US PGA TOUR AND CHAMPIONS TOUR REPORTS, SCORES

Qualifier Atwal leads Wyndham
Championship by three

GREENSBORO, North Carolina (AP) — Arjun Atwal had to play his way into the Wyndham Championship. Having got there, he's spent most of the week outplaying everyone else.
Atwal built a three-stroke lead Saturday through three rounds of the US PGA Tour's final pre-playoff event. He shot a 5-under 65 to reach 17-under 193, and he has either led or shared the lead after each of the first three days.
Not bad for someone who lost his tour card and had to win a qualifying tournament just to earn a spot at Sedgefield Country Club.
"I'm not your typical Monday qualifier," Atwal said.
Scott McCarron closed his 63 with four consecutive birdies and was at 14 under along with Scott Piercy (64) and Lucas Glover (67). Will MacKenzie (65), Garrett Willis (65), David Toms (65), Justin Leonard (66), John Rollins (68) and second-round co-leader Brandt Snedeker (69) were at 13 under.
Kevin Na matched the tournament record with a 61 in the morning to reach 12 under.
But without question, the story at Sedgefield has been Atwal.
The 37-year-old player from India may be winless on the big tour, but he has won on the European, Asian and Nationwide tours. Now he's one good round away from becoming the first Monday qualifier to win the ensuing tournament since Fred Wadsworth at the 1986 Southern Open.
"I've never won on the PGA Tour, but I've won on almost every other tour I've played on," Atwal said. "And I don't see why it's going to be different trying to win a tournament here. If I'm hitting it well, and I'm playing well (Sunday), I don't see why I can't win."
Atwal has said his main goal this week was to move closer to securing his tour card for 2011. He lost the card last month because he was too low on the money list when his minor medical exemption ran out. That came after he returned too soon following weightlifting injuries to both shoulders.
"I couldn't hit it out of my shadow when I came back," Atwal said. "I just wanted to play, and I thought I'd be OK. ... (Rushing back) was stupid, now that I look at it."
He's ineligible for the play-offs, but kept himself in prime position. He had a two-stroke lead after one round and joined Snedeker as co-leaders after Day 2.
Atwal had three pairs of consecutive birdies during the third round, and gave himself some separation with a near-eagle on No. 15, rolling a putt around the edge of the cup before tapping in for birdie to move to 17 under.
Meanwhile, his playing partner - Snedeker, the 2007 Wyndham winner - ran into trouble on that par 5, which has played as one of the easiest this week. He splashed his second shot into the water and finished with just his second bogey of the week.
"It swayed right into the water," Snedeker said. "Unfortunately, that stuff happens in the course of a 72-hole tournament."
Andres Romero, who at No. 123 was squarely on the bubble, took another step toward playing himself into the field at The Barclays next week, shooting a 65 to move to 12 under.
Also five strokes back was Richard S. Johnson, who still has some work to do to claim an unlikely spot in the postseason; he arrived at No. 149 and needs to finish fourth to crack the top 125.
McCarron made a late charge up the leaderboard with birdies on Nos. 15-18, closing his round by making a 20-foot putt that moved him to 14 under. Piercy had a similar bonanza with four straight birdies on Nos. 5-8, then later birdied three of four holes to join him.
"For me, this is a playoff," said McCarron, No. 142 on the points list. "I don't play well, then I'm going home."
For the second time in three days, the Wyndham record round of 61 was reached. This time, it was Na's turn.
Going off in the morning's first pairing after barely making the cut, he took full advantage of the fresh greens with seven birdies through 17 holes and an eagle on No. 5. When he got to the 18th, he took aim at one more birdie.
"Honestly, you know, I wanted the course record," Na said. "I wasn't going to leave it short."
After landing his second shot near the back right corner of the green, his 40-footer wouldn't fall and he two-putted for par, settling for sharing the mark with Carl Pettersson (2008) and Atwal, who shot a first-round 61.
Total prizefund: $5.1million. Winner gets $918,000
THIRD ROUND
Par 210 (3x71)
193 Arjun Atwal (Ind) 61 67 65
196 Scott McCarron 65 68 63, Lucas Glover 64 65 67, Scott Piercy 66 66 64
197 Will MacKenzie 68 64 65, John Rollins 64 65 68, Justin Leonard 68 63 66, David Toms 64 68 65, Garrett Willis 66 66 65, Brandt Snedeker 63 65 69
198 Kevin Na 66 71 61, Richard S Johnson (Swe) 67 66 65, Andres Romero (Arg) 66 67 65, Martin Laird (Sco) 67 65 66
199 Jerry Kelly 66 67 66, Bill Haas 69 65 65, Glen Day 67 67 65, Kevin Streelman 64 65 70
200 Jeev Milkha Singh (Ind) 64 68 68, Michael Sim (Aus) 66 68 66, Chris Riley 67 69 64, Tim Herron 67 64 69, Jeff Quinney 66 70 64, John Mallinger 65 67 68, Alex Prugh 69 64 67, Tim Petrovic 66 68 66, Tom Gillis 69 67 64, Jonathan Byrd 66 66 68
201 Michael Letzig 66 68 67, Brian Stuard 69 66 66, Aron Price (Aus) 67 69 65, Garth Mulroy (S Africa) 68 68 65, James Driscoll 67 67 67, James Nitties (Aus) 67 68 66, Greg Owen (Eng) 69 67 65, Webb Simpson 66 64 71, Joe Durant 68 67 66, Bob Estes 66 70 65, Cameron Beckman 67 69 65, Drew Weaver 67 70 64, Josh Teater 66 68 67
202 Chad Collins 68 67 67, Marc Leishman (Aus) 66 66 70, Boo Weekley 64 67 71, Briny Baird 66 68 68, Mark Wilson 68 67 67, Derek Lamely 70 66 66
203 Spencer Levin 65 67 71, Paul Stankowski 67 67 69, Jason Dufner 66 69 68, Chris DiMarco 67 68 68, Michael Connell 66 69 68, Aaron Baddeley (Aus) 66 69 68, Fredrik Jacobson (Swe) 67 67 69, Trevor Immelman (S Africa) 68 69 66, Jerry Richardson 70 66 67, Troy Merritt 67 70 66, Troy Matteson 68 67 68, D.J. Trahan 69 68 66
204 Kirk Triplett 69 68 67, J J Henry 71 66 67, John Merrick 68 67 69, Omar Uresti 69 66 69, Brett Wetterich 70 66 68, Skip Kendall 66 70 68, Rocco Mediate 70 67 67, Jason Gore 65 69 70
205 John Daly 68 68 69, Charles Warren 67 69 69, Kent Jones 66 70 69, Mathias Gronberg (Swe) 67 68 70, Blake Adams 65 71 69, Frank Lickliter II 70 67 68
206 Kris Blanks 69 68 69, Robert Garrigus 69 66 71
207 Jay Williamson 65 70 72
208 Steve Marino 69 65 74, Daniel Chopra (Swe) 70 65 73

LEHMAN'S TWO-STROKE LEAD IN

TRADITION

SUNRIVER, Oregon (AP) — Tom Lehman moved into position for his second Champions Tour major victory of the year, shooting a 3-under 69 on Saturday at Crosswater Club to take a two-stroke lead in the Jeld-Wen Tradition.
The Senior PGA winner in late May, Lehman overcame a double-bogey 6 on No. 8 with three birdies on the back nine in cool, overcast conditions. He was 11 under.
"There is potential for a low round out here. The opportunity will be out there for guys to go 5-, 6-, 7-under par," Lehman said. "A two-stroke lead is nice, but there's really no room for error."
Bernhard Langer, attempting to become the second player in Champions Tour history to win three consecutive majors, shot a 69 to join Fred Funk (70) and J.L. Lewis (66) at 9 under in the fourth of the tour's five majors.

"Langer has had such a great year the last month," Lehman said. "It's going to force me to have to play well, but he's only one of so many."

