European Challenge Tour Scoreboard
COPA ANTIOQUIA
Club Deportivo El Rodeo, Sede La Macarena
SECOND-ROUND LEADERS
Par 142 (2x71)
135 Oscar Alvarez 71 64, Francisco Ojeda 64 71.
136 David Vanegas 67 68, Nathan Smith (US) 71 65, Marcus Higley (England) 67 69.
Selected scores:
141 Jack Doherty (Scotland) 70 71 (jt 23rd).
142 George Murray (Scotland) 74 68 (jt 32nd).
PROJECTED CUT: 146 (+2) or better
152 Scott Jamieson (Scotland) 78 74.

United States PGA Tour Scoreboard
MAYAKOBA CLASSIC
El Camaleon GC, Playa del Carmen, Mexico
SECOND ROUND LEADERS
Players from US unless stated
Par 142 (2x71)
130 Joe Durrant 64 66.
132 J P Hayes 65 67.
133 Cameron Beckman 65 68.
134 Tom Pernice junior 66 68, Brian Stuard 67 67
135 Mark Hensby (Australia) 67 68, Chad Collins 67 68, Briny Baird 65 70.
136 Shaun Micheel 66 70, Charles Warren 67 69, Matt Weibring 69 67, Thomas Levet (France) 66 70, Kevin Stadler 69 67, Chris Rile 69 69, Chris Tidland 67 69.
Selected scores:
137 John Daly 68 69.
MISSED THE CUT (141 or better)
142 Nick Dougherty (England) 73 69.
145 Pablo Martin (Spain) 75 70.
150 David Duval 71 79.

Three English players in last eight in Arizona

Accenture World Match-play Championship Scoreboard
Dove Mountain, Tucson, Arizona

ROUND OF THE LAST 16

BOBBY JONES BRACKET
T Jaidee bt R Ishikawa 5 and 4.
I Poulter bt J M Singh 5 and 4.

BEN HOGAN BRACKET
S Garcia bt T Clark 2 and 1.
O Wilson bt L Donald at 19th.

GARY PLAYER BRACKET
R Goosen bt N Watney 1 hole.
C Villegas bt B Crane 3 and 2

SAM SNEAD BRACKET
S Cink bt C Schwartzel at 19th.
P Casey bt B Gay 5 and 4.

Scot Ross Kellett lying second at halfway stage

Portuguese amateur championship Scoreboard
AROEIRA 1, nr LISBON
SECOND-ROUND LEADERS
Par 144 (2x72)
135 Juan Francisco Sarasti (Spain) 67 68.
137 Ross Kellett (Scotland) 68 69.
138 Steven Brown (England) 70 68, Manual Alexandre Violas (Portugal) 70 68.
Selected Scores:
139 Clement Sordet (France) 72 67, Tom Lewis (England) 71 69, Jamie Abbott (England) 68 71 (jt 8th).
140 James Watts (England) 70 70.
141 Niclas Carlsson (Sweden) 72 69, Joel Stalter (France) 74 67, Matthew Southgate (England) 72 69.
142 Jerome Lando Casanova (France) 73 69, Clement Lemaire (France) 69 73, Romain Wattel (France) 69 73 (jt 13th).
143 Alexander Knapper (Germany) 69 74, Jack Senior (England) 74 69, Johann Lopez-Lazaro (France) 71 72, Ben Herbert (England) 72 71, Paul Cutler (Ireland) 71 72 (jt 29th).
144 Joshua White (England) 72 72, Dara Lernihan (Ireland) 72 72 (jt 29th).
145 James White (Scotland) 75 69 (jt 36th).
146 Philip McLean (Scotland) 74 72, Michael Bedford (England) 69 77 (jt 40th).
147 Glenn Campbell (Scotland) 71 76, Jonathan Bell (England) 77 70, Eddie Pepperell (England) 76 71 (jt 45th).
148 Greg Paterson (Scotland) 74 74, Chris Nugent (Wales) 72 76, Robert Cannon (Ireland) 76 72, James Robinson (England) 74 74 (jt 53rd).
149 Gordon Yates (Scotland) 73 76, James Frazer (Wales), Cian Curley (Ireland) 72 77 (jt 65th)
150 Darren Wright (England) 77 73, Alan Dunbar (Ireland) 78 72, Oliver Farr (Wales0 76 74, Mark Bookless (Scotland), Reeve Whitson (Ireland) (jt 74th).
151 Steven McEwan (Scotland) 79 72 (jt 83rd).
152 Richard Bentham (Wales) 76 76, Scott Campbell (England) 73 79, Ian Winstanley (England) 79 73 (jt 93rd).
++The leading 40 players and ties after the third round will contest Sunday's final round.

