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Tiger's Birdie Blast Rattles Snedeker's Open Lead
Scott Fears Weekend Charge from The Pack
Watson The Model for Open Leader Snedeker
English Open Hopes Rest with Donald
Singh and Lahiri Grab Open Double for India
Thongchai In, Prayad Out at Open
Singapore's Mardan Bows Out of British Open
Tiger's Birdie Blast Rattles Snedeker's Open Lead
LYTHAM, England, July 20, 2012 (AFP) - Tiger Woods served notice that he remains a major title threat, holing out for birdie from a pot bunker at the 18th on Friday to steal the spotlight of the second round at the British Open.
American Brandt Snedeker took a one-stroke lead over Australian Adam Scott at Royal Lytham with a stunning six-under par 64, matching the lowest 36-hole total in Open history at 10-under par 130 and the 18-hole course record.
But Woods, a 14-time major champion who has not won a major crown since the 2008 US Open, grabbed the glory on a day when scoring was difficult, his last swing producing another tantalysing glimpse of the form that made him a legend.
"It wasn't as hard as it may have looked," Woods said. "Because I was on the upslope I could take out that steepness coming off the bunker and land the ball on the flat.
"So just threw it up there, played about a cup outside the left and it landed on my spot and rolled to the right."
The crowd in the grandstand roared as the ball fell into the cup, Woods pumping his fist and screaming in delight after his second 67 in a row left him in third on 134, four adrift of Snedeker but well placed to pounce.
"I'm very pleased at where I'm at," Woods said. "We're at the halfway point and I'm right there in the mix."
Woods, chasing the all-time record 18 major titles held by Jack Nicklaus, has won all seven prior major championships in which he has started with two rounds in the 60s, most recently at the 2006 PGA Championship.
Snedeker, who missed the cut in his three prior British Open starts, has not yet suffered a bogey or plunked a shot into a bunker.
Not since Woods was on his way to winning the 2000 British Open at St. Andrews had a player started a major without a bogey in the first 36 holes.
"No bogeys around here is getting some good breaks and playing some pretty good golf," Snedeker said. "I call it boring golf. I'm shooting away from every pin, trying to put it 25-30 feet away and hopefully make some putts."
Snedeker, who withdrew from last month's US Open after suffering a cracked right rib from severe coughing, equalled the 36-hole tournament record set by Nick Faldo in 1992 at Muirfield.
Snedeker also matched the 18-hole course record of 64 set by Tom Lehman in the third round in 1996 and equalled in Thursday's first round by Scott, who fired a 67 on Friday to join Snedeker as the targets of a Woods-led chase pack.
"No matter what the conditions are, one of those guys is going to have a good day and make up ground," Scott said. "We certainly have our work cut out, Brandt and myself, to stay ahead of that pack."
World No. 4 Woods, mired in a four-year major win drought, has won three PGA events this year and shared the 36-hole lead at June's US Open before fading.
This week, he has adopted a conservative style to cope with the bunkers and breezes at the links layout where such icons as Seve Ballesteros, Gary Player and Bobby Jones have hoisted the Claret Jug.
Woods birdied the fourth and sixth holes and answered a bogey at the par-5 11th with a birdie at the 16th, then took a situation at the 18th where bogey was possible and made a two-shot swing in his favour.
"Tiger Woods holing bunker shots -- I guess we knew that one was in before it even got there," 2010 US Open winner Graeme McDowell said.
"The last few groups of a major championship, playing with guys like Tiger Woods, that's right where you want to be."
Denmark's Thorbjorn Olesen birdied the last two holes to stand fourth on 135, booking himself a Saturday penultimate pairing with Woods.
"It's going to be something special," Olesen said. "Just going to go out there and enjoy it and play my own game."
Sharing fifth on 136 were McDowell, Scottish 1999 British Open winner Paul Lawrie, South African Thomas Aiken and Americans Matt Kuchar and Jason Dufner with South African Ernie Els 10th on 137.
"Snedeker has played phenomenal golf -- 10-under is world class," Lawrie said. "You've got to keep going and keep grinding away. Hopefully we have a couple of under-par scores over the weekend and I think you're in there roughly with a chance."