Two strokes behind D.A. Weibring after two rounds, Lehman took the outright lead with a birdie at 14, then made a 45-foot birdie putt at 17 to increase his advantage.

Lehman, who opened with rounds of 67 and 69, said the round "tee to green, was my most solid round of the week."

Langer, the Senior British Open and U.S. Senior Open winner in consecutive weeks, made a 15-foot eagle putt on the par-5 12th en route to his third straight 69. Gary Player won three consecutive senior majors, the final two of 1987 and first of 1988.

Langer also could join Jack Nicklaus as the only player to win three senior majors in a season. In 1991, Nicklaus won the PGA Seniors, U.S. Senior and Tradition.

The German star is in line for a possible berth on the European Ryder Cup team as a pick by captain Colin Montgomerie. Langer refused to look ahead.

"I try not to go there," he said. "It doesn't do any good, anyway. It's Saturday. Why wonder what's going to happen tomorrow or the next day?"

Lewis, who turned 50 in July, had a bogey-free round. He'll play Sunday in the final group with Lehman and Langer.

"I feel like I can be very competitive, but you still have to play good (well). I hope I'm there. That would be fun," Lewis said.

Funk continued his strong play in the Tradition. He won the 2008 event and finished fifth last year.

Weibring (74) and Chien Soon Lu (65) were 8 under along with John Cook (68), Bob Gilder (69), Bob Tway (71) and Gil Morgan (71).

Weibring made four bogeys on the back nine, though he finished with birdies at 17 and 18. Lu, who didn't play competitive golf from 2001-08 because of back problem, had the best round of the day. He birdied five of his first six holes.

Gilder, the lone Oregonian in the field, briefly tied for the lead early on the back nine, but made a bogey at 18.

Cook lost in a play-off to Mike Reid in the 2009 Tradition.


LEADING THIRD-ROUND TOTALS
Par 216 (3x72)
205 Tom Lehman 67 69 69.
207 J L Lewis 70 71 66, Bernhard Langer (Germany) 69 69 69, Fred Funk 68 69 70.
208 Chien Soon Lu 70 73 65, John Cook 72 68 68, Bob Gilder 68 71 69, Bob Tway 70 67 71, D A Weibring 67 67 74, Gil Morgan 68 69 71.
209 Mark Wiebe 69 73 67, Scott Simpson 69 71 69, Tommy Armour III 71 68 70.
210 David Peoples 71 70 69, Michael Allen 69 71 70.
211 Eduardo Romero 71 71 69, Craig Stadler 73 69 69, Tom Watson 71 71 69, Andy Bean 70 72 69, Larry Mize 71 70 70, Hal Sutton 75 66 70, Tom Purtzer 70 69 72.
212 Bobby Wadkins 72 69 71, Russ Cochran 71 70 71, Mark Calcavecchia 69 72 71, Fulton Allem 68 72 72, David Frost (S Africa) 74 66 72, Jay Haas 73 65 74, Tom Jenkins 69 70 73.
213 Jeff Sluman 71 71 71, Mike Goodes 74 69 70, Bobby Clampett 69 70 74.
214 Loren Roberts 69 74 71, Brad Bryant 72 71 71, Corey Pavin 68 75 71, Tim Simpson 73 68 73, Jay Don Blake 69 68 77.
215 Gene Jones 71 71 73, Nick Price (Zim) 71 70 74, Peter Senior (Aus) 73 71 71, Joey Sindelar 73 72 70, Olin Browne 74 73 69.
216 Don Pooley 69 75 72, Bruce Vaughan 69 76 71, Mark O'Meara 73 73 70.
217 Mike Reid 79 69 69.
218 Morris Hatalsky 71 73 74, Ronnie Black 73 73 72, Mark James (Eng) 69 78 71.
219 Jo Ozaki (Japan) 71 74 74.
220 Hale Irwin 69 76 75, Jerry Pate 75 72 73.

Ninth Argyll and Bute stroke-play title for Bolton

Rothesay’s Graham Bolton secured his ninth Argyll and Bute area stroke-play title at a breezy Millport today. His rounds of 67 and 72 for a 139 total gave him four-stroke victory from Glencruitten’s Allan McKie.
In joint third place were local John Jack alongside Machrihanish’s Alan O’Neill. In the youths championship Millport’s Craig Pirie romped to a six-shot victory from clubmate Kevin Mapes.
The Rothesay trio of Graham Bolton, George Reynolds and Gordon Tyre won the club team championship and will go forward to represent the area at Fortrose and Rosemarkie on September 26 in the Scottish club team championship grand final.
LEADING TOTALS
CSS 70 70.
139 Graham Bolton (Rothesay) 67 72.
143 Allan McKie (Glencruitten) 72 71.

144 John Jack (Millport) 73 71, Alan O’Neill (Machrihanish) 67 77.
145 George Reynolds (Rothesay) 72 73, Les Pirie (Millport) 75 70.


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GORDON STEVENSON DISQUALIFIED

Glenn Campbell leads at Inverness

By COLIN FARQUHARSON

In tabloid terms, the North of Scotland men's open amateur championship for the David Blair Trophy at Inverness Golf Club this weekend took a "sensational" twist when the man-in-form, pre-tournament favourite Gordon Stevenson (Whitecraigs) was disqualified.

