Monty needs to finish second to get into TPC
Updated: March 18, 2005, 6:50 PM ET
Associated Press
SANYA, China -- Mexico's Alejandro Quiroz shot his second straight 7-under 65 on Friday to take a two-stroke lead over Scotland's Colin Montgomerie, England'sPaul Casey and South Korea's Choi Gwang-soo in the TCL Classic.
Montgomerie, the winner of the TCL Classic when it was last played in 2002, had a 65 on the Yalong Bay course. He needs to finish second to jump into the top 50 in the world ranking and earn a spot next week in The Players Championship.
"I know what I have to do here and that is to finish second to get into The Players Championship," said Montgomerie, 54th in the current ranking. "And that is a real task."
Casey shot a 68, and Choi had a 67.
Quiroz is making his first start in Asia in the event co-sanctioned by the European and Asian tours.
"It is a matter of trusting myself, trusting my game and trusting swing under pressure," he said. "I think I have the game to play in this company and now that I'm putting better than I have ever before, it is a matter of being relaxed and being loose."
Copyright 2005 by The Associated Press
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