Steady Snedeker birdied six of the first 12 holes and avoided all 206 pot bunkers scattered across Royal Lytham for the second day in a row.
"To hit it in no bunkers around here, you have to get lucky," Snedeker said. "I don't expect that stat to hold over the weekend."
Defending champion Darren Clarke was not among 83 who made the cut on 143, a 71 leaving him on 147. US left-hander Phil Mickelson fired a 78 to stand on 151 and miss only his eighth major cut, his first since the 2007 British Open.
Scott Fears Weekend Charge from The Pack
LYTHAM, July 20, 2012 (AFP) - Adam Scott, seeking a first major title at the age of 32, said Friday that the big lead that he and Brandt Snedeker had at the halfway stage of the British Open did not mean it was a two-horse race.
The 32-year-old Australian came in with a three-under par 67 at Royal Lytham to go with his course record-equalling 64 on Thursday left him on nine-under 131, one shot shy of leader Snedeker of the United States.
They will form the final pairing for Saturday's third round and Scott made it clear he would still be casting anxious glances over his shoulder.
"I think you look at the names that are five and six shots back and it means even less again," he said of their leading position.
"It's a world class leaderboard, stacked up a few shots back, and I think no matter what the conditions are tomorrow, one of those guys is going to have a good day and make up ground.
"So we certainly have our work cut out, Brandt and myself, to stay ahead of that pack."
Scott was speaking minutes before Tiger Woods, one of the big names chasing the leaders, sunk a tricky bunker shot at the last to get to six under for the tournament.
The 14-time major winner will be playing in the pairing directly in front of Scott and Snedeker.
Seen as one of the best players in the world not to have won a major, Scott said that in the past two years he had decided to alter his schedule, play fewer tournaments and put in more practice specifically aimed at the four big ones.
That process seems to have been paying dividends, he feels.
"I needed a little more time to practice at home on the range, on the course, whatever practice is needed or even practice at the site," he said.
"And so with that, I've had to cut out a couple of events. And it's not about not wanting to compete or not being at those events, it's just purely about having a little more focus on the major tournaments.
"And I feel I play better when I practice more. And I think it has been effective so far.
"Last year certainly my results were better in the majors, and this year, too, already.
"So I feel if that's putting me in a better frame of mind coming into these things and confidence wise, then I'm doing the right thing."
Scott also said that his move to using a long putter had been a key area of his development in the past two years, giving him more consistency on the greens.
"I've played good this week and it is it's kind of a culmination of everything I've done over the last couple of years," he said.
"I feel like this is the path I have been going down and just happens to have happened here that I've put myself in good position after two days at a major and first time at the Open in this kind of position going into the weekend."
Watson The Model for Open Leader Snedeker
LYTHAM, England, July 20, 2012 (AFP) - British Open leader Brandt Snedeker said that a recent round of golf with five-time winner Tom Watson was the catalyst which transformed him from being a no-hoper on links to a potential champion. 
The 31-year-old from Nashville lit up the second round of the tournament at Royal Lytham on Friday for a course record-equalling 64 and a halfway total of 130, the equal best of all time at The Open.
It was a performance, Snedeker said, that left him in a state of shock, especially as in three previous Open campaigns he had failed to make a single cut or even better 70.
It wasn't due to any dislike for the peculiar demands of playing on links, said Snedeker, who on the contrary has a particular fondness for seaside golf, but was just that he could not get the hang of it.
Enter Watson, one of the all-time greatest proponents of links golf.
"Well, it helped a bunch playing with him," Snedeker said.
"He told me the first time over here he wasn't a big fan of links golf. The second time he played he loved it.
"You've got to kind of embrace it, realise that you're going to get good bounces, bad bounces, expect the worst and hope for the best."
It was certainly the best that Snedeker produced in damp, cold Lancashire conditions on Friday morning.
He opened wth a birdie on the par-three first for the second straight day and reached the turn in four-under 30.
Two more birdies came his way at 11 and 12 and when his game went somewhat off down the rest of the back nine his putter invariably came to his rescue.
In two rounds the American has not allowed a single bogey and, more incredibly, he has yet to go into any of Lytham's 206 trademark pot bunkers.
In his own words, he said he had been playing "boring golf", far removed from the aggressive target variety he usually plays back home in the United States.