St Andrews University graduate Stevenson won last weekend's North-east District Open at Cruden Bay by a comfortable margin and was being tipped for back-to-back successes on the 72-hole circuit. But it's not going to happen.
Peter Abbott, secretary of the organising North District organisation, commented: "Gordon signed for a lower figure than he actually had a one hole."
Stevenson, of course, did not put the wrong figure down on his scorecard. One of his playing partners did but Gordon did not spot the mistake and, having signed the scorecard, and handed it in, disqualification was inevitable.
The moral of this story is that every golfer in a tournament should carefully check what the marker has put down as his score at each hole.
Surprise leader with two rounds to go is Glenn Campbell (Blairgowrie), the Scottish amateur (match-play) championship winner at Southerness GC in 2005.
"Surprise" because Glenn has not figured in the pole position in an SGU Order of Merit tournament since his peak years. But the Murrayshall greenkeeper rolled back the years in testing, windy conditions with scores of 70 and 72 for 142. The combined CSS was 146, i.e. 2x73, which underlinesthe quality of Campbell's play.
He hasn't won the tournament yet, of course. Snapping at his heels is Kirkhill youngster Paul Shields, beaten by David Law in the 2009 Scottish boys' championship match-play final at Royal Aberdeen and by Michael Stewart in the 2008 final of the Under-18s' championship at Southerness.
After a struggling 75 in the first round, Shields returned a 68, great scoring in the conditions.
Peter Latimer (St Andrews New), already a winner on the Scottish circuit this summer and a winner more than once on the US college circuit, is sharing third place with the leading North player, Forres youngster Jeff Wright on 144.
Hazlehead's David Law, who broke his home course record with a nine-under-par 61 in midweek, is only three shots off the pace on 145, the same mark as another North-east contender, Adam Dunton (McDonald Ellon).
Only players with 36-hole tallies of 155 or less qualified for Sunday's final two rounds.
SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
Par 138 (2x69). CSS 73 73 (windy conditions)
Glenn Campbell (Blairgowrie) 70 + 72 142
Paul Shields (Kirkhill) 75 + 68 143
Peter Latimer (St Andrews New) 74 + 70 144
Jeff Wright (Forres) 74 + 70 144
David Law (Hazlehead) 73 + 72 145
Adam Dunton (McDonald Ellon) 72 + 73 145
Bruce Thomson (Inverness) 74 + 73 147
Steven Rennie (Drumpellier) 77 + 71 148
Mike MacDonald (Fortrose and Rosemarkie) 74 + 74 148
Alexander Culverwell (Dunbar) 72 + 76 148
Sean Thomson (St Andrews) 76 + 73 149
Michael Buchan (Cruden Bay) 74 + 75 149
Scott Borrowman (Dollar) 72 + 77 149
Fraser Fotheringham (Nairn) 78 + 72 150
Colin Thomson (East Renfrewshire) 75 + 75 150
Euan Forbes (Inverness) 74 + 76 150
Neil McWilliam (Elgin) 72 + 78 150
Ross Bell (Downfield) 81 + 70 151
Philip McLean (Peterhead) 78 + 73 151
Jordan Milne (Elgin) 72 + 79 151
David Joel (Inverness) 77 + 75 152
Graeme Robertson (Glenbervie) 77 + 75 152
David Forsyth (Newmachar) 78 + 75 153
Lewis Reid (Fortrose and Rosemarkie) 78 + 75 153
Kevin Thomson (Moray) 77 + 76 153
Bryan Fotheringham (Inverness) 76 + 77 153
Nick Robson (Meldrum House) 76 + 77 153
Kevin Duncan (McDonald Ellon) 76 + 77 153
John Duff (Newmachar) 75 + 78 153
John Forbes (Inverness) 80 + 74 154
Ed Wood (Crow Wood) 79 + 75 154
Stuart Tatters (Moray) 78 + 76 154
Gary Thomson (Moray) 78 + 76 154
Allan Cameron (Inverness) 76 + 78 154
Lyle McAlpine (Invergordon) 74 + 80 154
Chris Gaittens (Fortrose and Rosemarkie) 73 + 81 154
Colin Taylor (Kinloss) 71 + 83 154
Jamie Treasurer (Inverness) 82 + 73 155
Euan Polson (Inverness) 81 + 74 155
Graham Robertson (Silverknowes) 80 + 75 155
Steven Neilson (Dunbar) 77 + 78 155
MISSED THE CUT
Scott Moffat (Alloa) 80 + 76 156
Christopher Forman (Peterhead) 79 + 77 156
Michael Daily (Erskine) 76 + 80 156
Joshua Clark (Royal Montrose) 79 + 78 157
Derek Ramsay (Elgin) 77 + 80 157
Graeme Anderson (Keith) 84 + 74 158
Rodger Clarke (Elgin) 77 + 82 159
Sean Burgess (Nairn) 84 + 76 160
Aaron Sweeney (Carnoustie) 79 + 81 160
Richard Barr (Newmachar) 88 + 75 163
Freddie Brown (Nairn Dunbar) 81 + 82 163
Stuart Connell (Inverness) 83 + 81 164
Colin Brodie (Meldrum House) 83 + 81 164
Tom Dingwall (Nairn Dunbar ) 82 + 82 164
Corin Stewart (Fortrose and Rosemarkie) 83 + 82 165
Mark Morrissey (Mt Wolsey) 84 + 82 166
Ewan Barras (Inverness) 82 + 89 171
Cameron Nelson (Nairn) 77 + NR 76
Cameron Dixon (Hopeman) 89 + NR 88
Withdrew: Malcolm MacLeman (Moray) 72 81 153; Paul Betty (Lenzie) 79 -
Disqualified: Gordon Stevenson (Whitecraigs) 82 + 76 158

SUNDAY STARTING TIMES
7.30 and 12.00 Steven Neilson (Dunbar) and Graham Robertson (Silverknowes)
7.39 and 12.09 Euan Polson (Inverness) and Jamie Treasurer (Inverness)
7.48 and 12.18 Colin Taylor (Kinloss) and Chris Gaittens (Fortrose and Rosemarkie).
7.57 and 12.27 Lyle McAlpine (Invergordon) and Allan Cameron (Inverness).

8.06 and 12.36 Gary Thomson (Moray) and Stuart Tatters (Moray).
8.15 and 12.45 Ed Wood (Crow Wood) and John Forbes (Inverness).
8.24 and 12.54 John Duff (Newmachar) and Kevin Duncan (McDonald Ellon)
8.33 and 13.03 Bryan Fotheringham (Inverness) and Kevin Thomson (Moray).
8.42 and 13.12 Lewis Reid (Fortrose and Rosemarkie) and David Forsyth (Newmachar).
8.51 and 13.21 Graeme Robertson (Glenbervie) and David Joel (Inverness).

9.00 and 13.30 Jordan Milne (Elgin) and Philip McLean (Peterhead).
9.09 and 13.39 Ross Bell (Downfield) and Neil McWilliam (Elgin).
9.18 and 13.48 Euan Forbes (Inverness) and Colin Thomson (East Renfrewshire).
9.27 and 13.57 Fraser Fotheringham (The Nairn) and Scott Borrowman (Dollar).
9.36 and 14.06 Michael Buchan (Cruden Bay) and Sean Thomson (St Andrews)
9.45 and 14.15 Alexander Culverwell (Dunbar) and Mike MacDonald (Fortrose and Rosemarkie).
9.54 and 14.24 Steven Rennie (Drumpellier) and Bruce Thomson (Inverness).

10.03 and 14.33 Adam Dunton (McDonald Ellon) and David Law (Hazlehead).
10.12 and 14.42 Jeff Wright (Forres) and Peter Latimer (St Andrews New).
10.21 and 14.51 Paul Shields (Kirkhill) and Glenn Campbell (Blairgowrie)l

CZECH OPEN REPORT, SCORES

Fly away, Peter - Hanson goes four shots clear

FROM THE EUROPEAN TOUR WEBSITE
Sweden's Peter Hanson continued his charge towards a Ryder Cup place by going four shots clear of the field at the halfway point in the Czech Open, although he will be looking over his shoulder with rivals Simon Dyson and Miguel Ángel Jiménez just behind him.
Spaniard Jiménez, who co-designed the Prosper Golf Resort course, is currently eighth in the standings for a spot in Colin Montgomorie's European Team, while Dyson, who is currently 16th, can also sneak into the all-important top nine with a good performance tomorrow.
They are joint second at Čeladná, which could be bad news for fellow hopefuls Paul Casey, Padraig Harrington, and Luke Donald.
Hanson, given an invite to the Czech Open only on Monday, was joint halfway leader with compatriot Fredrik Widmark.
However, he moved into a two shot lead with a birdie on the fourth, before being caught by Dyson and Jiménez early on the back nine.
The 32 year old's response was brilliant, though, as birdies came on the 13th, 14th, 16th and the 453-yard last - a hole where Australian Tim Stewart had earlier taken 11 - to secure a four under par 68 and 12-under total of 204.
Hanson, who revealed he is drawing inspiration from his victory in the the Nordea Scandinavian Masters two years ago when he had also just returned from US PGA Championship, admits tomorrow could be tense given what is at stake.
Hanson said: “There’s a little bit of a coincidence because the tournament I won in Sweden – the Scandinavian Masters – a couple of years ago was in the same week – the week after the PGA Championship – and I came home and had the same motivated feeling.
"The last day will be a bit tense with what is at stake. Winning the event is a huge thing but even with The Ryder Cup there will be tension.
"Miguel is trying to hold on to his spot and stay in the team. Both me and Simon are trying our best to push our way on to it. So there will be some nerves tomorrow definitely.
"I've been very happy with my game from tee to green all week. I hit 17 greens both Thursday and Friday and did the same today.
"I was maybe a little bit too cautious on the front nine - there were a couple of tough pins on seven and eight close to the water and I hit wedges possibly a little too far away. But I still made par.
"I really took my birdie chances on the way in on 13 and 14. I was very happy with the up and down on 16. It was a tough lie just off the green and then the long putt on the last."
Dyson, who also made the long trip by plane, train and automobile from the US PGA Championship, stayed in touch with a 69.
Jiménez, meanwhile, shot a best of the day 67 to be alongside Dyson on eight under and boost his own Ryder Cup position.
A top two finish would move the 46 year oild ahead of Francesco Molinari and England's Ross Fisher in the standings and pretty much guarantee him a fourth cap
Tomorrow's final round is Jiménez's final chance to seal his place as he will be attend a nephew's wedding next week instead of travelling to Scotland for the Johnnie Walker championship at Gleneagles.
"I'm going to take a week off - he moved all dates for that date," said Jiménez.
"Tomorrow is very important for the Ryder Cup and I need to play well."

