SAN ANTONIO (Texas), Sept 27: Tommy Armour III shot his lowest score of the season, an eight-under-par 62, to grab a one-shot lead after the second round of the $3.5 million Texas Open on Friday.
Armour finished with a 14-under total of 126, one ahead of Dan Forsman (63), who bogeyed his final hole, the ninth, at LaCantera Golf Club’s Resort course.
South Africa’s Tim Clark (63) was in third place on 128, 12 under. South Korea’s KJ Choi, Tom Lehman, Charles Howell III, Paul Goydos and U.S. Ryder Cup captain Hal Sutton were tied for fourth on 129.
Six of the 11 leading players are 40-plus. That includes the 43-year-old Armour, grandson of the former Scottish golfer Tommy Armour, and 45-year-old Forsman.
The other over-40s are Lehman, 43, Sutton, 45, and defending champion Loren Roberts, 48, and Bob Tway, 44, who are both on 130 alongside Cameron Beckman.
The last three tournament winners on the PGA Tour have been 40-plus.
Leading second-round scores:
126 - Tommy Armour 64-62
127 - Dan Forsman 64-63
128 - Tim Clark 65-63
129 - Charles Howell 65- 64, K.J. Choi 67-62, Hal Sutton 66-63, Paul Goydos 6564, Tom Lehman 66-63
130 - Cameron Beckman 63-67, Loren Roberts 64-66, Bob Tway 61-69
131 - Heath Slocum 61-70, Luke Donald 65-66, Rory Sabbatini 63-68, Olin Browne 67-64, Stewart Cink 65-66, Akio Sadakata 67-64
132 - Arron Oberholser 66-66, Aaron Baddeley 62-70, Garrett Willis 67-65, David Toms 66-66, Mike Heinen 67-65, John Huston 64-68, David Peoples 65-67, Scott Laycock 66-66
133 - Glen Hnatiuk 65-68, Rodney Pampling 65-68
134 - David Frost 65-69
135 - Jose Coceres 67-68, Per-Ulrik Johansson 68-67
136 - John Senden 67-69, Craig Perks 71-65, Ian Leggatt 67-69
137 - Paul Gow 70-67, Sergio Garcia 68-69, Shigeki Maruyama 69-68
138 - Peter Lonard 68-70
140 - Brenden Pappas 72-68, Ignacio Garrido 72-68, Carlos Franco 69-71, Kaname Yokoo 71-69, Carl Pettersson 71-69
141 - Esteban Toledo 70-71, Grant Waite 70-71, Kenichi Kuboya 72-69
142 - Jesper Parnevik 67-75
143 - Steven Alker 74-69, Anthony Painter 74-69, Stephen Allan 72-72.—Reuters