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| June 19, 2005 | Sunday | Jumadi-ul-Awwal 11, 1426 |
Goosen stays cool
PINEHURST (North Carolina), June 18: Twice champion Retief Goosen produced a typically ice-cool display to share the lead in the US Open second round after most of the field struggled at treacherous Pinehurst on Friday.
Trailing by one at the start of the day, the unflappable South African carded an even-par 70 to finish on two-under 138, level with overnight leader Olin Browne and unheralded Jason Gore.
American Browne, who shot a 59 in qualifying 10 days ago to book his place at Pinehurst, returned a 71 after letting slip a one-stroke cushion with four holes to play.
Compatriot Gore, who missed the cut in his only previous US Open appearance in 1998, vaulted up the leaderboard late in the day with a five-birdie 67.
Nine players finished under par after the opening round but only five were still in red figures after day two.
Completing the quintet were South Korea’s K.J. Choi (70) and Australian Mark Hensby (68), who were tied for fourth at one under.
Leading second round scores:
138 — Olin Browne 67, 71; Retief Goosen (South Africa) 68, 70; Jason Gore 71, 67.
139 — K.J. Choi (South Korea) 69, 70; Mark Hensby (Australia) 71, 68.
140 — Michael Campbell (New Zealand) 71, 69; Vijay Singh (Fiji) 70, 70; Sergio Garcia (Spain) 71, 69; Lee Westwood (Britain) 68, 72.
141 — Brandt Jobe 68, 73; Jim Furyk (US) 71, 70; Adam Scott (Australia) 70, 71; Tiger Woods 70, 71; Rocco Mediate (US) 67, 74; Steve Allan (Australia) 72, 69; Keiichiro Fukabori (Japan) 74, 67.
142 — David Toms 70, 72; Luke Donald (Britain) 69, 73; Tommy Armour III 70, 72.
143 — Steve Jones 69, 74; Steve Elkington (Australia) 74, 69; Peter Hedblom (Sweden) 77, 66; Steve Flesch 72, 71; Nick O’Hern (Australia) 72, 71; Bob Estes 70, 73; Nick Price (Zimbabwe) 72, 71; Arron Oberholser 76, 67.
144 — Paul Claxton 72, 72; Richard Green (Australia) 72, 72; Fred Funk 73, 71; Angel Cabrera (Argentina) 71, 73; Ted Purdy 73, 71.
HEATH THREE-SHOT AHEAD
SAINT-OMER (France): Briton James Heath made the best of a late entry to the 400,000 euros Saint-Omer Open to shoot a 66 in Friday’s second round, the best score of the week, and take a three-shot lead.
The 22-year-old picked up five birdies to shoot the first blemish-free round of the week and move to six-under-par 136.
Leading second round scores:
136 — James Heath 70, 66
139 — Pelle Edberg (Sweden) 70, 69; Shaun Webster 71, 68.
140 — Ross Fisher 70, 70; James Hepworth 69, 71.
141 — Stephen Browne (Ireland) 71, 70; Miguel Carballo (Argentina) 72, 69; Gary Clark 74, 67; Sebastien Delagrange (France) 70, 71; David Dupart (France) 71, 70; Paul Dwyer 73, 68; Ivo Giner (Spain) 69, 72; Rafael Gomez (Argentina) 72, 69; Adam Groom (Australia) 71, 70; Garry Houston 72, 69; Hennie Otto (South Africa) 68, 73; Knud Storgaard (Denmark) 72, 69; Tom Whitehouse 70, 71.
142 — Philip Archer 69, 73; Joakim Baeckstroem (Sweden) 72, 70; Sion Bebb 70, 72; Jamie Elson 69, 73; Birgir Hafthorsson (Iceland) 68, 74; Jeppe Huldahl (Denmark) 72, 70; Michael Jonzon (Sweden) 69, 73; Michael Kirk (South Africa) 74, 68; Matthew Morris 70, 72; Paul Nilbrink (Sweden) 73, 69; Per Nyman (Sweden) 68, 74; Gary Orr 71, 71; Andres Romero (Argentina) 71, 71; Kyron Sullivan 76, 66; Jean Van de Velde (France) 71, 71.—Reuters
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