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- Golf-Simpson stays in the title hunt at McGladrey
- Australia's Beale out of World Cup semi-final
- Donald commits to Disney event with eye on dual money lists
| Golf-Simpson stays in the title hunt at McGladrey Posted: 14 Oct 2011 06:04 PM PDT GEORGIA: Little-known Billy Horschel charged into a two-shot lead in Friday's second round of the McGladrey Classic at Sea Island in Georgia while fellow American Webb Simpson stayed on track for his third victory of the year. Former Walker Cup amateur Horschel eagled the par-five 15th on the way to a sizzling six-under-par 64, sinking a three-foot birdie putt at the last to post a 12-under total of 128. In hot pursuit, though, after carding a 67 was Simpson, who has won twice in his last five starts and has a chance to beat British world number one Luke Donald to the PGA tour money title. "I've played great this year," Simpson told reporters after ending a breezy day at the Seaside Course on 10 under, level with fellow American Michael Thompson (65). "Hopefully I can make a little dent in the (money list) gap this week." Simpson trails Donald by $68,971 and both of them are scheduled to compete in next week's season-ending Disney Classic at Lake Buena Vista, Florida. "It was a really tough day starting out," Simpson said of a round which included four birdies and a lone bogey. "The wind was blowing pretty hard and we had really difficult holes to start. "But I hung in there ... and made a couple of nice birdies coming in." South African Louis Oosthuizen, who romped to a seven-stroke victory in last year's British Open, fired a 67 to end the second round at eight under, along with Australian Nick O'Hern who also carded a 67. The cut fell at one-under 139 with last year's U.S. Open champion Graeme McDowell of Northern Ireland and former major winners Vijay Singh, Stewart Cink, Justin Leonard and David Toms among those failing to advance. Top Scores Webb Simpson (U.S.) 63 67 132 Louis Oosthuizen (South Africa) 65 67 Nick O'Hern (Australia) 65 67 134 Johnson Wagner (U.S.) 67 67 Scott McCarron (U.S.) 64 70 135 Jerry Kelly (U.S.) 68 67 Jim Furyk (U.S.) 67 68 Bryce Molder (U.S.) 67 68 Richard Johnson (Sweden) 65 70 Kris Blanks (U.S.) 67 68 Ben Crane (U.S.) 65 70 Jeff Overton (U.S.) 66 69 Angel Cabrera (Argentina) 65 70 Boo Weekley (U.S.) 67 68 136 Ben Curtis (U.S.) 66 70 D.J. Trahan (U.S.) 65 71 Lucas Glover (U.S.) 68 68 Heath Slocum (U.S.) 70 66 Stephen Ames (Canada) 66 70 David Hearn (Canada) 65 71 Jim Herman (U.S.) 67 69 Henrik Stenson (Sweden) 66 70 Kevin Streelman (U.S.) 66 70 Bud Cauley (U.S.) 68 68 137 Troy Merritt (U.S.) 68 69 Sean O'Hair (U.S.) 71 66 Trevor Immelman (South Africa) 66 71 Michael Bradley (U.S.) 68 69 Zack Miller (U.S.) 63 74 Chris Riley (U.S.) 68 69 D.A. Points (U.S.) 70 67 Brian Davis (Britain) 68 69 Matt McQuillan (Canada) 69 68 Colt Knost (U.S.) 66 71 Ben Martin (U.S.) 67 70 Kevin Kisner (U.S.) 70 67 138 Jeff Quinney (U.S.) 68 70 Kyle Stanley (U.S.) 69 69 Cameron Tringale (U.S.) 65 73 Jason Bohn (U.S.) 69 69 Blake Adams (U.S.) 69 69 David Mathis (U.S.) 69 69 Fabian Gomez (Argentina) 68 70 Tim Herron (U.S.) 71 67 Paul Stankowski (U.S.) 66 72 Spencer Levin (U.S.) 67 71 Matt Kuchar (U.S.) 70 68 Robert Allenby (Australia) 70 68 Josh Teater (U.S.) 69 69 Roland Thatcher (U.S.) 69 69 Chris Couch (U.S.) 69 69 Kim Bi-o (South Korea) 67 71 Andres Gonzales (U.S.) 66 72 William McGirt (U.S.) 69 69 139 Full content generated by Get Full RSS. |
| Australia's Beale out of World Cup semi-final Posted: 14 Oct 2011 05:55 PM PDT AUCKLAND, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Australia fullback Kurtley Beale has failed to prove his fitness and will miss the World Cup semi-final against New Zealand at Eden Park on Sunday. The 22-year-old aggravated a hamstring injury in the quarter-final victory over South Africa last weekend but was named in the team on Friday on the proviso that he could prove his fitness on Saturday morning. Beale, one of Australia's most potent attacking threats, failed to appear for the team photo at the Captain's Run session at North Harbour Stadium on Saturday, however, and a team spokesman later confirmed he would not play. Adam Ashley-Cooper will move from centre to play his 20th test at fullback with big-tackling Anthony Faingaa coming into partner Pat McCabe in midfield and Rob Horne taking a place among the replacements. France play Wales in the first semi-final at Eden Park on Saturday. Team: 15-Adam Ashley-Cooper, 14-James O'Connor, 13-Anthony Faingaa, 12-Pat McCabe, 11-Digby Ioane, 10-Quade Cooper, 9-Will Genia, 8-Radike Samo, 7-David Pocock, 6-Rocky Elsom, 5-James Horwill (captain), 4-Dan Vickerman, 3-Ben Alexander, 2-Stephen Moore, 1-Sekope Kepu Replacements: 16-Tatafu Polota-Nau, 17-James Slipper, 18-Rob Simmons, 19-Ben McCalman, 20-Luke Burgess, 21-Berrick Barnes, 22-Rob Horne. Full content generated by Get Full RSS. |
| Donald commits to Disney event with eye on dual money lists Posted: 14 Oct 2011 05:53 PM PDT World number one Luke Donald will compete in the PGA Tour's season-ending Disney Classic next week as he aims to become the first player to win the money list title on both sides of the Atlantic. The Briton added the October 20-23 event in Florida to his schedule on Friday, the deadline for entries to be submitted. "There was never really a decision to be made, I have a chance of making history," Donald posted on Twitter. "See you all at Disney next week #bringiton." The 33-year-old Englishman leads Webb Simpson by $68,971 in the PGA Tour standings, though the American is playing in this week's McGladrey Classic in Georgia where he was in contention after the second round. Simpson has won twice on the U.S. circuit in his last five starts to trim Donald's advantage atop of the money list. The Disney Classic, the fourth Fall Series event and the final stop of the 2011 PGA Tour season, will be staged on the Magnolia and Palm courses at Lake Buena Vista, Florida. Donald, who has recorded 13 top-10s in 18 appearances on the PGA Tour this season, has not competed at the Disney since 2003 when he missed the cut. While Donald holds a slim lead over Simpson in the U.S. money list, he enjoys a much more comfortable cushion of just over 1.3 million euros in the European Tour's Race to Dubai. With 10 events remaining on the 2011 European Tour schedule, Donald heads the standings with U.S. Open champion Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland in second place. Donald, who clinched his third PGA Tour title at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship in February, also won the European Tour's PGA Championship and Scottish Open this year. Full content generated by Get Full RSS. |
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