Mark Calcavecchia moves 5 shots clear

Mark Calcavecchia continued to set the pace at the Canadian Open carding a second round three-under 67 on Friday, but has defending champion Vijay Singh in hot pursuit.

Among the early starters, Calcavecchia took advantage of ideal scoring conditions at the Shaughnessy Golf Club to get to eight-under 132 and move five shots clear of the field -- the largest lead after 36 holes on the U.S. PGA Tour this season.

Lucas Glover, who had shared the overnight lead with Calcavecchia, battled his way to two-over 72 but it was still good enough to leave the 25-year-old American alone in second on 137, one stroke ahead of Paraguay's Carlos Franco (70), Swedes Jesper Parnevik (72) and Mathias Gronberg (70) and Bob Heintz (70) and Jerry Kelly of the United States (66) -- all at two-under 138.

The man Calcavecchia will have his eye on, however, will be the world number two Singh, who rebounded from an opening round 73 with a four-under 66 to lead a large group of seven players at one-under 139.

Calcavecchia, chasing his first win since 2001, got his day off to an unsteady start with a bogey at the par four first but recovered with four birdies on his outward nine, including three straight from the seventh.

The former British Open champion bogeyed the 16th but finished on a positive note with a birdie three at the last.

"I left a couple of strokes out there ... that's why making birdie on 18 really felt good, kind of making up for that," said Calcavecchia. "I think I've gotten some good breaks. I haven't hit it into the heavy rough too often.

"I've only made three bogeys and that's pretty good around here.

"I think it starts off the tee here. I've driven it well and the times I have hit in the rough have been on the short holes where I can still make par. I think that's been the key for me."

As winds picked up few of the later starters were able to match or better Calcavecchia's effort.

One of those, however, was Singh who mixed six birdies with a pair of early bogeys to sign for the joint best round of the day.

Returning to action after missing last week's Deutsche Bank Championship with a sore back, the smooth-swinging Fijian was back in his familiar rhythm and in a tie for eighth after starting the day in joint 71st.

"Seven shots around here is not much at all," said Singh, a four-time winner this season. "I have to go out there and not worry about the leader. I have to play another solid round tomorrow and wait until Sunday.

"I made some nice putts today that kept me in there."

There was little for Canadian golf fans to celebrate as Mike Weir, the 2003 Masters winner, stumbled to a five-over 75 missing the cut at the Canadian Open for the first time since 1999.

The tournament began with 16 Canadians trying to become the first homegrown winner of the national championship since Pat Fletcher in 1954 but only Stephen Ames survived the guillotine and will carry local hopes into the weekend.

"I didn't play well," said Weir, who lost the title to Singh in a playoff last year at Glen Abbey in Toronto. "There are a few things been happening with me health-wise but I'm over that now.

"I just didn't play well this weekend, simple as that."

Mark Calcavecchia    65-67-132
Lucas Glover         65-72-137
Carlos Franco        68-70-138
Jerry Kelly          72-66-138
Jesper Parnevik      66-72-138
Bob Heintz           68-70-138
Mathias Gronberg     68-70-138
Matt Kuchar          72-67-139
Brent Geiberger      68-71-139
Ted Purdy            67-72-139
Ryan Moore           69-70-139
Arjun Atwal          72-67-139
Vijay Singh          73-66-139
Trevor Immelman      71-68-139
Loren Roberts        70-70-140
Justin Rose          74-66-140
Ben Crane            74-66-140
Tom Pernice Jr.      68-72-140
Craig Barlow         70-70-140
Scott McCarron       68-72-140
Brandt Jobe          67-73-140
J.P. Hayes           68-72-140
Aaron Baddeley       69-71-140
Joey Snyder III      71-69-140
Jeff Hart            69-72-141
Tommy Armour III     70-71-141
Michael Allen        68-73-141
Paul Gow             70-71-141
Brian Davis          70-71-141
Larry Mize           70-71-141
Kent Jones           72-69-141
Hunter Mahan         71-70-141
John Huston          69-72-141
Rory Sabbatini       73-68-141
Joey Sindelar        70-71-141
Steve Allan          73-68-141
Kevin Na             70-72-142
Craig Stadler        70-72-142
Harrison Frazar      74-68-142
Jay Delsing          70-72-142
Steve Collins        73-69-142
Franklin Langham     72-70-142
Briny Baird          70-72-142
Michael Harris       72-70-142
Darron Stiles        71-71-142
Mario Tiziani        73-69-142
Billy Andrade        70-73-143
Jim Carter           69-74-143
Neal Lancaster       73-70-143
Stephen Ames         73-70-143
Chris DiMarco        70-73-143
John Rollins         68-75-143
Alex Cejka           74-69-143
James H. McLean      71-72-143
Chris Anderson       74-69-143
Michael Long         74-69-143
Peter Tomasulo       73-70-143
Bob Estes            73-70-143
Brian Bateman        71-72-143
Scott Hend           69-74-143
Greg Owen            73-71-144
Pat Perez            71-73-144
Fred Funk            72-72-144
Craig Bowden         76-68-144
Scott Gutschewski    70-74-144
Glen Day             75-69-144
Rod Pampling         71-73-144
Mark O'Meara         75-69-144
Jonathan Byrd        68-76-144
Scott Dunlap         67-77-144
Andrew Magee         73-71-144
Notah Begay III      71-73-144
Robert Gamez         73-71-144

