Episode 2 Golf: PGA Championship

The the European Tour's flagship event he is enjoying a wonderful

weather window at the start of our British Summer Time. A stronger

breeze on day two of this event will test the best field ever

assembled over the course. 65 of them shot under-par in yesterday's

opening round, although Rory McIlroy it was not one of them.

Overall it was a day of outrageous fortune for some, and unlucky

breaks for others. Andrew Cotter looks back.

Wentworth had sent Oldham looked to so fine, the crowds flocking --

seldom looked so fine. It was a rare off day for Rory McIlroy, and

his temper, on route to 74. It was the same mark as another up off

Northern Ireland's champions, when that will. Ireland still had the

lead as Peter Lawrie plotted his way carefully, with 66. Playing

alongside each other league Donald and Justin Rose. Justin Rose would

67, Donald, the defending champion and could take the Championship, a

shot further back. David dried still -- David Drysdale. Sharing

the lead on 6-under, unique skill and luck to win at Wentworth.

It was all watched by the biggest crowd ever on the opening death of

Thwaite thwart -- on the opening the man responsible for redesigning

the changes to the course, 4-under. Lee Westwood at 2-under. Rory

McIlroy, the world number one, Graeme McDowell, a long way back,

A more amazing stuff from David Drysdale. He thought he had lost

the approach shot, and then that, an unlikely birdie to taking 9-

under. You don't get much more local than James Morrison, grew up

a few miles away in Chertsey and was playing inspired golf. This

took him to 4-under for the day, 8- under for the bed, beautiful

playing. The former Madeira Open winner, and his third birdie in as

many holes, shaping up as one of those days for the former England

youth cricketer glad he swap willow good progress, into a share of 4th

off alongside Justin Rose. Watching it all unfold, Peter Alliss and Ken

Brown. Second day here at Wentworth, and

they are arriving in their thousands. A good day for fishing

chips, doesn't that look good? What a feast I will have later! The

at the 11th. We would off the tee, looks as if he has done it again.

6-under par. Looking rather puzzled. Let's have a look.

Justin Rose, perfect spot, Luke let's wait for the referee. Grace,

his third shot at the 12th. Going along nicely. Opened up with three

victories this year. A free drop, his second to the 11th.

I am always puzzled why they should have a free drop. He has made the

most of it there. Here is Drysdale. He is at the 15th. Stays at 8-under.

Very nicely indeed. Started off at 720 this morning.

James Morrison. 10-under par. Our great leader. Lives just up the

road in Chertsey. Perfect playing conditions, a bit more breeze today.

from yesterday, going along smoothly today. This is the 14th

green, down and turning a little 11th, may give the chance of a hole

in one as we go to Luke Donald. The 11th for a bogey. Nudges it in. Par

five to come. Perhaps an eagle Morrison here at the 14, a deep

bunker, pretty good. 10-under par, scoring well.

Good to shop for Luke Donald at the yesterday. It is not an albatross,

beautiful putt. 6-under stalwart so -- 6-under. Scoring hotting up.

Looks like even par, hard to tell if the wind picks up this afternoon.

Stays at 4-under par. The Spaniard looked to be swinging rather nicely,

with confidence. Morrison, having played up out of the bunker, he is

10-under. And this to stay 10-under. over the weekend. Third shot at the

12th. The front pin, very tough, slightly

elevated green. Spin this one and quite tight to the cut. Gathering

hollow. Nicely done, beautifully done.

That bank there it gives it a nice little kick towards the hole if you

get it just right. Molinari up the hill. 6-under par. Flag on the

bottom to date and you can get this resort. Probably the easiest pin

winning a BMW car at the 14th. Donald, eagle chance. It nose dives

beat, this week, Donald. drop stroke of the day. That would

know when near. If he gets this one For good plays it always feels like

a severe blow. We will leave him and go and find Morrison at the

15th, second shot, 10-under. Leading the way by three. What a

nice few he has of this green, it holds a little bit right. A rolling

don't know what happened to that. That is a stinker, I'm sorry, young

at the 14th. Nice and still. Slips it in the side door. Neat, tidy

Donald, second shot at the 13th. He has got to open a bunker in front

and turn it down to the left, it start out there. These young

maestro's are shelling touches of anger but the club did not leave

his hand so they will not be fining him 50,000. Quite it Dubliner,

Peter Lawrie. -- quiet. Dropping strokes at 15 and 16, back to 6-

under. Luke Donald's second shot there. Luke Donald is one of the

bunkers are surprisingly deep. They are hardly has its any more unless

you get a bad spot in a bunker on a downslope. David Drysdale. Second

tee the 18th. Going along quite beautifully. Oh, you super boy,

just landed over the water. Steady. Chance of an eagle. What a way to

finish if he can pop that one in. What have we got, strawberries and

ice-cream, this lady took the wrong turn at Wimbledon and has found her

back and he is 15 yards short of the green, so a little bit of

merchant and it is great fun to watch. He has got a ready smile.

7-under. That is the plane to Dubai on its way! Spoiling the atmosphere.

