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Stuart Appleby leads at halfway
Australia's Stuart Appleby fired a second round six-under 66 to rocket to the top of the leaderboard at the 84 Lumber Classic on Friday, one-shot clear of American journeymen Chris Smith and Cameron Beckman.
As great a day as it was for Appleby, it was an even better one for David Toms who was released from a Pittsburgh hospital vowing he will play in next week's Presidents Cup despite being forced out of the 84 Lumber Classic with chest pains and rapid heartbeat.
Toms, ranked number 11 in the world and an 11-time winner on the PGA Tour, was taken to the hospital midway through his opening round suffering what appeared to be a heart attack.
He was later airlifted to Pittsburgh's UPMC-Presbyterian University Hospital where he was admitted in critical condition.
The 38-year-old golfer remained in hospital overnight and was released on Friday, saying on his Web site he was returning to the 84 Lumber tournament.
Toms's condition overshadowed second round play that included a near flawless performance from Appleby, who had looked headed toward an error-free round and a two stroke lead until a bogey at the last.
The stumble ruined a spectacular finish after closing with birdies on 15, 16 and 17 to send him rocketing up the leaderboard with a 36-hole total of 11-under 133.
After winning the season-opening Mercedes Championship in Hawaii, Appleby has struggled to find his best form, posting just one other top 10 result, a seventh place at the Booz Allen Classic.
"Today, was just good solid golf all day, more trying conditions than yesterday, and I just made some good putts today," said Appleby. "Of course it was more difficult; the greens were very firm, as usual, as just everything basically was a good solid day.
"I drove the ball well, hit the middle of the club face a lot of times, good club selection generally in tricky conditions, and here we are."
Beckman, still searching for his first top 20 of the year, roared into contention with a seven-under 65 that featured six birdies on his first nine to get to 10-under 134.
Smith, who has missed the cut in 16 of 25 events this season, also had a single bogey on his scorecard mixing it with five birdies and an eagle for a six-under 66 to grab a share of second.
Americans Craig Barlow (66), Joey Sindelar (68) and Sweden's Carl Pettersson lurked two shots further back on eight-under 136.
Defending champion Vijay Singh, who has been suffering from a sore back, got his day off to a blistering start with back-to-back birdies and another heading into the turn.
But the world number two struggled on his inward nine, mixing three birdies with two bogeys for a four-under 68 to leave the Fijian seven off the pace at four-under 140.
"I'm going to have to play well on the weekend," said Singh, who is in the middle of his third title defense in as many events. "I don't think the guys are going to come back.
"The golf course is tough but there's a lot of birdies out there.
"I'm playing well. I'm hitting it a little better than I did yesterday, and I can feel my putting coming back. Hopefully I can show up tomorrow with a better score."
World number three and PGA champion Phil Mickelson had another disappointing day, doing just enough to make the cut.
The world number three had a rollercoaster day, mixing five birdies with four bogeys for a one-under 71 to leave him right on the cut line of even-par 144.
Stuart Appleby 67-66-133 -11
Cameron Beckman 69-65-134 -10
Chris Smith 68-66-134 -10
Craig Barlow 70-66-136 -8
