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| November 4, 2001 | Sunday | Shaba’an 17, 1422 |
Jobe and Paulson stay in front
MADISON (Mississippi), Nov 3: Brandt Jobe, looking to retain his Tour Card, shot a six-under-par 66 to join Carl Paulson with a one-stroke lead after two rounds of the season-ending Southern Farm Bureau Classic on Friday.
Chad Campbell, Andrew Magee, Dicky Pride, Heath Slocum and first-round leader Fred Funk are tied for third at 10-under 134. Campbell, a recent graduate of the Buy.com Tour, had the best round of the quintet, an eight-under 64.
It’s another stroke back to Lee Porter and Cameron Beckman.
Jobe, winless since joining the PGA Tour in 1991, shot his 11-under 133 with an eagle, six birdies and two bogeys.
Jobe is 126th on the money list with $392,105 and must move up just one spot to remain exempt for the 2002 season. Spike McRoy, who is 124th, missed the cut at six-over.
“The first two days have gone nicely, considering the position I’m in,” Jobe said. “Through the middle of the year, I was trying to win golf tournaments, everyone does. After a while, I was trying to play each week when on the bubble and trying to keep my card...It’s been frustrating. I’m trying too hard.”
At 117th on the money list, Paulson will avoid a return to qualifying school. But he moved closer to his first victory since turning professional a decade ago.
“I’ve been playing well the last few months,” said Paulson, who was runner-up at last year’s Tampa Bay Classic. “Hopefully, I saved the best for last.”
The top 29 PGA money winners are in Houston this week at the lucrative Tour Championship.
Second round scores:
133 Carl Paulson 67 66, Brandt Jobe 67 66
134 Fred Funk 65 69, Andrew Magee 68 66, Dicky Pride 66 68, Chad Campbell 70 64, Heath Slocum 69 65
135 Lee Porter 72 63, Cameron Beckman 66 69
136 Kirk Triplett 67 69, Bob Tway 68 68, Willie Wood 71 65, K.J. Choi (South Korea) 67 69, J.J. Henry 69 67
137 Bob Burns 68 69, Craig Kanada 69 68, Neal Lancaster 69 68, Brett Quigley 68 69
138 John Cook 68 70, Dan Forsman 68 70, Jim Gallagher, Jr. 72 66, Jimmy Green 68 70, Chris Smith 70 68, Tommy Tolles 73 65, Grant Waite (New Zealand) 69 69, Briny Baird 71 67, Carlos Franco (Paraguay) 72 66, Chris Riley 68 70, Mike Sposa 68 70, Chris Tidland 71 67
139 Doug Barron 70 69, Mark Brooks 66 73, Russ Cochran 70 69, Scott Dunlap 72 67, Peter Jordan 70 69, Richard Zokol (Canada) 69 70, Matt Kuchar 70 69, Richard Coughlan 68 71 (Ireland), Charles Howell 71 68.—AFP/Reuters
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