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Show THE DAILY HERALD, (www.HaitTheHerald.com), Page B2 Provo, Utah, Saturday, July 20, 2002 GOLF out of confemiosi early MicEielson By DAVID WHITLEY The Orlando Sentinel . GULLANE, Scotland-W- hile Phil Mickelson was altering his game for the British Open, he apparently also changed his golfing clock. Instead of losing a major on Sunday, Mickelson's time ran out two days early. He shot a 76 on Friday and barely made the cut. So much for another stirring Sunday installment of the Tiger-and-Ph- 1 he Associated Press Swing easy? Phil Mickelson plays out of the rough at the British Open on Friday. Show. il "I'm obviously going to need a lot of help," Mickelson said. The gallery was ready to give it to him. Mickelson has become golf's most beloved bridesmaid, finishing in the top three in four of the past six majors. While Tiger Woods got the titles, Mickelson piled up sympathy points in his star- - crossed quest to win his first major. He came to Muirfield and history made 41 look probable. Mickelson has never finished in the top 10 of a British Open, but this year was supposed to be different. He'd been his game for the 'past 18 months, developing lower shots with less spin. Those biting approaches may play in Peoria, but not on the rolling links and greens of St. Andrews and Royal Lytham. After 131 years, the British Open isn't likely to change style anytime scon. Mickelson's hopes were raised when he shot a 68 on Thursday, his best opening round at a British Open. Mickelson had spent most of the past two weeks at the Titleist Test Center in Carlsbad, Calif. It has three practice holes that could fit nicely on any British Open course. If only Titleist developed health-hazar- d rough, Mickelson might have been prepared for what he faced Friday. His first drive went into the hay, and he thought he had a decent lie and could slap it out cleanly. Instead, his mighty cut evoked a mighty grimace. A sharp pain shot up his left arm. Mickelson grabbed his elbow and slowly mouthed a couple of choice words There was no real damage, only a stinging sensation that wouldn't go away. "I seem to get to get one every time I hit it out of the rough, but it didn't seem to affect any other shots," Mickelson said. "I didn't have any lingering pain." He also never found that stroke. ATA GLANCE - Scotland (AP) A brief look at Friday's second round: GULLANE, LEADING: Two-tim- U.S. Open e champion Ernie Els shot a 66 to join a quintet at 136 that includes PGA champion Bob Tway, Duffy Waldorf, Shigeki Maruyama and Padraig Har- wV rington. JUST BEHIND: Three players at Carl Pettersson, Soren 137 - Hansen and Des Smyth. WHERE'S WOODS? Despite struggling with his putter again missing three birdie tries inside 10 feet Tiger Woods 68 and managed a was just two shots off the lead. AT STAKE: For 155 players, the claret jug and $1.2 million - V ' ' ' V ', - ' I) . , BRITISH championships. Continued from Bl 7 9 7046 68-6-9 68-6- 9 0 69-6- 9 7068-19 68-7-0 4 Steohenms,tiaad ifco. 68-7- 0 Thomas Level Franca Thomas Bjom, Denmark Jeff Maggert, United States Corey Pavin, United States Lee ianzen, United States RetJefGoosen, South Africa Darren Clarke, Northern Ireland 6 68-7-0 8 69-7-0 9 Warren Bennett. England Steve Strieker, United States Scott McCarron, United States 0 Ian Garbutt. Engand Gary Evans, England . David Park, Wales Sergio Garcia, Spain AnarewCotort, Scotland Peter Otrfallay, Australia Stewart ank, United States 0 PaulLawrie,Scotlond 0 8 7 SNngo Katayema, Japan Scott verplank, United States Mark Cakavecchia, USA Chris DiMarco. United States Len Matrjace, United States Mikko llonen, Finland Bob Estes, United States Stephen Leaney, Australia Pierre Fulke, Sweden ,. Chris Riley, United States Bradley Dredge, Wales Neal Lancaster, United States David