THOUSAND OAKS (California), Dec 10: Kiwi Michael Campbell showed some chinks in his armour, but still led the Target World Challenge after Friday’s second round.
After building a five-stroke lead, Campbell struggled to complete the second round at even-par 72 for a nine-under total of 133 in the US$5.5m unofficial event hosted by Tiger Woods.
Campbell, who fired a course record-tying 63 on Thursday, moved to 13-under and five shots ahead of American Kenny Perry and Ulsterman Darren Clarke through 12 holes.
But he dropped four shots - including a double-bogey on 18 - coming in and finished the day leading 2002 winner Padraig Harrington of Ireland and Clarke by three strokes.
Harrington shot a second-round 70 and Clarke a one-over 73.
Woods, the defending champion as well as host, is just 14th in the 16-golfer field following back-to-back rounds of 72.
Second-round leading scores:
135 - Michael Campbell (NZL) 63-72
138 - Darren Clarke (NIR) 65-73, Padraig Harrington (IRL) 68-70
139 - Fred Couples 71-68, Kenny Perry 69-70
140 - Chris DiMarco 72-68, Luke Donald (GBR) 72-68, David Howell (GBR) 72-68
141 - Thomas Bjorn (DEN) 70-71, Tim Clark (RSA) 71-70, Jim Furyk 73-68
143 - Davis Love 76-67, David Toms 73-70
144 - Tiger Woods 72-72
145 - Fred Funk 72-73
146 - Colin Montgomerie (GBR) 76-70
Three-way TIE
BANGKOK: Title-holder Jyoti Randhawa and Marcus Both battled into a share of the lead with overnight pacesetter Shiv Kapur in a super-charged third round of the Volvo Masters of Asia on Saturday.
India’s Randhawa blitzed his back nine with five birdies for a five-under-par 67 at Thai Country Club where his three-day total of 15-under-par 201 was matched by Australia’s Both, who carded a superb 66 and overnight leader Kapur, who shot a 68.
Leading third-round scores:
201 - Marcus Both (AUS) 69-66-66, Shiv Kapur (IND) 66-67-68, Jyoti Randhawa (IND) 70-64-67
206 - Chawalit Plaphol (THA) 69-70-67
207 - Chapchai Nirat (THA) 71-68-68, Andrew Buckle (AUS) 66-71-70
208 - Zhang Lian-wei (CHN) 72-66-70
209 - Frankie Minoza (PHI) 70-74-65, Prom Meesawat (THA) 67-72-70, Simon Yates (SCO) 71-69-69, Lu Wen-teh (TPE) 71-67-71, Adam Fraser (AUS) 68-69-72
210 - Ted Oh (KOR) 68-73-69, Terry Pilkadaris (AUS) 69-71-70
211 - Thaworn Wiratchant (THA) 71-73-67, Wang Ter-chang (TPE) 71-71-69
212 - Prayad Marksaeng (THA) 72-72-68, Gary Simpson (AUS) 69-71-72, Scott Strange (AUS) 70-69-73
213 - Mo Joong-kyung (KOR) 74-68-71, Jason Knutzon (USA) 70-70-73
214 - Anthony Kang (USA) 68-76-70, Kang Wook-soon (KOR) 71-73-70, Gary Rusnak (USA) 74-70-70, Boonchu Ruangkit (THA) 70-72-72, Thammanoon Srirot (THA) 68-73-73
Australian Masters
MELBOURNE: Leading scores after the third round of the Australian Masters on Saturday:
200 - Nick O’Hern 64-66-70
203 - Robert Allenby 67-68-68
204 - Bubba Watson 70-65-69
205 - John Senden 67-70-68
207 - Stuart Appleby 72-69-66
208 - Paul Casey 70-70-68
209 - Paul Sheehan 69-72-68, Martin Doyle 69-67-73
210 - Brad Lamb 71-73-66, Peter Lonard 72-68-70.—Agencies