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To: abuelita who wrote (72264)	7/17/2008 6:01:01 PM
From: altair19	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 104155

buels, just started watch the re-runs...tough conditions for golf! Altair19

To: abuelita who wrote (72264)	7/18/2008 2:41:45 AM
From: stockman_scott	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 104155

Mediate, McDowell, Allenby Lead as British Open Enters Day Two By Bob Bensch July 18 (Bloomberg) -- Rocco Mediate, Graeme McDowell and Robert Allenby share a one-stroke lead going into today's second round of golf's British Open. The three finished at 1-under-par 69 at Royal Birkdale Golf Club yesterday as wind and rain lashed the course and kept scoring down at the sport's oldest major tournament. All three made birdies on the 17th and 18th holes. Most competitors teed off wearing rain suits and woolly hats as temperatures dropped into the mid-50s Fahrenheit (13 Celsius). Gusty winds made it even tougher to navigate the 119- year-old course set along the edge of the Irish Sea. ``It's just survival,'' Mediate, who lost a playoff to Tiger Woods at last month's U.S. Open, said in a news conference. ``I said 72, 73, 74 would have been lovely. I would have been quite happy with that. I'm ecstatic with this one.'' American Bart Bryant birdied the final hole to move into a tie for fourth place at even par with two-time Open champ Greg Norman and Adam Scott, both from Australia. Scott reached 2-under before dropping shots on the 16th and 17th, while Norman missed a birdie putt on 18 that would have given him a share of the lead. ``This is a well-balanced golf course,'' said the 53-year- old Norman, who won in 1986 and 1993. ``That's why it gives an opportunity for someone like myself to get out there and play and put a good score on the board.'' Major Trio Three major winners -- Retief Goosen, Mike Weir and Jim Furyk -- are in a group of eight golfers two shots off the lead. Sergio Garcia, the pre-tournament favorite with U.K. bookmakers, had a 72, two shots fewer that Padraig Harrington, who beat the Spaniard in a playoff at Carnoustie last year to become Europe's first major winner since the 1999 Open. Ireland's Harrington is battling a right wrist injury that he said could force him to withdraw. ``The tougher weather helped in that, as bad as it was out there, you could only focus on your next shot, getting your grip dry,'' Harrington said. ``There was very little time to be distracted out there and that was a good thing for my wrist.'' Phil Mickelson, the world No. 2, shot 79, his worst opening score at the tournament as a professional. Other former major champions also struggled. Ernie Els, a two-time U.S. Open champ and the 2002 British Open winner, finished with an 80, alongside 1995 champ John Daly and three-time major winner Vijay Singh. To contact the reporter on this story: Bob Bensch in London at bbensch@bloomberg.net Last Updated: July 17, 2008 19:17 EDT