DOUGHERTY'S HOPES FADE IN COLOGNE; GOLF.A SECOND round slump of four over par leaves Liverpool's Nick Dougherty Nick Dougherty (born in Bootle, Merseyside on 24 May 1982) is an English golfer. He is a protégé of Nick Faldo and had an exceptional amateur career with numerous tournament wins including the 1999 World Boys Championship and three in Faldo Junior Series events. 10 shots adrift in the Mercedes-Benz Championship There are two tournaments in men's professional golf called the Mercedes-Benz Championship
A first round score of three under put Dougherty just four strokes off the leader on day one but his hopes of a second German win this year have now been dashed. A closing double bogey Verb 1. double bogey - to shoot two strokes over par golf, golf game - a game played on a large open course with 9 or 18 holes; the object is use as few strokes as possible in playing all the holes from Ryder Cup Dane Soren Hansen - the only one on the hole all day - left England's ChrisS Wood and Australian Scott Strange sharing the halfway lead. Wood, the 21-year-old from Bristol kept a bogey off his card for the second day running and said: "It was a bit of a battle, but I'll take another 18 holes without a bogey - and hopefully another 36." CAPTION(S): BOGEY FREE: Joint leader Chris Wood |
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