It included a double bogey 5 at the par 3 4th and another at the par 4 13th and he also had bogey's at 6 and 12
On the 4th he was in the green side bunker short, and 3 putted, and on 13 he drove it left, hit his second further left, must have had a terrible lie because he was still short after 3,got on in 4 and 2 putted... No birdies on his card
There are 9 players tied for the lead at -4, 67 and another 6 at -3 68 including Vijay Singh, Freddie Couples and Luke Donald my pick for this week.
It's the biggest tie for the lead apparently since they started keeping track of these things in the early 70's, and it was an other ideal day for scoring on America's west coast, but the flags were tucked and Riviera's undulating greens are always tough if you are on the wrong side of the pin.
The marquee player Phil Mickelson is at E 71..T40 and Dustin Johnson had a 73 that should have been 71 ! Why ??
He was on the practice range at 7:32 a.m., working his way through a bucket of balls to warm up, thinking he still had another 40 minutes before his tee time. His caddie, thought they teed off at 8:12 a.m. So imagine Johnson’s surprise when a PGA Tour official told he was supposed to be on the tee at 7.32 !!
He was penalized 2 shots and in those cases you are allowed 5 minutes to get to the tee or you are DQed. Johnson made it with seconds to spare..
Bubba Watson has WD with a pulled muscle in his ribcage, and several players have to return this morning to finish up their rounds, as darkness stopped play before they could finish last night
Here is the first round leader board
T1 13 John Senden -4 F* -4 color info 67 67
T1 4 Martin Laird -4 F* -4 color info 67 67
T1 14 Robert Allenby -4 F -4 color info 67 67
T1 3 Spencer Levin -4 F* -4 color info 67 67
T1 8 Aaron Baddeley -4 F* -4 color info 67 67
T1 12 Ben Martin -4 F* -4 color info 67 67
T1 2 Bill Haas -4 F -4 color info 67 67
T1 9 Carl Pettersson -4 F -4 color info 67 67
T1 7 J.B. Holmes -4 F* -4 color info 67 67
T10 99 Padraig Harrington -3 F* -3 color info 68 68
T10 21 Vijay Singh -3 F* -3 color info 68 68
T10 43 Brian Davis -3 F* -3 color info 68 68
T10 84 Fred Couples -3 F* -3 color info 68 68
T10 107 Luke Donald -3 F* -3 color info 68 68
T10 89 Peter Tomasulo -3 17 -3 color info
EUROPEAN tour
Update at 9.30am Friday :Play suspended for the day at 18:10 due to bad light. Rd 2 to resume at 07:15 local time with nearly half the field still on the course
The Spanish invasion continues in India. Midway through round 2 it is Rafael Cabrera-Bello who has a one shot lead. Of course last week it was countryman Alvaro Quiros who beat all the big boys in Dubai, to go along with stellar play from a rejuvenated Sergio Garcia and the timeless Miquel Angel Jimenez, Spain is blessed with a dozen or so good players in 2011.
There was a 3 hour fog delay for round 1, so it is unlikely play will be completed in round 2 today.
Here is an early report from the course in New Delhi..
Cabrera-Bello dropped two shots in the last three holes of his second round but still held the clubhouse lead at the Avantha Masters.
The Spaniard was drawn amongst the afternoon starters for the first round, and after a three-and-a-half hour fog delay on Thursday morning his first task on day two was to complete his opening round.
Having signed for a five under 67, the 26 year old was one behind Dutchman Robert-Jan Derksen in a five-way tie for second.
But with Derksen among the late starters in the second round, former Austrian Golf Open winner Cabrera-Bello - he shot a record-equalling 60 in the final round there to snatch the title from Benn Barham - was able to establish a one shot lead with a three under par 69.
That took him to -8 for the week.
However 2 Indian stars Jeev Milka Singh and Shiv Kapur are currently T2 at -7..
Golf is growing at a phenomenal rate in India, spurred on by the development of the PGTI, the arrival of The European Tour and now golf’s inclusion in the Olympics. Cricket still dominates the back pages, but golf is next in line as the media soaks up the global success of home grown players such as Jeev Milhka Singh, Shiv Kapur and SSP Chowrasia. These and many more are seizing the opportunities afforded them through the association with The European Tour and taking golf to a new level.
The rapid progression is highlighted on the ground with 230 courses across the country, an increase of 20-25% over the last decade, and 50 new courses in development. There are an estimated half a million active golfers, a number that is growing fast. And while there are only two recognised public courses, private courses are increasingly being opened for public play and golf’s inclusion in the Olympics has sparked moves for the provision of a public driving range in every city.
Later today the ladies get round 2 underway in Thailand and the Champions tour in Florida with our 2 Canucks Rod Spittle and Jim Rutledge, full reports to follow..
Bryan Angus
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