ALPS TOUR TEES OFF IN MOROCCO

Gavin Dear runner-up to Lawrence

Dodd after 17th hole double bogey

FROM THE ALPS TOUR WEBSITE
Englishman Lawrence Dodd has achieved his maiden victory with a three-stroke margin in Morocco today.
He shot a third-round 67 for a 54-hole final total of 17 under par 199 on the beautiful course of Golf de Mogador at Essaouira.
Scotsman Gavin Dear from Scone, Perthshire finished second at 14 under par 202 after a closing 70. Dear, who earned 5,797 Euros compared with Dodds' 8,534 Euros payslip, finished six shots ahead of the third-placed pair.
Dear and Dodd were in the last group. Dodd birdied the first two holes and it seemed that he was on an easy road to win.
But Dear closed the gap and showed ahead after the fifth. Dodd had to wait until the ninth hole to draw level again.
On the 12th hole, with both players at 14 under par, Dear missed a short putt which would have given him the lead again.
On the par-3 13th, they both missed the green. Dodd did a beautiful bunker shot, and Dear a great chip and run for both to save par and remain tied.
Dodd revealed later the confidence-boosting effect that bunker recovery had on him.
“At the beginning of the last round, I was nervous. I did not feel very confident until my bunker shot at the 13th. Then I birdied the 14th and 15th to go two shots ahead - and, for the first time, I felt relaxed.”
Dear was still playing very solidly, but could not get the birdies he needed to close the gap again. The Scot drove the 15th hole perfectly over the forest, but could do no better than par. On 16th, a short par- 5, it was an easy birdie for both.
Dodd was leading by two strokes with two holes to play.
Dear, who had only dropped one shot in 52 holes, pushed his drive at the 17th and landed in the woods. As usual, Dodd found the fairway – he only missed two tee shots in three rounds.
Dear's recovery shot touched the top of a tree and stayed short of the green in a bunker. He finally three putted for a double bogey at this so-costly hole for him..
“As I felt a bit sick this morning I did not eat any lunch. I think I missed the energy that would have given me, on the 17th tee shot. That is not an excuse but it might explain the situation," said Dear.
Dodd parred the 18th for a 67 and his first win.
Dear's Perthshire colleague Steven Hume finished joint 31st on level par 216 with scores of 76, 70 and 70. He earned 702 Euros.
LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 216 (3x72)
199 Lawrence Dodd (England) 68 64 67 (Euros 8,534).
202 Gavin Dear (Scotland) 68 64 70 (Euros 5,797).
208 Damien Perrier (France) 70 69 69, Matteo Delpodio (Italyy) 69 73 66 (Euros 3,433 each).
209 Richard Kilpatrick (Northern Ireland) 68 71 70, Nicolas Joakmides (France) 74 66 68 (Euros 2,678 each).
210 Xavier Poncelet (France) 71 72 67, Carlos Balmaseda (Spain) 71 72 67 (Euros 2,089 each)
Selected totals
212 Ricki Neil-Jones (England) 72 70 70 (jt 9th) (Euros 1,354).
213 Jason Palmer (England) 70 72 71 (jt 14th) (Euros 1,047).
214 Mark Hooper (England) 72 71 71, Matthew Cryer (England) 74 71 69 (jt 19th) (Euros 877 each).
215 Sam Robinson (England) 71 69 75 (jt 28th) (Euros 759).
216 Steven Hume (Scotland) 76 70 70 (jt 31st) (Euros 702).
217 Matthew Baldwin (England) 72 75 70 (jt 36th) (Euros 671).
MISSED THE CUT (147 or better)
149 Farren Keenan (England) 78 71.
150 Nicholas Murtagh (England) 76 74.
151 Peter James (England) 74 77.
153 Max Brackley (England) 74 79.

