Golf roundup
Lowery, Van Pelt hot in Chrysler PALM HARBOR, Fla. (AP) – Steve Lowery and Bo Van Pelt, two guys who didn’t earn a dime the first few months of the season, played some of their best golf Friday at the Chrysler Championship on a tough day that sent Vijay Singh home early for the second straight week.
Davis Love III and Bernhard Langer each shot 69 and were another shot behind with Tom Pernice Jr. (66).
The last two weeks have been disastrous for Singh, who started the year at No. 1 in the world ranking. Singh, the defending champion at Innisbrook, went 74-71 to miss the cut by one shot.
Charles Schwab Cup Championship
SONOMA, Calif. – Gil Morgan shot a steady 3-under 69, while Loren Roberts had a wild ride to the same score as they matched Lonnie Nielsen (72) atop the leaderboard after two rounds at the Charles Schwab Cup Championship.
Morgan, Roberts and Nielsen are at 6-under 138 at Sonoma Golf Club – but with 20 players within four strokes of the lead.
Haas (69) joined Tom Watson (70), Craig Stadler (70) and Jerry Pate (72) among six golfers just one stroke behind the leaders after what’s expected to be the only drizzly day on Sonoma’s unforgiving rough and clever layouts.
CJ Nine Bridges Classic
JEJU, South Korea – South Korea’s Jee Young Lee shot a 7-under 65 to take a two-stroke lead over compatriot Jeong Jang and Sweden’s Carin Koch after the first round of the LPGA Tour’s CJ Nine Bridges Classic.
Annika Sorenstam shot a 75, bogeying four of her first 14 holes – two of them par 5s – before making her lone birdie on No. 15.
Volvo Masters
SOTOGRANDE, Spain – Colin Montgomerie moved closer to his eighth European Tour money title and took the outright lead in the Volvo Masters with a 5-under 66.
U.S. Open champion Michael Campbell, the only player who can spoil Montgomerie’s Order of Merit title bid, carded a 69. Montgomerie was 9 under at 133, eight shots ahead of the New Zealander.
Campbell must rally in the final 36 holes to keep Montgomerie from topping the money list for the first time since the Scot won the last of his seven straight titles in 1999.
Ian Poulter of England, who shared the first-round lead with Montgomerie and played with him in the second round, had a 68. He was two shots off the lead, tied with Sergio Garcia of Spain, who had a 67.