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MEMPHIS (Tennessee), June 28: John Huston shot an eight-under-par 63 late in the day to join Sweden’s Richard Johnson in a tie for the second-round lead at the St Jude Classic on Friday.
Huston and Johnson (66) stand on 12-under-par 130 at the TPC at Southwinds for a one-shot advantage over David Peoples, who went round in 66.
Three shots off the lead are another Swede Fredrik Jacobson (67) and David Gossett (67) at nine-under-par.
Former winner Jay Haas (70) is tied with Lee Janzen (66) and Kirk Triplett (67) on eight-under 134, one ahead of David Toms (67), Pat Bates (67) and Chris Riley (66).
Huston, 42, who last won in 2000, eagled the par-five third to get into red numbers for the round and went out in four-under 32.
He added birdies at the 11th, 13th, 16th and difficult 18th in testing late afternoon winds.
Johnson, 26, tidied up his first round on Friday morning, playing the final seven holes in three-under to finish with a seven-under 64.
Later, Johnson was one-under through 14 holes of his second round before going birdie-eagle-birdie on holes 15 through 17 to move into first place.
Leading second round scores (US unless stated):
130 — Richard Johnson (Sweden) 64, 66; John Huston 67, 63.
131 — David Peoples 65, 66.
133 — Fredrik Jacobson (Sweden) 66, 67; David Gossett 66, 67.
134 — Jay Haas 64, 70; Lee Janzen 68, 66; Kirk Triplett 67, 67.
135 — David Toms 68, 67; Pat Bates 68, 67; Chris Riley 69, 66.
136 — Dennis Paulson 66, 70; Kent Jones 67,
69; Tim Herron 68, 68; Scott Simpson 69, 67;
Vance Veazey 69, 67; Dicky Pride 69, 67; Hank Kuehne 68, 68.
137 — Tommy Armour III 69, 68; Brandel Chamblee 72, 65; Bob Estes 67, 70; Jim Carter 69, 68.
138 — Andy Bean 69, 69; Tim Petrovic 70, 68; Len Mattiace 67, 71; Joel Edwards 69, 69; Danny Ellis 70, 68; Robert Damron 65, 73; Garrett Willis 68, 70; Chris DiMarco 68, 70; Jose Coceres (Argentina) 69, 69; Ben Crane 70, 68; Mike Grob 68, 70; Craig Barlow 70, 68; Darron Stiles 64, 74.
DANE PAIR ON TOP :
ST QUENTIN : (France): Thomas Bjorn and Anders Hansen made it a Danish one-two in the French Open second round on Friday, five days after their compatriot Soren Kjeldsen won his maiden European Tour title.
Bjorn’s eight-under-par 64, only one shot away from Le National’s course record, lifted the Ryder Cup player to 10-under-par 134, while Hansen’s 66 put him in a five-way tie for second place, two strokes behind.
Although several players gave themselves a chance to catch Bjorn in the afternoon, Spaniard Jose Manuel Lara, Belgian Nicolas Colsaerts and Britons Philip Golding and David Howell managed only to draw level with Hansen at eight-under.
Justin Rose, fresh from his tie for fifth at the US Open earlier this month, faded in his last four holes after an early challenge to card a 69 and lie three off the pace, sharing seventh place with fellow-Briton Stephen Gallacher.
Leading second round scores (Britain unless stated, a-denotes amateur):
134 — Thomas Bjorn (Denmark) 70, 64.
136 — Anders Hansen (Denmark) 70, 66; Philip Golding 66, 70; David Howell 71, 65; Jose Manuel Lara (Spain) 67, 69; Nicolas Colsaerts (Belgium) 66, 70.
137 — Stephen Gallacher 68, 69; Justin Rose 68, 69.
138 — Pierre Fulke (Sweden) 70, 68; Raphael Jacquelin (France) 70, 68; Barry Lane 70, 68; Miguel Angel Martin (Spain) 70, 68; Graeme McDowell 70, 68; Jose Maria Olazabal (Spain) 70, 68; Charl Schwartzel (South Africa) 70, 68; Francois Delamontagne (France) 69, 69.
139 — Richard Bland 72, 67; Simon Dyson 70, 69; Darren Fichardt (South Africa) 71, 68; Bradley Dredge 67, 72; Andrew Oldcorn 69, 70; Stephen Dodd 72, 67; Peter O’Malley (Australia) 70, 69.
140 — David Carter 71, 69; Brian Davis 68, 72; Santiago Luna 70, 70; Simon Wakefield 70, 70; John Bickerton 69, 71; Stephen Leaney (Australia) 70, 70; Gustavo Rojas (Argentina) 71, 69.
141 — Gary Evans 72, 69; Marc Farry (France) 68, 73; Alastair Forsyth 68, 73; Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spain) 67, 74; Jarrod Moseley (Australia) 69, 72; David Park 72, 69; Raymond Russell 71, 70; Henrik Stenson (Sweden) 71, 70; Gary Birch Jr 67, 74; a-Jean-Baptiste Gonnet (France) 70, 71; Per Nyman (Sweden) 72, 69; Peter Fowler (Australia) 72, 69; Stephen Scahill (New Zealand) 74, 67.
CHOI SLIPS :
SEOUL: Korean golfer Choi Kyung-ju lost the lead and his caddie in the delayed second round of the SK Telecom Open on Saturday.
Choi, whose caddie Carl Hart was sick with a cold, shot a three-under-par 69 to finish one stroke behind
fellow Korean Shin Yong-jin in resumed play after Friday’s second round was postponed due to torrential rain.
Shin set a Korean PGA record of six birdies in a row in scoring 64 to lead the $400,000 event on 12-under-par 132.
Choi is tied with Korean Yang Yong-eun, who shot a 66 at Baekahmvista Country Club on Saturday.
Leading second round scores:
132 — Shin Yong-jin (South Korea) 68, 64.
133 — Choi Kyung-ju (South Korea) 64, 69; Yang Yong-eun (South Korea) 67, 66.
134 — Park Young-soo (South Korea) 70, 64.
135 — Kang Wook-soon (South Korea) 66, 69; Corey Pavin (US) 67, 68; Thongchai Jaidee (Thailand) 69, 66.
136 — Kim Tae-bok (South Korea) 66, 70; a-Kim Seung-hyuk (South Korea) 67, 69; Liang Wen-chong (China) 69, 67; Chung Joon (South Korea) 70, 66;
137 — David Gleeson (Australia) 66, 71; Chung Jae-hoon (South Korea) 67, 70; Daniel Chopra (Sweden) 68, 69; Lee In-woo (South Korea) 69, 68; Mo Joong-kyung (South Korea) 69, 68.—Reuters/AFP
