 67, while the Japanese teen had a 72.

FIRST-ROUND SCOREBOARD
Pebble Beach GC
Par 72
64 Dustin Johnson
65 J.B. Holmes, K J Choi (Kor)
67 Mike Weir (Can), Bryce Molder, D.J. Trahan
68 Charlie Wi (Kor), Jim Furyk, Garrett Willis, Chris Couch, Steve Elkington (Aus)
69 Bob Estes, Martin Flores, Lee Janzen
70 Scott McCarron, Chris Riley, Vance Veazey, Ted Purdy, Kevin Johnson, Michael Connell, Will MacKenzie, Luke Donald (Eng), Josh Teater
71 Nick Watney, Brian Davis (Eng), Kyle Stanley, Jeff Gove, Mark Wilson, Jason Day (Aus), Kevin Na, Notah Begay III, Cameron Tringale
72 Francis Quinn, David Lutterus (Rsa), Aaron Baddeley (Aus), Omar Uresti, Rich Beem, Brenden Pappas (Rsa)
73 Bill Lunde, Matthew Every, Craig Bowden, Steve Lowery, Mathias Gronberg (Swe)
74 Jimmy Walker
75 Jeff Overton, Mark Brooks, Roland Thatcher, Graham Delaet (Can), Johnson Wagner, Chez Reavie
76 Marc Turnesa
78 Sandy Lyle (Sco)
Spyglass Hill GC
Par 72
67 John Senden (Aus), David Duval, Matthew Jones (Aus)
68 J.P. Hayes, Parker McLachlin, Alex Prugh
69 Brett Quigley, Vaughn Taylor, Matt Kuchar, Tom Gillis, Nick O'Hern (Aus), Cameron Percy (Aus), Padraig Harrington (Irl)
70 Retief Goosen (Rsa), Garth Mulroy (Rsa), Jeff Quinney, James Driscoll, Sean O'Hair, Marc Leishman (Aus), Jay Williamson, Ryuji Imada (Jpn), Tim Clark (Rsa)
71 Brad Faxon, Martin Laird (Sco), Greg Owen (Eng), Jerry Pate
72 Ricky Barnes, Chris Wilson, Brian Stuard, J J Henry, Kris Blanks, Robert Garrigus, Sam Saunders, Brandt Snedeker
73 Adam Scott (Aus), Joe Ogilvie, John Huston, Harrison Frazar, Scott Piercy, Roger Tambellini
74 Brendon De Jonge, Mathew Goggin (Aus), Woody Austin, Matt Bettencourt, Steve Wheatcroft
75 Brad Adamonis, Billy Horschel, Jamie Lovemark
76 Greg Chalmers (Aus)
77 Mark O'Meara, Kevin Chappell
78 Jeff Klauk
Monterey Peninsula CC
Par 70
64 Charley Hoffman
65 Vijay Singh (Fij), Jeff Maggert, Bo Van Pelt, Kevin Streelman, Alex Cejka (Ger), Blake Adams
66 Brian Gay
67 Michael Letzig, Paul Goydos, Tom Pernice Jnr., John Mallinger, Rickie Fowler, Webb Simpson
68 Spencer Levin, Pat Perez, Sergio Garcia (Spa), Kevin Sutherland, Christopher Baryla (Can), Phil Mickelson, Steve Marino, Daniel Chopra (Swe), Jerod Turner, Troy Merritt, Nicholas Thompson
69 Brent Delahoussaye, Rodney Pampling (Aus), Davis Love III, Chris DiMarco, Derek Lamely, John Daly, Rocco Mediate, Jason Gore
70 Hunter Mahan, Rory Sabbatini (Rsa), Justin Bolli, Greg Kraft, Jonathan Byrd
71 Henrik Bjornstad (Nor), Ryan Palmer, Heath Slocum
72 Ryo Ishikawa (Jpn), Tim Petrovic, Rich Barcelo, Stuart Appleby (Aus), Jason Bohn
73 Chris Stroud, Mitch Lowe, Tim Herron, Corey Pavin
75 Todd Hamilton, Andrew McLardy (Rsa)

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Bransdon leads Victoria PGA title race at halfway

In yet another day of amazing scoring around the Sandhurst North Course, Alistair Presnell has shot the low round of the Cellarbrations Victorian PGA Champioship, Australia so far, firing a seven under 65 to leap up the leaderboard.
Presnell, whose last victory was at the 2009 Moonah Classic, came out firing this morning determined to build upon his relatively slow start to the tournament yesterday.
Getting out early at 7.30am Presnell fired 10 birdies throughout his round.
However with three bogeys also scattered throughout his round the 32-year-old was left wondering what might have been.
Presnell's round 0f 65 was later matched by David Brandson who took over the 36-hole lead on 12-under-par 132.
Presnell is at eight-under 136 and only two shots behind Kurt Barnes, Gareth Paddison and Anthony Brown who share second place, two strokes off the lead.
The current course record for the Sandhurst North Course is 63 and is held by Craig Scott.
Scott currently sits in outright fifth on the leaderboard at nine-under 135.
LEADING SECOND ROUND TOTALS
Par 144 (2x72)
132 David Bransdon 67 65.
134 Kurt Barnes 67 67, Anthony Brown 68 66, Gareth Paddison 66 68.
135 Craig Scott 67 68.
136 Stephen Allan 69 67, Martin Doyle 67 69, Steven Jones 66 70, Andrew Martin 67 69, Alistair Presnell 71 65.

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