Toms, United States 6 3 0 0 1 70-71 5 8 Barry Lane, Engand Nick Fatdo, Engand Craig Perks, New Zealand MlkaWWr, Canada Justin Leonard, United States David Duval, United States Steve Jones, United States Itenichi Kuboya, Japan Anders Hansen, Denmark Joe Durant United States Chris Smith, United States Scott Hoch, United States Rocco Mediate, United States Davis Love III, United States Jarrod Moseley, Australia Niclas Fasth, Sweden Loren Roberts, United States Justin Rose, England Greg Norman, Australia Stuart Appleby, Australia Esteban Toledo, Mexico Roger Wessete, South Africa Richard Green, Australia Bemhard Langer, Germany Steve Etkington, Australia Ian Woosnam, Wales Matthew Cod, England Paul Eales, England Jerry Kelly, United States Jim Carter, United States Jesper Pamevik, Sweden ToruTanlguchi, Japan Fredrik Andersson, Sweden Associated Press FAILED TO QUALIFY 9 0 t 73-- 2 1 68-7-5 ,70-7- 3 2 1 9 3 70-7-3 68-7-5 2 0 0 1 2 2 3 2 1 1 1 0 2 ' 8 68-72 2 68-7- 6 3 0 - 136 136 136 136 136 137 137 137 138 38 - 138 - 138 138 138 138 138 139 139 139 139 139 139 139 139 139 140 140 140 - - 142 - 142 - 142 - 143 - - - - - 143 143 143 143 143 143 143 143 143 143 143 143 143 143 143 144 144 144 144 144 144 144 144 144 144 144 144 144 144 144 144 the 1986 PGA champion, also had a 66. Maruyama had his second straight 68 to join the leadtotals of ers with six-und- er 136. Woods shot a three-und68, and is only two shots back. He will be paired on er U.S, Open. Those who made were only the cut at eight strokes out of the lead. A year ago at Royal Lytham, David Duval was seven strokes behind going into the weekend and won by three. y QUOTEWORTHY: "Golf is a sport, so in the end, I'm sure he'll be on top of me." -- Saturday with his Isleworth pal Mark O'Meara, who shot his second straight 69 on a damp and dreary day. What Muirfield had in sogginess on Friday, it lacked in wind. That made scoring a bit easier, though the tall rough still made any loose shot a deadly one. Phil Mickelson found that out when his first shot went astray. He winced in pain trying to hack the ball four-da- Shigeki Maruyama, who played the first two days with Tiger Woods and beat him both days. TELEVISION: Today, 7 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., ABC". leaves former UVSC golfer AMATEUR and the tournament's medalist, Ryan Ellis, as one favorite entering today's Continued from Bl hard over the last two months eight, nine, 10 hours a day. Ever since summer started. I don't think anybody else has done that. That hurts working hard and not quite getting the results." Summerhays hit it into the trees on 1, 4, 9 and 10, but the one that really hurt was 9. He birdied 8 to go and landed safely in 9's fairway with his drive. Then, 250 yards from the hole, he found the woods, enabling Oliphant to catch him at the turn. Oliphant then took the 10th and 13th holes to go and Summerhays never recovered. "I kept it in play and '(Summerhays) hit a couple of bad drives," Oliphant said. "I was able to just stay steady and he made the mistakes." SaidSunjjjierhay8:"IdidU n't hit the driver really well. I did everything else pretty good. (Oliphant) played good. He made, what, 16 1-- 2-- i t In his sixth straight State Amateur, Ellis advanced to the quarterfinals Friday for the second straight year. He has never been past the quarterfinals. Ellis beat Brock Padilla in the morning, then outlasted Pete Stone Friday afternoon, In the afternoon, Ellis was at the turn. Then Stone lost his drives on 12 and 14. He conceded 12 and tried to fight back into it on 14, but Ellis was rock steady, keeping the ball in the fairway and putting consistently. Stone's birdie putt on 16 barely missed, ending the match and advancing Ellis quarterfinals. 