|
Carter takes narrow lead
Tom Carter posted a four-under
68 Saturday to take a one-shot lead at seven-under-par 209 after 54 holes of the
Buy.com Monterey Peninsula Classic at Bayonet Golf Course.
Second-round leader Tim
Clark stands alone in second at six-under par.
Tied for third at five-under
is Chad Campbell. If he can win on Sunday, Campbell would earn the "battlefield
promotion," which allows any player who wins three Buy.com Tour events in
one year to immediately move up to the PGA Tour.
Todd Fischer, Deane Pappas
and Charley Hoffman joined Campbell at 211.
Carter mixed two birdies
and a bogey over his first three holes but made his ascent to the top of the leaderboard
at the turn.
He wedged his approach at
No. 9 to a foot to set up the tap-in birdie and made it back-to-back with a birdie
at 10. After running home a six-foot birdie at the 11th, Carter drained a 25-footer
at the 12th to give him four birdies in a row and the lead at eight-under par.
Carter dropped a shot at
the par-three 17th for his 68 but he still held sole possession of first.
The Buy.com Tour rookie
opened with a 74 on Thursday but the tournament took a different shape for Carter
in Friday's second round. He holed a six-iron from 185 yards out for a double-eagle
at the par-five 10th.
"The double-eagle yesterday
got me going in the right direction," said Carter, who has three top-10 finishes
in the last two months. "It seems like things are going my way. When something
good happens you get more confidence."
Clark was two-under on the
front nine but he bogeyed the par-four 15th. He got to within one of Carter at
the last when he drained a 12-foot birdie putt.
Clark, who notched his third
consecutive round of two-under 70, has barely played this season after injuring
his wrist in February.
"I'm still a little
weak," he said. "I've practiced a lot the last month. I'm still wary
of taking a big cut in the rough."
Jamie Rogers carded a two-under
70 and is alone in seventh at three-under par.
John Elliott fired a three-under
69 on Saturday and is the only other player under par in the tournament at minus-one.
Email
this page to a friend | Return
to top of page
Genuity
International, sponsors Golf Today
|