"I'm shooting away from every pin, trying to put it 25, 30 feet away and hopefully make some putts, which I've done the first two days and hopefully plan on doing the next few days," he said.
It is not the first time that Snedeker has been in the hunt for what would be a first major title, having gone close at the 2008 Masters before Trevor Immelman won.
He played alongside the South African in the final pairing of the third and last rounds that year and he said he learned a lot from watching the way the South African handled himself.
"To watch Trevor handle the emotions and play the way he did the last 18 really taught me a lot about what you're going to have to go through," he said.
"It wasn't an easy day that day at Augusta. It was real tough. I remember watching him kind of handle himself around the golf course, the way he kind of plotted his way around the golf course.
"It's something you're going to have to do in the course of four rounds."
Snedeker is back to full fitness after a curious injury earlier in the year when he cracked a rib from a bout of severe couging.
That forced him to skip the US Open last month and he only made it back to play at the Greenbrier Classic tournament two weeks ago where he tied for 38th.
But he said that he would take confidence into a weekend which could see him become the fourth major winner in a row to come from the Uniited States, all of them first-time major champions.
"This weekend I feel prepared," he said.
"I've been in some pretty tight spots in the States and I've been playing in playoffs and playing against the best players in the world and stuff like that.
"So I kind of know what pressure feels like. Obviously it's going to be a lot more over the weekend, but I've got something to fall back on."
English Open Hopes Rest with Donald
LYTHAM, England, July 20, 2012 (AFP) - Top English hopes for a home win at the British Open -- Luke Donald and Lee Westwood -- were in contrasting moods as the tournament reached its halfway stage on Friday.
Both made the cut at Royal Lytham, but World No. 1 Donald was still in contention at two under, eight shots off the lead after a 68, while World No. 3 Westwood just managed to duck under the cut at three over after a 70.
Both players are seeking their first major title after a combined 93 previous failed attempts have saddled them both with the tag of being serious under-achievers.
Donald raised home hopes of a first English win on home turf since Tony Jacklin did so here 43 years ago when he ran off four birdies in five holes from the fourth.
But he failed to keep that charge going and bogeys at 10 and 13 left him with a sizeable gap to close on the leaders at the weekend.
He sounded confident though that he was still firmly in the hunt.
"I'm certainly feeling more and more comfortable," he said.
"It's nice to string a couple of solid rounds together in a major. Obviously where I am in my career I need to be contending. And obviously this was a good solid two rounds, and looking forward to the weekend."
In contrast, Westwood sounded a sombre note after his round, which saw him par his first 12 holes before he took a bogey at the 13th.
He got that back with a birdie at the next and then parred his way in for a solid round, but not a good enough one to compensate for his poor 73 on Thursday.
Standing 13 shots off the lead he admitted would likely prove to be too much of a gap too close, even if unpredicatble gusting winds are forecast for Sunday afternoon when the leaders are due to be heading out for their final rounds.
That was something he would just have to accept, Westwood said, keeping in mind that, at 39, he still had a few good years left to bag that elusive first major title.
"I'm a contender to win most majors. I play nicely most weeks. And over the last 12 or 13 major championships I've given myself lots of good chances," he said.
"So I'm going to have another chance in two weeks' time, aren't I, or three weeks' time (at next month's PGA Championship).
"It's just one of those things. You turn up, you try and play your best. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.
"This time last year I was in the same situation. I think I missed the cut by a shot last year in the Open."
Westwood was not the only disappointed Englishman on Saturday.
World No. 9 Justin Rose, who been considered a strong outsider before the tournament, failed to duck under the cut barrier as he came in with a 70 to stand at four over.
That meant that in 10 Open appearances since he sensationally finished in a tie for fourth as a 17-year-old amateur at Royal Birkdale, Rose has failed to post another top-10 result.
Former World No. 3 Paul Casey, meanwhile, had another depressing day as he continues his battle back from sustaining a shoulder injury while snowboarding during the winter.
He had a 79 and at 11 over for the tournament was near the bottom of the 156-strong field.
Level with Donald on 138 was 27-year-old English qualifier James Morrison while Ian Poulter was on level par after a 69 and in need of a score in the low 60s to give himself any chance on Sunday.
