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Langer, Goydos, Garcia 1 shot behind
Published on Saturday, May 10, 2008
From Beacon Journal wire services
Hot blasts of wind on a diabolical course made The Players Championship tough enough to turn someone's hair gray. Not that the leaders needed any help with that Friday.
Kenny Perry, who first showed up at Sawgrass 20 years ago, kept his wits and his patience in 35 mph gusts and made only one bogey in a solid round of 2-under 70 that gave him a 1-shot lead at 6 under going into the weekend in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.
He will be paired with Bernhard Langer, who already has won twice this year — on the Champions Tour.
Langer, a two-time Masters champion and former Ryder Cup captain, thought about withdrawing Thursday morning when he felt pain in his lower back, which caused his groin and left knee to ache, along with his left shoulder. All those creaking joints, and the 50-year-old Langer still managed to produce a 67 and entertain hopes of winning against kids who weren't even born when he won his first Masters.
Paul Goydos, 43, also was 1 shot behind after a 71.
Crashing the party was Sergio Garcia, the 28-year-old Spaniard whose driving was as spectacular as his putting was atrocious. Garcia hit all 14 fairways, missed only three greens and took 33 putts on his way to a 73. He's also 1 shot behind.
What cost him the 36-hole lead was a double bogey on the island-green 17th without ever going into the water.
More golf: Sorenstam leads by 3
• Lorena Ochoa started with a birdie, pulling her even with Annika Sorenstam, the playing partner she replaced at the top of the world rankings. Two holes later, Sorenstam answered. And then again at the 16th, rolling in a birdie putt from about 8 feet after Ochoa briefly drew even with a tap-in. So it went in the Michelob Ultra Open in a friendly duel between the game's best players in Williamsburg, Va. Sorenstam followed a 64 with a 66, leaving her at 12 under, 3 better than Ochoa, whose bogey at the last hole gave her 68, and Jeong Jang, who matched Sorenstam with her 66.
• Jeff Maggert withdrew from The Players Championship in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., telling tournament officials that his brother, Barry Maggert, died in a small plane crash in Colorado en route to his son's college graduation.
• Robert Karlsson of Sweden shot a course-record 11-under 61 to take the lead after the second round of the Italian Open in Milan, Italy. Karlsson had two eagles and eight birdies to go with one bogey to finish the round at 15-under 129. Hennie Otto and Mark Foster were 2 strokes behind.
Tennis: Federer loses again
• Roger Federer lost again, falling to 27th-ranked Radek Stepanek 7-6 (4), 7-6 (7) in the Rome Masters quarterfinals. Also losing was eighth-seeded American James Blake, who was defeated 6-7 (5), 7-6 (5), 6-1 by Stanislas Wawrinka. Once seemingly invincible, Federer was beaten for the sixth time this year.
• Serena Williams' 17-match winning streak ended with a 2-6, 6-1, 7-6 (5) loss to Dinara Safina in the German Open quarterfinals in Berlin. The 17th-ranked Russian pressured Williams' backhand, the same tactic that worked a day earlier in an upset of top-ranked Justine Henin. Safina will face Victoria Azarenka of Belarus today.
• Top-ranked Justine Henin has withdrawn from next week's Italian Open, citing fatigue, and the WTA Tour said she will be fined $20,000 for the late withdrawal.
NFL: Packers release Robinson
• The Green Bay Packers released Koren Robinson, the latest setback for the veteran wide receiver trying to resurrect his career after serving an NFL suspension and jail time.
Autos: Stewart wins Nationwide race
• Tony Stewart must've needed a new surface to finally break through at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, S.C. The two-time Sprint Cup champion had never won there in 19 previous races, four of them Nationwide events, dating to 1996. Yet, Stewart was dominant throughout in gliding to victory in the first race on Darlington's slicker, repaved surface. Fellow Sprint Cup stars Carl Edwards, Kyle Busch, Matt Kenseth and Mark Martin had their nights ended by wrecks.
• On a fast new surface, 41 of 44 Sprint Cup drivers broke the qualifying record at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, S.C. But it was Greg Biffle who set the pace, turning a blistering lap of 179.442 mph to win the pole at Darlington. He shattered the previous record of 173.797 mph set by Ward Burton in 1996. Biffle's lap in a Ford beat Hendrick Motorsports teammates Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Jimmie Johnson, who qualified second and third for tonight's race in their Chevrolets.
• Rookie driver Alex Lloyd did not break any bones in a hard crash during practice for the Indianapolis 500 that left him hospitalized. Lloyd was taken off the track Friday complaining of neck pain. Though a CT scan showed no broken bones, he was kept at the hospital as a precaution. Another accident occurred in the pits, where Dale Coyne Racing crewman Charles Buckman was knocked to the ground by Danica Patrick's incoming car. Buckman was taken to the hospital with a concussion and cuts to his face and scalp.
From Beacon Journal wire services
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