No date for comeback to golf ... 'it could be this year'

Tiger says he is 'deeply sorry' for his

'irresponsible and selfish behaviour'

FROM THE DAILY TELEGRAPH WEBSITE
By ANDY HOOPER
Tiger Woods has made his first public statement three months after he became enveloped in a sordid sex scandal, saying he is "deeply sorry" for his "irresponsible and selfish behaviour".
Delivering a televised statement to a group of invited guests that also included his mother, Woods admitted for the first time that he had been unfaithful repeatedly to his wife, Elin. "I was unfaithful, I had affairs, I cheated," he said. "What I did was unacceptable."
But the world No 1 vehemently denied that any violence had taken place between him and his wife.
"Some people have speculated that Elin somehow hurt or attacked me on Thanksgiving night.
It angers me that people would fabricate a story like that," said Woods, his voice rising. "Elin never hit me that night or any other night.
"There has never been an episode of domestic violence in our marriage, ever."
He said: "Many of you in this room are my friends, many know me. Many have cheered for me, worked with me or supported me. Now everyone of you has good reason to be critical.
"People want to find out how I could be so selfish and stupid, how I could have done these things to my wife and children."
Of his marriage, Woods said that he and his wife "have a lot to discuss ... but what we say will stay between the two of us. I understand people have questions. I understand people want to know if Elin and I will stay together. Every one of these questions and answers are between Elin and me.
"I am aware of the pain my behaviour has caused you in the room. I have let you down and let down my fans. To those who have worked for me I have let you down personally and professionally."
Woods would not put any date on his return to professional golf. "I do plan to return to golf one day. I just don't know what day that will be. I don't rule out that it could be this year."
In the meantime, Woods, who has been attending a sex therapy clinic, said he would continue to address his personal problems with the help of a Buddhist faith which he admitted having "lost track of."
He said: "I recognise I have brought this on myself and recognise that I am the one who needs to change. I have a lot of work to do and intend to dedicate myself to doing it. Part of this is Buddhism….
"Buddhism teaches me to stop following every impulse and to know restraint. Obviously I lost track of what I was taught."
Woods, in a longer-than-expected, 14min address, also issued a strong denial that he had ever used performance-enhancing drugs.
He said: "Some people have made up things that never happened. They said I used performance-enhancing drugs. That is completely and utterly false."
Having earlier spoken about continuing to promote the work of his charitable foundation, Woods pointedly sent a message of goodwill to Accenture, the first of his corporate backers to drop him after the scandal broke.
The company is the title sponsor of the World Match Play event in Arizona currently taking place, where a growing number of players has been critical of the timing of today's statement.
He signed off by saying: "I look forward to seeing my fellow players on the course. There are many people in this room and many people at home who believed in me. Today I want to ask for your help. I ask you to find room in your heart to one day believe in me again."
With that, he moved forward from a podium to embrace his mother, Kultida.
Earlier a leaked letter from PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem explained why Woods chose today to make his first public comments.
"As we understand it, Tiger Woods' therapy called for a week's break at this time during which he has spent a few days with his children and then will make his statement before returning," Finchem said in the letter to the US PGA Tour policy board and other officials. "Accordingly, there was very little flexibility in the date for the announcement."

