Golf Digest/TARGET CHALLENGE: Colin Montgomerie and Tiger Woods, the tournament host, each posted rounds of 66 to share the halfway lead on nine under par 133 after the second round of the Target World Challenge at the Sherwood Country Club, Thousand Oaks, California last night.
Montgomerie had a chance to lead but dropped a shot at the lost in a round that included seven birdies.
Jay Haas, and Jim Furyk share third place on seven under par while Pádraig Harrington is two back on 137 after taking a double bogey seven at the 16th.
Second round: 133 - C Montgomerie (Sco) 67 66, T Woods (US) 67 66. 135 - J Haas (US) 69 66, 136 - C DiMarco (US) 69 67, D Love (US) 70 66, 137 - P Harrington (Irl) 69 69, 138 - C Campbell (US) 70 68, 139 - S Cink (US) 70 69, F Couples (US) 68 71, 142 - J Daly (US) 73 69, T Hamilton (US) 73 69. 143 - S Ames (T&T) 74 69, V Singh (Fiji) 74 69, 146 - K Perry (US) 73 73.
AUSTRALASIA TOUR: Two-time winner Bradley Hughes, boosted by a new, relaxed approach to his game, led the Australian Masters by four strokes after completing rounds of 64 and 66 yesterday for a 14-under-par 130.
Defending champion Robert Allenby carded a 68 after his first-round 66 to lie second as the players rushed their closing holes to beat another rain delay.
Peter Lonard, a winner of the Australian Open and Australian PGA in the past two weeks, shared third place with rounds of 68 and 67 with fellow Australian David McKenzie (67, 68).
The 37-year-old Hughes had resumed on seven-under after 11 holes and was one of 62 players forced to complete their opening rounds on Friday after play was suspended on Thursday afternoon because of thunderstorms.
Hughes fired six birdies and 12 pars in his round of 66, finishing with two birdies on the final three holes.
EUROPEAN TOUR: Seve Ballesteros has escaped punishment for an incident with European Tour official Jose Maria Zamora earlier this year. Zamora, a tournament director, was playing in an amateur event at Ballesteros' home club of Pedrena in September when he was confronted by the the five-time major winner.
The ill feeling between the two stemmed back to last year when Ballesteros had a row with Zamora after being warned about slow play in a tournament in Madeira.
However, George O'Grady, who becomes executive director of the European Tour on January 1st, announced yesterday that no further action will be taken.
"There was an incident and both Seve and José Maria regret that it took place," said O'Grady.
MAURITIUS OPEN: Miles Tunnicliff made nine birdies in a opening round of 66 as he earned a share of the lead after the first round of the Mauritius Open yesterday.
England's Tunnicliff shares the lead with veteran Frenchman Marc Farry.
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