24 January 2004	Saturday	01 Zilhaj 1424

LA QUINTA (California), Jan 23: Kerry Perry shot a six-under-par 66 to take a one-stroke lead after the second round of the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic on Thursday.

Perry stands on 14-under-par 130 in the 90-hole event played over four courses. Making his first start of the 2004 season, Phil Mickelson shot a nine-under-par 63 at Indian Wells Country Club to climb into a tie for second at 13-under-par 131 with joint first-round leader Skip Kendall (68) and Kirk Triplett (65).

Dean Wilson (65), Paul Azinger (65), Ben Crane (64), Chris Riley (64) and John Riegger (63) are two shots back of Perry at 12-under-par. Defending champion Mike Weir (67) is seven-under-par through two rounds and is tied for 41st. Perry played the back nine first and went out in one-under 35, but then made five birdies on the front en route to a 31.

Second round scores

130 Kenny Perry 64 66

131 Phil Mickelson 68 63, Skip Kendall 63 68, Kirk Triplett 66 65

132 Dean Wilson 67 65, Paul Azinger 67 65, Ben Crane 68 64, Chris Riley 68 64, John Riegger 69 63

133 Joe Ogilvie 66 67, Jay Haas 65 68, Chris Couch 66 67, Zach Johnson 66 67, Mathias Gronberg (Sweden) 67 66

134 Loren Roberts 67 67, Notah Begay III 68 66, Brandt Jobe 70 64, Scott Verplank 70 64, Steve Pate 67 67, Kent Jones 69 65, Bernhard Langer 67 67

135 Mark Hensby 63 72, Grant Waite 68 67, Retief Goosen 71 64, Jesper Parnevik 67 68.

Jacquelin grabs lead

JOHANNESBURG: Frenchman Raphael Jacquelin used his silky smooth swing to good effect in a round of 65 that secured the halfway lead in the Dunhill Championship on Friday.

The 29-year-old moved to 13 under par after two rounds, one stroke ahead of Ireland's Peter Lawrie and Germany's Marcel Siem at the par-72 Houghton Golf Club.

Denmark's Soren Hansen and Scotland's Alan McLean finished at 11 under, with South Africa's Titch Moore the highest place local player on 10 under. Jacquelin, who finished 20th on last year's European order of merit, had a bogey-free round including seven birdies in near perfect conditions as the recent heavy rain gave way to bright sunshine.

Lawrie, the 2003 rookie of the year, enjoyed the best round of the day as he posted a bogey-free eight-under 64 in the morning despite suffering from a painful Achilles tendon.

He missed two short putts for birdie on the par-three eighth and par-four ninth but added good birdies on the par-fives at 16 and 18 after missing the fairway from the tee.

Siem shot a five-under 67 after starting the day as joint leader with Denmark's Anders Hansen and McLean. He had moved to 13-under after 10 holes with a front nine 31 and a birdie on 10th before losing a stroke on the par-three 12th.

His nine-iron tee-shot plugged in a bunker behind the green and the German could only send the ball back across the putting surface. He managed to get up and down from the fringe but the bogey halted his momentum.

Englishmen Justin Rose and Lee Westwood had varying fortunes with Rose, the 2002 champion, missing the halfway cut after a 69 left him level for the tournament. Westwood shot a two-under 70 for a 36-hole aggregate of six under par. Trevor Immelman, last week's South African Open winner, carded a 69 to move to five-under.

Second round scores:

131 Raphael Jacquelin 66 65

132 Peter Lawrie 68 64, Marcel Siem 65 67

133 Soren Hansen 66 67, Alan McLean 65 68

134 Titch Moore 68 66

135 Mads Vibe-Hastrup 67 68, Gregory Havret 66 69, Anders Hansen 65 70

136 Marc Cayeux 68 68, Robert-Jan Derksen 69 67, Craig Lile 72 64

137 Hendrik Buhrmann 71 66, Maarten Lafeber 68 69, Johan Edfors 67 70, Scott Drummond 72 65, David Carter 70 67, Richard Sterne 69 68, Jarrod Moseley 71 66

138 Andre Bossert 71 67, Jeppe Huldahl 70 68, Bradley Dredge 72 66, Stuart Little 71 67, Jonathan Lomas 72 66, Marten Olander 69 69, Lee Westwood 68 70, Jose Manuel Carriles 70 68, Kenneth Ferrie 69 69-Reuters