1-- to today. "Pete was playing better than I was," Ellis said. "I was after the first two holes and then he won the next two. We didn't tie a hole until 5. But coming down the stretch, he made a . few mistakes and I got 2-- lucky." Spanish Fork High grad 6 lair Bingham beat Ari Mat! Kuchar, United States Jose Maria Oazabal, Spain Michael Campbell, New Zealand 0 JnRcterton, 2 2 1 - 145 - - 145 145 145 145 145 this morning. Bingham dropped the first three holes to Hawkins and looked to be in trouble, but fought back to go after nine holes. After and Bingham Oliphant tee off at 8 a.m. this morning, Jordan Fowles of Delta will face Bob Mitchell of Salt Lake City, then Ellis faces Delta's Danny Lopez. Salt Lake City's Jon Morgan and Craig Woodward of Ogden will be the final match in quarterfinal action. Summerhays goes next to Robbins, Bader tied up; Gow takes lead at B.C. er 20-fo- ot 1-- the Western Amateur in Michigan at the end of July. He's mission-boun- d in June, and hopes to win another Utah State Amateur title in 2005. "I . just have to keep things in perspective," he said. "It surely hurts right now, but hi essence it's not that big of a deal." Oliphant, whose harrowing work Thursday to barely make match play appears to have given him momentum; hopes this is just another chapter in an improbable story. 1 definitely feel a surge in the morning of confidence," he said. pars and a birdie, some- Goot thing like that. He played and Tim Hawkins in 19 Patrick Ridgell can be solid. I made four birdies holes in the afternoon to advance to the quarterfi- reached at pridgell and six bogeys." Summerhays' ousting nals. Hell face Oliphant heraldextra.com. If they don't start, it could be a nervous weekend for Grand Slam fans. Especially if the wind doesn't pick up, which would make Muirfield more susceptible to the kind of round put together Fri- Mont-gomer- ie day. "I don't know what to expect," Tway said. "Every day they told us it will get bad, and it hasn't. I think when the weather conditions are like this, it makes it a little bit easier and the scores are bunched together." England Marc Fairy, France Persaon Attevi, Sweden Magnus Lee Westwood, England Eduardo Romero, Argentina Brad Faxon, United States Adam Scott, Australia Remesy, France Robert Karisson, Sweden John Senden, Australia Tim. Petrovic, United States Alex Cejka, Germany TaichiTesMma, Japan Tim Clark, South Africa Tom Lehman, United States K J Choi, South Korea Tom Whrtehouse, England Billy Mayfair, United States Paul McGirHey, Ireland Craig Parry, Australia Scott Henderson, Scotland Voung, England David Howell, England Luke Donald, England Robert Allenby, Australia Mathlas Gronberg, Sweden TsuneyuH Nakajlma, Japan Wjay Singh, Fiji Jim Furyk. United States Raphael Jacquelin, France Scott Laycock, Australia Jose Coceres, Argentina Greg Owen, England Andrew OkJcom, Scotland Kemp, England Miguel Angel Jimenez, Spam Ian Stanley, Australia Ricardo Gonzalez, Argentina Benn Barham, England rain-delay- ed B.C OPEN: At Ednicott, N.Y., Australia's Paul Gow shot a 66 to take the clubhouse lead after the second round of the B.C. Open. Gow had a d 139 on the total of Golf Club course, where lightning and rain around midday forced a delay of nearly 4 hours, 15 minutes. When play resumed, Shaun Micheel 32 for the went out in a blazing 3 3 3 5 8 68-7- 7 4 0 3 3 6 . 