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15 Daily American, Somerset, Saturday, August 9, 2008 ft 'i-i- ZZh APPhoto Camilo Villegas, of Colombia, lines up a putt on the second green during the second round of the 90th PGA Championship golf tournament Friday at Oakland Hills Country Club in Bloomfield Township, Mich. Nothing easy about Oakland Hills (Continued from Page 13) Colin Montgomerie found nothing easy about Oakland Hills. He had to play his best golf over the closing holes to avoid his worst score as a professional, salvaging an 84 to match his worst score ever in a major. The final major is so hard that Garcia predicted no one would be under par when it was time to hoist the trophy. "I don't think it's going to be won by 1 under par," Garcia said.

"I just need to make sure that I stay around where I am and maybe a little closer to par. That's going to have a chance on Sunday." Ben Curtis, who on Thursday said only one player would like Oakland Hills by the end of the week, got along just fine Friday with a 67, matching Justin Rose with the best score of the tournament and leaving both of them one shot behind at even-par 140. "It's the kind of round I've been looking for to get myself back on the leaderboard and feeling the good vibes," Rose said. They were joined by Charlie Wi, a 36-year-old who has played on just about every tour, but never in a major championship until this week. He made his debut with back-to-back 70s and will play in the final group Saturday with Holmes.

Former PGA champion David Toms (69) and Henrik Stenson of Sweden (70) were at 1-over 141. The group at 142 included Garcia, former U.S. Open champion Angel Cabrera (72) and Sean O'Hair, who steadied himself after a double bogey on his opening hole and shot 73. For the second straight day, only six players broke par. "When I got here on Tuesday, I called home and I said, 'This is the hardest golf course I've ever Wi said.

"If I were to play here every day, I don't know if I would enjoy it. It's a very difficult golf course." Wi might see a different course while playing with Holmes. The 26-year-old from Kentucky put his Paul Bunyan length on display during a morning of blue skies. It's a wonder some of his tee shots didn't leave contrails. He leads the field in driving distance at 338 yards, and that doesn't include a mammoth tee shot on the 501 -yard 14th that left him only a wedge to the green, where he made a 25-foot putt for his third straight birdie.

Holmes reached the 529-yard second hole with a wedge for a two-putt birdie from 12 feet, and he got home in two on the 593-yard 12th with an 8-iron. A stiff breeze was at his back on that 217-yard shot. He hit driver on all but four holes. "I'm not that aggressive if I'm not hitting my driver good," Holmes said. "If I'm hitting bad shots with it, you don't hit it as much.

You hit it right where you've looked? Whale away. "If you're hitting where you're aiming it every time, you're hitting good." Sports briefs Papini Landscaping 127.0 Somerset Floral 127.0 Indian Lake PGA 122.5 Robert Wilk Agency 115.5 Singer Carpet Installations 115.5 Foul Tip 113.5 Brass Lantern Realty 1 08.0 Low gross Skip Nelson 37 Murph Kerrigan 38 Lynn Waugaman 38 Aaron Emerick 38 Eric Minnick 40 John Piatt 40 Low net John Piatt 31 Doug Basinger 34 Brad Butler 35 Skip Nelson 35 Murph Kerrigan 35 Bob Pyle 35 Lynn Waugaman 35 Aaron Emerick 35 Eric Minnick 35 too early to anoint a starter since it's only less than a week into preseason camp. Darryl Clark and Pat Devlin are the top candidates for the job. Paterno at preseason media day also didn't divulge a reason for why defensive tackles Chris Baker and Phil Taylor were kicked off the team last week. He says the coaching staff is "under the gun" to make sure players stay out of trouble off the field.

There's been one minor injury on the team, with starting cornerback A.J. Wallace slowed by a hamstring pull. The regular season starts in three weeks. Somerset football There will be a Somerset football meeting for parents of players in 7-12 grades on Sunday at 6 p.m. at the football fieldfieldhouse.

shrink to one game over the New York Mets, who beat the Florida Marlins 3-0. Philadelphia has gone 23 innings without scoring a run. Though neither starting pitcher factored in the decision, Philadelphia's Joe Blanton and Pittsburgh's Paul Maholm controlled the game for the first seven innings. Acquired by the Phillies last month in a trade with Oakland, Blanton allowed just one hit a leadoff single by Doug Mientkiewicz in the fourth. Blanton walked two, tied a season-high with seven strikeouts and didn't allow a Pirates runner past first base.

Maholm scattered five hits, walked three, and struck out a career-high 10, including five straight between the fifth and seventh innings. Pat Burrell nearly broke the deadlock in the eighth, but his two-out fly ball to left was caught at the fence by Moss. Pirates 2, Phillies 0 PHILADELPHIA (AP) -Steve Pearce broke up a scoreless game with a run-scoring double in the 12th inning, and six Pittsburgh pitchers held down the potent Philadelphia Phillies in the Pirates" 2-0 victory Friday night. Ryan Doumit started the 1 2th with a double off Phillies reliever Les Walrond (0-1). PSU quarterback? Good Neighbor.

Great Car Loans. Reserved seat tickets SOMERSET Reserved seat tickets for Somerset High School home varsity football games will go on sale at 8 a.m. Tuesday at the Athletic Office at Eagle View Elementary School. Somerset's football season opener is Aug. 29 at Forest Hills, and the first home game is Sept.

12 vs. Bishop McCort. All varsity football games start at 7 p.m. This year there are five home games and season tickets cost $25. Available seats will be sold on a first come-first served basis.

Please call 444-3230 with any questions. Fall convention The Pennsylvania Federation of Sportsmen's Clubs will hold its Fall Convention in Somerset at the Quality Inn on Sept. 5, 6 and 7. The event is sponsored by the Southwest Division of the Federation. Registration opens at 8:30 a.m.on Sept.

5 with a variety of board meetings throughout the day. RepTesen-" tatives from the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission will present a special program on state river navigatability and public access issues at 7:30 p.m. The Saturday session begins at 7:30 a.m. with committee meetings on a variety of topics of interest to sportsmen. The meetings include reports from resource agencies such as the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission and the Pennsylvania Game Commission as well as discussion on legislative issues pertaining to hunting fishing, trapping and conservation.

A banquet and awards program begins at 6 p.m. Registration is required and information can be obtained by calling 7 17-232-3480 or email- ing infopfsc.org. Registration deadline is Aug. 22. Indian Lake Golf League Team standing Riggs Industries 136.0 Stanga's Extinguishers 132.0 One out later, Pearce jana STATE.

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T.J. Beam (1-1) pitched two scoreless innings of relief for Pittsburgh, and Craig Hansen tossed the 12th for his third save of the season and first since he was traded from the Boston Red Sox in the three-team Manny Ramirez deal on July 31. Hansen got some help from Brandon Moss, who made a diving grab in left-center on Chase Utley's fly ball with runners on first and second and one out. Moss threw to Freddy Sanchez covering second to try to double up Jimmy Rollins, but he made it back safely. Sanchez then spun and threw to first and doubled up Shane Victorino to end the game.

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