Monty and Durant the best in the wind at Mississippi Classic

Champions Tour Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic http://espn.go.com/golf/leaderboard?tour=champions


Saying the 20mph wind with higher gusts were a "mere breeze compared to Scotland" Colin Montgomerie went out and posted a fine -5 67 along with veteran Joe Durant to take a narrow lead over 4 players at -4 68.


Monty was much more serious about the course and conditions in his post round interview. "Five-under par is a good score today. Anything under par is a good score today with very testing conditions. Every shot today was different from yesterday because the wind was completely different. This is a very, very good course, perhaps the best we play on this tour, and it's even more challenging in the wind."


Canadian scoring: Stephen Ames T14 -1 71, Rod Spittle T38 +2 74  Jim Rutledge T53 +4 76


Bryan Angus (notes from BBC Reuters AP..)