Five missed cuts, then a win for Switzerland's

Fredrik Svanberg on Gateway Tour

FROM THE GATEWAY TOUR WEBSITE
Missed Cut, Missed Cut, Missed Cut, Missed Cut, Missed Cut, WIN.
The script to the next uplifting sports movie? No, Fredrik Svanberg’s 2010 Gateway Tour season to date.
After missing the first five cuts in the Desert Winter Series, 27-year-old, Fredrik Svanberg, from Davos-Dorf, Switzerland, shot rounds of 68/66/69-203 (13-under) to lock horns with Matt Marshall (64/72/67-203) through 54 holes of Winter Series No. 6, before beating him on the first hole of sudden-death to win.
Talk about a way to turn your season around. “I guess I’m relieved, more than anything else, because I was kind of in a slump and it was pretty frustrating to be missing cuts,” Svanberg said in reaction to his $17,000 victory.
“Still, though, I was taking a chunk of good shots out of each week and I was wasn’t playing all that bad coming into this event.”
Linking together most of those in the same event this week, then, Svanberg made an impressive 19 birdies to just six bogeys on The Wigwam’s challenging Gold Course. But, perhaps more impressive than that, the former University of California at Berkley golfer birdied the final hole of regulation to tie Marshall, who was already in with 13-under.
“I had actually just lipped out a birdie putt on (No.) 17 and, after hitting a perfect drive on (No.) 18, I had 88 yards to the pin and hit a lob wedge to about five feet just short and straight up the hill,” referenced Svanberg of his finish. “And I finally made that one to tie him.”
The pair headed straight back to the 18th for extra holes, where Svanberg felt his best opportunity stood to win before the playoff would potentially extend on to other holes.
“We were playing (No.) 18 first, but then going to back to (Nos.) 16 and 17 if we needed to,” said Svanberg. “So, because I just had birdied (No.) 18, I felt confident playing it again, and felt that was going to be my best chance.”
As it played out, he was right. Svanberg hit another fine approach into the 440-yard closer to about 12 feet, and with just a two-putt par this time, he took the first stroke play victory of his professional career, as Marshall three-putted from just off the back of the green for bogey. A win he admits to being thankful for, it’s one he actually attributes to an improved knowledge of his clubs’ yardages from a recent visit to the Ping factory.
“I have to thank Christian Pena at Ping because about three weeks ago, I basically got a whole new set of clubs with conforming grooves,” Svanberg said, “but just last Thursday, we measured out how far each club goes and I think it just really helped me to know that and have confidence with knowing my yardages now.”
Playing for the Swiss National Team, Svanberg will play the remainder of the Desert Winter Series before heading back to his native land this spring, hoping to get into as many European Challenge Tour events as possible.
As it were, he just narrowly missed an opportunity to play in one this week; an opportunity he’s certainly now pleased to have been denied.
“I was actually hoping to get into a Challenge Tour event this week in Colombia (the Abierto Internacional de Golf II Copa Antioquia), but I’m obviously glad now I didn’t get in,” joked Svamberg.
“But, I’ll go back to Europe after this Series is over and try to play as many of them as possible. And it will definitely help to take the confidence from this week back with me now.”
Click here for full field results of Desert Winter Series No. 6 and stay tuned as the Tour takes a week off before resuming again, March 3rd-5th, at Southern Dunes GC in Maricopa, Arizona.

Jimmy Gunn from Dornoch shot 71 and 73 for a par total of 144 in this latest Gateway Tour event - but so high is the standard of play on this circuit that he missed the cut by one shot.
Gunn has made $8,054 from the six Gateway Tour Winter Series events, having missed the cut three times now.
Russell Knox from Inverness took this week off rather than play in the Hooters Tour event.
Irishman Niall Turner finished joint fifth in this week's event, earning $3,925 for a total of 208, made up of rounds of 68, 67 and 73.

