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Low Scores Hard to Find at PGA Championship
J.B. Holmes apparently found a solution to Oakland Hills — for a while anyway.
Holmes strung together three consecutive birdies in his back nine to get to 3 under before making bogey on Nos. 15 and 17 in his second round Friday to sit one stroke behind leader Jeev Milkha Singh at the PGA Championship.
No one was solving the brutal course, which the field played to an average of five shots over par in the weather-delayed first round.
Holmes, who shot a 71 in the opening round and was trying to make a final push to make the U.S. Ryder Cup team, birdied the par-5 second hole and then was even over the next nine holes before making birdies on the par-5 12th, par-3 13th and par-4 14th. He is the clubhouse leader at 1-under par.
Robert Karlsson and Singh, who shared the first-round lead with 2-under 68s, both started their second rounds with bogeys on No. 10. Singh regained the lost stroke and was at 2 under through five holes. Karlsson fell off the pace at 2 over through five.
Sergio Garcia — a favorite, along with Phil Mickelson, to win the tournament — briefly shared the second-round lead before making bogey on No. 3 to slip to 1 under. Mickelson was even after one hole.
Also at 1 under and early in their rounds were Aaron Baddeley, Ken Duke, Billy Mayfair and Sean O'Hair.
Holmes, a 26-year-old Kentuckian, came into the 90th PGA Championship in 16th place on the U.S. Ryder Cup points list. He needs a win to grab one of the eight spots on the list assured of making the U.S. side at the conclusion of the year’s final major championship. Captain Paul Azinger will select four others for the next month’s competition against Europe at Valhalla in Kentucky.
Other than Holmes, only one other player was making a serious run at going low.
Ben Curtis, the out-of-nowhere winner of the 2003 British Open, posted the championship’s low round with a 67 that left him at even-par 140. Also at that figure was Charlie Wi, who shot a second 70.
Angel Cabrera of Argentina, winner of the 2007 U.S. Open, playing in one of the first groups off the tee on Friday, got to 2 under at one point but then wilted down the stretch to shoot a 72 and was at 2-over 142 through 36 holes. He had an eagle and two birdies through the first 12 holes to briefly pull into a tie with Karlsson and Singh.
Andres Romero, also from Argentina, made a charge to get to 1 under but had his round ruined with a quadruple-bogey 8 at the par-4 16th.
The field played to an average score of 74.9 in the opening round — almost a full five shots over par — as only seven starters in what was a 156-player field posted red numbers.
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