Calcavecchia and Goosen set pace as Woods falters

USPGA Championship: Four players share early second-round lead as world No 1 struggles to find his best form and Englishman Rose falls away

Tiger Woods and Justin Rose both had ground to make up in the second-round of the USPGA Championship at Hazeltine National. Rose's brilliant opening 69 left the young Englishman just a shot off the lead in the first round. Woods, after a 71, had been three behind Jim Furyk and Fred Funk.

But by the time they teed off yesterday afternoon a new clubhouse target had been set by a quartet of players. Mark Calcavecchia, after a 68, Retief Goosen, with his second 69, and Justin Leonard and Rich Beem, who both scored 66s, were at six under par. Goosen, the 2001 US Open champion chipped in from the back of the 18th green to become the fourth member of the leading group.

Calcavecchia began his round at the 10th and played the back nine in 31 with an eagle and four birdies. One of the streakiest players in the game, the 1989 Open champion could not keep the run going this time. A poor drive at the ninth cost him a bogey that dropped him out of sole possession of the lead.

After 39 players had to return to the course to complete their first rounds due to the thunderstorm that delayed play for almost three hours on Thursday morning, conditions were perfect yesterday morning. The afternoon starters faced the harder conditions as the wind got up again.

But Woods still went to the turn in 33 to get to four under. The world No 1 looked to be in charging mood and did not make a mistake until he dropped a shot at the short 13th. Leaving his approach putt six feet short led to a sloppy three-putt.

Rose began nicely by chipping with a three-wood for a birdie at the par-five 11th but then dropped two shots. Worse was to follow. He bogeyed the 16th and then found the pond at the 17th for a double bogey. With birdies at the 15th and 18th he played the back nine in 38 to be one under. He was then six behind the new on-course leader, Funk, who birdied three of his first six holes to get to seven under.

Calcavecchia, 42, is due to play his first Ryder Cup since 1991 but has not been in the best of form lately. "I never seem to play so well in the summer," he said. I don't know why. I'm waiting for the Ryder Cup gig to happen. I've been going through stress because I haven't been playing well but once I get over there I know I will be fine."

Leonard holed the putt that both virtually sealed the American victory at Brookline and caused controversy for the celebrations of the home team. But the Texan failed to qualify for last year's team which will play this year's postponed match. His 66, which included an impressive birdie at the 17th, was a new record for a major at Hazeltine and was soon matched by Beem and Robert Allenby.

Seven years ago Beem quit golf to sell mobile phones and stereos in Seattle but the venture did not last long. Two weeks ago he won his second US Tour title at the International in Denver.

Pierre Fulke, the Ryder Cup player from Sweden, displayed a welcome return to form with a 68 to move to four under. Padraig Harrington is struggling with an ankle injury after twisting it in Holland three weeks ago. The slip aggravated an old ligament problem. After a 71 on Thursday a 73 yesterday left him at level par and thankful for his fine putting. "I was scrambling from all over the place. My short game was great," said Harrington.

"But I was missing shots by 100 yards on the right and 50 yards on the left. It is not very easy to hit shots off your right leg," he said, adding that the weight transfer in his swing was the problem. "Unless it goes away there is no way I can keep going the way I am," Harrington said.

Nick Faldo got to three under par but slipped back on the inward half for a 76 that left the former Open and Masters champion at three over. "I played lousy coming in," he said. "I didn't feel right warming up on the range." Darren Clarke, doing his best to recover from an opening 79, was frustrated to bogey the last two holes and finish at five over.

But Lee Westwood crashed out with an 83 that left him at 14 over par. Westwood's nightmare run continued with four double bogeys and a triple at the dangerous 16th hole. The Englishman played the hole in five over for the two days, while John Daly had an 11 there on Thursday after twice going in Hazeltine Lake and losing his ball in the marsh by the fairway. Thomas Bjorn had an eight at the 12th but the worst scoring of the day came from injured club pro Tom Dolby who had a 22-over 94.

SCORES FROM HAZELTINE

EARLY SECOND-ROUND SCORES

(US unless stated)

