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| April 20, 2003 | Sunday | Safar 17, 1424 |
Owen closer to victory
FARO (Portugal), April 19: Britain’s Greg Owen moved closer to his maiden European Tour victory when he took a three-shot lead in the Algarve Portuguese Open second round on Friday.
The 31-year-old Englishman said he could be driven to his first win after being stung by criticism of his short game on Sky television from a commentator.
Owen finished off a two-under-par 70 for eight-under-par 136 with a chip-in birdie to edge three strokes better than Germany’s Marcel Siem and four shots ahead of overnight leader Fredrik Jacobson and Spain’s Carlos Rodilesl.
Jacobson drove out of bounds on his penultimate hole and double-bogeyed.
An erratic round by Owen also included an eagle when he crashed in a three-iron approach to just three feet, a double-bogey when hooked out of bounds and a missed four-foot birdie chance before his chip-in finale.
Leading second round scores (Britain unless stated):
136 — Greg Owen 66, 70.
139 — Marcel Siem (Germany) 71, 68.
140 — Fredrik Jacobson (Sweden) 64, 76; Carlos Rodiles (Spain) 69, 71.
141 — Brian Davis 70, 71.
142 — Bradley Dredge 69, 73; Andrew Coltart 71, 71; Jarmo Sandelin (Sweden) 75, 67; Rolf Muntz (Netherlands) 72, 70; Charl Schwartzel (South Africa) 72, 70.
143 — Gordon Brand Jr 72, 71; Jamie Donaldson 72, 71; David Lynn 71, 72.
144 — David Carter 72, 72; Lee James 71, 73; Ben Mason 75, 69; Andrew Raitt 74, 70; Alastair Forsyth 72, 72; Phillip Price 73, 71; Jonathan Lomas 72, 72; Benn Barham 75, 69.
145 — Gustavo Rojas (Argentina) 70, 75; Mikko Ilonen (Finland) 73, 72; Steve Webster 72, 73; Jose Manuel Lara (Spain) 73, 72; David Drysdale 76, 69; Matthew Blackey 74, 71; Graeme McDowell 70, 75.
HILTON HEAD (South Carolina): Stewart Cink, winless for three years on the PGA Tour, shot a six-under-par 65 on Friday to take the lead after the second round of The Heritage tournament.
Cink, on 10-under 132, leads 2004 U.S. Ryder Cup captain Hal Sutton by one shot while Nick Price and Chad Campbell are tied for third on 134.
Davis Love III, four times a winner of the Heritage, is joined on 135 by world number two, South Africa’s Ernie Els, Mark Calcavecchia and Australia’s Geoff Ogilvy.
Cink, whose last victory came in the 2000 Heritage, had eight birdies and two bogeys in the round.
First-round leader Craig Barlow stumbled to a five-over 76 and dropped to 141, nine shots off the lead.
Defending champion Justin Leonard recorded his second round of 71 and made the cut of 142.
Leading second round scores (US unless stated):
132 — Stewart Cink 67, 65.
133 — Hal Sutton 67, 66.
134 — Chad Campbell 67, 67; Nick Price (Zimbabwe) 68, 66.
135 — Mark Calcavecchia 69, 66; Geoff Ogilvy (Australia) 68, 67; Davis Love III 66, 69; Ernie Els (South Africa) 69, 66.
136 — Matt Gogel 69, 67; Jim Furyk 70, 66; Kenny Perry 67, 69.
137 — John Senden (Australia) 66, 71; Corey Pavin 69, 68; Tom Pernice Jr 67, 70; Donnie Hammond 74, 63; Glen Hnatiuk (Canada) 69, 68; Steve Flesch 68, 69; Tim Clark (South Africa) 68, 69; Rocco Mediate 67, 70.
138 — Peter Jacobsen 69, 69; Paul Goydos 69, 69; Woody Austin 68, 70; Bob Tway 71, 67; Scott Verplank 70, 68; David Gossett 71, 67; Jeff Sluman 68, 70; Doug Barron 71, 67; Scott Simpson 67, 71.
Other international players:
139 — Rod Pampling (Australia) 67, 72; Darren Clarke (Britain) 70, 69; Greg Chalmers (Australia) 67, 72.
140 — Carl Pettersson (Sweden) 69, 71; Ian Leggatt (Canada) 72, 68.
141 — Luke Donald (Britain) 73, 68; Trevor Immelman (South Africa) 72, 69; Bernhard Langer (Germany) 71, 70; Thomas Levet (France) 70, 71.
142 — Per-Ulrik Johansson (Sweden) 73, 69; Jesper Parnevik (Sweden) 73, 69.
143 — Brian Watts (Canada) 73, 70; Alex Cejka (Germany) 74, 69; Steven Alker (New Zealand) 68, 75.
144 — James McLean (Australia) 72, 72.
145 — Brenden Pappas (South Africa) 77, 68.
146 — Jose Coceres (Argentina) 72, 74.
149 — Fulton Allem (South Africa) 71, 78; David Frost (South Africa) 74, 75.
151 — Michael Campbell (New Zealand) 76, 75.
155 — Esteban Toledo (Mexico) 79, 76.—Reuters
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