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Jobe & Paulson share
36 hole lead
Brandt Jobe admits there's
a lot of golf left this weekend at the Annandale Golf Club. But he has to like
his chances -- at least for retaining his PGA Tour card.
Jobe fired a 6-under-par
66 on Friday to join Carl Paulson atop the leaderboard midway through the season-ending
Southern Farm Bureau Classic.
Winless since joining the
PGA Tour in 1991, Jobe reached 11-under 133 with an eagle, six birdies and two
bogeys. He is 126th on the money list with $392,105 and must move up just one
spot to remain exempt for the 2002 season. Spike McRoy, who is 124th, missed the
cut at 6-over.
"The first two days
have gone nicely, considering the position I'm in," Jobe admitted. "Through
the middle of the year, I was trying to win golf tournaments, everyone does. After
a while, I was trying to play each week when on the bubble and trying to keep
my card. ... It's been frustrating. I'm trying too hard."
At 117th on the money list,
Paulson will avoid a return to qualifying school. But he moved closer to his first
victory since turning professional a decade ago.
"I've been playing
well the last few months," said Paulson, who was runner-up at last year's
Tampa Bay Classic. "Hopefully, I saved the best for last."
Chad Campbell, Andrew Magee,
Dicky Pride, Heath Slocum and first-round leader Fred Funk are tied for third
at 10-under 134. Campbell, a recent graduate of the Buy.com Tour, had the best
round of the quintet, an 8-under 64.
It's another stroke back
to Lee Porter and Cameron Beckman.
The top 29 PGA money winners
are in Houston this week at the lucrative Tour Championship.
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