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| February 10, 2002 | Sunday | Ziqa’ad 26, 1422 |
Woods birdies 18th to make cut
LA JOLLA (California), Feb 9: J.L. Lewis and Kent Jones shot five-under-par 67s on Friday to grab a share of the lead after two rounds of the $3.6 million Buick Invitational Golf Tournament.
The pair hold a slim one-shot advantage over a group of three players.
While Lewis and Jones shot to the top of the leaderboard, world number one Tiger Woods had to make a birdie on the 18th just to esnure he made the cut after shooting a 77 in the second round, leaving him at 143, one-under-par, eight shots off the lead.
Tied for third at eight-under 136 were Jay Haas, Mark O’Meara and South African Rory Sabbatini. Sabbatini had one of the day’s better rounds with a 66 while Haas fired a second round 68 and O’Meara a 68.
Woods’ round featured two double bogeys, at the third and 17th holes on the Torrey Pines South Course, and four bogeys, along with just three birdies.
He needed a six-foot birdie putt at the 18th hole to ensure his streak of making the cut in 80 consecutive tournaments would not end.
Two-time defending champion Phil Mickelson will not make it three in a row here after a second round 75 left him at four-over-par 148, well below the cut.
Second round scores:
135 J.L. Lewis 68 67, Kent Jones 68 67
136 Jay Haas 68 68, Mark O’Meara 67 69, Rory Sabbatini (South Africa) 70 66
137 Fulton Allem (South Africa) 71 66, Tim Herron 70 67, Jay Williamson 65 72, John Rollins 70 67, John Senden 72 65
138 Michael Allen 69 69, Joey Sindelar 71 67, Steve Flesch 70 68, K.J. Choi (South Korea) 69 69, Craig Perks 74 64
139 Doug Barron 73 66, John Daly 69 70, Skip Kendall 68 71, Steve Pate 72 67, Chris Riley 66 73, Paul Casey 72 67, Jason Hill 68 71
ATWAL IN FRONT
India’s Arjun Atwal shrugged aside an early injury scare to earn a share of the third-round lead with American Edward Loar in the $200,000 Myanmar Open at Yangon Golf Club Saturday.
Atwal, who needed treatment for a back spasm shortly before he teed off, fired a two-under-par 70 to finish at 10-under 206, level with Loar who also carded a 70 on the day.
The pair were one shot ahead of local player and former waiter Aung Win (72) while Thailand’s Boonchu Ruangkit (68) and Thongchai Jaidee (69) were a further two strokes back in a tie for fourth.
Third round scores:
206 Arjun Atwal (India) 70 66 70, Edward Loar (U.S.) 65 71 70
207 Aung Win (Myanmar) 68 67 72
208 Boonchu Ruangkit (Thailand) 71 69 68, Thongchai Jaidee (Thailand) 69 70 69
210 Rick Gibson (Canada) 72 70 68
211 Thammanoon Sriroj (Thailand) 71 70 70, Thaworn Wiratchant (Thailand) 71 70 70
212 Hiroaki Iijima (Japan) 73 69 70, Harmeet Kahlon (Indonesia) 74 70 68, Kyi Hla Han (Myanmar) 72 70 70, Danny Zarate (Phillipines) 72 71 69
213 Akinori Tani (Japan) 73 67 73, Prayad Marksaeng (Thailand) 71 70 72, Stephen Lindskog (Sweden) 70 71 72, Jyoti Randhawa (Indonesia) 70 72 71, Simon Yates (Britain) 70 72 71, Robert Jacobsen (U.S.) 69 73 71, Suthep Bunpimuck (Thailand) 68 74 71.
STOLZ MAINTAINS LEAD
Australia’s Andre Stolz maintained a two one point lead after the third round of the ANZ golf championship in Sydney Saturday.
Third round scores:
39 Andre Stolz 11 19 9
37 Craig Parry 10 18 9
35 Richard Johnson (Sweden) 9 13 16, Stephen Gallacher (Scotland) 10 12 13
34 Scott Laycock 11 16 7
33 Peter O’Malley 9 9 15
32 Trevor Immelman (South Africa) 10 19 3, Nick O’Hern 2 15 15.—Reuters
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