I was up through the night watching the live feed with my old pal Renton Laidlaw and his colleagues doing the commentary and straight off, if you weren't watching, their delivery is such a blessed relief from the American feed we are so used to..
Tiger and Phil are T9, and Mickelson is the defending champion, but instead of 90% of the coverage focused on them, they are allotted the same amount of time as the rest, the appropriate amount, and in fact Renton and Warren do not feel the need to over analyze every Tiger shot and swing, they let the pictures tell the story and guide us with hole and yardage information, the coverage reflects what is actually happening in the event as opposed to what is happening to Tiger..
Speaking of Tiger, it is amazing how far both his game and his dominating presence have fallen.. shocking actually....
The pins were tougher than round 1, the course was playing nearly a shot tougher..
Francesco Molinari added a -2 70 to his opening 65 to keep a 1 shot lead at -9 135 over Lee Westwood who also shot -2 70 he is at -8 136.
Molinari's putter saved his round for him and Westwood really seems so consistent, steady, his short game has always been less than spectacular, he did flub a little chip on 18, but I am being picky..
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In third place, 3 players.Scotland’s Richie Ramsay ( 68) to sit level with South African pair Ernie Els (65) and Jaco Van Zyl (66) all at -7.
Ramsay you may remember was the world #1 amateur when he won the US Amateur Championship in 2006 and he is in his 2nd year now on the Euro tour, he won the South African Open last year and is ranked 211 in the world...
Jaco Van Zel is 31 now and plays on the Sunshine tour in RSA where he has 4 wins this year.He is only ranked 434 in the world.This week he has already hit 25 of 28 fairways and only used 24 putts today, playing the front nine (his back nine) in only 29 shots..
Els, seeking a second WGC title of the year was his old self, swinging so smoothly and putting beautifully, his 40' lag on the tricky 18th green a perfect example, and his 65 was the best of the 78 players in this field.
Here are the scores for the T10
1 MOLINARI, Francesco -9 18 -2 65 70 - - 135
2 WESTWOOD, Lee -8 18 -2 66 70 - - 136
T3 VAN ZYL, Jaco* -7 18 -6 71 66 - - 137
T3 RAMSAY, Richie* -7 18 -4 69 68 - - 137
T3 ELS, Ernie -7 18 -7 72 65 - - 137
6 DONALD, Luke -6 18 -2 68 70 - - 138
T7 NOH, Seung-yul -5 18 Par 67 72 - - 139
T7 FISHER, Ross -5 18 -2 69 70 - - 139
T9 ANDERSSON HED, Fredrik* -4 18 -1 69 71 - - 140
T9 JOHNSON, Richard S* -4 18 -2 70 70 - - 140
T9 ALLENBY, Robert -4 18 -4 72 68 - - 140
T9 HARRINGTON, Padraig -4 18 -2 70 70 - - 140
T9 WATNEY, Nick -4 18 -4 72 68 - - 140
T9 POULTER, Ian -4 18 -2 70 70 - - 140
T9 WOODS, Tiger -4 18 Par 68 72 - - 140
T9 GREEN, Richard* -4 18 -4 72 68 - - 140
T9 MICKELSON, Phil -4 18 -1 69 71 - - 140
They are paired in 3's tomorrow and again off split tees. Remember we are 12 hours behind listed tee times.
10 08:40 CASEY Paul PETTERSSON Carl MIYAMOTO Katsumasa
10 08:50 GOOSEN Retief ATWAL Arjun KARLSSON Robert
10 09:00 APPLEBY Stuart SCHWARTZEL Charl MATSUMURA Michio
10 09:10 HORSEY David FICHARDT Darren MCDOWELL Graeme
10 09:20 HANSEN Anders VILLEGAS Camilo KIM Anthony
10 09:30 DAVIES Rhys WILLETT Danny FOWLER Rickie
10 09:40 BOHN Jason FRASER Marcus BOURDY Grégory
10 09:50 OOSTHUIZEN Louis JONES Brendan KHAN Simon
10 10:00 LUNDE Bill PRESNELL Alistair SONODA Shunsuke
10 10:10 FUJITA Hiroyuki SIM Michael WIRATCHANT Thaworn
10 10:20 LIANG Wen-chong MAMAT Mardan WU Kang-chun
10 10:30 YUAN Hao QUIROS Alvaro APHIBARNRAT Kiradech
10 10:40 JUNHASAVASDIKUL Pariya LI Chao
1 08:35 MAHAN Hunter YANG Y. E. ISHIKAWA Ryo
1 08:45 MOLINARI Edoardo CHOI K J HAAS Bill
1 08:55 MCILROY Rory SLOCUM Heath IKEDA Yuta
1 09:05 CLARK Tim HIRATSUKA Tetsuji JIMÉNEZ Miguel Angel
1 09:15 HANSON Peter SCOTT Adam CRANE Ben
1 09:25 KAYMER Martin MANASSERO Matteo PALMER Ryan
1 09:35 DODT Andrew KIM Kyung-tae MARTIN Pablo
1 09:45 MICKELSON Phil GREEN Richard STENSON Henrik
1 09:55 POULTER Ian WOODS Tiger WATNEY Nick
1 10:05 HARRINGTON Padraig JOHNSON Richard S ALLENBY Robert
1 10:15 ANDERSSON HED Fredrik FISHER Ross NOH Seung-yul
1 10:25 RAMSAY Richie DONALD Luke ELS Ernie
1 10:35 MOLINARI Francesco WESTWOOD Lee VAN ZYL Jaco
News note re the HSBC
I noticed this issued in the daily news notes on pgatour.com and thought I'd pass it along
HSBC Champions and PGA TOUR eligibility:
For 2010 and going forward, the World Golf Championships-HSBC Champions in Shanghai will count as an official PGA TOUR victory and offer a three-year exemption on the PGA TOUR - provided it is won by a PGA TOUR member.
The change is not retroactive, meaning that Phil Mickelson's win in 2009 does not count toward his official victory total.
If a non-PGA TOUR member wins the HSBC Champions, he would not receive a PGA TOUR exemption, but he would qualify for the SBS Championship.
Prize money from the $7 million purse does NOT, however, count toward the official PGA TOUR money list, even if a PGA TOUR member wins.
Bryan Angus bryanangus4@gmail.com
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