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Toshiba Senior Classic first-round scores

Updated: March 18, 2005, 9:37 PM ET

SportsTicker

First-round scores from the $1,650,000 Toshiba Senior Classic, played from March 18-20 at Newport Beach Country Club, Newport Beach, Calif.

(Par=71)

Gil Morgan                  32-33--65           6-under


Tom Jenkins                 33-33--66           5-under
Wayne Levi                  34-32--66           

Brad Bryant                 34-33--67           4-under
Allen Doyle                 33-34--67           
Keith Fergus                33-34--67           
Morris Hatalsky             34-33--67           
Mark Johnson                32-35--67           
Bruce Lietzke               34-33--67           
Mark McNulty                35-32--67           
Lonnie Nielsen              33-34--67           
J.C. Snead                  35-32--67           

Jim Ahern                   35-33--68           3-under
Ben Crenshaw                34-34--68           
Dave Eichelberger           35-33--68           
Vicente Fernandez           36-32--68           
Hale Irwin                  34-34--68           
Tom Purtzer                 34-34--68           
Des Smyth                   36-32--68           
Bruce Summerhays            35-33--68           

Jim Dent                    36-33--69           2-under
Jay Sigel                   33-36--69           
Dave Stockton               33-36--69           
Leonard Thompson            33-36--69           
Lanny Wadkins               32-37--69           

John Bland                  35-35--70           1-under
Jim Colbert                 34-36--70           
Rodger Davis                34-36--70           
Ed Dougherty                34-36--70           
Dale Douglass               37-33--70           
Bruce Fleisher              35-35--70           
Walter Hall                 31-39--70           
John Harris                 33-37--70           
John Jacobs                 34-36--70           
Graham Marsh                35-35--70           
Don Pooley                  35-35--70           
Mike Reid                   33-37--70           
Bobby Wadkins               34-36--70           

Jim Albus                   34-37--71           even
Isao Aoki                   35-36--71           
Charles Coody               36-35--71           
Terry Dill                  36-35--71           
R.W. Eaks                   35-36--71           
Bob Eastwood                36-35--71           
David Eger                  35-36--71           
Ray Floyd                   34-37--71           
Hajime Meshiai              33-38--71           
Don Reese                   37-34--71           
Curtis Strange              36-35--71           
Doug Tewell                 35-36--71           

Hugh Baiocchi               35-37--72           1-over
Bob Gilder                  38-34--72           
Joe Inman                   35-37--72           
Gary McCord                 36-36--72           
Mike McCullough             37-35--72           
Pat McGowan                 35-37--72           
Tom McKnight                36-36--72           
Pete Oakley                 37-35--72           
Dana Quigley                34-38--72           
Ron Streck                  38-34--72           
Rocky Thompson              34-38--72           
Tom Wargo                   37-35--72           
D.A. Weibring               34-38--72           
Fuzzy Zoeller               36-36--72           

Hubert Green                35-38--73           2-over
James Mason                 37-36--73           
Mark McCumber               37-36--73           
Larry Nelson                35-38--73           
Jerry Pate                  36-37--73           
Jim Thorpe                  36-37--73           

Andy Bean                   36-38--74           3-over
John Fought                 39-35--74           
Mike Smith                  36-38--74           

Mike Sullivan               37-38--75           4-over
Howard Twitty               36-39--75           

Ed Fiori                    37-39--76           5-over
Gibby Gilbert               39-37--76           
Paul Hahn                   39-37--76           

Mark Lye                    DNS

Woods three back after strange opening round

Updated: March 18, 2005, 4:01 PM ET

Associated Press

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Joe Ogilvie started in the rain and finished in the cold, a first round at the Bay Hill Invitational that took him more than 24 hours to complete but eventually left him in the lead Friday.

Ogilvie, coming off a playoff loss last week at the Honda Classic, finished with a 4-under 68 and had a one-shot lead over Briny Baird and Graeme McDowell of Northern Ireland. Tiger Woods and Ernie Els, in a marquee group that included U.S. Open champion Retief Goosen, each had 71.

Because of rain that washed out all but three hours Thursday, the first round was not completed until Friday afternoon, and the second half of the field had to turn around and keep playing until dark. Ogilvie was not expected to start his second round until 6 p.m., enough time to squeeze in a couple of holes.

That means most of his first 36 holes would be playing in the morning, when conditions typically are the best.

"You could get a bad end of the draw and you can get a good end of the draw. I turned out to have a great end of the draw," Ogilvie said. "Hopefully, we'll have a normal finish Sunday."

Baird did not start his first round until Friday and got to 4 under until missing the seventh green to take bogey. McDowell also had it to 4 under, but dropped a shot on the par-3 17th.

