Furyk, Byrd share the lead at the Memorial
Jim Furyk and Jonathan Byrd shared a one-stroke lead of the PGA Tour's Memorial yesterday after two rounds at Muirfield Village in Dublin, Ohio. They were at 7-under-par 137.
Jim Furyk
and
Jonathan Byrd
shared a one-stroke lead of the PGA Tour's Memorial yesterday after two rounds at Muirfield Village in Dublin, Ohio. They were at 7-under-par 137.
Tiger Woods had his worst score in nearly 2 years - a 2-over 74 - and still was only six shots behind.
Furyk hasn't been atop the leaderboard this deep into a tournament since winning the Canadian Open in 2007, his last PGA win.
Mike Weir (69) and Mark Wilson (70) were at 6-under 138.
In other golf news:
* Bernhard Langer took a one-stroke lead after one round of the Champions Tour's Triton Financial Classic in Lakeway, Texas.
* The U.S. Open will return to Oakmont Country Club in suburban Pittsburgh in 2016, 9 years after it was last played there, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported.
* Hall of Famer Se Ri Pak and Suzann Pettersen shared the lead after two rounds of the LPGA's State Farm Classic in Springfield, Ill.
* Scotland's Richie Ramsay shot a took a one-stroke lead after two rounds of the Wales Open. U.S. Ryder Cup captain Corey Pavin made the cut.
* European Ryder Cup captain Colin Montgomerie said he will promote golf's bid for inclusion in the 2016 Olympics. Golf was last in the Olympics in St. Louis in 1904.
Colleges
* Former Arkansas defensive tackle Keith Jackson Jr. was arrested on suspicion of felony drug charges after being found in a Little Rock apartment with marijuana, cocaine and Ecstasy.
* Fordham will award football scholarships next year for the first time since 1954, hoping to compete with the top schools in the Football Championship Subdivision.
* Tom Green was fired as the basketball coach at Fairleigh Dickinson after leading the Knights to 407 wins and four NCAA Tournament appearances in a 26-year tenure.
* Dwayne Collins withdrew his name from the NBA draft and will return to the University of Miami for his senior year.
* Forward Brandon Walters will tranfer from Seton Hall after two seasons.
Auto Racing
* NASCAR accused suspended driver Jeremy Mayfield of willfully violating its substance abuse policy and breaching his contract in a court filing, and argued his failed drug test shouldn't be overturned. Mayfield was suspended May 9 for failing a random drug test; it later was reported that he tested positive for amphetamines.
* Auto racing magnate Roger Penske has a tentative agreement to buy the Saturn brand from General Motors.
* Todd Bodine won the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Texas Motor Speedway. *