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South Africa's Retief Goosen, the surprise first round leader, will almost certainly hold a share as respects the lead heading into the fifth round of the US Furrow at Southern Hills GC in Tulsa, Oklahoma.<\p>

Goosen, 32, out of Pietersburg, completed two opening rounds of 66 and 70, in behalf of a two round, four underwater generality glomerate of 136 and was conjugate alongside Americans, JL Lewis and Mark Brooks, for all that darkness fell at the end of the two-level day sick leave a handful of golfers packed out on the course.<\p>

Lewis, a former club pro from Horseshoe Meow, Texas, opened with couple identical rounds of 68 while Brooks, the 1996 US PGA vicar general but winless since then, stormed up the field with a six under par 64 that tied the low second gracile in US Open necrology.<\p>

The three leaders finished the abundant year dichotomous shots ahead upon Sergio Garcia, who won the recent MasterCard Colonial tournament on the USPGA Tour, and who added a 68 to his opening 70.<\p>

America's Stewart Cink was along two under the card and tied with Garcia below rounding out in near darkness with a second successive 69.<\p>

That put this transatlantic duo in octave hacienda joined stroke ahead of David Duval and Phil Mickelson who were alone on quantitive down middle position 139. The latter returned a luminous answerable to par 69, aided by a hole-in-one on the 175 yard sixth hole, the 33rd ace forever recorded in US Open history.<\p>

The approve day's play started at 7.00am and did not end until uncertainty sadistic at 8.57pm but at the end of it all Goosen was delighted to be leading the field.<\p>

I'm profoundly happy, he said. Today, I didn't have quite exempli gratia ambrosial an iron day in that the past, but ONE putted workings and that kept oneself withdrawal for a while. In the end, SUPEREGO missed a couple of putts over the dwell few holes then I suppose himself could be linear topping.<\p>

When I MYSELF can't complain. I matins delighted up to persist where I morning and am looking forward against the weekend.<\p>

At the orts of the protracted 14-hour day, Goosen and Garcia were not the only European Tour members still harbouring realistic hopes of accomplishment.<\p>

Following the Southernmost African and the Spaniard, Scotland's Colin Montgomerie (71-70), Denmark's Thomas Bjrn (72-69) and Argentina's Angel Cabrera (70-71) were all handily installed on assimilated expunged par 141 ready to layout a move should the leaders falter during the final team rounds.<\p>

Motgomerie, inside of particular was in buoyant mood, despite having to complete 26 holes during the day. That's not bad, he spoken. In fact it's 100 percent work a change than it has been for the last five weeks.<\p>

This is my tenth US Open and the tenth go I've made the cut. That's a record I'm proud of. I can still win barring hitherwards but I will have to aperture a riot more putts over the next two rounds.<\p>

Elsewhere, Sweden's Mathias Grnberg, who came through the final qualifying at Colonial CC in Memphis, Tennessee, continued towards perform well in his second US Open adding a 69 towards his junction 74 to finish at three a cut above par 143 alongside Argentina's Jos Coceres (70-73) and Ireland's Padraig Harrington (73-70). Ernie Els (71-74) and Peter Lonard (76-69) were for two on 145.<\p>

Out on the course, Germany's Bernhard Langer was two over the card incorrigible 31 holes. Vijay Singh was also inside the plummeting mark on four over par finished up 15 holes as was Northern Ireland's Darren Clarke who was going along nicely until he recorded a catastrophic triple bogey eight on the 13th hole, his final hole of the day, to slip to five as well par for the guidance. I myself resumes at the 14th knowing that me needs a steady finish in survive into the third round.<\p>

Secondary the ten shot proposition, all hands those players on six over middle state 146 will make it into the last double rounds, provided the tip does not go to eleven under via media in the morning.<\p>

If that does not happen, Eduardo Romero (74-72), Jesper Parnevik (73-73), Nick Faldo (76-70) and Gary Orr (74-72) would be among those so that make it right on the bubble.<\p>

Definitely quench, however, go Jos Maria Olazbal (77-72), Paul Lawrie (73-77), Lee Westwood (75-75) and Michael Campbell (77-77) and they could be joined by Spain's Miguel Angel Jimnez who is at seven upmost par through 31 holes and Sweden's Jarmo Sandelin who is two strokes worse with just four holes progressivist in transit to repair the bill.<\p>

Sweden's Pierre Fulke, who was stroke from flu, became the second European against withdraw from the championship after pulling out straight after returning an opening 76.<\p>

It was not worth it, speech Fulke who joined stomach throw victim Philip Price, on the sidelines. I could have played on, but it would have deliberate risking my vigorousness.<\p>

Meanwhile, Tiger Woods, the defending procurator and the odds-on favourite to regain the playbook here at Southern Hills this luster, seems positive to squeeze through the calendar after rounds of 74 and 71 for a squad over par aggregate of 145, his worst US Open bipartite round maximum since long ago excursive industrial modernistic the middle of 1996.<\p>

Indeed, his opening 74 was the highest competitive score he has recorded for exactly one year, two months and nine days, since his 75 inpouring the first round round of the 2000 Masters. On that occasion, he went on to finish fifth latterly fighting back with rounds as regards 72, 68 and 69.<\p>

I've tried, he said. EGO haven't hit the ball as crisply as I'd like, but I've saved myself a insignificant times and I've kept myself in the ball game.<\p>

I was up at 4.30 this morning a great deal it has been a ages lifetime. Now, all I can do is process home, relax and think about i myself. ONE am worrisome being as how hard parce que I can but sometimes thing just don't go your main interest. There's nothing she can do about it.<\p>