Midland Golfers’ Alliance
Scotscraig Pro Am, sponsored by Hi-Tech Acoustic Services Ltd

Tee times for Thursday, February 25
8.30 M. Pirie D. Cameron D. Spaven A. Mackie
8.38 K. McGowan D. West J. Scally J. Edmiston
8.46 R. Walker M. Fraser S. Herd
8.54 A. Lockhart S. Cargill E. Rae C. Brunton
9.02 G. McLeod D. Wilson A. Saunders N. McLeod
9.10 J. Paisley D. Mason A. Mason I. Mason
9.18 D. Herd D. Anderson T. Watson G. Mitchell
9.26 T. Melville J. Black J. Rankin N. Henderson
9.34 J. Stevenson M. Gilmour J. Stevenson J. Brown
9.42 C. Mackie R. Ford B. Liddle D. Roberts
9.50 G. Abel M. Niven P. Rhind A. Glass
9.58 P. Brookes C. Westland I. Butchart J. Wilson
10.06 S. Knowles D. Mitchell D. Tully G. Paton
10.14 G. Brown C. Marr R. Wallace J. Strathie
10.22 R. Stewart R. Barton M. Scobbie A. Douglas
10.30 R. Malcolm J. Barnet J. Rennie G. Aitkinson
10.38 S. McLaren P. Callander D. Ritchie E. Starritt
10.46 G. Jenkins W. Crosbie S. Miller G. Gillespie
10.54 K. Harper J. Leddy R. Lamont D. Black
11.02 C. Mackie F. MacKay J. Milne J. Milne
11.10 P. Jamieson J. Crawford C. Gribble K. Smith
11.18 A. Webster K. Bruce A. Smith I. Milne
11.26 C. Mathieson H. Salmond J. Irwin G. Wilkie
11.34 M. Rae D. Hutchieson I. McMurray A. Farquharson
11.42 K. Hutton T. Anderson S. Marshall D. Morrison
11.50 S. O’ Donnell G. Milne C. Wallace J. Craig
11.58 R. Taylor
12.06 C. Nugent B. Black R. De Rose T. McKenna
12.14 I. Henderson W. Smeaton D. Vicary J. Gray
12.22 R. Bell D. Sievwright G. Taylor A. Aitken
12.30 G. Finlay S. Harrod G. Stuart M. Watkins
12.38 R. Taylor A. MacDairmid R. Lauchlaw
12.46 J. Gray A. Mitchell K. MacKenzie A. Lindsay
12.54 N. Cameron L. Irving W. Farquharson A. Cameron
1.02 L. Sutherland I. Thompson G. White
1.10 J. Breen W. Herron E. Sherry
1.18 D. Adams J. Ward A. Herd A. McEwan
1.26 M. Brown R. McDonald F. Hutcheon G. Cant

Lee Sutherland, PGA Professional, Ballumbie Castle Golf Club, Old Quarry Road, Dundee
Tel 01382 770028
Fax 01382) 770251
email leesutherland@btconnect.com

Carton House, Co Kildare to host 2010 Irish Senior Open

NEWS RELEASE
The Handa Irish Senior Open presented by Fáilte Ireland returns to the European Senior Tour schedule this year when Carton House, in Maynooth, Co. Kildare, hosts the 14th edition of the tournament from June 11-13.
Fáilte Ireland, which has supported the Senior Tour event since its inception at St Margarets Golf Club in 1997, continues its long term association with the tournament and is joined by a new title sponsor for 2010, the International Sports Promotion Society (ISPS), represented by Founding Chairman, Dr.Haruhisa Handa.
In addition to the Irish Senior Open, Fáilte Ireland also supports The 3 Irish Open on The European Tour, which Carton House hosted in 2005 and 2006, tournaments won by Stephen Dodd and Thomas Björn respectively.
The leading Senior Tour players will tackle the stunning Montgomerie Course at the Kildare venue, designed by 2010 European Ryder Cup Captain Colin Montgomerie, which is one of two Championship courses at Carton House created in conjunction with European Golf Design.
They will be looking to join an illustrious roll call of former champions, including Tommy Horton, winner of the inaugural event in 1997, two-time winner Seiji Ebihara (2001 and 2002), Carl Mason (2004), Ryder Cup Captain Sam Torrance (2005) and Costantino Rocca (2007).
Ian Woosnam, who led Europe to victory in The Ryder Cup in Ireland in 2006, returned to the Emerald Isle last year to add his name to the list, staging a remarkable comeback to defeat American Bob Boyd in a play-off at Ballybunion Golf Club having started the final round six shots off the pace.
The 2010 edition of the Irish Seniors Open sees , Japanese philanthropist Dr Handa, the Chairman of the International Sports Promotion Society (ISPS) - the title sponsor - extend his growing relationship with the Senior Tour.
It is the third tournament so far on the 2010 Senior Tour schedule to receive the backing of Dr Handa and ISPS; the other two being the Aberdeen Brunei Senior Masters presented by The Stapleford Forum and the Chang Thailand Senior Masters 2010 presented by ISPS.
Charles Perring, Deputy Managing Director of the European Senior Tour, said: “The Irish Senior Open is one of the cornerstones of the European Senior Tour and I’m delighted that its legacy continues in 2010 with the patronage of Dr Handa and our long term partner Failte Ireland, with Carton House hosting us for the first time at their wonderful facility.
"The honour roll of former champions speaks volumes of the player quality on show and with close proximity to Dublin, we hope to showcase the best of Senior golf to an enthusiastic Irish gallery.”

