Choi and Dyson in - Liang, Jeev, Yang and Thongchai out

Choi Kyung-ju added a second straight one-over-par 71 at the 89th PGA Championship on Friday for tied 19th position at the halfway stage of the year’s final Major.

Choi, better known as KJ, made 17 pars and one bogey at Southern Hills Country Club and his two-day total of 142 left him eight shots behind leader Tiger Woods, the world’s number one.

Woods flirted with history, nearly becoming the first player to shoot a 62 in Major golf competitions before settling for a 63 which gave him a two-shot lead over Scott Verplank.

Asian Tour member Simon Dyson of England shot a 71 to move up to 42nd place on 144 but it was the end of the road for several other of the region’s stars.

China’s Liang Wen-chong, making his Major debut, bowed out with a 74, his 147 total being two shots more than the halfway cut.

India’s Jeev Milkha Singh, last year’s UBS Order of Merit champion, and Yang Yong-eun of Korea also missed the cut at 150 with Thongchai Jaidee of Thailand a further three strokes back after improving on his nightmarish 80 on Thursday with a 73 on Friday.

Other big names to miss the cut include twice PGA Champion Vijay Singh and world number two Jim Furyk, as well as 2007 major Champions Angel Cabrera and Zach Johnson.

August 11, 2007

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