Dyson commented: "I have to be honest - I think the front nine is the best I've ever played. If my putter had been hot it could have been something ridiculous.

"I would rather be 10 clear, but to give myself a chance is exactly what I wanted to do. It was a long way, but I knew I had to do it."

Fellow countryman Ross McGowan, 11th in the standings compared to Hanson's 15th and Dyson's 16th, could still have a say in things, but everything for him will now rest on the Johnnie Walker Championship after a 73 dropped him to one over.

Stewart's 11 was not the only one. Irishman Gary Murphy had one on the short 15th, also dumping four balls in water.
THIRD-ROUND TOTALS
Par 216 (3x72)
204 Peter Hanson (Swe) 67 70 67

208 Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa) 71 70 67, Simon Dyson 70 69 69

209 Phillip Price 70 70 69

210 Richard Bland 68 71 71, Gary Boyd 72 70 68, Stephen Gallacher 74 68 68, Nicolas Colsaerts (Bel) 73 65 72

211 Shiv Kapur (Ind) 66 74 71, Julien Guerrier (Fra) 68 72 71, Fredrik Widmark (Swe) 70 67 74, Fredrik Andersson Hed (Swe) 70 68 73

212 Anthony Wall 70 69 73, Peter Lawrie 70 68 74, Kenneth Ferrie 71 68 73

213 Richard Finch 69 73 71, Tano Goya (Arg) 67 72 74, Miles Tunnicliff 70 73 70, David Lynn 73 72 68

214 Mikael Lundberg (Swe) 70 73 71, Steve Webster 72 69 73, Alejandro Canizares (Spa) 72 70 72, Oskar Henningsson (Swe) 73 69 72, Maarten Lafeber (Ned) 72 72 70, Clodomiro Carranza (Arg) 69 69 76

215 Richie Ramsay 75 69 71, Soren Hansen (Den) 73 72 70, Sion E Bebb 73 73 69, Jamie Elson 75 69 71, Scott Hend (Aus) 69 70 76, Fabrizio Zanotti (Par) 72 69 74, Michael Hoey 70 72 73, Bradley Dredge 74 67 74

216 Anton Haig (Rsa) 70 72 74, Marco Soffietti (Ita) 75 71 70, Marc Warren 70 71 75, Stephen Dodd 72 69 75, Shane Lowry 75 64 77, Thomas Levet (Fra) 73 68 75, Simon Lilly 72 73 71

217 Martin Wiegele (Aut) 72 74 71, Damien McGrane 74 72 71, Pelle Edberg (Swe) 70 70 77, Oliver Fisher 78 68 71, Danny Lee (Nzl) 75 71 71, Marco Ruiz (Par) 74 71 72, Alastair Forsyth 74 70 73, Ariel Canete (Arg) 72 71 74, Mark Foster 74 71 72, Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (Spa) 74 68 75, Ross McGowan 73 71 73

218 Christian Cevaer (Fra) 72 70 76, Jean-Baptiste Gonnet (Fra) 72 72 74, Eirik Tage Johansen (Nor) 70 73 75, Rick Kulacz (Aus) 69 73 76, Oliver Wilson 72 72 74, Tommy Fleetwood 75 71 72

219 Nathan Smith (USA) 71 70 78, Jamie Donaldson 72 72 75, Rafael Cabrera Bello (Spa) 73 72 74

220 Michael Lorenzo-Vera (Fra) 70 74 76, Patrik Sjoland (Swe) 71 73 76, John Parry 73 72 75, Jeppe Huldahl (Den) 78 68 74, Peter Whiteford 79 67 74, Scott Drummond 72 74 74, Steven O'Hara 76 70 74, Pablo Martin (Spa) 74 68 78

221 Anthony Kang (USA) 71 75 75, Alan McLean 70 74 77, Benjamin Hebert (Fra) 74 69 78

223 Stephan Gross Jnr (Ger) 73 71 79, Victor Dubuisson (Fra) 77 68 78, Emanuele Canonica (Ita) 73 73 77

225 Gary Clark 76 70 79

227 Paul Waring 73 69 85, Graeme Storm 71 74 82

231 Gary Murphy 73 73 85, Tim Stewart (Aus) 72 72 87

DAVID ORR'S SECOND WIN IN A WEEK


AFTER SIX-MONTH PGA BAN

By COLIN FARQUHARSON

Eastwood's David Orr has come back on the Tartan Tour with a bang following his six-month suspension by the Scottish PGA for a breach of training regulations - he was not putting in enough hours behind the pro shop counter.

Last Sunday he won the £1,435 first prize in the Sandyhills pro-am and today David won the £1,615 top cash award in the £10,000 Drumpellier Golf Club pro-am.

Orr, winner of the Scottish PGA championship last year and one-time Glasgow taxi driver in his spare time, shot a five-under-par 66 to win by a single shot from Hayston's Stephen Gray who earned £1,292.

Banchory's Greig Hutcheon finished third with a 68 for a payslip of £969.

Orr, pictured by Andy Forman, had six birdies, including four in a row from the 13th. His only bogey in sometimes quite windy conditions came at the last in halves of 34 (two under par) and 32 (three under). His first two birdies were at the second and ninth.
David Blackadder (Kingsbarns) led the Drumpellier Golf Club amateur trio of John Fullerton (handicap 16), Ronnie Stark (12) and John Harkess (14) to victory in the team event with a net total of 13-under-par 58.


LEADING PRO TOTALS
par 71
66 David Orr (Eastwood) £1,615.
67 Stephen Gray (Hayston) £1,292.
68 Greig Hutcheon (Banchory) £969.
70 Steven Taylor (Bothwell Cstle) £727.
72 Ewan Peebles (Half Moon GC), Mark Kerr (Marriott Dalmahoy), Graham Fox (East Kilbride), Lindsay Mann (Carnoustie) £460 each.
73 Craig Matheson (Falkirk Tryst), Colin Gillies (Braid Hills), Craig Ronald (Carluke) £274 each.
74 James McGhee (Turnhouse), Andrew Marshall (Houston GR), Graeme Lornie (Paul Lawrie Foundation), Stewart Savage (Dalmuir), David Patrick (Elie), Jason McCreadie (Buchanan Castle), Robert Arnott (Bishopbriggs GR) £177 each.
75 David Blackadder (Kingsbarns), Norman Huguet (Musselburgh), Ross Neill (Drumpellier), Mark Finlayson (Edzell), Chris Kelly (Cawder), James McKinnon (Irvine), Ian Taylor (Drumpellier) £41 each.
76 Sean O'Donnell (Balbirnie Park), Euan Cameron (Hamilton), Jamie Stevenson (Braehead), Gordon Law (Uphall), Scott Henderson (Kings Links), Paul McKechnie (Braid Hills) £16 each.
77 Steven Duncan (Balbirnie Park) £16.
78 Stuart Reekie (Blairgowrie) £16.
79 Owen Leslie (Craigentinny), Alan Tait (Marriott Dalmahoy), Mark King (Kingsfield) £16 each.
80 Edward Thomson (Senit Associates), Scott Gillespie (Burntisland) £16 each.
NR Craig Gordon (Edinburgh GC) £16.