138 M Calcavecchia 70 68; J Leonard 72 66; R Beem 72 66; R Goosen (SA) 69 69. 141 K Perry 73 68; C Howell 72 69, C Riley 71 70. 142 A Scott (Aus) 71 71, R Allenby (Aus) 76 66, B Langer (Ger) 70 72, S Hansen (Den) 73 69. 143 M Campbell (NZ) 73 70. 144 K Triplett 75 69; P Harrington (Irl) 71 73. 145 N Lancaster 72 73; J Durant 74 71; J Sluman 70 75; C DiMarco 76 69; G Norman (Aus) 71 74, S Flesch 72 74. 147 D Berry 76 71; L Mattiace 74 73; L Roberts 77 70; J Edwards 73 74; N Faldo (GB) 71 76; T Watson 76 71, M Weir (Can) 73 74, K Sutherland 72 75, B Gay 73 74. 148 J J Henry 78 70; J Huston 74 74; S Maruyama (Japan) 76 72; T Levet (Fr) 78 70; P Mickelson 76 72, D Duval 71 77, J M Olazabal (Sp) 73 75, J Sindelar 77 71. 149 K J Choi (S Kor) 78 71; N Price (Zim) 72 77; I Leggatt (Can) 75 74; D Clarke (GB) 79 70; L Nelson 76 73; R Sabbatini (SA) 74 75. 150 S Kendall 74 76; E Romero (Arg) 73 77; S McRoy 74 76; D Waldorf 77 73; D Gossett 72 78; J Kaye 77 73. 151 J Cook 75 76, T Teshima (Japan) 77 74. 152 A Hansen (Den) 79 73; C Parry (Aus) 75 77; T Taniguchi (Japan) 75 77; S Stricker 74 78; B Andrade 75 77; M Kuchar 78 74; C Pettersson (Swe) 77 75; B Zabriski 75 77; J Blair 74 78; R Hartmann 79 73. 153 J Daly 77 76. 154 M Gilmore 78 76; M Brooks 75 79. 155 D Peoples 79 76; J Maggert 78 77; S Hoch 80 75. 156 S Laycock (Aus) 80 76; J Lankford 80 76. 157 D Hart 82 75; C Stevens 82 75. 158 L Westwood (GB) 75 83, T Fleming 77 81. 159 P Price (GB) 76 83; A Morin 82 77. 166 B Mahlberg 80 86. 167 K Thompson 87 80. 179 T Dolby 85 94

COMPLETE FIRST-ROUND SCORES

68 F Funk, J Furyk. 69 P Lonard (Aus), J Rose (GB), R Goosen (SA). 70 M Calcavecchia, L Janzen, D Love III, J Sluman, B Langer (Ger). 71 A Cabrera (Arg), N Faldo (GB), P Harrington (Irl), T Lehman, S Lowery, G Norman (Aus), V Singh (Fiji), T Woods, D Duval, C Riley, A Scott (Aus). 72 R Beem, T Clark, J Coceres (Arg), S Elkington (Aus), E Els (SA), P Fulke (Swe), D Gossett, T Izawa (Japan), N Lancaster, J Leonard, R Mediate, C Perks, N Price (Zim), K Sutherland, C Howell, S Flesch. 73 S Ames (Trin), S Appleby (Aus), M Campbell (NZ), J Edwards, J P Hayes, S McCarron, C Paulson, K Perry, E Romero (Arg), H Slocum, H Sutton, J M Olazabal (Sp), M Weir (Can), S Hansen (Den), B Gay. 74 C Beckman, T Bjorn (Den), C Campbell, J Carter, S Cink, J Durant, S Farren, B Faxon, M Gogel, R Gonzalez (Arg), J Huston, S Katayama (Japan), S Kendall, L Mattiace, S McRoy, C Montgomerie (GB), S Stricker, B Tway, D Wilson, P McGinley (Irl), R Sabatini (SA), J Blair. 75 B Andrade, M Brooks, S Garcia (Sp), P Lawrie (GB), I Leggatt, C Parry (Aus), C Smith, T Taniguchi (Japan), T Thelen, K Triplett, M O'Meara, J Cook, L Westwood (GB), B Zabrinski. 76 R Allenby (Aus), P Azinger, D Berry, J Daly, C DiMarco, R Gamez, B Harston, T Herron, J L Lewis, S Maruyama (Japan), P Mickelson, L Nelson, G Owen (GB), P Price (GB), D Tentis, T Watson, F Zoeller. 77 J Haas, J Kelly, F Lickliter, B Mayfair, P Perez, L Roberts, J Rollins, D Toms, S Verplank, D Waldorf, T Weinhart, I Woosnam (GB), J Daly, T Teshima (Japan), C Pettersson (Swe), J Sindelar, J Kaye, T Fleming. 78 K J Choi (S Kor), W DeFrancesco, M Gilmore, J J Henry, M Kuchar, R Labritz, T Levet (Fr), J Maggert, R Thompson. 79 B Baird, D Clarke (GB), N Fasth, A Hansen (Den), J Klinchock, D Peoples, P O'Malley (Aus), R Hartmann. 80 B Evans, S Hoch, S Laycock, J Lankford, B Mahlberg. 81 B Estes, C Strange. 82 D Hart, A Morin, J Parnevik (Swe), C Stevens. 85 P Casey, T Dolby 86 B Porter, S Schneiter 87 K Stauffer, K Thompson.