{"id":407073,"date":"2011-04-29T10:29:23","date_gmt":"2011-04-29T10:29:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/29\/golf-rumford-hits-63-to-lead-ballantines-at-halfway-reuters\/"},"modified":"2011-04-29T10:29:23","modified_gmt":"2011-04-29T10:29:23","slug":"golf-rumford-hits-63-to-lead-ballantines-at-halfway-reuters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/29\/golf-rumford-hits-63-to-lead-ballantines-at-halfway-reuters\/","title":{"rendered":"Golf-Rumford hits 63 to lead Ballantine&#8217;s at halfway (Reuters)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"52.0258090946\">\n<pre>\nSEOUL, April 29 (Reuters) - Australian <a href=\"http:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/pga\/players\/3159\/\">Brett Rumford<\/a>,\nlooking to go one better than his second place last year, shot a\nflawless nine-under-par 63 to take a three-shot lead midway\nthrough the $2.8 million Ballantine's Championship on Friday.   \n\nThe 33-year-old bagged four birdies on his outward nine and\nadded five on the way home for a 10-under total of 134 after two\nrounds to top the leaderboard from Spain's <a href=\"http:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/pga\/players\/553\/\">Miguel Angel Jimenez<\/a>\nand Dane <a href=\"http:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/pga\/players\/661\/\">Soren Kjeldsen<\/a>, who shared second on seven-under.       \n\nWorld number one <a href=\"http:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/pga\/players\/302\/\">Lee Westwood<\/a> just missed an eight-foot putt\nfor an eagle at his final hole and had to be satisfied with a 68\nand a share of 11th, six shots off the pace.    \n\n\"I struck a little bit of magic out there today and it's\ngreat to have these shots up your sleeve going into the\nweekend,\" Rumford, who is seeking his fourth European Tour title\nat the co-sanctioned event, told reporters.     \n\n\"I'm in a position now to be thinking (about a win), for\nsure,\" he added. \"At the beginning of the week, maybe not so. I\nhaven't come into this week with great form but this is a fickle\ngame and it changes from week to week.\" \n\nSpain's Miguel Angel Jimenez finished his round with two\nsuccessive birdies for a 67, while Dane Soren Kjeldsen picked up\nfive shots on his back nine to card a 66.       \n\nIreland's overnight leader <a href=\"http:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/pga\/players\/2392\/\">Damien McGrane<\/a> bogeyed two of his\nlast four holes to slump to a par 72 and a tie for fourth on\nsix-under with Britons <a href=\"http:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/pga\/players\/9164\/\">Rhys Davies<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/pga\/players\/8491\/\">James Morrison<\/a>.  \n\nWorld number 12 <a href=\"http:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/pga\/players\/9267\/\">Dustin Johnson<\/a> was a shot further back tied\nfor seventh with three others after struggling with his putting\non the firm greens at the Blackstone Golf Course.       \n\n\"I'm rolling it good and they look like they're going in,\nbut are just barely missing,\" the tall American, a four times\nwinner on the U.S. PGA Tour, said after signing for a 69.       \n\n\"If I'd made a few in the last couple of days then I'd be\nright up there in the lead. I just need to get some putts going\nearly in the round tomorrow and hopefully feed off that.\"       \n\nThree-times major winner <a href=\"http:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/pga\/players\/15\/\">Ernie Els<\/a> hit a second successive\n73 to miss the cut along with local Yang Yong-eun, South Korea\nand Asia's only major winner, and Britain's world number 17 <a href=\"http:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/pga\/players\/2848\/\">Ian\nPoulter<\/a>.    \n\nThe tournament is co-sanctioned by the European, Asian and\nKorean Tours.           \n\n(Reporting by Nick Mulvenney in Sydney, editing by Alastair\nHimmer) \n\n(For the\nsports blog Left Field go to: http:\/\/blogs.reuters.com\/sport))  \n\nDouble-click on the newslinks:\n  for more golf\nstories\n        \n<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/cdb250fci.gif\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Read the original:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/us.rd.yahoo.com\/sports\/rss\/golf\/SIG=11miec9j5\/*http:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/pga\/news?slug=reu-european\" title=\"Golf-Rumford hits 63 to lead Ballantine's at halfway (Reuters)\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Golf-Rumford hits 63 to lead Ballantine&#8217;s at halfway (Reuters)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> SEOUL, April 29 (Reuters) &#8211; Australian Brett Rumford , looking to go one better than his second place last year, shot a flawless nine-under-par 63 to take a three-shot lead midway through the $2.8 million Ballantine&#8217;s Championship on Friday. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":407074,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-407073","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-local-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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