RALPH CONJURES BRILLIANT FINISH TO STAY AHEAD IN ST ANDREWS

By MICHAEL GIBBONS
Deputy Chief Press Officer, European TourDefending champion Glenn Ralph conjured two birdies in his last three holes in a devilishly swirling St Andrews crosswind to snatch a one stroke lead from Barry Lane going into the final round of the Cleveland Golf/Srixon Scottish Senior Open.
The Englishman birdied the 16th and 18th holes of the Torrance Course at Fairmont St Andrews to leapfrog Senior Tour Rookie Lane at the top of the leaderboard, posting one of only nine under par rounds – a one under 71 – to move to five under 139 going into the final round.
Lane matched the defending champion’s second round effort to stay just one back as he bids to win the first Senior Tour event of his career and his second tournament in Scotland, having made his European Tour breakthrough in the Home of Golf at the 1988 Scottish Open at Gleneagles.
Also in contention is Ireland’s Des Smyth who, should he win the £37,500 first prize from the £250,000 prize fund on offer at Fairmont St Andrews, would have won a tournament in each of the past five decades.
Smyth is currently tied third with Englishman DJ Russell and the South African Chris Williams on three under par, but the day belonged to Ralph who stole ahead of the field with that wonderful finish after a brutish day on the golf course.
“It was a bit of a surprise to finish like that over the last three holes to be honest because we were hanging on out there today,” confirmed the defending champion.
“Par was a great score on every hole today because the balls were flying around everywhere with that crosswind. It was really tough and the wind was howling all day – it was one of those rounds when you just keep thinking the greens are not big enough!
“I hit a lovely little pitch into 16 and it came up on the right side of the hole so the wind didn’t affect the ball at all and then made another great up and down at the last so it was happy days.
“I wasn’t leading going into the last round last year so it is a slightly different position for me but I don’t care about any of that at the moment – all I am bothered about is leading tomorrow afternoon when the last putt drops. I’m loving all of this, it’s great.
“I do feel the pressure in a way but that is why we are out here. It’s such a funny thing though when you throw pressure and adrenaline into the mix because you can’t play without it and you can’t play with it if that makes any sense.
“You need the adrenaline to keep you going but then when it is there it can be your biggest enemy because it rushes your swing when it is flowing through and can cause all sorts of problems – the key tomorrow will be trying to control all of that and the guys how does that best will no doubt come out on top.”
Lane is relishing the opportunity of a second victory in Scotland, a country he fell in love with as he secured his first professional win 22 years ago.
“I have always loved coming to Scotland and have always got on great with the crowds and galleries up here since winning at Gleneagles back in 1988. It would be great to win in the Home of Golf again.”
While Ralph, Lane and Smyth flourished in the blustery conditions at Fairmont, home favourite Sam Torrance, who designed the championship layout at this week, endured a tough day with a disappointing 77.
“I can’t win it from here now,” lamented Torrance. “I am striking the ball great at the moment but I made some mistakes around the greens that really cost me today. That’s just the game of golf – it can make you demented!”
SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
Par 144 (2x72)
139 G Ralph (Eng) 68 71;
140 B Lane (Eng) 69 71;
141 C Williams (S Africa) 68 73; D Smyth (Irl) 71 70; D Russell (Eng) 69 72;
143 J Rhodes (Eng) 73 70;
144 L Carbonetti (Arg) 69 75; M Belsham (Eng) 72 72; D O'Sullivan (Irl) 71 73;
145 B Cameron (Eng) 71 74; M Farry (Fra) 76 69; R Chapman (Eng) 71 74; D Johnson (USA) 69 76;
146 D Hospital (Esp) 77 69; M Clayton (Aus) 70 76; K Spurgeon (Eng) 75 71; C Mason (Eng) 73 73; P Mitchell (Eng) 70 76; A Murray (Eng) 72 74; D Durnian (Eng) 75 71; H Carbonetti (Arg) 73 73; P Fowler (Aus) 70 76;
147 A Oldcorn (Sco) 70 77; E Darcy (Irl) 73 74; J Bruner (USA) 73 74; R Drummond (Sco) 71 76; J Heggarty (Nir) 74 73; S Owen (Nzl) 71 76; N Ratcliffe (Aus) 73 74; I Woosnam (Wal) 71 76;
148 J Harrison (Eng) 73 75; S Torrance (Sco) 71 77; G Brand (Eng) 73 75; B Smit (RSA) 75 73; T Allen (Eng) 74 74; T Charnley (Eng) 74 74; B Larratt (Eng) 71 77;
149 S Cipa (Eng) 74 75; G Ryall (Eng) 74 75; A Sowa (Arg) 80 69; N Job (Eng) 76 73; J Chillas (Sco) 72 77
150 G Banister (Aus) 73 77; G Brand Jnr (Sco) 72 78; B Longmuir (Sco) 77 73; M Piñero (Esp) 74 76; J Quiros (Esp) 74 76;
151 T Burgoyne (Sco) 70 81; E Rodriguez (Esp) 73 78; D Merriman (Aus) 76 75; A Fernandez (Chi) 79 72; T Giedeon (Ger) 76 75;
152 A Tapie (USA) 76 76; D Cambridge (Jam) 76 76; M Poxon (Eng) 74 78; E Polland (N Ireland) 77 75; P Oakley (USA) 75 77; M Miller (Sco) 75 77;
153 J Hall (Eng) 73 80; J Gould (Eng) 78 75; G Cali (Ita) 77 76; T Johnstone (Zim) 78 75; B Lincoln (RSA) 78 75;
154 M Bembridge (Eng) 78 76; L Cooper (USA) 78 76;
156 F Mann (Sco) 82 74;
157 S Bennett (Eng) 82 75; M Cunning (USA) 80 77; R Freeman (USA) 76 81;
158 M Williams (Zim) 80 78; M Gray (Sco) 77 81;
159 A Franco (Par) 78 81; A Johnsson (Swe) 82 77;
161 V Garcia (Esp) 81 80;
163 G Hopkins (USA) 81 82;
164 B Marchbank (Sco) 84 80; I Mosey (Eng) 81 83;
167 B Hardwick (Can) 82 85;

Glenn Campbell (70) sets pace in North of Scotland stroke-play

Former Scottish amateur champion Glenn Campbell (Blairgowrie) was the first-round leader with a par-71 in windy conditions at the North of Scotland men's open amateur stroke-play over 72 holes at Inverness Golf Club.
Campbell had a one-shot lead over Colin Taylor (Kinloss).
FIRST-ROUND LEADERS
Par 70 CSS 73
70 G Campbell (Blairgowrie).
71 C Taylor (Kinloss).
72 M MacLeman (Moray), N McWilliam (Elgin), J Milne (Elgin), A Dunton (McDonald Ellon), S Borrowman (Dollar), A Culverwell (Dunbar).

+All the first-day's scores will be on display later this evening - Editor.

