26 September 2004	Sunday	10 Shaban 1425

FARMINGTON (Pennsylvania), Sept 25: World number one Vijay Singh remained on course for his fifth win in six starts when he shot a four-under-par 68 in the second round of the $4.2 million Pennsylvania Classic on Friday.

The 41-year-old Fijian, who led by three strokes after an incomplete opening round, finished two in front of 2003 British Open champion Ben Curtis (67) after carding a 12-under total of 132 at the Nemacolin Woodlands Resort.

U.S. Ryder Cup player and former Pennsylvania champion Chris DiMarco (65) was in third place on nine-under 135. Kent Jones, Joey Sindelar and JP Hayes were next best on 137.

Singh is seeking his eighth PGA Tour victory of the season, and his third this month after capturing the Deutsche Bank Championship and Canadian Open crowns.

The U.S. PGA champion began his round on the back nine and opened with successive birdies at the par-four 10th and par-five 11th.

After a bogey at the par-three 12th, Singh added consecutive birdies at the 15th and 16th. But he could only manage one further birdie over his closing 11 holes, at the par-five fifth.

Second round scores

132 Vijay Singh (Fiji) 64 68

134 Ben Curtis 67 67

135 Chris DiMarco 70 65

137 Kent Jones 69 68, Joey Sindelar 68 69, JP Hayes 68 69

138 Richard S Johnson (Sweden) 67 71, Len Mattiace 70 68, Zach Johnson 69 69, Brent Geiberger 69 69

139 Duffy Waldorf 70 69, Matt Gogel 71 68, KJ Choi (South Korea) 71 68, Robert Gamez 69 70

140 Cameron Beckman 67 73, Billy Mayfair 71 69, John Daly 68 72, Todd Hamilton 72 68, Kris Cox 68 72, Brendan Pappas (South Africa) 72 68, Jason Bohn 72 68, David Peoples 71 69, Charles Howell III 70 70, Jonathan Byrd 68 72, Pat Perez 67 73, Steve Allan (Australia) 71 69, Jeff Brehaut 69 71.

The Heritage scores

WOBURN (England): Leading third round scores in The Heritage tournament at the Duke's Course here on Saturday:

203 - Henrik Stenson (SWE) 69 67 67

204 - Patrik Sjoland (SWE) 68 68 68

205 - Simon Wakefield 70 68 67

206 - Mikko Ilonen (FIN) 70 71 65

207 - Alastair Forsyth 73 68 66, Mark Foster 69 69 69, Phillip Price 68 67 72, Graeme McDowell 67 68 72

208 - Carlos Rodiles (SPA) 70 71 67, Ian Woosnam 71 69 68

209 - Retief Goosen (RSA) 70 72 67, Marcus Fraser (AUS) 70 69 70

210 - Bradley Dredge 70 74 66, David Park 71 70 69, Nick Dougherty 68 73 69, Martin Erlandsson (SWE) 70 70 70, Nick O'Hern (AUS) 67 72 71, Barry Lane 71 67 72

211 - Sven Struver (GER) 75 69 67, Stephen Dodd 76 68 67, Anders Hansen (DEN) 72 68 71, Gordon Brand Jnr 70 70 71

212 - Sam Torrance 74 69 69

213 - James Heath 73 70 70, David Lynn 73 70 70, Richard Green (AUS) 73 70 70, Jean-Francois Remesy (FRA) 71 70 72, Raphael Jacquelin (FRA) 68 73 72, Soren Hansen (DEN) 70 71 72, Jose Manuel Lara (SPA) 67 73 73, Mattias Nilsson (SWE) 70 70 73.-Reuters