Failed to Qualify
Robert Allenby       74-71-145
Kevin Sutherland     73-72-145
Hidemichi Tanaka     71-74-145
Nick Watney          75-70-145
Charlie Wi           73-72-145
Rob Rashell          72-73-145
Jim Rutledge         74-71-145
Brett Quigley        74-71-145
Bob Tway             70-75-145
Shigeki Maruyama     72-73-145
Tag Ridings          71-74-145
Ted Tryba            73-72-145
Roland Thatcher      73-72-145
Kevin Stadler        76-69-145
Jason Gore           70-75-145
Joe Ogilvie          74-72-146
David Hearn          72-74-146
David Frost          72-74-146
Len Mattiace         70-76-146
Mike Weir            71-75-146
Ian Leggatt          70-76-146
Todd Fischer         74-72-146
Paul Danielson       76-70-146
Omar Uresti          77-70-147
Bradley Hughes       74-73-147
Steve Jones          73-74-147
David Peoples        72-75-147
Rich Beem            73-74-147
Todd Hamilton        67-80-147
Jonathan Kaye        74-73-147
Stuart Appleby       73-74-147
Steve Stricker       76-71-147
Matt Gogel           75-72-147
D.A. Points          73-74-147
Jon Mills            73-74-147
Skip Kendall         75-73-148
James Lepp           78-70-148
Jason Allred         75-73-148
Brian Gay            76-72-148
Ryan Palmer          72-76-148
Stephen Leaney       79-69-148
Bob Burns            75-74-149
Glen Hnatiuk         76-73-149
Richard S. Johnson   72-77-149
Scott Verplank       74-75-149
Will MacKenzie       79-70-149
D.J. Brigman         75-74-149
John Maginnes        74-75-149
Charles Warren       72-77-149
Dean Wilson          74-75-149
Jaime Gomez          79-70-149
Adam Short           71-78-149
David Mathis         75-74-149
D.J. Trahan          75-75-150
Brenden Pappas       75-75-150
Justin Bolli         73-77-150
Richard Scott        75-75-150
Tom Byrum            74-76-150
Danny Briggs         73-77-150
Anders Hultman       74-76-150
Derek Gillespie      78-72-150
Fredrik Jacobson     76-75-151
Ian Doig             77-74-151
Mark Wilson          76-76-152
Tjaart van der Walt  74-78-152
John E. Morgan       72-80-152
Hideto Tanihara      75-77-152
Jay Snyder           73-80-153
Dennis Paulson       75-78-153
Matt Davidson        79-74-153
Hunter Haas          76-77-153
Stuart Anderson      75-78-153
John Cook            76-78-154
Brad Lardon          79-75-154
Boyd Summerhays      77-77-154
David Morland IV     76-78-154
Chris Ming           86-70-156
David Edwards        81-77-158
John Elliott         74-84-158
Richard Zokol        79-82-161  

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