Greg Owen of England, in the final group of the first round, was tied for the lead until hitting his approach into the water on the 18th. He made double bogey and was in the large group at 70 that included Sergio Garcia, Kenny Perry and Mark Calcavecchia.

The strange conditions at Bay Hill even had Tiger Woods and Ernie Els baffled.

Woods had a chance to tie for the lead during his round, but his 8-foot putt on the 13th hole caught the right edge of the cup and spun away. He was 3 under at the time and seemingly in control. But Woods had to make a 6-footer for par on the 18th to avoid a bogey-bogey-bogey finish.

Els was five shots behind Woods after an ugly bogey on the par-5 12th. He made up those five shots in five holes, but not before the South African was so disgusted with his putting that he flung his ball into the water on the 13th. He finally got a few to drop and wound up tied.

Vijay Singh had to make a 6-foot bogey putt on the 18th for a 72.

Woods, Els and Singh each can become No. 1 in the world ranking by winning Bay Hill.

Goosen hit two balls out of bounds -- one on Thursday, one on Friday -- in his first round and wound up with a 78. Goosen was so sporadic that he didn't hit a par 5 in regulation until the last one, No. 16, and even then just barely. His second shot started to roll into the water until it stopped in the wet grass.

The most bizarre moment belonged to Mark Hensby. He was 9 over for his round when he hit out of bounds on the 18th. Instead of reloading, he packed it in. The Aussie walked the rest of the hole with Andre Stolz and Mike Weir without hitting another shot, and was disqualified for not finishing the 18th hole.

The PGA Tour has been packed with great tournaments and quality winners, although weather is emerging as a theme every bit as prominent as Woods, Singh and Phil Mickelson dominating early.

When nearly 2 inches of rain Thursday afternoon suspended the first round after just three hours, it marked the sixth tour event this year where a round was halted because of weather. Worse than the rain, temperatures were in the mid-40s when the early starters returned to resume the first round.

The lost time will lead to a marathon finish.

The 36-hole cut will not be made until Saturday afternoon. Groupings for the final round will not be determined until late Sunday morning, and threesomes will go off both tees the rest of the week.

"I could have gone 4 or 5 under par, but it could have been worse," Woods said. "I could have bogeyed the last hole. At least I gave myself something positive going into my 7:10 tee time."

Woods, Els and Goosen were to start their second round just after 7 p.m., but since the sun goes down about 6:30 p.m., they'll probably start up a little after 7 a.m. Saturday.

The scoring was unusually high considering that rain tends to make the greens soft, allowing players to take aim at the flags. Woods and Els both said the greens were slower than usual, making it tough to get the right speed.

Els could attest to that.

After knocking a 40-foot birdie putt about 10 feet by the cup on the No. 12, he missed it coming back for a bogey. Then he didn't have enough pace on a 12-foot birdie try on the 13th, leading him to toss the putter cover at his caddie, and toss his ball into the pond.

"I played a little better, but I couldn't make any putts until the last couple of holes," Els said. I've got to be pleased with that."

Woods figured to tie for the early lead when he stepped to the tee on the par-5 16th, the easiest hole at Bay Hill. But his drive went left, through a bunker and into deep grass framing the sand. From an awkward stance, he punched into deeper rough, then hammered an 8-iron over the water from 173 yards.

Par seemed safe until a 40-foot putt from the fringe ran some 10 feet by, and he missed his par putt. Then, he three-putted from 25 feet on the fringe at No. 17.

Still, he was right in the hunt. And like Ogilvie, he got the best end of the draw.

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."

Safeway International first-round scores

Updated: March 17, 2005, 10:28 PM ET

Associated Press

SUPERSTITION MOUNTAIN, Ariz. -- First-round scores from the $1.4 million Safeway International at the 6,620-yard, par-72 Superstition Mountain Golf Club:

a-amateur

Siew-Ai Lim                 32-33--65 7-under
Lorena Ochoa                34-31--65


Annika Sorenstam            32-34--66 6-under
Juli Inkster                36-30--66

Karen Stupples              35-32--67 5-under

Sung Ah Yim                 35-33--68 4-under
Soo-Yun Kang                33-35--68
Moira Dunn                  35-33--68

Karrie Webb                 34-35--69 3-under
Dawn Coe-Jones              33-36--69
Candie Kung                 35-34--69
Beth Daniel                 36-33--69
Natalie Gulbis              34-35--69
Paula Creamer               34-35--69
Marcy Hart                  36-33--69
Kim Williams                35-34--69

Wendy Doolan                36-34--70 2-under
Liselotte Neumann           34-36--70
Mi Hyun Kim                 33-37--70
Angela Jerman               34-36--70
Mhairi McKay                36-34--70
Eva Dahllof                 36-34--70
Kate Golden                 35-35--70

