MIDWAY MONSTERS BIRDIE BINGES PUT CHALMERS, TWAY ON TOP.Byline: Dave Shelburne Staff Writer Just when it seemed the second round of the Nissan Open The Northern Trust Open, formally known as the Nissan Open and originally known as the Los Angeles Open, is a regular golf tournament on the PGA Tour. It is played annually in February in Pacific Palisades, California. would be remarkable mostly for the quality of the PGA (1) (Professional Graphics Adapter) An early IBM PC display standard for 3D processing with 640x480x256 resolution. It was not widely used. (2) (Programmable Gate Array) See gate array and FPGA. Tour's minor-league system, another late stretch run broke out Friday afternoon at Riviera Country Club The Riviera Country Club is a country club with a championship golf course. It is located in Pacific Palisades, California, within the city limits of Los Angeles, California. The country club opened in 1926, with George C. Thomas, Jr. as the course architect. . Bob Tway Robert Raymond Tway (born May 4,1959) is an American professional golfer who has won numerous tournaments including eight PGA Tour victories. Tway was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He was introduced to golf at the age of five by his father and grandfather. reeled off consecutive birdies on holes 12, 13 and 14, Australian Greg Chalmers Greg Chalmers (born 11 October 1973) is an Australian golfer. Chalmers was born in Sydney. He won the 1993 Australian Amateur Championship and the 1994 French Amateur Championship. nearly matched that with three birdies from holes 10 through 13, and both slipped past Thursday stretch-runner and first-round leader J.P. Hayes (134) to share the midway lead at 9-under-par 133. ``This may be my favorite My Favorite is an independent synthpop band from Long Island, New York. They released two CDs: Love at Absolute Zero and Happiest Days of Our Lives. My Favorite broke up on September 14, 2005, when singer Andrea Vaughn left the band. or top 2 or 3 of the courses we play. You have to do everything well, and I think that's why people enjoy coming here,'' said Tway, who played as if he enjoyed it. He totaled five birdies and a bogey in a round of 67 that tied for the third-best score of the day behind a 65 that moved Brandel Chamblee Brandel Eugene Chamblee (born July 2, 1962) is an American professional golfer. He was born in St Louis, Missouri. He has one PGA Tour victory. He lost his PGA Tour card in 2003, and since then has worked as an analyst for The Golf Channel. to within three strokes of the lead at 136. Chalmers, nicknamed Snake - as in snake charmer charm·er n. 1. One that charms, especially a disarmingly attractive person. 2. One who casts spells; an enchanter or magician. Noun 1. , he said - shared the second-best score of the day at 66, turning in a bogeyless round that included five birdies and went a long way toward his goal of trying to face more tournament heat this year. ``I have been wanting to put myself under pressure,'' said the 26-year- old Perth native, who was the Australasian Tour rookie of the year Rookie of the Year may refer to:
Chalmers will get his shot at the pressure in today's final pairing, joining 1986 PGA champion Tway and Hayes, whose methodical, in-control shotmaking in the first two rounds has produced 24-for-30 accuracy in fairways hit and only slightly less success shooting at greens. Hayes hit 16 greens Thursday and ``16 fringes'' Friday, when he recorded 17 pars and a birdie. ``I've been sticking it really good,'' said Hayes, who doesn't call this the best he has played but likes the way he is thinking on the course: ``I don't try to hit a shot I'm not comfortable with, so I'm giving myself a lot of opportunities for pars. And when I see a situation I'm comfortable with, I have birdie opportunities.'' He, Chalmers and Tway wound up with top billing on a cut day that produced some surprising casualties - including John Cook, Peter Jacobsen, Brad Faxon, Mark O'Meara and Justin Leonard, plus Shigeki Maruyama, who tied for second in last week's Buick Invitational. Other top names survived the cut of 1-under 141 but finished at least five strokes off the lead, notably Tiger Woods, David Duval, Jesper Parnevik, Vijay Singh and Fred Couples, all at 138. Woods, who shot 1-under-par 70, called it, ``Just one of those deals, you know. I hit the ball all right today, didn't hit it that great. But the whole group, we didn't make any putts.'' Area golfers Craig Stadler and Duffy Waldorf advanced in dramatic fashion. Stadler finished right on the cut line, thanks to a hole-in-one on the 157-yard, par-3 sixth hole. Valencia's Waldorf, a former UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX star, made good on a downhill, 10-foot par putt on his final hole to qualify for the weekend. The late charges of Tway and Chalmers overshadowed some strong shooting by more than a half-dozen Nike Tour (now buy.com Tour) refugees, led by Hayes, now a PGA Tour member for six straight years but still mindful of the attacking style of play he learned in that league. ``You really learn how to shoot low,'' Hayes said. ``because the courses lend themselves to lower scores and the cut is 55 (instead of 70, as on the PGA Tour). I think that's what players are learning to do more than anything.'' On Friday, Hayes was joined in the leaderboard lead·er·board n. A board that displays the leaders in a competition. leaderboard Noun a board displaying the current scores of the leading competitors, esp in a golf tournament top-10 at various times by Nike alums Tom Scherrer, Bradley Hughes, Tommy Armour III Thomas Dickson "Tommy" Armour III (born October 8, 1959) is a professional golfer on the PGA Tour. He first joined the PGA Tour in 1981 at the age of 21. He is considered to be a great ball striker, and much of his success depends on how well he putts. , Brad Elder, Stewart Cink, Kevin Sutherland and brothers Jeff and Robin Freeman. Scherrer and Hughes emerged the best of that bunch, sharing fourth place at 135, 1998 Nissan Open challenger Armour was in a pack of six at 136, and Cink, Elder and Sutherland finished in an 11-man bunch at 137, four strokes off the lead. ``I was looking at the leaderboard at one point and it seemed like nine out of 10 guys were (former Nike players),'' Scherrer said. Scherrer, who will be close to the heat himself today, teeing off in the next-to-last group, may be well-qualified for the pressure. Four years ago, he was the overlooked third man in the Phoenix Open showdown between Justin Leonard and eventual winner Phil Mickelson - a hometown-favorite Arizona State alumnus ALUMNUS, civil law. A child which one has nursed; a foster child. Dig. 40, 2, 14. who was supported by a deafening crowd of 165,000. Scherrer, who came within a missed putt of winning in regulation, said the pressure of that day prepared him for anything. ``I was kind of the forgotten guy,'' said Scherrer of that overwhelming experience, ``but if I can play well in that arena I can handle anything, no matter where I play anywhere in the world.'' CAPTION(S): 2 photos, 2 boxes Photo: (1 -- color) Greg Chalmers is a happy man as he walks off the 18th green with a second-round 66 and a share of the Nissan Open lead. John McCoy/Staff Photographer (2 -- color) BOB TWAY Tway narrowly missed birdie here on the 17th green but finished 9-under-par for a share of the lead after two rounds. Box: (1) From the FRINGE (2) LEADERBOARD |
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