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VANCOUVER (British Columbia), Sept 10: Mark Calcavecchia continued to set the pace at the Canadian Open carding a second round three-under 67 on Friday, but has defending champion Vijay Singh in hot pursuit.
Among the early starters, Calcavecchia took advantage of ideal scoring conditions at the Shaughnessy Golf Club to get to eight-under 132 and move five shots clear of the field –- the largest lead after 36 holes on the US PGA Tour this season.
The man Calcavecchia will have his eye on, however, will be the world number two Singh, who rebounded from an opening round 73 with a four-under 66 to lead a large group of seven players at one-under 139.
Leading second round scores:
132 — Mark Calcavecchia (US) 65, 67.
137 — Lucas Glover (US) 65, 72.
138 — Carlos Franco (Paraguay) 68, 70; Jerry Kelly (US) 72, 66; Jesper Parnevik (Sweden) 66, 72; Bob Heintz (US) 68, 70; Mathias Groenberg (Sweden) 68, 70.
139 — Matt Kuchar (US) 72, 67; Brent Geiberger (US) 68, 71; Ted Purdy (US) 67, 72; Ryan Moore (US) 69, 70; Arjun Atwal (India) 72, 67; Vijay Singh (Fiji) 73, 66; Trevor Immelman (South Africa) 71, 68.
COLOGNE (Germany): Jose Maria Olazabal, seeking his first win of the season, fired a seven-under-par 65 to grab a share of the lead after the second round of the German Masters on Friday.
The Spaniard’s eight-birdie display put the twice former US Masters champion on 11-under 133 alongside Britain’s Anthony Wall, whose 62 was two strokes off the Gut Larchenhof course record.
Leading second round scores:
133 — Jose Maria Olazabal (Spain) 68, 65; Anthony Wall (Britain) 71, 62.
134 — Paul Casey (Britain) 67, 67.
135 — Marc Cayeux (Zimbabwe) 66, 69; Nick Dougherty (Britain) 71, 64; Retief Goosen (South Africa) 67, 68; David Lynn (Britain) 68, 67.
136 — Scott Drummond (Britain) 68, 68; Bernhard Langer (Germany) 67, 69.
SINGAPORE: Joint overnight leader Edward Michaels opened up a two-stroke lead at a weather-affected Singapore Open on Saturday, the American completing 14 holes of his third round before fading light led to a suspension of play.
Forced to sit out a three-and-a-half-hour rain delay, Michaels returned to the course on the ninth and mixed a birdie, four pars and a bogey to stand on even-par for his round and six under for the tournament.
Four players Adam Scott, fellow Australian Andrew Buckle, American Anthony Kang and New Zealand’s Mahal Pearce, are grouped together in a share of second place.—Agencies
