Round 2's well underway... update..

Here is an update on the Canadian, Nationwide and European Tours.. The LPGA Safeway Classic gets underway today.

Canadian Tour First Round Leaderboard

James Allenby, Burnaby, BC 63 (-7)
Joel Dahmen, Clarkston, WA 63 (-7)
Darren Griff, Nanaimo, BC 64 (-6)
Brad Fritsch, Ottawa, ON 64 (-6)
Hugo Leon, Chile 64 (-6)
Dustin Risdon, Strathmore, AB 64 (-6) 7 Players tied at 65 (-5)

Canadian James Allenby matched American Joel Dahmen with a -7 63 to share the first round lead at the Seaforth Country Classic

Adam Hadwin had the lead for a while, but ended up at -3 67 and will have some work to do in the second round in order to catch the leaders which happens to be a who's who of Canadian Tour members. Brad Fritsch, Hugo Leon, Dustin Risdon and Darren Griff all sit one shot off the lead at 6-under-par while seven players are two shots back at 5-under-par. Amongst the group at 5-under includes Canadian Tour stalwart Wes Heffernan as well as Liam Kendregan and Garrett Frank who have both been lingering near the top of leaderboards in recent weeks on the Canadian Tour.

Nationwide Tour
Good news here with Canuck Richard T Lee (65) just 2 shots off the lead and Bryan DeCorso (66) just 3 back  Here is a brief report from the course..

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. --J.J. Killeen , Nicholas Thompson, Travis Hampshire and Brian Vranesh all posted 8-under 63s and share the first-round lead at the Midwest Classic in suburban Kansas City.


Monday qualifiers Will Dodson and Chris Thompson shot 7-under 64s at the Nicklaus Golf Club at LionsGate and are tied for fifh place after the opening day.

Jin Park, James Sacheck, Richard T. Lee, Won Joon Lee, Scott Weatherly, Jason Kokrak, Aaron Goldberg, James Nitties and Brock Mackenzie are piled together at 6-under 65 and only two off the pace.

Play in underway in round 2..

European Tour
Play is well underway despite a 90 minute rain delay at the Czech Open where the beer is very good, but the field is, well, mediocre with Euro tour members scattered all over the globe following the PGA Championship last week.

Ryder Cup Vice Captain Paul McGinley returned to form in spectacular style to set the clubhouse target midway through the second round of the Czech Open at Prosper Golf Resort at -4

On a leaderboard overwhelmed by Irish green – they occupied four of the top five positions – it was McGinley who held the clubhouse lead following a one under par 71.

The 44 year old – whose last win came six years ago – registered three birdies in windy conditions but two bogeys in his last three holes prevented a more significant lead.

For an up to date scoreboard click http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=2011/tournamentid=2011059/leaderboard/index.html


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