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| October 9, 2005 | Sunday | Ramzan 4, 1426 |
Golf: Montgomerie stays in front by one shot
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 8: Britain’s Colin Montgomerie sleep-walked his way to a one-under-par 69 to cling to a one-shot lead after the second round of the WGC Championship on Friday.
Fighting off jet lag, he began the day with a three-stroke cushion over a chasing pack of 11 players led by Tiger Woods and stayed awake long enough to stay top of the leaderboard on seven-under 133 and on course for his first PGA Tour title.
Fellow Briton David Howell and American John Daly were in joint second place on 134 after returning 67s for the second consecutive day.
Woods, chasing a record 10th individual WGC title, battled to a 68 and leads a large group on five-under 135.
Montgomerie showed no sign of fatigue when he opened the $7.5 million tournament with a six-under 64, his best round on the PGA Tour.
The 42-year-old Scot moved to seven-under with a birdie at the par-three third.
Montgomerie then had two birdies and two bogeys on the inward half.
Woods’s round included four bogeys, four birdies and an eagle on the 344-yard par-four seventh which was set up by a jaw-dropping drive that stopped seven feet from the cup.
Overall, though, the 29-year-old American felt he could have done better.
Joining the US Masters and British Open champion on five-under were Americans Fred Funk (68), Sean O’Hair (67), Jim Furyk (67) and Mark Calcavecchia (68), and Argentina’s Angel Cabrera (66).
Three shots off the pace on four-under 136 were Spain’s Sergio Garcia, Americans Billy Mayfair and David Toms, Australia’s Stuart Appleby and Canada’s Stephen Ames.
Ames recorded the day’s best round, a six-under 64.
Leading second round scores:
133 — Colin Montgomerie (Britain) 64, 69.
134 — David Howell (Britain) 67, 67; John Daly (United States) 67, 67.
135 — Mark Calcavecchia (United States) 67, 68; Jim Furyk (United States) 68, 67; Fred Funk (United States) 67, 68; Sean O’Hair (United States) 68, 67; Angel Cabrera (Argentina) 69, 66; Tiger Woods (United States) 67, 68.
136 — Sergio Garcia (Spain) 67, 69; Stephen Ames (Canada) 72, 64; Billy Mayfair (United States) 69, 67; Stuart Appleby (Australia) 71, 65; David Toms (United States) 68, 68.
137 — Ian Poulter (Britain) 67, 70; Vijay Singh (Fiji) 67, 70; Chad Campbell (United States) 67, 70; Zach Johnson (United States) 68, 69; Henrik Stenson (Sweden) 70, 67; Yasuharu Imano (Japan) 69, 68.
138 — Thomas Bjorn (Denmark) 71, 67; Charl Schwartzel (South Africa) 72, 66; Stephen Dodd (Britain) 70, 68; Rod Pampling (Australia) 67, 71; Jason Bohn (United States) 70, 68; Ben Crane (United States) 70, 68; Paul McGinley (Ireland) 73, 65; Adam Scott (Australia) 68, 70; Tim Clark (South Africa) 69, 69; Bradley Dredge (Britain) 69, 69.
139 — Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spain) 69, 70; Michael Campbell (New Zealand) 71, 68; Graeme McDowell (Britain) 69, 70; Davis Love III (United States) 71, 68; Brandt Jobe (United States) 68, 71.
140 — Niclas Fasth (Sweden) 70, 70; Jyoti Randhawa (India) 70, 70; Phil Mickelson (United States) 71, 69; Mike Weir (Canada) 73, 67.
135 — Michael Kirk (South Africa) 69, 66; Stuart Little (Britain) 68, 67.
136 — Titch Moore (South Africa) 68, 68; Stephen Scahill (New Zealand) 70, 66.
137 — Peter Baker (Britain) 69, 68; John Bickerton (Britain) 69, 68; Mark Roe (Britain) 69, 68
138 — Garry Houston (Britain) 73, 65; Andres Romero (Argentina) 66, 72; Jamie Spence (Britain) 69, 69
139 — Johan Axgren (Sweden) 72, 67; Kariem Baraka (Germany) 71, 68; Daniel Vancsik (Argentina) 72, 67; Marc Warren (Britain) 68, 71.
140 — Gregory Bourdy (France) 69, 71; Ignacio Garrido (Spain) 70, 70; Rafael Gomez (Argentina) 71, 69; Jarrod Moseley (Australia) 73, 67; Edward Rush (Britain) 71, 69.—Reuters
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