| Surrey Golfer Paul Casey is halfway leader of the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth |
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Nike Staff player Paul Casey started better than he finished with an erratic 5-under 67 for a two-stroke lead halfway through the BMW PGA Championship on Friday. At 8 under overall, Casey led by two from defending champion Miguel Angel Jimenez (70), David Horsey (71), Anthony Wall (71) and Soren Kjeldsen (69), although at one stage the Weybridge golfer was four clear of the chasing pack. Ben Curtis was among three players another stroke back. StrokeAverage.com client Ross Fisher recovered well from a treble bogey 7 at the first hole of the second round on his home course to finish at 3 under par with his second round score of 73. After being voted into the World Hall of Fame earlier this week Jose Maria Olazabal birdied his last two holes for a 70 and joined John Daly alongside Colin Montgomerie and StrokeAverage.com client Rory McIlroy at 2 under par. Graeme McDowell, who shot 71 despite an ongoing shin splints problem in his right leg. The Ryder Cup star and StrokeAverage.com client had an MRI scan on Thursday afternoon which confirmed that he did not have a stress fracture, which could have forced him out for several weeks. A number of leading golfers have missed the cut included Masters champion Angel Cabrera (75), the 2005 winner, and The Players Champion world No. 4 Henrik Stenson (70), who needed an eagle at the last and could make only par. StrokeAverage.com client Lee Westwood was also out after a second successive 77. Casey said his round of two eagles, four birdies, and three bogeys was "a bit frustrating." "My ball-striking was better today and I hit a lot of good shots at the flags but I still made a few too many mistakes," the Englishman said. "If I look at the number at the bottom, I'm pleased, but not with the last five holes." His second eagle, at the par-4 13th, came from a 9-iron from 163 yards that bounced once and dropped straight into the hole for an eagle. Casey has already won Abu Dhabi and the Houston Open in 2009, and was runner-up at the World Golf Championship Accenture Match Play in Arizona. He has risen from 41st at the start of the year to seventh in the world rankings, and has not had to reset his goals. "I wrote them down at the start of the year and they were fairly lofty. I haven't had to redo them," he said. The full list of halfway scores from The BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth are listed below: 136 Paul Casey 69 67 138 Soren Kjeldsen (Den) 69 69, Anthony Wall 67 71, Marc Warren 72 66, Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa) 68 70, David Horsey 67 71 139 Thomas Aiken (Rsa) 72 67, Stephen Dodd 71 68, Ben Curtis (USA) 69 70 140 Charl Schwartzel (Rsa) 68 72, Alexander Noren (Swe) 69 71, Pablo Larrazabal (Spa) 73 67, Alvaro Quiros (Spa) 69 71 141 Anton Haig (Rsa) 72 69, Ross Fisher 68 73, Jamie Donaldson 70 71, Pelle Edberg (Swe) 72 69, Thomas Levet (Fra) 70 71 142 Anders Hansen (Den) 72 70, Colin Montgomerie 69 73, Martin Kaymer (Ger) 72 70, Lee Slattery 70 72, Rory McIlroy 72 70, Niclas Fasth (Swe) 68 74, Jean-Francois Lucquin (Fra) 70 72, Mark Foster 72 70 143 Robert Karlsson (Swe) 69 74, Paul Lawrie 72 71, Soren Hansen (Den) 73 70, Andres Romero (Arg) 71 72, Scott Drummond 69 74, Ignacio Garrido (Spa) 73 70 144 Nick Dougherty 73 71, John Daly (USA) 73 71, Jose-Maria Olazabal (Spa) 74 70, Brett Rumford (Aus) 71 73, Alejandro Canizares (Spa) 71 73, Markus Brier (Aut) 70 74, Sam Little 71 73, Gonzalo Fdez-Castano (Spa) 67 77 145 Francesco Molinari (Ita) 77 68, Robert Jan Derksen (Ned) 71 74, Benn Barham 72 73, Thongchai Jaidee (Tha) 71 74, Anthony Kang (USA) 69 76, Peter Hanson (Swe) 71 74, Robert Rock 71 74, Alessandro Tadini (Ita) 74 71, Alastair Forsyth 70 75, Pablo Martin (Spa) 72 73, Shiv Kapur (Ind) 73 72, David Howell 76 69, Darren Clarke 74 71, Paul Broadhurst 73 72, Fabrizio Zanotti (Par) 70 75, Tano Goya (Arg) 74 71 146 Graeme McDowell 75 71, Paul Waring 75 71, Francois Delamontagne (Fra) 73 73, Marcel Siem (Ger) 71 75, Raphael Jacquelin (Fra) 70 76, Johan Edfors (Swe) 74 72, Ricardo Gonzalez (Arg) 70 76, Ernie Els (Rsa) 73 73, Thomas Bjorn (Den) 73 73, Richard Green (Aus) 72 74, Phillip Archer 72 74, Luke Donald 74 72, Barry Lane 68 78, Peter O'Malley (Aus) 74 72 147 Hennie Otto (Rsa) 73 74, Richie Ramsay 76 71, Scott Strange (Aus) 72 75, Peter Lawrie 70 77, John Bickerton 73 74, Simon Khan 74 73, Taco Remkes (Ned) 76 71, Prayad Marksaeng (Tha) 76 71, Richard Sterne (Rsa) 73 74 148 Zane Scotland 74 74, George Ryall 76 72, Retief Goosen (Rsa) 71 77, Henrik Stenson (Swe) 78 70 149 Jason McCreadie 75 74, Angel Cabrera (Arg) 74 75, Mark Brown (Nzl) 78 71, David Frost (Rsa) 74 75, Oliver Fisher 77 72, Andrew McLardy (Rsa) 74 75, Felipe Aguilar (Chi) 74 75, Richard Finch 77 72 150 Jean-Baptiste Gonnet (Fra) 73 77, Magnus A Carlsson (Swe) 75 75, Phillip Price 73 77, Peter Hedblom (Swe) 79 71, Daniel Vancsik (Arg) 76 74, Stephen Gallacher 77 73, Michael Jonzon (Swe) 74 76, Bradley Dredge 79 71 151 Mikael Lundberg (Swe) 73 78, James Kingston (Rsa) 73 78, Oliver Wilson 76 75, Per-Ulrik Johansson (Swe) 76 75, Shiv Shankar Prasad Chowrasia (Ind) 72 79, Jose Manuel Lara (Spa) 78 73 152 Jeev Milkha Singh (Ind) 76 76, Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa) 77 75 153 Paul McGinley 73 80, Christopher Doak 76 77 154 Kenneth Ferrie 75 79, Lee Westwood 77 77 156 Martin Erlandsson (Swe) 77 79, Rafael Cabrera Bello (Spa) 76 80 157 Andrew Oldcorn 77 80, Jarmo Sandelin (Swe) 79 78 158 Gary Murphy 82 76, Guy Woodman 77 81, Gregory Havret (Fra) 76 82 160 Chapchai Nirat (Tha) 78 82 161 Michael Campbell (Nzl) 79 82, Graeme Storm 80 81 168 John Kelly (USA) 86 82 |