Eric Ramsay, Scott Jamieson lying joint fifth in Germany

By GORDON SIMPSON
Director of Communications
European Tour
Denmark’s Andreas Hartø stands on the brink of becoming the first amateur to win on the European Challenge Tour since 2004 - and only the fourth in history - at the ECCT Tour Championship in Germany.
The 22 year old from Copenhagen, who received an invite into the tournament, fired a third round 70 for a nine under par total of 210 to share the 54-hole lead with Sweden’s Oscar Floren and Stuart Manley of Wales.
Now Hartø, who is studying communications at Lamar University in Texas, can follow in the footsteps of Finland’s Roope Kakko, who was the last amateur to triumph at the Finnish Open six years ago.
Hartø looked up at the leaderboard in awe after his outstanding performance at Green Eagle Golf Club and admitted: “I never saw this coming! It’s ridiculous. It is a special moment to be sharing the lead in a professional tournament with one round to go and I am going to enjoy it.
“Right now, I don’t really want to think about it. All I know is that I looked at the leaderboard on the 16th and saw I was two shots clear of the field. I couldn’t believe my eyes and my mouth was dry playing the last few holes. I was a bit nervous and topped my second shot at the 16th and made bogey.”
Hartø, who is planning to turn professional at some stage, changed his travel plans and his putting grip with this week in mind – and both options have turned out well.
He added: “I was due to return to the States this week to play in an event in Seattle but opted to come to Germany when I knew I was in the field. I also tried a new putting grip and I’ve managed to make most of the vital ones during the first three rounds.”
The 6ft 4in amateur will play in the final group with Floren and Manley, who both shot two under par 71s to join Hartø at the head of affairs.
Manley, currently 29th on the Challenge Tour Rankings, is banking on a big pay day on Sunday to help break into the top 20 who will gain access to The European Tour in 2011. With a first prize of €28,800 at stake – and Hartø not eligible for any of it – the 31 year old from Aberdare can do his hopes a power of good.
“That’s what we are here for – to get back onto The European Tour” said the Welshman. “It would be fantastic to win here and go to the Challenge Tour event in Wales next week with the trophy under my arm. It would give me a huge amount of confidence for the rest of the season.”
Floren is similarly intent on improving his Ranking from 15th but knows that Hartø cannot be discounted, despite his amateur status. He commented: “I saw him play at The Princess event in Sweden and he was pretty impressive. He looks a good prospect and it will be fun with an amateur in the shake-up.”
The biggest mover of the day was Spaniard, Alvaro Velasco, whose five under par 68 carried him into outright fourth place thanks to a sprinkling of seven birdies on his card, spoiled only by the blot of a double bogey six at the 13th.
Leading the Scottish challenge are Eric Ramsay from Carnoustie and Glasgow's Scott Jamieson. They are sharing fifth place on 213, three off the pace. Ramsay took 10 more shots than he did in the first round for a 75 while Jamieson needs to halt the slide - his rounds so far have been 70-71-72.
A very good final round by either - and who knows?
 THIRD-ROUND TOTALS
Par 219 (3x73)
210 O Floren (Sweden) 67 72 71, S Manley (Wales) 69 70 71, A Hartø  (Denmark) (amateur) 68 72 70.
211 A Velasco (Spain) 71 72 68.
213 E Ramsay (Scotland) 73 65 75, F De Vries (Netherlands) 72 68 73, S Jamieson (Scotland) 70 71 72.
214 M Bothma (S Africa) 71 71 72, M Zions (Aus) 70 68 76, N Johansson (Swe) 70 71 73, R Dinwiddie (Eng) 71 71 72, D Gaunt (Aus) 67 72 75, L Bjerregaard (am) (Den) 69 72 73
215 A Marshall (Eng) 72 72 71, C Gane (Eng) 73 72 70, J McLeary (Sco) 70 73 72, A Haindl (S Africa) 73 70 72, T Olesen (Den) 75 68 72,
216 P Dwyer (Eng) 73 71 72, A Wagner (Arg) 70 72 74, C Del Moral (Esp) 70 70 76, J Larsen (Nor) 73 71 72,
217 F Henge (Swe) 73 72 72, D Griffiths (Eng) 72 72 73, K Sullivan (Wal) 67 74 76, J Sjöholm (Swe) 75 68 74, C Baker (USA) 72 75 70, A Tadini (Ita) 74 71 72, M Manassero (Ita) 74 73 70, A Ahokas (Fin) 70 72 75, W Ormsby (Aus) 72 74 71,
218 J Dantorp (Swe) 72 75 71, C Russo (Fra) 71 72 75, S Surry (Eng) 73 72 73, G Adell (Swe) 73 69 76, M Thorp (Nor) 69 77 72, S Walker (Eng) 73 73 72, N Meitinger (Ger) 71 71 76,
219 J Rask (Swe) 74 73 72, B Grace (RSA) 74 73 72, A Snobeck (Fra) 72 74 73, S Buhl (Ger) 73 73 73, T Norret (Den) 72 71 76,
220 Å Nilsson (Swe) 74 73 73, C Moriarty (Irl) 70 69 81,
221 M Hedegaard (Den) 75 71 75, J Campillo (Esp) 72 73 76, C Brazillier (Fra) 73 71 77, J Grillon (Fra) 74 72 75, A Willey (Eng) 74 73 74, R Santos (Por) 77 70 74, J Colomo (Esp) 70 74 77, B Ritthammer (Ger) 76 71 74, C Macaulay (Sco) 75 72 74,
222 R Kakko (Fin) 74 70 78, N Lemke (Swe) 75 72 75, K Jorgensen (Den) 72 72 78, J Hansen (am) (Den) 71 76 75,
223 R Kind (Ned) 73 73 77, C Doak (Sco) 71 75 77, R Hjelm (Den) 74 72 77, K Sorensen (am) (Den) 72 75 76,
224 A Hansen (Den) 70 77 77, L Saltman (Sco) 77 70 77,
225 P Golding (Eng) 75 72 78,
229 C Lee (Sco) 69 78 82,

Missed putt for 1970 Open cost me $200million,

says Doug Sanders on reflection  

Paul Lawrie and Doug Sanders at the opening ceremony of this year's RandA Junior Open at Lundin links. Image by Cal Carson Golf Agency.

FROM THE PGA.COM WEB SITE
By FARRELL EVANS
Writer-Reporter, Sports Illustrated (Golf Plus)

DOUG SANDERS, The 20-time winner on the US PGA Tour, recalls life on tour before AIDS and how much money he would have made over his lifetime had he not famously missed a 3-foot putt to win the 1970 Open at St Andrews.

How's your game at the ripe old age of 77?
I have had a lot of problems with my shoulder. I had an operation that kept me out for about a year. I'm finally hitting it good and straight again. When I was on tour I hit it so straight that the guys said that the only time I left the fairway was to get a girl's phone number.

What do you think of the Dustin Johnson's ruling at the PGA last week?
Those things can happen. But I have never seen a gallery be able to walk in a sand trap before. Have you?

How much golf do you watch on TV?
I don't make it a point to watch it, but if I'm at the golf course having a coke and I see the channel I'll check the leader board.

The players today must bore you with their regimented routines and slow social lives.
We were party people in my day. We would have four beers in the bar and go out and play the next day. There was a lot of socializing. These kids today are practicing then going home and working out. It's another world.

What about the girls?
There is no way you could possibly understand the things that went on out there with us. You still had to be careful about things, but keep in mind that this was a time before AIDS. All the women knew to find us in the best hotel that was near the golf course. They would come to the hotel and sit around and have a drink and dinner with you and then do whatever you wanted them to do. Nowadays the players scatter after they leave the golf course.

What was your pickup line?
I don't know. I'm not bragging or anything. I guess I had the southern charm thing. I always tried to be a gentleman. I dated some of the most beautiful women in the world.

Did Arnie and Jack and that super-elite level of players hangout with the boys?
We were a family. We knew the wives names, the kids' birthdays. We traveled in the cars together a lot. When I first started on the tour in the mid-50s, there were only six or seven guys that even had a car so we were all really close. Arnold Palmer was the first golfer to have a plane, but he never changed at all.

In 1961, you had your best year with five wins.
That year Gene Little beat me by one stroke at the U.S. Open at Oakland Hills and Palmer beat me in a playoff at the Phoenix Open. What would five wins in one season be worth today? Millions. I think I made $57,000 in my best year.

What do you think of all the length on the golf courses today? Whistling Straits played over 7,500 yards last week.
Actually the golf courses in my day played longer than they do today. Let's say you hit a big tee shot of 270 yards and the hole is 430, leaving you with 160 yards to the green. Back then that could be a five or six iron. Today that's a nine-iron or wedge.

Was Hogan as quite and gruff with you as he was with everybody else? You could make anyone laugh with your jokes.
Tiger is like Hogan. He had one thing to do and that was to win. I remember when I used to go up to Forth Worth to get him to sign autographs for my museum. We would meet for an hour over lunch and I can't remember ever getting a conversation out of him. Byron Nelson, who was probably his closest friend, said he couldn't recall ever having dinner with Hogan by himself. That's the way Ben was.

