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| August 7, 2005 | Sunday | Rajab 1, 1426 |
Golf: Eagle gives Mayfair lead
TORONTO, Aug 6: American Billy Mayfair produced an eagle-birdie finish to establish a two-point first round lead over Brandt Jobe at the rain-delayed International at Castle Rock, Colorado on Friday. With the first round pushed back a day because of heavy rain, Mayfair’s his five birdies and an eagle translated into 15 points under the modified Stableford scoring system being used at the $5 million event.
The key to Mayfair’s round was 44-foot put for eagle on the par-five 17th that was worth five points propelling him to the top of the leaderboard. Jobe had six birdies, worth two points each, on his scoreboard but offset that with a double-bogey worth minus-three and a bogey worth minus-one before he carded an eagle on 17.
D.A. Points used eagles on the first and 17th to grab a share of third with Charles Howell III on 12 points. Australia’s Geoff Ogilvy and Tim Petrovic are on 11 points.
World number four Phil Mickelson, a two-time winner of the International, mixed four birdies with five bogeys to leave him on three points with Spain’s Sergio Garcia. South Africa’s Retief Goosen, a late addition to the field and playing in his first PGA Tour event since his final round meltdown at the U.S. Open, had birdies on his two opening holes to go four up but then stalled and finished with seven points.
Champion Rod Pampling of Australia had five points after the opening round.
Leading scores
15 Billy Mayfair
13 Brandt Jobe
12 Charles Howell III; D.A. Points
11 Geoff Ogilvy; Tim Petrovic
10 Corey Pavin; Jonathan Byrd; Cameron Beckman; Daniel Chopra ; Chris Anderson
9 Stewart Cink; Joe Ogilvie; Ben Crane
EUROPEAN PGA SCORES
Leading scores:
138 Mark Foster 68 70 Steve Webster 71 67
139 Gregory Bourdy 70 69 Sam Little 71 68
140 Ian Garbutt 71 69
141 Emanuele Canonica 70 71 Nicolas Colsaerts 70 71 Raphael Jacquelin 75 66 Robert Karlsson 70 71 Jonathan Lomas 70 71 David Lynn 70 71 142 Richard Bland 71 71 Bradley Dredge 70 72 Martin Erlandsson 72 70 Paul Lawrie 74 68 Damien McGrane 70 72.—Agencies
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