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DUBLIN (Ohio), June 2: Adam Scott matched the lowest score of his career to vault to the second-round lead at the Memorial tournament on Friday. The Australian ran off 11 birdies for a 10-under-par 62 in perfect morning conditions at Muirfield Village, his only bogey coming at the par-three 16th.
Scott posted a 12-under 132 total, one shot better than countryman Rod Pampling (68), while yet another Australian, Aaron Baddeley (68) was two shots behind with American Bubba Watson (68).
Tiger Woods left himself with a big deficit, 10 shots off the pace after a mediocre 72.
Phil Mickelson received good news on Friday when tests revealed that his sore left wrist was not broken, merely inflamed, boosting his hopes of playing in the US Open in a fortnight.
Friday’s second-round scores:
132 – Adam Scott (Australia) 70, 62.
133 – Rod Pampling (Australia) 65, 68.
134 – Aaron Baddeley (Australia) 66, 68; Bubba Watson (US) 66, 68.
135 – Ryan Moore (US) 66, 69; Sean O'Hair (US) 65, 70.
136 – Fredrik Jacobson (Sweden) 68, 68.
137 – Nick Watney (US) 68, 69; Geoff Ogilvy (Australia) 70, 67; Ted Purdy (US) 68, 69.
138 – Boo Weekley (US) 69, 69.
139 – K.J. Choi (South Korea) 69, 70; Trevor Immelman (South Africa) 72, 67; Nick O'Hern (Australia) 65, 74; Tim Herron (US) 66, 73; Jim Furyk (US) 70, 69; Billy Mayfair (US) 68, 71; Brett Quigley (US) 70, 69.
140 – D.J. Trahan (US) 69, 71; Stewart Cink (US) 69, 71; Mark Calcavecchia (US) 70, 70; Craig Kanada (US) 70, 70; Will MacKenzie (US) 67, 73; Jason Gore (US) 70, 70; Camilo Villegas (Colombia) 69, 71.
141 – Paul Casey (Britain) 72, 69; Vijay Singh (Fiji) 69, 72; Justin Leonard (US) 70, 71; Bob Tway (US) 69, 72; Ernie Els (South Africa) 66, 75; Matt Kuchar (US) 68, 73.
142 – Richard Johnson (Sweden) 73, 69; Tom Lehman (US) 71, 71; Tiger Woods (US) 70, 72; Ben Curtis (US) 70, 72; Mark Hensby (Australia) 71, 71; Rocco Mediate (US) 69, 73; Charles Howell III (US) 69, 73; Sergio Garcia (Spain) 69, 73; Johan Edfors (Sweden) 70, 72.—Reuters