You have a great collection of golf ephemera.
I have one of the greatest collections in the world. The first President Bush says he's never seen anything like it in the world. I'm trying to find a museum or sports bar and restaurant to display it.

You were born in some tough Depression years in tiny Cedartown, Georgia in the northwest part of the state.
I tell people that I was born so far back in the woods that I thought my name was Get Wood until I was eight-years old. Because my dad was always telling us to go get some wood.

You took up the game during World War II?
We had a little 9-hole golf course there in Cedartown. I started looking for balls when I was 8 or 9 years old. There were no golf balls then. They stopped making them. All the rubber went to the war effort. If you could find a golf ball back in those days you could sell it for $1.50 to $2.00. If it was a new ball you could get $2.50 for it.

No golfer with the exception of Jimmy Demaret has been a more flamboyant dresser than you. How did your affinity for flashy clothes start?
I gambled a lot in high school and as I made money I bought clothes. In high school I would pay 25 cents to get my jeans dry cleaned without the crease in them. When I came on tour all the sharp dressers like Ben Hogan wore black pants and white shirts. I got into the colors because I always had the flair. I was the first guy to get into the colored shoes. I coordinated my outfits long before anybody else on tour. My underwear would even match with my outfit. Everybody calls me the peacock because of the colors.

You ever think how different things would have been in your life had you made that 3-footer to win the 1970 British Open?
I would say conservatively that missing that putt cost me $200 million over my lifetime. Over the last 40 years I've thought about that putt more than anything. I used to joke that I could go as long as five minutes without thinking about it.

Tradition leader Weibring playing from memory

SUNRIVER, Oregon (AP) — D.A. Weibring has only two top-10 finishes the past two years on the Champions Tour. The second-round leader of the Jeld-Wen Tradition thinks he'll remember how to handle the pressure of being in a final pairing.
Weibring shot his second straight 5-under par 67 on Friday at Crosswater Club to take a two-stroke lead over Tom Lehman.
The Tradition is the fourth of five majors on the Champions Tour.
Weibring, who has struggled the past two years with a bone spur on his left shoulder, hasn't won a tournament since the 2008 Senior Players Championship. Weibring said when he's been healthy, he's done well on the Champions Tour, pointing to 2004, 2005 and 2007, years when he reached double digits in top-10 finishes.
"I feel pretty good," said the 57-year-old Weibring, who is 49th on the tour's money list. "I look forward to the weekend and that I can challenge myself. If I can keep doing what I'm doing and build on that, good things will happen."
Weibring made five birdie putts ranging from 12 and 18 feet.
Weibring by no means has separated himself from the field. There were 13 players within five strokes of the lead, including Bernhard Langer and Lehman, who have combined to win the three Champions majors during 2010.
Lehman is lurking despite some spotty play the first two days. Lehman, who shot a 69 Friday and was at 136, made birdies on three of his final five holes to move into second place.
Lehman described his day as "difficult," saying he started out strong without results, got mad at himself midway through the round before rallying down the stretch.
The key to Lehman's round was the par-5 12th, when he got up and down from 270 yards to save a par.
"I feel good about this round, that I was able to squeeze three birdies in the end. It's gratifying and satisfying to do that," Lehman said.
Gil Morgan, Jay Don Blake, Bob Tway and Fred Funk were tied for third at 137.
Morgan, who will be 64 in September, is the most surprising of that group after shooting a second-round 69. Morgan doesn't have a top-20 finish this year and hasn't won on tour since 2007. He admits at his age, his game is deteriorating.
"But we keep plugging along. There are days we play good, when we're feeling good," Morgan said.
Tway shot a 67 that included five birdies on the back nine.
Funk, who shot a second-round 69, continued his hot play at Crosswater. In 14 Tradition rounds at the central Oregon golf course, Funk is 42 under par.
Four strokes off the lead at 138 were Bernhard Langer and Jay Haas.
Langer, who shot a second-round 69, is attempting to become the second player in Champions Tour history to win three consecutive majors. Earlier this summer, Langer won the Senior British Open and U.S. Senior Open.
Haas had Friday's low round with a 65. He shot a 6-under 30 on the front nine, then added a birdie at No. 15.
Five strokes behind Weibring was a group of five including local favorite Bob Gilder of Corvallis.
Heading a group of five players at 140 was David Frost, who tied a Champions Tour record with a 25-under 191 total at the 3M Championship two weeks ago. Frost shot a 66 Friday, though the round was marred with a double-bogey at 18.
Also shooting 66 on Friday was Hal Sutton, who was at 141.
Defending champion Mike Reid bounced back from an opening-round 79 with a 69
SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
Par 144 (2x72)
134 D A Weibring 67 67
136 Tom Lehman 67 69
137 Gil Morgan 68 69, Fred Funk 68 69, Jay Don Blake 69 68, Bob Tway 70 67
138 Bernhard Langer (Ger) 69 69, Jay Haas 73 65
139 Tom Purtzer 70 69, Tom Jenkins 69 70, Bobby Clampett 69 70, Bob Gilder 68 71, Tommy Armour III 71 68
140 Michael Allen 69 71, Fulton Allem (Rsa) 68 72, John Cook 72 68, Scott Simpson 69 71, David Frost (Rsa) 74 66
141 Russ Cochran 71 70, J.L. Lewis 70 71, Hal Sutton 75 66, Mark Calcavecchia 69 72, David Peoples 71 70, Nick Price (Zim) 71 70, Larry Mize 71 70, Tim Simpson 73 68, Bobby Wadkins 72 69
142 Andy Bean 70 72, Gene Jones 71 71, Mark Wiebe 69 73, Tom Watson 71 71, Craig Stadler 73 69, Jeff Sluman 71 71, Eduardo Romero (Arg) 71 71
143 Brad Bryant 72 71, Loren Roberts 69 74, Corey Pavin 68 75, Mike Goodes 74 69, Chien-Soon Lu (Tpe) 70 73
144 Peter Senior (Aus) 73 71, Morris Hatalsky 71 73, Don Pooley 69 75
145 Bruce Vaughan 69 76, Joey Sindelar 73 72, Joe Ozaki (Jpn) 71 74, Hale Irwin 69 76
146 Mark O'Meara 73 73, Dan Forsman 74 72, Ronnie Black 73 73, Wayne Levi 74 72
147 Olin Browne 74 73, Mark James (Eng) 69 78, Jerry Pate 75 72
148 Tom Kite 74 74, Keith Fergus 77 71, Mike Reid 79 69
149 Bruce Fleisher 76 73
150 Ben Crenshaw 76 74, David Eger 75 75
151 Chip Beck 77 74
152 Denis Watson (Zim) 76 76, Fuzzy Zoeller 73 79
153 Phil Blackmar 81 72
155 Isao Aoki (Jpn) 78 77
156 Allen Doyle 77 79
162 Graham Marsh (Aus) 77 85

