{"id":12891,"date":"2012-07-28T13:41:40","date_gmt":"2012-07-28T11:41:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/07\/golf-piercy-grabs-share-of-canadian-open-lead-els-misses-cut\/"},"modified":"2012-07-28T13:41:40","modified_gmt":"2012-07-28T11:41:40","slug":"golf-piercy-grabs-share-of-canadian-open-lead-els-misses-cut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/golf-piercy-grabs-share-of-canadian-open-lead-els-misses-cut\/","title":{"rendered":"Golf-Piercy grabs share of Canadian Open lead, Els misses cut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"articleLocation\">July 27<\/span> (Reuters) &#8211; Americans Scott Piercy and William<br \/>\nMcGirt held a one-shot lead after Friday&#8217;s second round of the<br \/>\nCanadian Open while Ernie Els missed the cut five days after<br \/>\nwinning the British Open.<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Piercy, who shot a course-record 62 in the opening round at<br \/>\nthe Hamilton Golf and Country Club, returned a three-under-par<br \/>\n67 for an 11-under 129 while McGirt joined the overnight leader<br \/>\nwith a four-under 66.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The duo were one shot clear of American Robert Garrigus<br \/>\n(66), who is alone in third at 130 while compatriot Bo Van Pelt<br \/>\n(66) was a further shot back.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;\u201cIt&#8217;s kind of a boring 67 to be honest,&#8221; said Piercy.<br \/>\n&#8220;There was not a lot of excitement like yesterday. I made a putt<br \/>\nor two for birdie, made a couple of nice par saves.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;\u201cI wasn&#8217;t really in a whole lot of trouble most of the day<br \/>\nand it was solid overall.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Former world number one and 2004 Canadian Open champion<br \/>\nVijay Singh, who started on the back nine, bogeyed two of his<br \/>\nfirst four holes and made five consecutive birdies from the<br \/>\npar-four third, his 12th, for a three-under 67 that left him<br \/>\nthree shots back of the leaders.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>South African Tim Clark (62), who equalled the course record<br \/>\n set by Piercy on Thursday, and American Josh Teater (65) were<br \/>\ntied with Singh in fifth place.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Clark, who started the day eight shots off the pace, was<br \/>\nflawless as he carded six birdies and holed out for an eagle on<br \/>\nthe par-four second.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Piercy looked set to go low again when he claimed<br \/>\nback-to-back birdies on the fourth and fifth holes but a bogey<br \/>\non the eighth and some regulation pars kept him in check.<br \/>\n\u00a0 <span class=\"label\"><strong>Continued&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 27 (Reuters) &#8211; Americans Scott Piercy and William McGirt held a one-shot lead after Friday&#8217;s second round of the Canadian Open while Ernie Els missed the cut five days after winning the British Open. 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