Stuart Wilson to skipper

Scotland boys in Biarritz

quadrangular

NEWS RELEASE ISSUED BY SCOTTISH GOLF UNION
Former Amateur Champion and Open Silver Medallist Stuart Wilson will pass on his knowledge to Scotland’s next generation of golfers when he leads a team of six to the annual Boys Quadrangular match in France next month (March 4 to 6).
Editor's note: Stuart Wilson is the secretary of Forfar Golf Club. Pictured right by Cal Carson Golf Agency at work.
Wilson, who shot to fame in 2004 with a win at St Andrews in the Amateur Championship before playing clinching the leading amateur prize in the Open at Royal Troon later that summer, has taken a step back from the competitive scene in recent years and the Scottish Golf Union have called on his experience to work with the Boys Development Squad this year.
A strong team of six have been selected for the first international outing of the season at the Chiberta Golf Club in Biarritz, with Scottish Boys Stroke Play Champion Jack McDonald (Kilmarnock, Barassie) and European Young Masters runner-up Calum Stewart (Brora) in the side. They are joined by former and reigning Scottish Boys U16s champions Ian Redford (New Club, St Andrews) and Grant Forrest (Craigielaw).
Jack Scott (Deeside) and Scott Gibson (Southerness), who boasted an impressive three wins out of three as a foursomes pairing in last year’s Boys’ Home Internationals, complete the line-up.
National junior coach Spencer Henderson welcomed Wilson’s appointment as non playing captain:
“It will be great having Stuart on board this season and he’ll be with us for this event as well as the European Boys Team Championship and Boys’ Home Internationals later this year. Stuart knows what it takes to compete at the highest level of amateur golf and his knowledge will be invaluable.”
“We have selected a strong team from a good group of youngsters and the players will certainly benefit from having Stuart around to pass on his advice. The Boys Quadrangular is a great event from a preparation point of view and it puts the players up against some of the top juniors in Europe.”
Scotland has won two out of the last four Quadrangular Match series, with Ross Kellett, James Byrne and David Law among the victorious players from recent outings who have progressed well onto the senior stage. The Scots will be up against Italy, Sweden and host nation France.
Scotland Team for the 2010 Boys Quadrangular, Chiberta GC, Biarritz, France (4 – 6 March):
Calum Stewart (Brora)
Grant Forrest (Craigielaw)
Jack Scott (Deeside)
Scott Gibson (Southerness)
Jack McDonald (Kilmarnock, Barassie)
Ian Redford (The New Club, St Andrews)
Non-Playing Captain:
Stuart Wilson (Forfar)