6 3 1 5 4 4 8 76-74 4 4 ' 2 2 5 3 4 8 9 4 5 76-776-776-7- - 145 - 145 - 145 - 145 - 145 - 146 - 146 - 146 - 146 - 146 - 146 - 146 - 146 - 146 - 146 - 146 - 146 - 146 - 147 147 147 147 147 147 147 - 147 - 147 - 148 - 148 - 148 - 148 - 148 - 148 - 148 - 148 ROUNDUP The Associated Press VIENNA, Ohio Kelly Robbins, winless in her last 82 tour events, had two 64 eagles in an and she shared the lead with Beth Bader after Friday's opening round of the Giant Eagle LPGA Classic. Bader hasn't finished higher than a tie for 30th in her two years as a pro. Robbins holed a bunker shot on the par-- 5 5th, then to 4 hit driver and feet for another eagle at the par-- 5 8th. Bader had 10 birdies and two bogeys for the best score of her career. The 64s were the lowest competitive rounds ever shot at Squaw Creek Country Club. 5 front nine and was 11 under through 15 holes when darkness stopped play for the day. SBC SENIOR OPEN: At Chicago, Ted Goin, winless in two seasons on the Senior PGA Tour, shot a bogey-fre- e 66 to take a one-strolead after the first round of the SBC Senior Open. Three-tim- e champion Hale Irwin, Roy Vucinich, Bob Eastwood and Tom Wargo opened with 67s at Hamorside International, a links-stypublic course built on a landfill south of downtown. Irwin, who birdied three of the final four holes, is bidding to win the tournament on a third course. He won the 1995 tournament at Stonebridge for the first of his record 34 senior titles, and took the 1998 and 1999 titles at Kemper Lakes. US. PUBUC LINKS: At Lee Township, Mich., Williamson and Ryan Moore each won two matches to advance to the final of the US. Amateur Public Links Champi-onshi- p. The winner of the 36-ho- le final will receive a spot in the 2003 Masters, if he remains an amateur. Both finalists earned berths in next months US. Amateur at Oakland Hills. Williamson, the (tawfordsvflle, Irxt, player preparing for his final season at Puidue, beat Brady Stockton of San Ramon, Calif., 5 and 4 In the afternoon semifinals at The Orchards. Moore, of Puyalfup, Wash, a rising sophomore at UNLV, edged Chris Stroud of Groves, Texas, 3 and 2. 9 6 - 150 - 150 6 . Gary Emerson, England Peter Baker, Engiand Pstrik Sjoland, Sweden Dudley Hart United States Fredrik Jacobson, Sweden John Daly, United States - 8 Paul Casey, England Darren Fidiardt, South Africa .Uattias Eiasson, Sweden Toru Suzuki, Japan Kevm Sutherland, United States 80-7-0 8 6 6 6 7 3 .. 7 5 5 9 Angel Cabrera, Argentina John Riegger, United States Jamie Spence, England Tom Watson, United States James Kingston, South Africa 8 8 7681 Paul Mayoh, Wales KiyosM Mlyazato, Japan Jonathan Kaye, United States Roger Chapman, England TfnngchaiJaidee, Thailand 150 150 - 150 - 151 - 151 - 151 - 151 - 151 - 151 - 151 - 151 - 152 - 152 - 152 - 152 - 152 - 155 - 155 - 157 2 Malcolm Mackenzie, England Billy Andrade, United States Alejandro Lerrazabal, Spain - 3 4 5 157 159 DQ DQ BRITISH OPEN TEE TIMES MUIRFIELD AT 140 140 140 140 140 140 141 141 141 -- 141 141 141 141 142 142 142 142 from the fringe to drop for a birdie on 17. "I haven't made a lot of putts," Woods said. Tm hitting good ones, and that's what's frustrating, when you're hitting good putts and they're just not going in. The stroke is good, they're just not dropping." er 5 States Dm Wlssf,uiilM out, and the world's No. 2 golfer finished with a 76. That squeezed him in just cut line 144. at the A record 83 players made the cut, which only seemed fitting given the logjam theme. Els tried to put some distance between himself and the field. He had seven birdies on the first nine holes, but came back to earth with a 37 on the back. While he was exploding for better and worse, Woods basically plodded along. He had two birdies on the front nine and a par save on No. 10. Otherwise, it was mostly a day of accurate drives and irons defused by a cold putter. He had nine straight pars, and barely missed birdie putts on holes 15 and 16, before finally getting a two-ov- Tway, golfers tied at the top are the most at the halfway point of major since six were tied at the . 