Golf : Singh makes way up leaderboard
Vijay Singh patiently worked his way up the leaderboard, leaving playing partner Mike Weir behind again in the Canadian Open in Markham, Ontario.
Singh shot a 6-under 65 Friday to finish the second round a shot behind leaders Steve Allan and John Mallinger.
“The golf course isn’t very difficult, but the pin placements are,” said Singh. “The pin placements are very much on little slopes and you’ve got to be on the correct side of the pin. A lot of times you’re 6, 8 feet away, but you have to read it so well and make a perfect putt to make it.”
Weir nearly missed the cut for the second straight year and 11th time in 16 starts in the national championship. The Canadian followed his opening 71 with a 70 to qualify for weekend play by a stroke at 1 under.
Allan added a 68 to his opening 64 to match Mallinger (66) at 10-under 132 on Angus Glen’s North Course. Tripp Isenhour (68) joined Singh at 9 under.
Senior British Open
Tom Watson missed a 5-foot putt at the last hole and tossed away a share of the lead at the Senior British Open in Gullanel, Scotland, while overnight leader Nick Faldo lost his putting touch and slipped to sixth.
Watson finished with a par 71 and handed the lead to Des Smyth, who shot 70 and held the clubhouse lead with a 2-under 140 total for more than six hours at windswept Muirfield. No player broke 70. Faldo, in his senior tour debut, shot a 74.
LPGA
Diana D’Alessio of the United States and Jin-joo Hong of South Korea share a three-stroke lead after the second round of the Evian Masters in Evian-Les-Bains, France.
Michelle Wie rebounded with a 1-under 71 for a 144 total and made the cut. She had gone 24 consecutive rounds without breaking par.
D’Alessio shot a 68, while Hong had four birdies and two bogeys in her round of 70 as both totaled 7-under 137.
They were followed by Annika Sorenstam of Sweden (69), Jang Jeong of South Korea (71) and Brittany Lincicome of the United States (74).
U.S. Girls’ Junior
Kristen Park, the youngest remaining player in the tournament, advanced to the championship match of the U.S Girls’ Junior Championship at Tacoma Country and Golf Club in Lakewood, Wash.
Park, a 14-year-old playing in her first USGA championship, birdied the 18th hole of the 6,391-yard course at Tacoma Country and Golf Club to beat 17-year-old Stephanie Kono 2-up.
U.S. Junior Amateur
Anthony Paolucci and Cory Whitsett won in the semifinals of match play to set up a title match between the Texans at the U.S. Junior Amateur Championship at Boone Valley Golf Course in Augusta, Mo.