United States PGA Tour Scoreboard
MAYAKOBA CLASSIC
Riviera Maya-Cancun, El Camaleon GC, Mexico
FIRST ROUND LEADERS
Par 71
Players from US unless stated
64 Joe Durant.
65 Cameron Beckman, Briny Baird, Jarrod Lyle (Australia), J P Hayes.
66 Shigeki Maruyama (Japan), Tom Pernice junior, Jason Gore, Jeff Maggert, Thomas Levet (France).
67 Jay Williamson, Brian Stuard, Chris Tidland, Matthias Gronberg (Sweden), Dean Wilson,
Mark Hensby (Australia), K J Choi (South Korea), Boo Weekley, Charles Warren, Steve Wheatcroft, Erik Compton, Chad Collins.
Selected scores:
68 John Daly, Henrik Bjornstad (Norway) (jt 23rd).
69 Alejandro Canizares (Spain) (jt 35th).
70 Jorge Campillo (Spain), Carl Pettersson (Sweden) (jt 47th).
71 David Duval (jt 66th).
73 Nick Dougherty (England) (jt 100th).
75 Pablo Martin (Spain) (jt 117th).

Donald, Casey, Wilson and Poulter in last 16

FROM THE AOL GOLF NEWS SERVICE
English golf was on the march in Tucson, Arizona on Thursday as Luke Donald, Paul Casey, Oliver Wilson and Ian Poulter all reached the last 16 of the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship.
Donald had the biggest win, but the best was probably the one achieved by Wilson, who defeated fourth seed Rory McIlroy at the second extra hole.
Late in the second round there was even a chance that second seed Lee Westwood and last man in Ross McGowan would make it six out of six, but Westwood lost 2&1 to American Nick Watney and McGowan, conqueror of top seed Steve Stricker, went down on the last to 18-year-old Japanese star Ryo Ishikawa.
Westwood has still to go beyond this stage in 10 visits to the event and as a result misses the chance to go to world number two for the first time in his career.
Last year's runner-up Casey, still recovering from the torn rib muscle he suffered last summer after reaching third in the world rankings behind Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson, crushed Canadian left-hander Mike Weir 5&4.
But Donald, returning to form following wrist surgery in 2008, went one better than that with a 6&5 drubbing of Australian Robert Allenby.
The 32-year-old, runner-up on the US Tour two weeks ago, had opened with an eight-birdie victory over Northern Ireland's Graeme McDowell and commented: "(It was) another solid day.
"Five birdies, no bogeys. I picked off the par-fives and Robert didn't quite have his game. He didn't put too much pressure on me.
"I'm drawing on the confidence of the last few weeks. This is my fourth in a row, so to finish as quickly as possible is good for me."
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Tiger Woods going back to therapy after public statement

FROM THE PGA.COM WEBSITE
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Florida (AP) -- Tiger Woods is to return to therapy after he speaks publicly for the first time about his infidelity, according to a letter from US PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem that was obtained by The Associated Press.
Finchem's letter to the PGA Tour policy board and other officials explained why Woods chose Friday to make his first public comments, which are to be televised live by the major networks.
Woods' statement comes during the Match Play Championship, sponsored by Accenture, the first company to drop Woods as a pitchman.
"As we understand it, Tiger's therapy called for a week's break at this time during which he has spent a few days with his children and then will make his statement before returning," Finchem said in a letter Thursday. "Accordingly, there was very little flexibility in the date for the announcement."
Woods is to speak at 11 a.m. EST from the clubhouse at TPC Sawgrass, home of the US PGA Tour.
The letter shed no light on whether Woods plans to return to the tour anytime soon.
Ernie Els was among players who were upset to learn that Woods had chosen the week of a World Golf Championship for a public appearance that was sure to take attention away from the tournament. "It's selfish," Els told Golfweek magazine.
Finchem told reporters in Marana, Arizona, earlier this week that he didn't think Woods' appearance would undermine Accenture, and that Woods' handlers "have their own reasons for their schedule."
In the letter, he said the tour discussed the timing with Accenture and "they understand that the PGA Tour was not involved in determining the timing of the statement."
Finchem also noted that Woods' comments would be over well before television coverage of the third round from Dove Mountain.
The US PGA Tour made available its sprawling, Mediterranean-styled clubhouse for the announcement, and is helping set up adjacent ballrooms at the nearby Sawgrass Marriott for media, where they can watch Woods on closed-circuit TV.
Finchem said in the letter that Woods' management asked for the facilities, and "we agreed as we would for any member of the PGA Tour."