McIlroy out of sorts at Open
LYTHAM, July 20, 2012 (AFP) - Rory McIlroy all but blew away his chances of a first British Open victory in Friday's second round, but insisted he could still make up enough lost ground at the weekend to win a second major.
The 23-year-old Ulsterman was out of sorts all day at a damp and cold Royal Lytham, firing three bogeys and one double bogey against two birdies to come in with a five-over par 75.
That left him at two over for the tournament and just under the projected line for the cut.
"It wasn't the best day out there," he agreed.
"I was doing pretty well just to hang in there around par on the front nine. And making a double on the ninth there was sort of the turning point in the round and I couldn't really recover from that."
McIlroy started steadily enough, but the first sign that things were not quite right came on the third when he nearly clobbered the caddie of Japan's Toshinori Muto who was standing at the side of the fourth tee.
The Irishman got a lucky break as his ball stayed on the tee area instead of rolling down into the thick rough at the side of it, but he was still unable to get down in two from there and dropped his first stroke.
On the par-three ninth he hit into a deep bunker and took two to get out of sand saturated by heavy overnight rain. His second effort sailed past the hole and he took two putts from there.
McIlroy had a couple of birdie chances in the finishing stretch, but this time it was his putter that let him down as came off trailing leader Brandt Snedeker, who was still on the course, by 12 strokes at that stage.
Still the World No. 2 said that he was not out of it yet.
"Obviously Snedeker is a little bit ahead at the minute, but I feel like if I can maybe get it back to where I was at the start of the day today, somewhere around there, three, four under going into Sunday, I think I'd still have a great chance," he said.
Asked about an incident during Thursday's opening round when his drive hit a teennage boy on the head and bounced out of bounds at the 15th, McIlroy said that he had paid for him to spend a night in a hotel.
"I thought it was the least I could do," he said.
"I didn't want him sleeping the night in a tent when he's got a massive gash in the side of his head.
"I put him and his mate up for the night and gave them a bit of cash to go for a bit of food last night.
"I actually tried to get them into the hotel for a couple more nights, but they were just fully booked, so last night was the only night they got to spend.
"But as I said, it was the least I could do. If someone gave me a big hole in my head, I wouldn't be too happy."
Singh and Lahiri Grab Open Double for India
LYTHAM, July 20, 2012 (AFP) - Jeev Milkha Singh and Anirban Lahiri made it a red-letter day for India at the British Open on Friday as they became the first two golfers from the sub-continent to qualify for the weekend rounds at the same major.
The 25-year-old Lahiri, a two-time Asian Tour winner, ensured himself a memorable maiden Open appearance with a battling two-over-par 72 which placed him on level par 140 at Royal Lytham and St Annes.
American Brendt Snedeker holds the halfway lead on 130 but Lahiri is only a couple of shots outside the top-10.
Singh, winner of the Scottish Open last week, fired a 71 to lie on 141 and along the way celebrated his own milestone by completing his streak of making the cut in all the four Majors.
"Excellent," said Singh when told that Lahiri was also through to the weekend.
"First British Open for him and it’s great that he’s done well. First time we have two Indians in the weekend rounds. It speaks well that the Indians are doing well.
"I’m very proud I’ve made the cut at the Open. This is the only major that I’ve not made the cut. This is another feather in the cap. This one was missing and I’ve done that too. It’s a cut slam!"
Singh is not discounting a weekend charge after his play-off triumph in Scotland.
"I’ve got confidence in my game. You never know on links course. If the wind picks up, anything can happen. It’ll give us a chance to make a run," he said.
India’s rising star Lahiri was delighted to accompany Singh into the history books for Indian golf.
"I’m happy. I’m really happy that I’m playing in the weekend. If someone had said even par after two rounds, I would have taken it on Thursday morning," the 25-year-old said said.
"I hung in there. I had to make a few crucial putts and I stuck to my routine. I told myself to go out there and enjoy myself.
"It’s been very special. My dad has been walking with me and my manager is here. I can’t ask for anything more. I’m happy I put in a decent performance for them."
Lahiri was especially proud with the way he handled the pressure, especially after he turned in two over with bogeys on five and nine.
"I didn’t hit it as well as I would have liked," he said.
