Garcia stays in front

Published October 30, 2004

VALDERRAMA, Oct 29: Overnight leader Sergio Garcia came back from a disastrous start to his second round of the Volvo Masters to keep himself atop the leader board here on Friday.

His two-under 69 put him six-under for the championship and one ahead of Scotland's Alaistair Forsyth, two clear of England's Ian Poulter and three in front of Angel Cabrera and France's Christian Cevaer.

Leading second round scores

136 - Sergio Garcia (SPA) 67-69

137 - Alaistair Forsyth 68-69

138 - Ian Poulter 71-67

139 - Angel Cabrera (ARG) 73-66, Christian Cevaer (FRA) 69-70

140 - Peter Hanson (SWE) 70-70

141 - Brian Davis 68-73, Jonathan Lomas 69-72

142 - David Howell 73-69, Padraig Harrington 72-70, Paul Casey 72-70, Terry Price (AUS) 71-71.

SLUMAN ON FIRE

PALM HARBOR: Jeff Sluman shot a course-record nine-under-par 62 on Thursday to lead after the first round of the $5 million Chrysler Championship. Sluman scattered nine birdies around the par-71 Westin Innisbrook Resort Copperhead Course and holds a two-shot lead over Jonathan Kaye, Kent Jones and Kirk Triplett.

World number one Vijay Singh opened with a six-under 65, as did Justin Rose. Jonathan Byrd is alone at five-under 66.

Leading first-round scores:

62 Jeff Sluman

64 Jonathan Kaye, Kent Jones, Kirk Triplett

65 Vijay Singh (Fiji), Justin Rose (Britain)

66 Jonathan Byrd

67 Jay Haas, Stephen Leaney (Australia), Lee Janzen, Jose Maria Olazabal (Spain)

68 Carl Pettersson (Sweden), Chris Riley, Mark Calcavecchia, J.L. Lewis, Woody Austin, Jesper Parnevik (Sweden), Harrison Frazar, Craig Parry (Australia), Joe Durant, Charles Howell III, Tom Byrum. -Agencies

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