Retief sits pretty put poor round for Padraig

European number one Retief Goosen moved to within one shot of the lead at The Memorial Tournament in Ohio with a second round 67 last night.

The South African had birdies at the third and fourth holes but a bogey at the par-three eighth meant he covered the front nine in only 35.

However, successive birdies at 10, 11 and 12 were followed by another at the 15th as he closed five-under for the day and 10 under for the tournament, one behind leader American Kenny Perry.

But two bogeys and a double-bogey spoiled Irishman Padraig Harrington’s second round as he could shoot only a 71, with a run of three birdies on three, four and five and two more on 14 and 16 – either side of that shocking seven on the 503-yard par five – saving his round.

World number one Tiger Woods remains in contention after a one-under-par 71 today left him six under after two rounds.

Jesper Parnevik (three under for the tournament), Jose Maria Olazabal (two under), Ernie Els (one under) all made the cut after respective rounds of 71, 69 and 70 but fellow European Bernhard Langer’s 75 today means he will have the weekend off after finishing the second round at three over.

Ohio Collated

Second round scores and totals from the USPGA Tour Memorial Tournament, Muirfield Village GC, Dublin, Ohio, USA (par 72, USA unless stated):

133 Kenny Perry 65 68

134 Retief Goosen (Rsa) 67 67, Lee Janzen 67 67

136 Vijay Singh (Fij) 67 69, Spike McRoy 68 68

137 Chad Campbell 67 70

138 Robert Gamez 70 68, Tiger Woods 67 71, Charles Howell III 64 74, Jim Furyk 68 70

139 Stewart Cink 70 69, Luke Donald 70 69, Mark Calcavecchia 69 70, John Rollins 70 69, Adam Scott 67 72

140 Tim Herron 72 68, John Huston 66 74, Justin Leonard 71 69, K.J. Choi (Kor) 70 70, Carl Pettersson (Swe) 70 70, Lee Westwood (Gbr) 72 68

141 Ben Crane 73 68, John Daly 68 73, Tim Petrovic 70 71, Padraig Harrington (Irl) 70 71, Jeff Maggert 68 73, Jesper Parnevik (Swe) 70 71, Bob Tway 69 72, Dudley Hart 69 72