"I wasn’t thinking about the cut line. After I made bogey on nine, I was really upset.
"I made some bad clubbing decision and I seemed to lose my concentration after that. On the par five 11, I hit it to the singular worse spot that you could. But I made a good 10 footer for par and that saved me from losing it.
"I was on the verge of getting angry and I didn’t get angry. That was very critical as on a course like this, if you lose your temperament you can lose it. I’m glad I managed to keep myself calm."
Choi, Pagunsan Make Open Cut
LYTHAM, England, July 20, 2012 (AFP) - Reigning Asian Tour number one Juvic Pagunsan of the Philippines and South Korean star K.J. Choi endured a nervous wait before making the cut at the British Open after Friday's second round.
Pagunsan, who teed off in the second group of the morning, imagined he had squandered his chances of making the cut in the after a three-putt bogey on the 18th left him on two-over par 72 for the day and three-over 143 for 36 holes.
"I wanted to make a par there to finish at two over but I made a three putt. A bit disappointing," Pagunsan said.
"My first putt was too strong. I thought it was going to be a bit slow as it was uphill and then a bit downhill. But my ball passed the hill and then just rolled down. It wasn't slow."
The Filipino said he lacked feel in his hands in the earl morning cold.
"This morning it was really bad. That’s why I made a few bogeys," he said. "My hands couldn’t not feel the club. It was really hard. It got better. At the start my body was freezing but I was so happy with the way I played after that."
Pagunsan, 34, had to wait for over nine hours to learn he had squeezed into the last two rounds at Royal Lytham on the number, a cut line that moved between 142 and 143 before finally settling on the higher number.
The 143 total allowed 16 extra people into the field above the number that landed on 142, including 42-year-old Choi, an eight-time US PGA Tour winner who played in the afternoon.
A double bogey on the third hole put Choi on the back foot but he came back with two birdies on his back nine.
"The third hole, it took me by surprise as the wind changed direction all of a sudden," Choi said. "I didn’t practice that hole in that wind. The winds were different. I couldn’t play the style the kind of golf that I wanted to play.
"I felt that even on the putting, the slope and grain of the grass, they were different. If it slopes this way, the grain would go the other way."
Thongchai In, Prayad Out at Open
LYTHAM, July 20, 2012 (AFP) - Thai duo Thongchai Jaidee and Prayad Marksaeng endured mixed fortunes at the British Open on Friday. 
Thongchai, a triple Asian Tour number one, shot a one-over-par 71 to safely make the weekend rounds at Royal Lytham and St Annes on level par 140.
But countryman Prayad’s Open misery was extended for at least another year after missing his fifth cut.
The 42-year-old Thongchai was rock solid throughout his afternoon round and was unlucky not to finish with a second straight 70 after his birdie attempt from 10 feet at the last hole burned the edge of the cup.
A weekend appearance will boost his hopes of qualifying for next month’s PGA Championship as the 105th ranked Thongchai needs to break into the top-100 in the world.
"Hard day. Made the cut which is very important for this event," said Thongchai, who took his run of made cuts to 11 straight tournaments.
"No complaints today. I just missed two fairways and made one birdie. It was a good game plan. Played solid and played my own game. I look forward to the next two days."
With only three shots separating the former Thai paratrooper from the top-five, he is planning a weekend charge in the world’s oldest major.
But the recent Wales Open champion knows he must remain patient on the links and continue to keep his driver tucked safely in the bag.
"The pins were tough, every hole was on a slope. I hit it solid. I don’t care about the leaders. Two more rounds. I only used one driver on 11. A lot of three wood and irons and it is a good game plan.
Prayad shot a second straight 75 to miss the halfway cut for the fifth time since making his debut in 1999.
The 46-year-old was lost for words after signing for a card which included one double bogey, five bogeys and two birdies for a two-day total of 150.
"The first three holes, I was already four over. I kept hooking my shots. I don’t know why. Maybe I’ve got too many layers on as it was cold. I’ve got three layers on today," said Prayad.
"I don’t like the course. Maybe, the new players like Prom and Kiradech can play well. I’ll try to qualify again but I don’t understand why I can’t play well when I get here."
