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| January 15, 2006 | Sunday | Zilhaj 14, 1426 |
Furyk, Campbell set pace as Wie exits
HONOLULU, Jan 14: Former winner Jim Furyk fired a second successive three-under-par 67 to hold a share of the Sony Open lead after Friday’s second round.
While Michelle Wie missed the cut by four strokes despite a valiant 68, 1996 champion Furyk finished on six-under 134, level with fellow American Chad Campbell.
David Toms, the 2001 US PGA champion, returned a 69 to lie third at five under with Australia’s Stuart Appleby (66) a further shot back in a share of fourth with Jerry Smith (67), J.B. Holmes (66) and Camilo Villegas, who fired a best-of-the-week 64.
Jerry Kelly, the 2002 winner, was among a group of players at three under after returning a 69.
World number two and defending champion Vijay Singh improved on his first-round 71, a three-birdie 69 lifting him into a share of 29th place at level par.
The halfway cut fell at three-over 143 with 82 players qualifying for the weekend.
Furyk produced an error-free display on a blustery day of drizzle and sunshine at Waialae Country Club, featuring three birdies in his outward nine and nine consecutive pars after the turn.
Texas-born Campbell, who matched Furyk with successive 67s, conceded he liked playing in the wind.
Local favourite Wie, whose chances of making the cut for the first time in a men’s event effectively disappeared with an opening 79, rallied with a gutsy display featuring seven birdies and five bogeys.
Playing in the event for the third time, the 16-year-old Honolulu schoolgirl thrilled the huge galleries with a superb run of four birdies in five holes around the turn.
Although she dropped two shots over the closing stretch, she finished her round in style with a birdie at the par-five last.
The game’s most celebrated teenager since Tiger Woods, Wie has now failed to make the cut in seven men’s events, four of them on the PGA Tour.
Australia’s Steven Bowditch, who carded an opening 75, was disqualified from the tournament for playing the wrong ball on the 11th hole during Friday’s round.
Leading second round scores:
134 — Chad Campbell (US) 67, 67; Jim Furyk (US) 67, 67.
135 — David Toms (US) 66, 69.
136 — Jerry Smith (US) 69, 67; Stuart Appleby (Australia) 70, 66; John Holmes (US) 70, 66; Camilo Villegas (Colombia) 72, 64.
137 — Jerry Kelly (US) 68, 69; K.J. Choi (South Korea) 66, 71; Steve Jones (US) 69, 68; Dudley Hart (US) 69, 68; Jeff Gove (US) 66, 71; Rory Sabbatini (South Africa) 65, 72; Peter Lonard (Australia) 67, 70; Loren Roberts (US) 69, 68; Bubba Watson (US) 67, 70.
139 — Mark Calcavecchia (US) 70, 69; Fred Funk (US) 68, 71; Vaughn Taylor (US) 67, 72; Paul Goydos (US) 69, 70; Hunter Mahan (US) 71, 68; Tom Byrum (US) 68, 71; Arjun Atwal (India) 70, 69; Robert Gamez (US) 70, 69; Carl Pettersson (Sweden) 71, 68; Will MacKenzie (US) 69, 70; Vance Veazey (US) 70, 69; David Branshaw (US) 71, 68.
140 — Richard Johnson (Sweden) 69, 71; Todd Fischer (US) 73, 67; Vijay Singh (Fiji) 71, 69; Billy Mayfair (US) 70, 70; Adam Scott (Australia) 71, 69; Charles Warren (US) 66, 74; Shane Bertsch (US) 70, 70; Jeff Sluman (US) 67, 73; Rich Beem (US) 71, 69; Stewart Cink (US) 71, 69; Nathan Green (Australia) 70, 70.
141 — Jay Haas (US) 75, 66; Michael Allen (US) 72, 69; James Driscoll (US) 67, 74; Aaron Baddeley (Australia) 71, 70; Mathew Goggin (Australia) 69, 72; Jonathan Kaye (US) 73, 68; Carlos Franco (Paraguay) 70, 71; Troy Matteson (US) 72, 69; Ron Whittaker (US) 73, 68; Arron Oberholser (US) 70, 71; Paul Azinger (US) 69, 72; Jeff Maggert (US) 69, 72; Brad Faxon (US) 71, 70; Olin Browne (US) 71, 70; Brent Geiberger (US) 68, 73; Daniel Chopra (Sweden) 76, 65; Jon Mills (Canada) 69, 72.
142 — Jesper Parnevik (Sweden) 72, 70; Jason Bohn (US) 70, 72; Tommy Armour III (US) 68, 74; Chris Riley (US) 76, 66; Patrick Sheehan (US) 71, 71; Woody Austin (US) 74, 68; Tom Lehman (US) 71, 71; Roger Tambellini (US) 69, 73; Bill Haas (US) 71, 71.
143 — Hidemichi Tanaka (Japan) 73, 70; Charles Howell III (US) 71, 72; John Riegger (US) 72, 71; Joe Durant (US) 71, 72; Ryuji Imada (Japan) 72, 71; Thomas Levet (France) 71, 72; Shigeki Maruyama (Japan) 72, 71; Kaname Yokoo (Japan) 72, 71; Jeff Overton (US) 72, 71; Joe Ogilvie (US) 71, 72; Alex Cejka (Germany) 76, 67; Craig Barlow (US) 73, 70; Bo Van Pelt (US) 70, 73; David Duval (US) 75, 68; Parker McLachlin (US) 72, 71; Henrik Bjornstad (Norway) 70, 73; Bubba Dickerson (US) 72, 71.—Reuters
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