Joey Sindelar 68-68-136 -8
Carl Pettersson 66-70-136 -8
Ben Crane 67-70-137 -7
Jonathan Byrd 69-68-137 -7
Rod Pampling 70-67-137 -7
Justin Leonard 73-64-137 -7
Bob Burns 67-70-137 -7
Jason Gore 65-72-137 -7
Tim Herron 70-68-138 -6
Carlos Franco 69-69-138 -6
Charlie Wi 65-73-138 -6
Shaun Micheel 65-74-139 -5
Tag Ridings 68-71-139 -5
Mark O'Meara 65-74-139 -5
John Senden 75-65-140 -4
Dean Wilson 71-69-140 -4
Vijay Singh 72-68-140 -4
Stewart Cink 70-70-140 -4
Hunter Haas 71-69-140 -4
Zach Johnson 67-73-140 -4
Woody Austin 70-70-140 -4
Chris DiMarco 70-70-140 -4
Dudley Hart 69-72-141 -3
Kent Jones 73-68-141 -3
Will MacKenzie 73-68-141 -3
Pat Perez 68-73-141 -3
Paul Claxton 69-72-141 -3
Jesper Parnevik 70-72-142 -2
Steve Flesch 72-70-142 -2
Vaughn Taylor 71-71-142 -2
Heath Slocum 71-71-142 -2
Joey Snyder III 74-68-142 -2
Scott Hend 72-70-142 -2
Ted Purdy 72-70-142 -2
Peter Lonard 72-70-142 -2
Brenden Pappas 68-74-142 -2
David Hearn 73-69-142 -2
Todd Fischer 70-73-143 -1
Brian Bateman 72-71-143 -1
Patrick Sheehan 73-70-143 -1
Tom Pernice Jr. 71-72-143 -1
Lee Janzen 70-73-143 -1
Steve Allan 73-70-143 -1
Rocco Mediate 72-71-143 -1
Roland Thatcher 72-71-143 -1
Robert Allenby 72-71-143 -1
Bo Van Pelt 69-74-143 -1
Jeff Maggert 72-71-143 -1
John Huston 70-73-143 -1
Alex Cejka 71-72-143 -1
Brian Gay 73-70-143 -1
Ryan Moore 68-75-143 -1
D.A. Points 72-71-143 -1
Steve Lowery 74-70-144 E
Frank Lickliter II 71-73-144 E
Matt Gogel 72-72-144 E
Kevin Stadler 69-75-144 E
Glen Day 71-73-144 E
Skip Kendall 72-72-144 E
Andrew Magee 73-71-144 E
Marco Dawson 74-70-144 E
Phil Mickelson 73-71-144 E
Rory Sabbatini 70-74-144 E
Todd Hamilton 73-71-144 E
Shigeki Maruyama 70-74-144 E
Bradley Hughes 73-71-144 E
Michael Putnam 71-73-144 E
Harrison Frazar 73-71-144 E
Phillip Price 73-71-144 E
Failed to Qualify
Briny Baird 75-70-145 +1
Jason Bohn 75-70-145 +1
Mark Calcavecchia 71-74-145 +1
Tjaart van der Walt 72-73-145 +1
John Elliott 73-72-145 +1
Mario Tiziani 73-72-145 +1
Justin Rose 73-72-145 +1
Kevin Na 73-72-145 +1
Joe Durant 72-73-145 +1
J.P. Hayes 72-73-145 +1
Brett Quigley 72-73-145 +1
Danny Briggs 75-71-146 +2
Tim Petrovic 72-74-146 +2
Jim Furyk 73-73-146 +2
Neal Lancaster 74-72-146 +2
Olin Browne 72-74-146 +2
Paul Gow 75-71-146 +2
Robert Gamez 74-73-147 +3
J.L. Lewis 73-74-147 +3
David Duval 73-74-147 +3
Brandt Jobe 72-75-147 +3
Duffy Waldorf 75-72-147 +3
Darron Stiles 72-75-147 +3
Brett Wetterich 79-68-147 +3
Jason Allred 75-72-147 +3
Scott Gutschewski 75-72-147 +3
John Daly 71-76-147 +3
Ben Curtis 69-78-147 +3
Omar Uresti 72-75-147 +3
Jeff Brehaut 72-75-147 +3
Michael Long 74-73-147 +3
Rob Rashell 71-76-147 +3
Lucas Glover 76-72-148 +4
Charles Howell III 75-73-148 +4
Stephen Leaney 75-73-148 +4
Steve Wheatcroft 73-75-148 +4
Tom Gillis 73-75-148 +4
John Rollins 76-72-148 +4
Daniel Chopra 73-75-148 +4
Hidemichi Tanaka 71-78-149 +5
Len Mattiace 74-75-149 +5
Greg Owen 74-76-150 +6
Brian Davis 77-73-150 +6
Mark Wilson 82-68-150 +6
Matt Davidson 73-77-150 +6
Fred Couples 76-74-150 +6
Chris Anderson 76-74-150 +6
Mathias Gronberg 77-74-151 +7
Hunter Mahan 75-76-151 +7
Billy Mayfair 70-81-151 +7
Chris Riley 74-77-151 +7
Joe Ogilvie 78-73-151 +7
Bob Heintz 78-74-152 +8
Ryuji Imada 73-79-152 +8
Jeff Hart 77-76-153 +9
John Maginnes 73-80-153 +9
Fredrik Jacobson 75-79-154 +10
Roy Vucinich 75-79-154 +10
Bob Ford 73-82-155 +11
Franklin Langham 79-76-155 +11
Justin Bolli 78-78-156 +12
Dennis Paulson 79-77-156 +12
Robert Damron 78-79-157 +13
Brandon Knaub 78-79-157 +13
Gavin Coles 77-81-158 +14
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