Briny Baird holds on to two shot lead

A hole-in-one helped Briny Baird to a second round five-under 66 and a two-stroke lead at the Las Vegas championships on Friday, while world number three Phil Mickelson failed to make the cut for the first time this season.

Baird, who began the day with a two-shot cushion after a course record-equalling 10-under 62 at the TCP at Summerlin on Thursday, got his round off to another sizzling start with four birdies on his first six holes.

Battling to be among the top 125 on the PGA Tour list to secure his tour card for next season, Baird stumbled into the turn with bogeys at nine and 10, but recovered in style with an ace at the par-three 12 at the TPC at the Canyons, one of two courses being used for the $4 million event.

The unheralded American added another birdie at the 14th before closing with four consecutive pars to sit on 15-under 128 for the tournament, two shots clear of Japan's Shigeki Maruyama and compatriots Paul Goydos and Bart Bryant, Kevin Stadler and Ryan Moore.

Goydos, playing at Summerlin, was also off to a flying start with five birdies on his outward nine, including four straight from the fourth on his way to a flawless seven-under 65.

Bryant, a winner earlier this season at the Memorial, enjoyed a second consecutive error-free day signing for a five-under 66 to join Goydos at 13-under 130.

Moore, the highly rated rookie who attended university at nearby UNLV and turned professional following the U.S. Open, also had a flawless day that included a blistering first nine featuring six birdies to return the joint best round of the day with an eight-under 63.

Stadler, another tour rookie, mixed four birdies with an eagle and a bogey for a five-under 66.

Harrison Frazar and Australia's Rod Pampling has signed for eight-under to sit one shot further adrift at 12-under 131.

Mickelson, who has had disappointing results since winning the PGA championship in August, was unable to find his form in the Nevada desert failing to make the cut for the first time this season.

A four-time winner this season, Mickelson had a rollercoaster day at the TPC at Summerlin mixing six birdies with three bogeys and a double bogey for a one-under 71 and a two-day total of five-under 138 missing the cut by a single stroke.

John Daly, who lost in a playoff to Tiger Woods last weekend at the WGC American Express championships, had also been in danger of missing the cut but returned a five-under 67 to join a large group of 15 players at eight-under 135.

Briny Baird          62s-66t-128 -15
Paul Goydos          65t-65s-130 -13
Bart Bryant          64s-66t-130 -13
Shigeki Maruyama     65t-65s-130 -13
Kevin Stadler        64s-66t-130 -13
Ryan Moore           67s-63t-130 -13
Harrison Frazar      68s-63t-131 -12
Rod Pampling         67t-64s-131 -12
Lucas Glover         66t-66s-132 -11
Ted Purdy            67s-65t-132 -11
Olin Browne          67t-65s-132 -11
Ben Crane            67t-65s-132 -11
Charles Howell III   63s-69t-132 -11
Michael Allen        64s-68t-132 -11
Jim Furyk            66s-66t-132 -11
John Senden          66t-66s-132 -11
Tom Pernice Jr.      65t-68s-133 -10
Justin Leonard       63t-70s-133 -10
Billy Andrade        65t-68s-133 -10
Hidemichi Tanaka     66t-68s-134  -9
Ryuji Imada          64t-70s-134  -9
Kevin Sutherland     67t-67s-134  -9
Rory Sabbatini       67t-67s-134  -9
Ryan Palmer          62t-72s-134  -9
Will MacKenzie       65t-69s-134  -9
Phillip Price        68t-66s-134  -9
Stephen Leaney       67t-67s-134  -9
Wes Short Jr.        67t-67s-134  -9
Geoff Ogilvy         65t-69s-134  -9
Hunter Haas          65s-69t-134  -9
Nick Watney          67s-67t-134  -9
Aaron Baddeley       72s-63t-135  -8
Davis Love III       68s-67t-135  -8
John Huston          70s-65t-135  -8
Lee Janzen           66s-69t-135  -8
Scott Gutschewski    64s-71t-135  -8
Marco Dawson         68s-67t-135  -8
Dean Wilson          69t-66s-135  -8
Joe Ogilvie          67s-68t-135  -8
Jason Gore           65t-70s-135  -8
John Daly            68t-67s-135  -8
Fred Funk            67t-68s-135  -8
Tommy Armour III     69s-66t-135  -8
Steve Lowery         67t-68s-135  -8
Charles Warren       69t-66s-135  -8
Tjaart van der Walt  64t-71s-135  -8
Bo Van Pelt          70s-66t-136  -7
Omar Uresti          68s-68t-136  -7
John Rollins         67t-69s-136  -7
Gary Hallberg        69s-67t-136  -7
J.J. Henry           66s-70t-136  -7
Mark Hensby          69t-67s-136  -7
Fred Couples         69s-67t-136  -7
Padraig Harrington   69s-67t-136  -7
Robert Allenby       68t-68s-136  -7
Scott Verplank       70s-66t-136  -7
Donnie Hammond       68t-68s-136  -7
Todd Fischer         70t-66s-136  -7
Paul Claxton         69t-67s-136  -7
Joe Durant           66s-70t-136  -7
Chad Campbell        71s-65t-136  -7
Jeff Sluman          67s-69t-136  -7
Corey Pavin          68t-68s-136  -7
Jerry Kelly          67s-69t-136  -7
Frank Lickliter II   67s-69t-136  -7
Jonathan Byrd        67s-69t-136  -7
Bill Glasson         68t-68s-136  -7
James Driscoll       69t-68s-137  -6
Daniel Chopra        70s-67t-137  -6
Stuart Appleby       67t-70s-137  -6
Tom Lehman           69t-68s-137  -6
Robert Gamez         67t-70s-137  -6
Duffy Waldorf        67t-70s-137  -6
Paul Azinger         71t-66s-137  -6
Brian Gay            72s-65t-137  -6
Bob Heintz           68s-69t-137  -6
Scott Piercy         72t-65s-137  -6
Carl Pettersson      68s-69t-137  -6
Billy Mayfair        68t-69s-137  -6
Brent Geiberger      66s-71t-137  -6
Scott Hend           68s-69t-137  -6
D.A. Points          67s-70t-137  -6
Gavin Coles          68s-69t-137  -6

