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| July 6, 2003 | Sunday | Jumadi-ul-Awwal 5,1424 |
Struggling Woods holds one stroke advantage
LEMONT (Illinois), July 5: World number one Tiger Woods produced a lacklustre display but still held on to his one-shot lead after the second round of the 100th Western Open on Friday.
Woods carded a two-under-par 70 to finish 11-under on 133, one ahead of David Toms (69). Cliff Kresge (68) and Scott Verplank (65) were tied for third on 135 while Australia’s Robert Allenby (67) was fifth on 136.
Canada’s Mike Weir, the US Masters champion, was a further stroke adrift along with US Open winner Jim Furyk, Robert Damron, Heath Slocum and Jason Gore.
Woods, who had a 63 on Thursday, was three-under for his round after making birdies on three of the first five holes at Cog Hill Golf and Country Club’s Dubsdread course. He then bogeyed the seventh before bouncing back with a birdie at the ninth.
But the 27-year-old American was one-over for the back nine after a run of eight pars and one bogey.
Leading second round scores (US unless stated):
133 — Tiger Woods 63, 70.
134 — David Toms 65, 69.
135 — Cliff Kresge 67, 68; Scott Verplank 70, 65.
136 — Robert Allenby (Australia) 69, 67.
137 — Robert Damron 68, 69; Mike Weir (Canada) 67, 70; Heath Slocum 67, 70; Jim Furyk 71, 66; Jason Gore 67, 70.
138 — Kirk Triplett 69, 69; Luke Donald (Britain) 73, 65; Jerry Kelly 66, 72; Dudley Hart 73, 65.
139 — Ian Leggatt (Canada) 70, 69; Charles Howell III 70, 69; Phil Mickelson 70, 69; Donnie Hammond 68, 71; Vance Veazey 64, 75; Hidemichi Tanaka (Japan) 70, 69; Craig Perks (New Zealand) 73, 66.
Other international players:
140 — Peter Lonard (Australia) 74, 66; Carlos Franco (Paraguay) 68, 72; Kenichi Kuboya (Japan) 69, 71.
141 — Jose Coceres (Argentina) 72, 69; Shigeki Maruyama (Japan) 69, 72; Vijay Singh (Fiji) 71, 70.
142 — Tim Clark (South Africa) 71, 71; Thomas Levet (France) 70, 72; Stephen Ames (Trinidad) 70, 72; David Frost (South Africa) 71, 71; Anthony Painter (Australia) 70, 72.
143 — Jesper Parnevik (Sweden) 73, 70; John Senden (Australia) 71, 72; Fredrik Jacobson (Sweden) 69, 74.
144 — Rod Pampling (Australia) 70, 74; Carl Pettersson (Sweden) 72, 72; Steven Alker (New Zealand) 75, 69.
145 — Rory Sabbatini (South Africa) 72, 73; John Morgan (Britain) 72, 73; K.J. Choi (South Korea) 71, 74.
146 — Per-Ulrik Johansson (Sweden) 74, 72; Geoff Ogilvy (Australia) 74, 72; Matthew Goggin (Australia) 74, 72; Brenden Pappas (South Africa) 72, 74.
147 — Esteban Toledo (Mexico) 72, 75; Stuart Appleby (Australia) 73, 74; Akio Sadakata (Japan) 70, 77; Richard Johnson (Sweden) 73, 74; Scott Laycock (Australia) 72, 75.
149 — Aaron Baddeley (Australia) 75, 74.
150 — James McLean (Australia) 74, 76; Gavin Coles (Australia) 72, 78; Greg Chalmers (Australia) 74, 76.
151 — Glen Hnatiuk (Canada) 76, 75.
COURSE RECORD
STRAFFAN (Ireland): South Africa’s teenage golfing hope Charl Schwartzel broke the K Club North course record by two shots on Friday to surge to within a stroke of the European Open second round lead.
Schwartzel’s immaculate eight-under-par 64 began with an eagle and included six birdies, four in the last six holes, as he moved to eight-under-par 136, only a stroke behind British 2002 Ryder Cup pair Darren Clarke and Phillip Price. It was Schwartzel’s latest attempt to claim his maiden European Tour title after an impressive start to his rookie year in which he has finished third and sixth.
The former English Amateur Strokeplay champion, who came on to tour with an illustrious amateur record, has missed out on being the youngest winner on the European Tour because his fellow-countryman Dale Hayes won the 1971 Spanish Open at 18 years 290 days and Schwartzel will be 19 days older on Sunday.
Northern Irishman Clarke posted a 68 and Welshman Price a 69.
Leading second round scores (British unless stated):
135 — Darren Clarke 67, 68; Phillip Price 66, 69.
136 — Alastair Forsyth 66, 70; Charl Schwartzel (South Africa) 72, 64.
137 — Andrew Coltart 67, 70; Mark McNulty (Zimbabwe) 68, 69; Eduardo Romero (Argentina) 69, 68.
138 — Gary Evans 68, 70; Mathias Gronberg (Sweden) 73, 65; Jarmo Sandelin (Sweden) 72, 66.
139 — Angel Cabrera (Argentina) 70, 69; Colin Montgomerie 68, 71.
140 — Retief Goosen (South Africa) 66, 74; Mikko Ilonen (Finland) 69, 71; Barry Lane 70, 70; Bernhard Langer (Germany) 73, 67; Stephen Scahill (New Zealand) 69, 71.
141 — Fredrik Andersson (Sweden) 67, 74; Jamie Donaldson 71, 70; Klas Eriksson (Sweden) 69, 72; Mark James 72, 69; Mark Roe 71, 70; Lee Westwood 70, 71.
142 — Thomas Bjorn (Denmark) 71, 71; Matthew Blackey 73, 69; Brian Davis 76, 66; Soren Hansen (Denmark) 67, 75; Raphael Jacquelin (France) 72, 70; David Lynn 71, 71; Graeme McDowell 69, 73; Rolf Muntz (Netherlands) 73, 69; Gary Murphy (Ireland) 67, 75; Nick O’Hern (Australia) 70, 72; Marten Olander (Sweden) 71, 71; Andrew Raitt 69, 73; Miles Tunnicliffe 74, 68.—Reuters
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