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| October 16, 2005 | Sunday | Ramzan 11, 1426 |
Baird maintains lead
NEW YORK, Oct 15: A hole-in-one helped Briny Baird to a second round five-under 66 and a two-stroke lead at the Las Vegas championships on Friday, while world number three Phil Mickelson failed to make the cut for the first time this season.
Baird, who began the day with a two-shot cushion after a course record-equalling 10-under 62 at the TCP at Summerlin on Thursday, got his round off to another sizzling start with four birdies on his first six holes.
Battling to be among the top 125 on the PGA Tour list to secure his tour card for next season, Baird stumbled into the turn with bogeys at nine and 10, but recovered in style with an ace at the par-three 12 at the TPC at the Canyons, one of two courses being used for the $4 million event.
The unheralded American added another birdie at the 14th before closing with four consecutive pars to sit on 15-under 128 for the tournament, two shots clear of Japan’s Shigeki Maruyama and compatriots Paul Goydos and Bart Bryant, Kevin Stadler and Ryan Moore.
Goydos, playing at Summerlin, was also off to a flying start with five birdies on his outward nine, including four straight from the fourth on his way to a flawless seven-under 65.
Bryant, a winner earlier this season at the Memorial, enjoyed a second consecutive error-free day signing for a five-under 66 to join Goydos at 13-under 130.
Leading scores:
128 Briny Baird 62 66
130 Paul Goydos 65 65 Bart Bryant 64 66 Shigeki Maruyama 65 65 Kevin Stadler 64 66 Ryan Moore 67 63
131 Harrison Frazar 68 63 Rod Pampling 67 64
132 Lucas Glover 66 66 Ted Purdy 67 65 Olin Browne 67 65 Ben Crane 67 65 Charles Howell III 63 69 Michael Allen 64 68 Jim Furyk 66 66 John Senden 66 66
133 Tom Pernice Jr. 65 68 Justin Leonard 63 70 Billy Andrade 65 68
MADRID OPEN
Second round scores:
128 - Raphael Jacquelin 64 64
131 - Gary Emerson 67 64, Darren Clarke 64 67
132 - Jose-Filipe Lima (POR) 66 66
133 - Stuart Little 67 66, Ian Garbutt 69 64
134 - Ian Woosnam 69 65, Graeme Storm 66 68, Paul Lawrie 68 66, Damien McGrane 68 66
135 - Ivo Giner 75 60, Mark Roe 63 72, David Park 68 67
136 - Stephen Gallacher 69 67, Jose Maria Olazabal 67 69, Anders Hansen 67 69, Christian Cevaer 66 70, Jose Manuel Lara 67 69, Miguel Angel Jimenez 72 64, Miguel Angel Martin 69 67, Robert-Jan Derksen 67 69, Marcel Siem 70 66, Francois Delamontagne 67 69, Martin Erlandsson 67 69
137 - Scott Drummond 70 67, Simon Khan 68 69, Alastair Forsyth 66 71, James Kingston 71 66, Fernando Roca 69 68, Gregory Bourdy 69 68, Maarten Lafeber 67 70, Gregory Havret 69 68, Anthony Wall 68 69, Christopher Hanell 69 68, Emanuele Canonica 69 68, Brett Rumford 66 71, Johan Skold 69 68, Mattias Eliasson 70 67, Neil Cheetham 70 67, Phillip Archer 70 67, Carlos De Corral 71 66, Oliver Wilson 69 68
138 - David Lynn 69 69, Colin Montgomerie 72 66, Santiago Luna 69 69, Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano 67 71, Stuart Manley 68 70, Andrew Marshall 70 68, Peter Hedblom 68 70
139 - Gary Murphy 70 69, Ricardo Gonzalez (ARG) 72 67, Richard Bland 73 66, Philip Golding 74 65, Rolf Muntz 72 67, David Drysdale 72 67, Garry Houston 68 71, Markus Brier 69 70, Robert Karlsson 63 76, Ignacio Garrido 74 65.—Agencies
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