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| June 12, 2005 | Sunday | Jumadi-ul-Awwal 4, 1426 |
Allenby leads Aussie onslaught
POTOMAC (Maryland), June 11: Robert Allenby led an Australian assault on the leaderboard at the Booz Allen Classic, carding a six-under 65 to go two shots clear after the second round on Friday. Allenby, who has missed the cut in four of his last eight events, struck a rich vein of form at the historic Congressional Golf Club, mixing a single bogey with seven birdies to finish on nine-under 133.
Two shots back on 135 were champion Adam Scott and his fellow Australian Steve Elkington, Britain’s Lee Westwood and overnight leader Matt Gogel of the US
Gogel signed for a one-over 72 but remained in contention on the strength of his course record eight-under 63 on Thursday.
Westwood had a rollercoaster afternoon, mixing three bogeys with three birdies and an eagle to register a 69.
Ernie Els, who captured his second US Open at the Congressional in 1997, hit a four-under 67 to join four others on 136.
Phil Mickelson followed up an even-par opening round with a 67 to finish four-under on 138.
Leading second round scores (US unless stated):
133 — Robert Allenby (Australia) 68, 65.
135 — Adam Scott (Australia) 68, 67; Matt Gogel 63, 72; Steve Elkington (Australia) 68, 67; Lee Westwood (Britain) 66, 69.
136 — Paul Goydos 67, 69; Ernie Els (South Africa) 69, 67; Shigeki Maruyama (Japan) 69, 67; Tommy Armour III 68, 68; Jim Furyk 67, 69.
137 — Tom Kite 68, 69; Rory Sabbatini (South Africa) 69, 68; Ben Crane 67, 70; Tim Clark (South Africa) 67, 70; Steve Allan (Australia) 67, 70; Joe Durant 70, 67; Luke Donald (Britain) 70, 67; Alex Cejka (Germany) 69, 68; Geoff Ogilvy (Australia) 68, 69; Davis Love III 69 68; Fredrik Jacobson (Sweden) 66, 71.
138 — Rocco Mediate 70, 68; Phil Mickelson 71 67; Jonathan Byrd 71, 67; Kevin Stadler 65, 73; Kevin Sutherland 67, 71; Ryan Palmer 72, 66; Kirk Triplett 69 69; Jeff Maggert 69, 69.
EMERSON in FORM
HILVERSUM (Netherlands): Britain’s Gary Emerson equalled his career-best 63 to take the Dutch Open second round lead on Friday.
Emerson’s seven-under-par effort took him to 132, a stroke ahead of joint overnight leader Paul Broadhurst with Italian Alessandro Tadini a further shot back.
Tadini again put himself on a second-round leaderboard with a flawless six-birdie card.
The 31-year-old Italian led last week’s event after two rounds at Celtic Manor following a course-record 62.
Dutchman Maarten Lafeber stayed in contention at his home open after shooting 67 to lie three strokes off the pace.
Leading second round scores (Britain unless stated):
132 — Gary Emerson 69, 63.
133 — Paul Broadhurst 66, 67.
134 — Alessandro Tadini (Italy) 70, 64
135 — Richard Bland 71 64; Markus Brier (Austria) 67, 68; Maarten Lafeber (Netherlands) 68, 67; Steven O’Hara 70, 65.
136 — Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (Spain) 66, 70; Miguel Angel Martin (Spain) 69 67; Andrew Oldcorn 69, 67; Guido van der Valk (Netherlands) 66, 70.
137 — Alastair Forsyth 72, 65; Marcus Fraser (Australia) 68, 69; Adam Groom (Australia) 66, 71; David Lynn 70, 67; Raymond Russell 67, 70; Peter Senior (Australia) 70, 67.
138 — Robert Coles 71, 67; Damien McGrane (Ireland) 68, 70; Rolf Muntz (Netherlands) 69, 69; Henrik Nystroem (Sweden) 66, 72; Johan Skoeld (Sweden) 68, 70; Kyron Sullivan 68, 70.—Reuters
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