Snedeker and Atwal share Wyndham lead

FROM THE GOLF.COM WEBSITE
GREENSBORO, North Carolina (AP) — Brandt Snedeker extended his run of strong performances at the Wyndham Championship by shooting a 65 on Friday to take a share of the lead with Arjun Atwal after two rounds.
Snedeker had an eagle and three birdies to move to 12-under 127 and into familiar territory atop the leaderboard of golf's final pre-playoff event. He won this tournament in 2007 and shared the lead after a rainy first day last year.
He again has company in the lead: Atwal, who lost his tour card last month and is bidding to become the first player in 24 years to qualify Monday and then win an ensuing tournament. He followed his tournament-record-tying first round with a 67.
Since the Wyndham returned to the par-70 Sedgefield Country Club in 2008, both winners — Carl Pettersson in 2008 and Ryan Moore last year — either held or shared the lead after two rounds.
Kevin Streelman (65), Lucas Glover (65) and John Rollins (65) were at 11 under, while Webb Simpson (64) was at 130. Justin Leonard, whose 63 was the best round of the day, joined Boo Weekley (67) and Tim Herron (64) at 131.
Snedeker's only tour victory came at the Wyndham, when it was held across town at Forest Oaks Country Club. He was in the lead last year when severe weather forced an early end to the first day of play, and finished in a tie for fifth, two strokes behind Moore.
"I feel comfortable here. Though the golf courses are different, they're the same kind of grass and greens, stuff I grew up on, very similar," Snedeker said. "And I don't know what it is about this time of year. I seem to be playing my best golf come this time of year. I don't know if it's I'm playing into form, or see the finish line at the end of the year."
Snedeker, who was two strokes behind Atwal at 7 under after the first round, came up with a second consistent trip around Sedgefield, calling it "the best back-to-back ball-striking rounds I've had in a while." He started on the back nine and eagled the par-5 15th, then had three birdies on the front nine of his bogey-free round.
And the Wyndham record of 61 could have been matched for a second straight day, had Snedeker—who has the best putting average among tour players—not missed four putts 8 feet or shorter.
"I left quite a few out there," Snedeker said, adding that missing those putts "is very unlike me. ... Frustrating to go play that good of golf and the one thing I'm normally the best at—putting—wasn't there. But it never seems to work where you got everything working at the same time."
Atwal, who played his way into the Wyndham field by sharing first place at the qualifier at Forest Oaks, isn't eligible to play in The Barclays or any of the other playoff events because his minor medical exemption ran out when he came up short on the money list following the Canadian Open. He said his main goal is to earn his card for 2011—something he can do by climbing the earnings lists on the PGA and Nationwide tours, or, of course, by winning.
"There's no doubt. I'm going to definitely be thinking about winning," he said. "If I get into contention on Sunday on the back nine, I won't be scared. Hopefully, my swing holds up and we'll see what happens."
Atwal bogeyed No. 10 after sending his drive into the rough. Streelman found the water during his double-bogey on No. 16.
A total 78 players made the cut of 3 under.
Among those on the bubble for the playoffs, which begin next week in New Jersey for the top 125 players on the points list, No. 123 Andres Romero (7 under) and No. 125 Michael Letzig (6 under) advanced to the weekend. No. 126 Mike Weir (2 under) and No. 129 Brett Quigley (2 under) didn't.
One more who didn't make it: Anthony Kim, who at No. 14 on the points list was the highest-ranked player in the field. The potential candidate for the U.S. Ryder Cup team was 2 over and missed his second straight cut.
"I know I put the captain in a tough spot here ... but hopefully, with enough practice, I'll start getting my game into shape ... and make it an easy decision," Kim said.
SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
Par 140 (2x70)
128 Arjun Atwal (Ind) 61 67, Brandt Snedeker 63 65
129 John Rollins 64 65, Lucas Glover 64 65, Kevin Streelman 64 65
130 Webb Simpson 66 64
131 Justin Leonard 68 63, Tim Herron 67 64, Boo Weekley 64 67
132 Spencer Levin 65 67, Jeev Milkha Singh (Ind) 64 68, David Toms 64 68, Scott Piercy 66 66, Garrett Willis 66 66, John Mallinger 65 67, Will MacKenzie 68 64, Marc Leishman (Aus) 66 66, Martin Laird (Sco) 67 65, Jonathan Byrd 66 66
133 Jerry Kelly 66 67, Richard S Johnson (Swe) 67 66, Scott McCarron 65 68, Andres Romero (Arg) 66 67, Alex Prugh 69 64
134 Michael Letzig 66 68, Michael Sim (Aus) 66 68, Paul Stankowski 67 67, James Driscoll 67 67, Steve Marino 69 65, Bill Haas 69 65, Fredrik Jacobson (Swe) 67 67, Tim Petrovic 66 68, Glen Day 67 67, Briny Baird 66 68, Jason Gore 65 69, Josh Teater 66 68
135 Brian Stuard 69 66, Omar Uresti 69 66, Jason Dufner 66 69, Robert Garrigus 69 66, John Merrick 68 67, Chris DiMarco 67 68, Mathias Gronberg (Swe) 67 68, Michael Connell 66 69, James Nitties (Aus) 67 68, Mark Wilson 68 67, Aaron Baddeley (Aus) 66 69, Joe Durant 68 67, Daniel Chopra (Swe) 70 65, Chad Collins 68 67, Jay Williamson 65 70, Troy Matteson 68 67
136 Chris Riley 67 69, Aron Price (Aus) 67 69, Garth Mulroy (Rsa) 68 68, Jeff Quinney 66 70, Greg Owen (Eng) 69 67, Blake Adams 65 71, John Daly 68 68, Bob Estes 66 70, Charles Warren 67 69, Kent Jones 66 70, Derek Lamely 70 66, Cameron Beckman 67 69, Jerry Jr. Richardson 70 66, Tom Gillis 69 67, Brett Wetterich 70 66, Skip Kendall 66 70
137 Kris Blanks 69 68, Kirk Triplett 69 68, Kevin Na 66 71, J J Henry 71 66, Trevor Immelman (Rsa) 68 69, Troy Merritt 67 70, Rocco Mediate 70 67, Drew Weaver 67 70, Frank Lickliter II 70 67, D.J. Trahan 69 68
MISSED THE CUT
138 Brian Gay 69 69, Woody Austin 68 70, David Duval 70 68, Brian Duncan 68 70, Roger Tambellini 71 67, Brett Quigley 71 67, Mike Weir (Can) 67 71, Ryuji Imada (Jpn) 69 69, Brent Delahoussaye 70 68, Greg Chalmers (Aus) 71 67, Lee Janzen 70 68, Cameron Percy (Aus) 68 70, Tom Pernice Jnr. 68 70, Brad Faxon 68 70, Jeff Maggert 68 70, Carl Pettersson (Swe) 69 69, Johnson Wagner 73 65, Ryan Moore 68 70
139 Patrick Moore 70 69, Marco Dawson 68 71, John Senden (Aus) 68 71, Davis Love III 68 71, Billy Mayfair 68 71, Brendan Gielow 70 69, Todd Hamilton 70 69, Steve Wheatcroft 69 70, Andrew McLardy (Rsa) 71 68, Chris Tidland 66 73, Jarrod Lyle (Aus) 71 68, Henrik Bjornstad (Nor) 72 67, Dean Wilson 70 69, Roland Thatcher 68 71, Jimmy Walker 73 66
140 Michael Bradley 71 69, Martin Flores 71 69, Mark Brooks 72 68, Jeff Gove 71 69, Chris Smith 69 71, J.P. Hayes 69 71, Brian Harman 68 72, Chris Couch 66 74, Matt Hill (Can) 69 71, Nathan Green (Aus) 69 71, Craig Barlow 66 74, Nicholas Thompson 70 70
141 David Lutterus (Rsa) 73 68, Mathew Goggin (Aus) 72 69, Craig Bowden 72 69, Ted Purdy 72 69, Graham Delaet (Can) 67 74, Vance Veazey 72 69
142 Robert Gamez 72 70, Seung-yul Noh (Kor) 69 73, Joe Ogilvie 74 68, Mark Hensby (Aus) 70 72, Kevin Johnson 68 74, Cliff Kresge 74 68, Brenden Pappas (Rsa) 74 68, Fred Couples 72 70, Alex Cejka (Ger) 72 70, Chris Wilson 68 74, Anthony Kim 70 72, Cameron Tringale 69 73
143 Rodney Pampling (Aus) 73 70, Steve Lowery 69 74, Carlos Franco (Par) 72 71
144 Chris Stroud 68 76, Steve Flesch 73 71, Henrik Stenson (Swe) 69 75
145 Curt Sanders 70 75, George McNeill 69 76
146 Kevin Stadler 70 76, Tanner Kesterson 72 74, Rich Barcelo 76 70
148 Eric Shriver 75 73
149 Greg Kraft 74 75
WD: Jerod Turner 75


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