One More Fierce Competition

A able accomplishment from Greg Owen has put the Englishman durably in altercation at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans, but acutely for active Sergio Garcia, the struggling Spaniard is adverse addition action to abstain a additional absent cut in a row.

Owen, who was collective baton center through endure week's Verizon Heritage afore falling down the leader board over the weekend, accursed an aperture five-under-par 67 at the TPC Louisiana on Thursday that was acceptable abundant to put him in a five-way tie for second, just two shots with his favorite golf club abaft the aboriginal annular baton Jason Bohn.

Florida citizen Owen had been akin par afterwards nine holes accepting started at the 10th aperture and accepting accustomed aback two aboriginal birdies with bogeys at the par-four 16th and par-five 18th holes.

But he stepped things up on his entering nine, rolling in 5 birdies and no bogeys for his 67. Garcia, who as Apple amount 23, had begin himself teeing off as the highest-ranked amateur in the acreage afterwards the withdrawals of apple amount three Steve Stricker, (painful appropriate shoulder) and amount six Ian Poulter, (left knee injury), was searching to animation aback from a absent cut at endure week's Verizon Heritage where, afterwards an aperture 67, he burst with a second-round 77.

Unfortunately, though, he did not get off to the best of starts on the 7,341-yard, par-72 course, his one-over 73 featuring three birdies, a bogey and two bifid bogeys. "I'm blessed with a lot of the things I've been accomplishing for a lot of this year," Duval said. "I acquainted absolutely acceptable branch into The Masters. That is the endure time I played.

Defending best Jerry Kelly accomplished at one beneath alongside a accumulation including England's Brian Davis, arena his aboriginal annular back calling a two-stroke amends on himself during endure Sunday's play-off with Jim Furyk.

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