Mickelson encouraged despite 70 in Scotland
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INVERNESS, Scotland — Ernie Els and Phil Mickelson endured frustrating second rounds Friday as the Scottish Open’s headline acts were upstaged by some lesser-known players.
Chris Doak, ranked Autos: No. 341, was the surprise Autos: leader at the halfway stage p.m. of his home event after a Autos: Truck Series, American Ethanol 200, Speed, 7:30 p.m. second straight 66 left him Baseball: Minnesota at N.Y. Yankees, MLB Network, noon
at 12-under 132. Baseball: Cincinnati at Atlanta, FSTN, 3 p.m. Matthew Southgate (64) Baseball: St. Louis at Chicago Cubs, WHBQ Channel 13, 6 p.m.
was in a tie for second with Baseball: Boston at Oakland, MLB Network, 9 p.m.
Ross Fisher (65), Peter UiCycling: Tour de France, NBC Sports, 7 a.m. Football: CFL, British Columbia at Edmonton, ESPN2, 8:30 p.m. hlein (66) and J.B. Hansen Golf: European PGA, Scottish Open, Golf, 8:30 a.m.; WMC (65) a stroke back. Channel 5, 11 a.m. Els foundered on the Golf: PGA, John Deere Classic, Golf, noon; WREG Channel 3, 2 greens and shot a 2-under p.m. 70 to miss the cut a week Golf: LPGA, Manulife Classic, Golf, 1:30 p.m. before he defends his BritGolf: U.S. Senior Open Championship, WMC Channel 5, 2 p.m. ish Open title. Golf: Web.com, Utah Championship, Golf, 5:30 p.m. Mickelson, another Soccer: U-20 World Cup championship, ESPN, 12:45 p.m. four-time major winner, Soccer: CONCACAF, Gold Cup, U.S. vs. Cuba, WHBQ Channel was tied for third after his 13, 2 p.m. first-round 66 but dropped Soccer: MLS, Los Angeles at Portland, NBC Sports, 10 p.m. back into a tie for 13th after 70.a
Softball: World Cup, U.S. vs. Japan, ESPN, 8 p.m. M ickelson said he is poised to make a charge in his bid to capture his first title on links.
“I was just a little bit off,” said the eighth-ranked American, who started off with a bogey for the second straight round but wowed the crowd with a lob shot onto the third green to set up one of his four birdies. “But I’m in a position where if I get a hot round, I can make up the ground.”
“I had no idea on these greens — I’m glad I’m leaving,” said Els, who said he still feels his game is in good shape heading to Muirfield.
OTHER TOURNAMENTS
John Deere Classic at Silvis, Ill.: Defending champion Zach Johnson, Lucas Glover and rookie Patrick Reed are tied for the lead following the second round.
Johnson shot a 5-under 66 to maintain a share of the lead for the second day in a row.
It “was a day of just hanging in there and letting things come. But I like the fact that I don’t have to be perfect and I can still play here,” Johnson said.
Reed shot a 63 in the morning session, one year after missing the cut at TPC Deere Run, and Glover finished at 9 under on Friday.
Australia’s Matt Jones is a shot back at 11 under.
U. S. Senior Open at Omaha, Neb.: Michael Allen shot a 7-under 63 and broke away from the pack for a five-stroke lead after the second round of the Champions Tour major.
Allen was among seven players who shared the first-round lead at 3 under. He birdied five of the first eight holes and eagled the par-5 14th while shooting his best round of the year in hot, breezy conditions at Omaha Country Club.
Allen’s 36-hole lead is the largest in the event’s 34-year history.
Rocco Mediate, at 5 under, is his closest pursuer.
Manulife Financial LPGA Classic at Waterloo, Ontario: Catriona Matthew shot a 64 to take a threestroke lead after the second round.
Matthew’s 15-under 127 at the tournament’s midway point blew away her previous career-best 36hole mark on tour by five strokes. American Angela Stanford shot a 67 and was second.
Utah Championship at Sandy: Chad Collins missed a chance for the fourth 59 in Web.com Tour history, parring the final six holes for an 11-under 60. Collins leads the tournament at 16 under. He had a 66 on Thursday.