Singapore's Mardan Bows Out of British Open
LYTHAM, July 20, 2012 (AFP) - Singaporean veteran Mardan Mamat failed in his bid to make it third time lucky at the British Open on Friday and blamed the unexpected good weather for his failure at Royal Lytham and St Annes.
The 44-year-old, who is a three-time Asian Tour winner, improved in the second round with a two-over-par 72, which was five shots better than his opening round’s effort which effectively ended his hopes of progressing into the weekend rounds.
After weeks of preparing his game to tackle the winds which is so often associated with links golf, Mardan failed to take advantage of benign conditions and a soft golf course which was a result of overnight rain.
"Yesterday, it was very calm. A lot of preparation that I made was for bad weather. Overall, I didn’t hit it good on the first day. Today, it was so much better but I couldn’t hole a putt," said Mardan.
"The past few weeks, I’ve been working on the knock down shots and suddenly, the weather was so nice and I had to switch back to my normal swing and I was uncomfortable with that yesterday. But today, it was okay."
He acknowledged he was mentally caught off guard when good weather prevailed instead of rain and strong winds which were being predicted by the local weatherman.
He made three bogeys against a single birdie to end his third campaign in the Open which has yet to yield a full week for the Singaporean star.
"Two bogeys I made were through wrong clubs. On nine, I was one club short and on 12, I was one club over," he said.
Collated scores on Friday during the second round of the 141st British Open golf championship at par-70 Royal Lytham:
130 - Brandt Snedeker (USA) 66-64
131 - Adam Scott (AUS) 64-67
134 - Tiger Woods (USA) 67-67
135 - Thorbjorn Olesen (DEN) 69-66
136 - Paul Lawrie (SCO) 65-71, Matt Kuchar (USA) 69-67, Graeme McDowell (NIR) 67-69, Jason Dufner (USA) 70-66, Thomas Aiken (RSA) 69-68
137 - Ernie Els (RSA) 67-70
138 - Steven Alker (NZL) 69-69, Luke Donald (ENG) 70-68, Steve Stricker (USA) 67-71, James Morrison (ENG) 68-70
139 - Carl Pettersson (SWE) 71-68, Simon Dyson (ENG) 72-67, Toshinori Muto (JPN) 67-72, Peter Hanson (SWE) 67-72, Andres Romero (ARG) 70-69, Mark Calcavecchia (USA) 71-68, Greg Chalmers (AUS) 71-68, Simon Khan (ENG) 70-69, Kyle Stanley (USA) 70-69, Bill Haas (USA) 71-68, Zach Johnson (USA) 65-74, Thomas Bjorn (DEN) 70-69, Martin Laird (SCO) 70-69
140 - Louis Oosthuizen (RSA) 72-68, Geoff Ogilvy (AUS) 72-68, Retief Goosen (RSA) 70-70, Ted Potter (USA) 69-71, Anirban Lahiri (IND) 68-72, Garth Mulroy (RSA) 71-69, Thongchai Jaidee (THA) 69-71, Miguel Angel Jimenez (ESP) 71-69, Jamie Donaldson (WAL) 68-72, Ian Poulter (ENG) 71-69, Bubba Watson (USA) 67-73, Dale Whitnell (ENG) 71-69
141 - Bob Estes (USA) 69-72, Lee Slattery (ENG) 69-72, Hunter Mahan (USA) 70-71, John Senden (AUS) 70-71, Francesco Molinari (ITA) 69-72, Jeev Milkha Singh (IND) 70-71, Rafael Cabrera-Bello (ESP) 70-71, Nick Watney (USA) 71-70, Yoshinori Fujimoto (JPN) 71-70, Dustin Johnson (USA) 73-68, Warren Bennett (ENG) 71-70