Brittany Lincicome          37-34--71 1-under
Johanna Head                36-35--71
Lee Ann Walker-Cooper       36-35--71
Laura Davies                36-35--71
Catriona Matthew            36-35--71
Dorothy Delasin             36-35--71
Meg Mallon                  35-36--71
Stacy Prammanasudh          35-36--71
Grace Park                  37-34--71
Wendy Ward                  36-35--71
Emilee Klein                36-35--71
Kelli Kuehne                34-37--71
Vicki Goetze-Ackerman       37-34--71
Michelle Estill             35-36--71
Young Jo                    36-35--71
Joo Mi Kim                  36-35--71
Jamie Hullett               35-36--71
Joanne Morley               36-35--71

Beth Bauer                  37-35--72 Even
Emily Bastel                36-36--72
Candy Hannemann             35-37--72
Isabelle Beisiegel          39-33--72
Kim Saiki                   36-36--72
Jennifer Rosales            36-36--72
Cristie Kerr                36-36--72
Danielle Ammaccapane        34-38--72
Hee-Won Han                 37-35--72
Christina Kim               34-38--72
Gloria Park                 35-37--72
Brandie Burton              38-34--72
Tina Barrett                37-35--72
Se Ri Pak                   35-37--72
Janice Moodie               35-37--72
Silvia Cavalleri            34-38--72
Paula Marti                 37-35--72
Malinda Johnson             37-35--72
Laurie Rinker               36-36--72
Il Mi Chung                 39-33--72
Sae-Hee Son                 36-36--72

a-Michelle Wie              34-39--73 1-over
Mee Lee                     36-37--73
A.J. Eathorne               38-35--73
Dina Ammaccapane            36-37--73
Young-A Yang                38-35--73
Pat Hurst                   38-35--73
Helen Alfredsson            37-36--73
Lorie Kane                  36-37--73
Laura Diaz                  38-35--73
Carin Koch                  36-37--73
Aree Song                   38-35--73
Heather Daly-Donofrio       38-35--73
Katherine Hull              36-37--73
Sherri Turner               36-37--73
Birdie Kim                  37-36--73
Marilyn Lovander            38-35--73
Maria Hjorth                38-35--73
Nancy Scranton              36-37--73
Yu Ping Lin                 35-38--73
Aram Cho                    39-34--73

Leta Lindley                39-35--74 2-over
Catherine Cartwright        34-40--74
Nadina Taylor               38-36--74
Tina Fischer                37-37--74
Joellyn Erdmann-Crooks      37-37--74
Beth Bader                  37-37--74
Chris Johnson               36-38--74
Angela Stanford             34-40--74
Young Kim                   35-39--74
Patricia Meunier-Lebouc     38-36--74
Rachel Hetherington         36-38--74
Heather Bowie               35-39--74
Hilary Lunke                38-36--74
Rosie Jones                 38-36--74
Seol-An Jeon                38-36--74
Jung Yeon Lee               38-36--74

Michelle Ellis              40-35--75 3-over
Barb Mucha                  36-39--75
Stephanie Louden            37-38--75
Jill McGill                 37-38--75
Cindy Figg-Currier          38-37--75
Amy Hung                    37-38--75
Anna Acker-Macosko          38-37--75
Michele Redman              39-36--75
Sherri Steinhauer           40-35--75
Patty Sheehan               37-38--75
Jordan Cherebetiu           37-38--75
Nicole Perrot               37-38--75
a-Louise Stahle              38-37--75

Stephanie Arricau           35-41--76 4-over
Catrin Nilsmark             38-38--76
Riko Higashio               38-38--76
Jimin Kang                  42-34--76
Jeong Jang                  39-37--76
Ji Yeon Lee                 37-39--76
Bernadette Luse             39-37--76
Jean Bartholomew            35-41--76
Giulia Sergas               35-41--76
Deb Richard                 37-39--76

Katie Allison               40-37--77 5-over
Nicole Jeray                38-39--77
Shi  Hyun Ahn               40-37--77
Becky Morgan                39-38--77
Sophie Gustafson            42-35--77
Betsy King                  41-36--77
Kris Tschetter              39-38--77
Nicole Cutler               40-37--77
Kristi Albers               40-37--77

Denise Killeen              38-40--78 6-over
Celeste Troche              42-36--78
Lindsey Wright              36-42--78
Cathy Johnston-Forbes       39-39--78
Donna Andrews               39-39--78
Beth Allen                  39-39--78
Kristen Samp                39-39--78

Michelle McGann             38-41--79 7-over

Jenna Daniels               42-38--80 8-over
Soo Young Moon              39-41--80
Audra Burks                 38-42--80

Reilley Rankin              39-43--82 10-over

Hana Kim                    44-39--83 11-over
Sally Little                43-40--83