Failed to Qualify
Brandt Jobe          70t-68s-138  -5
Ian Poulter          70s-68t-138  -5
D.J. Trahan          68t-70s-138  -5
Chris Smith          68s-70t-138  -5
David Duval          73s-65t-138  -5
J.P. Hayes           68t-70s-138  -5
Lee Westwood         70s-68t-138  -5
Craig Barlow         69t-69s-138  -5
Pat Perez            69t-69s-138  -5
Brett Quigley        69t-69s-138  -5
Greg Owen            71s-67t-138  -5
Phil Mickelson       67t-71s-138  -5
Craig Perks          71s-67t-138  -5
Neal Lancaster       71s-67t-138  -5
Jesper Parnevik      67t-71s-138  -5
Franklin Langham     66t-72s-138  -5
Brian Bateman        70t-69s-139  -4
Jim Carter           74s-65t-139  -4
Len Mattiace         72t-67s-139  -4
Todd Hamilton        70s-69t-139  -4
Mark Brooks          68s-71t-139  -4
Dennis Paulson       67t-72s-139  -4
David Hearn          67t-72s-139  -4
John Cook            70t-69s-139  -4
Skip Kendall         69s-70t-139  -4
Scott McCarron       70s-69t-139  -4
Tim Petrovic         68t-71s-139  -4
Robert Damron        68t-71s-139  -4
Mark Wilson          73s-66t-139  -4
Bob Tway             71s-69t-140  -3
Joey Snyder III      75s-65t-140  -3
Kent Jones           71s-69t-140  -3
Alex Cejka           70s-70t-140  -3
Shaun Micheel        69s-71t-140  -3
Andrew Magee         69t-71s-140  -3
Tag Ridings          72s-69t-141  -2
Chris Anderson       69t-72s-141  -2
Paul Gow             71s-70t-141  -2
Roland Thatcher      71s-70t-141  -2
Thomas Levet         70s-71t-141  -2
Hunter Mahan         66s-75t-141  -2
Patrick Sheehan      70s-71t-141  -2
Bob Estes            71t-71s-142  -1
Darron Stiles        69s-73t-142  -1
Rich Beem            74t-68s-142  -1
Tom Byrum            74s-68t-142  -1
Matt Gogel           75s-67t-142  -1
Glen Day             71t-71s-142  -1
Cameron Beckman      72t-71s-143   E
Brett Wetterich      73s-70t-143   E
Brendan Jones        67t-77s-144  +1
D.J. Brigman         72t-72s-144  +1
Steve Flesch         71s-73t-144  +1
Tom Gillis           72t-73s-145  +2
Steve Allan          76s-69t-145  +2
Michael Long         73t-73s-146  +3
Chris Riley          70s-76t-146  +3
Jonathan Kaye        74t-74s-148  +5
Dudley Hart          73t-76s-149  +6
    
    

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