USPGA: Anthony Kim continued his emergence as a potential American Ryder Cup player when he took the clubhouse lead during the second round of the Wachovia Championship.
Kim closed strongly with a hat-trick of birdies, starting at his 14th hole, to shoot a five-under-par 67 on the demanding Quail Hollow course.
"I feel fortunate to get out with 67," he said after posting a seven-under 137 total, one stroke better than Jim Furyk (67) and Dudley Hart (67), with half the field back in the clubhouse.
CHALLENGE TOUR: Denmark's Mark Haastrup shot a flawless, four-under-par 68 to move one-shot clear of Michael Hoey, Wil Besseling and overnight leader Greig Hutcheon at the halfway mark of the Banque Populaire Moroccan Classic on the European Challenge Tour.
Haastrup carded four birdies in the first 11 holes to take the lead on eight-under-par 136, with Hoey one back after a 70 that included four birdies.
LET:Gwladys Nocera from France shot a one-under-par 70 to take a stroke lead into the final day of the Ladies Scottish Open.
Having tied for the lead with Maria Boden after an opening 69, the 32-year-old made the best of a sunny day at the Carrick on Loch Lomond to finish on a three-under-par 139 total, ahead of South Korean teenager Amy Yang, who had a 70.
Martina Gillen, despite a brave 75 for 152, missed the cut by one shot, while Rebecca Coakley (159) and amateur Gillian O'Keffee (163) also missed out.
AMATEUR:Robert Cannon, who is hoping to return to the Irish squad after a self-enforced exile, did his cause no harm when he posted a first-round one-under-par 69 to lead the Irish challenge in the Lytham Trophy at Royal Lytham and St Annes yesterday.
England's Luke Goddard leads the way after a four-under-par 66. Shane Lowry, from Esker Hills, was disappointed with his 72, ruing a dropped shot at the last hole after driving into a bunker.
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