142 - Greg Owen (ENG) 71-71, Richard Sterne (RSA) 69-71, Branden Grace (RSA) 73-69, Harris English (USA) 71-71, Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (ESP) 71-71, Nicolas Colsaerts (BEL) 65-77, Rory McIlroy (NIR) 67-75, Padraig Harrington (IRL) 70-72, Jim Furyk (USA) 72-70, Fredrik Jacobson (SWE) 69-73, Alexander Noren (SWE) 71-71, Justin Hicks (USA) 68-74, Matthew Baldwin (ENG) 69-73, Rafael Echenique (ARG) 73-69, Vijay Singh (FIJ) 70-72, Aaron Baddeley (AUS) 71-71, Troy Matteson (USA) 70-72
143 - Brendan Jones (AUS) 69-74, Juvic Pagunsan (PHI) 71-72, Pablo Larrazabal (ESP) 73-70, Charles Howell (USA) 72-71, Gary Woodland (USA) 73-70, K.J. Choi (KOR) 70-73, Ross Fisher (ENG) 72-71, Bae Sang-Moon (KOR) 72-71. Keegan Bradley (USA) 71-72, Rickie Fowler (USA) 71-72, Adilson Da Silva (BRA) 69-74, John Daly (USA) 72-71, Chad Campbell (USA) 73-70, Lee Westwood (ENG) 73-70, Tom Watson (USA), Joost Luiten (NED) 73-70
Failed to make the cut
144 - Nicholas Cullen (AUS) 73-71, Marcel Siem (GER) 74-70, George Coetzee (RSA) 74-70, Marcus Fraser (AUS) 71-73, Mark Wilson (USA) 72-72, Anders Hansen (DEN) 68-76, Koumei Oda (JPN) 72-72, Marc Leishman (AUS) 69-75, Jbe Kruger (RSA) 68-76, Richie Ramsay (SCO) 71-73, Raphael Jacquelin (FRA) 72-72, Yang Yong-Eun (KOR) 74-70, Justin Rose (ENG) 74-70, Sergio Garcia (ESP) 72-72, Charl Schwartzel (RSA) 69-75, Steven Tiley (ENG) 72-72, Aaron Townsend (AUS) 70-74
145 - Scott Pinckney (USA) 68-77, Tom Lehman (USA) 73-72, Gregory Havret (FRA) 73-72, K.T. Kim (KOR), Bo Van Pelt (USA) 71-74 Morten Orum Madsen (DEN) 74-71, David Duval (USA) 74-71, Stewart Cink (USA) 72-73
146 - Steven O'Hara (SCO) 74-72, Jonathan Byrd (USA) 74-72, Ashley Hall (AUS) 71-75, Barry Lane (ENG) 73-73, Sandy Lyle (SCO) 74-72, Todd Hamilton (USA) 72-74, Alejandro Canizares (ESP) 74-72, Alan Dunbar (NIR -a) 75-71, Ryo Ishikawa (JPN) 74-72, Martin Kaymer (GER) 77-69, Sam Walker (ENG) 76-70
147 - Michael Thompson (USA) 74-73, Toru Taniguchi (JPN) 72-75 Robert Allenby (AUS), 75-72, Stephen Ames (CAN) 74-73, Darren Clarke (NIR) 76-71, Daniel Chopra (SWE) 73-74
148 - Lucas Glover (USA) 72-76, Andrew Georgiou (RSA) 74-74, Troy Kelly (USA) 72-76, Tadahiro Takayama (JPN) 77-71, John Huh (USA) 75-73, Justin Leonard (USA) 75-73, Hiroyuki Fujita (JPN) 76-72, Brad Kennedy (AUS) 75-73
149 - Chez Reavie (USA) 74-75, Ben Curtis (USA) 75-74, Trevor Immelman (RSA) 74-75, Alvaro Quiros (ESP) 74-75, Robert Rock (ENG) 78-71, Johnson Wagner (USA) 73-76, Mardan Mamat (SIN) 77-72
150 - Prayad Marksaeng (THA), Kodai Ichihara (JPN) 77-73, Davis Love (USA) 71-79, Tim Clark (RSA) 76-74, Kevin Na (USA) 73-77
151 - Paul Casey (ENG) 72-79, Phil Mickelson (USA) 73-78, Elliot Saltman (SCO) 76-75
152 - Angel Cabrera (ARG) 71-81, James Driscoll (USA) 76-76
153 - Paul Broadhurst (ENG) 75-78, Richard Finch (ENG) 74-79
154 - Michael Hoey (NIR) 79-75
156 - Grant Veenstra (RSA) 77-79
157 - Manuel Trappel (AUT -a) 74-83
159 - Ian Keenan (ENG) 76-83