68-6-8 Psora Hamngton, Ireland Duffy WWdorf, united State! Bob fea united Statac Das SmytMnland Soren Haroan, Denmark Carl Pettersson, Sweden united States Mark Tig Woods, united States Ian Poulter. England Nick Pik Zimbabwe Conn Montgomery Scotland ill f) Take flight: Tiger Woods plays an iron shot during the second round of the British Open. SHOT OF THE DAY: Tiger Woods' 240-yar- d off the walking path alongside the fifth fairway, setting up a birdie. STAT OF THE DAY: The five NOTEWORTHY: 708 EmttEK, South Afric SMaM Maruyama, Japan - 149 - 149 - 149 - 150 - 150 4 Raymond Russell, Scotland Frank Uddrter. United States John Cook, United States 8ULLANE, SCOTLAND TODAY sjl -- 1:15 im. Fredrik Andersson 1:25 a.a. Bemhard langer, Richard Green Ian Woosnam, Toru Tanlguchi 1:35 1:45 tM. Sandy Lyle, Steve Elkingum 1:55 aja. Peter Lonard, Trevor Immelman 2:06 tM. Phil Mickelson, Matthew Cort 2:15 aja. Jesper Pamevik, Toshimitsu tzawa Carter, Jerry Kelly 2:30 a.aj.-J- im 2:40 a.m. -- Roger Wessels, Paul Eales 2:50 ajs. Stuart Appleby, Esteban Toledo 1 a.m. David Duval, Greg Norman 3:10 s.bl Justin Rose, Justin Leonard 3:20 aja. Niclas Fasth, Loren Roberts 3:30 (JL Davis Love III, Jarrod Mosekw 3:45 tM. Scott Hoch, Rocco Mediate 3:65 tM. Joe Durant, Steve Jones - aja. - Chris Smith, KenicN Kuboya 45 4:15 J.- - Bradley Dredge, Anders Hansen 4:25 a.a. - Mike Weir, Neal Lancaster 4:35 a.m. - Nick Faldo, Craig Perks 4:45 a.m. - David Toms, Barry Lane 5 a.m. - Pierre Fulke, Chris Riley 5:10 a js. - Chris DiMarco, Stephen Leaney 6:20 a.m. - Mikko llonen, Bob Estes 5:30 aja. - David Park, Len Mattiace 5:40 tM. - Sergio Garcia, Gary Evans 6:50 ajs. - Scott Verplank, Mark Calcavecchia 6 a.m. - Paul Lawne. Shingo Katayama 6:15 a.m. - Peter O'Malley, Stewart 8:25 aja. - Ian Garbutt, Andrew Cottait 6:35 a.m. - Jeff Maggert, Scott McCarron 6:45 tM. - Warren Bennett, Steve Strieker 6:55 tM. - Corey Pavin, Lee Janzen us. - Retief Goosen, Darren Clarke 75 7:16 tM. - Thomas Bjom, Ian Poulter 7:30 a.m. Mark O'Meara, Tiger Woods 7:40 aja. - Thomas Levet, Stephen Ames Price 7:50 a.m. - Colin Montgomene, 8 a.m. - Des Smyth, Carl Pettersson Soren rtensen 8:10 a.m. - Bob 820 s.m. - Padraig Harrington Boffy Waldorf 8:30 a.m. - Ernie Els, Shigeki fjlajuyama Clnk Nick Tway, i UTAH STATE AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP AT HIDDEN VALLEY COUNTRY CLUB SANDY MATCH ADAM BUTLERThe first-pla- '1972 Phillip Price, Wales Hal Sutton, United States Adam Mednk. Sweden BRITISH OPEN SCORES Toshimitsubawa, Japan Phil Mickelson, United States Trevor Immelman, South Africa Peter Lonard, Australia Sandy Lyle, Scotland - payout. For Woods, all that plus the third leg of a possible Grand Slam of major so ' SCOREBOARD PLAY FRIDAY ROUND ONE Gregg OTiphant def. Daniel Summerhays 2 and (1), 1 Daniel Smith (17) def. Casey Fowles (16), 5 and 3 Tim Hawkins (25) def. Schenk (8k. Blair Bingham (24) def. Art Goott (9), 3 and Chase Bickmore (4) def. Steve Brinton (29), 2 4 and 3 Bob Mitchell (13) def. Robert Shunn (20), 1 up Haws (28), 1 up Jordan Fowles (5) def. Lynn Uoyd (12) def. Jared Overton (21), 4 and 3 Ellis def. Brock Padilla (31), 3 and 2 Ryan (2) Pete Stone (18) def. Luke Swilor (15), 2 up Danny Lopez (26) def. Kirk Siddens (7), 3 and 2 Damn Overson (23) def. John Puglisi (10), a 3 and 2 Jon Morgan (30) def. Chris Larsen (3), 1 up Paul Winterowd (19) def. Luke Morgan (14), 3and2 Craig Woodward (6) def. Ed Ingram (27), Stephen Newren (11) def. Steve Pouteon 1 up (22), p ROUND TWO Gregg CHiphant def. Daniel Smith, 4 and 3 Blair Bingham def. Tim Hawkins, 19 holes Bob Mltchel def. Chase Bickmore, 1 up Jordan Fowles def. Lynn Uoyd, 5 and 4 Ryan Ellis def. Pete Stone, 3 and 2 Danny Lopez def. Darrin 0verson,4 and 2 Jon Morgan def. Paul Winterowd, 5 and 4 Craig Woodward def. Stephen Newren, 19 holes TODAY'S VJARTERFINALS 8 a.m. Gregg Oliphant vs Blair Bingham 8:08 a.m. Bob Mitchell vs. Jordan Fowles 8:16 a.m. Kyan Ellis vs. Danny Lopez 8:24 a.m. Jon Morgan vs. Craig Woodward SEMIFINALS FOLLOW IN THE AFTERNOON fit tl tin U(W i; ft II if tl i' A EuDAY TH1 &G0 LiL WE AH NOT IN ANY MALLS " AMATEUR Washington The latest in BYU Sports online U |