No Concorde any more, they used to flash over. Justin Rose. Well done!

position on the 14th. It gathers the ball up. Luke Donald for his

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far this year on the PGA Tour. -- 8-under par, the leader in the

clubhouse. He was offered 7:20am, and what a nice only morning's work

gets carried into the hollow, so a perfect start. One of yesterday's

leaders, Peter Lawrie, at the 18th, taps it in for a par, 7-under.

Pretty good after yesterday. No fireworks from yesterday but steady,

71. Very nicely placed for the previous year. He has played this

new design at Wentworth and was second and then first. James

Morrison got any good yesterday. Some good scoring. Good conditions

but a bit of a breeze so you have to keep your wits about you. James

Morrison's second shot at the 18th. well. -- he judges. Morrison

finishes with an eagle. A sure he is enjoying it. Another one

Where do we start? Sparkling, 64. Can you rate that? Pretty close to

the best, yeah. One of those rounds where I said to my caddy, are we 6-

under par? Before you know it, I am 8-under par. It is one of those

days when everything went well and just snowballed. A marvellous eagle

at the last. Take us through that. My caddy wanted me to lay off on

the last. I said no. It was one of those that you fancied downhill,

left to right, and I made another eagle yesterday. Today's was a bit

more conventional. I will take more of those. This must be a special

occasion because you are local. Tell us about how long this

Championship has been on your radar. This is my third year and my first

tee was pretty dreadful because of too much expectation and too many

friends in the crowd and getting tickets for them, it puts you out

of your routine. This year I have tried to stick to my every team and

it seems to be paying off. Growing up as a kid watching it on TV, it

has always been a dream to play. Wentworth has great history and it

is a great golf course so it is very exciting. Justin Rose at the

17th... Justin! Good Lord, that was 20 inches, no more. That might be

costly on Sunday night. He goes closing with a birdie. Tidy. As you

would expect from Francesco today. I don't know why he would do

that. He hits the ball so far... That could be out of bounds and in

the bushes. That was just a silly shot. We said yesterday he has got

to learn how to play. He can hit but he has to learn how to play. He

needs a few more months work on read rather than speed to stop it.

-- trajectory. Justin Rose's third Molinari's brother. 7-under. 20,000

people here yesterday, record Quiros, he might get away with a

par five, would you believe it. a par at the 18th. A good round of

golf, two at 68s. A very nice position for the weekend. Not more

than a puff of wind to blow that in. He is an ace player. Wherever he

goes around the world. He puts in great performances, which is nice

to see. Consistency is the key. fetish, one of our Cameron then has

a foot fetish. They are clean and tidy! -- cameraman. Just a whiff of

to finish 6-under par. 130 late for his opening two rounds. -- 138. He

had a good round yesterday and was so there is still a lot of golf to

be played. I think the qualifying score will be under level par.

Around about 143, 142, it depends 70 puts you firmly in the thick of

the Championship but a real struggle for many people coming

back with the wind against. Yes, the golf course is becoming so

difficult, the wind direction always changed, even the intensity,

so it is very difficult to find out what is going on. Especially the

last few holes. 17 was way you made a bogey and it is always kicking

yourself when you want to take advantage. Yes but it is impossible

to take advantage sometimes. Even Justin Rose, who hit a perfect

driver, into the wind, has struggled. In my case, I am not

even going to mess with the left side so I finished on the right

side. The third shot, the wind trapped it. Impossible.

centimetre away from 67 but your second consecutive 68. Will you

settle for that? I am certainly happy where I am. It is a good

score for me. My striking was decent today. It wasn't quite under

control. I certainly have the pace and the line on the greens and I

feel like when I have opportunities, I am making them, which is a

positive. Do you have an eye on Rory McIlroy's progress?

Fortunately, I got the better side of the draw. We will have to see

what he does but I am really just concentrating on trying to get in

contention on Sunday. That is what we always try to do. The number one

ranking will take care of itself. 64 in these conditions, we just had

one from James Morrison. Yes, great playing. This is not an easy course.

You have to be on your game all the time. There is danger lurking and

to shoot 64, hats off to him. That is brilliant. It is an exciting

time for James Morrison, whose round of 64 was watched by his wife

Jessica, who has walked over 14 holes with him, no mean feat

considering she will give birth to their first child in two weeks'

time. James will not be trying to qualify for the US Open

Championship in three weeks' time! He will have a look at this

summer's Championship, at Royal Lytham, and we will be there

watching every move over four days of the 141st playing of this great

This week at Lytham. Couldn't happen to a nicer fellow. Had you

like that? And he is the one! What It really is a huge sum of sports

at the BBC and the Open Championship is one of the 2

highlights. Seve Ballesteros, Peter Thompson, they all won at Royal

with them, and we cannot wait to see who will be next. Rory McIlroy

will be in the conversation but here at Wentworth he was struggling

on his first appearance as the world No 1 he in the United Kingdom

and he had a lot of work to do amongst the afternoon starters if

he was to be with us for the bench and on to that leaderboard --

has ventured. The West Course was a distinctly uncomfortable ride.

Paul Lawrie who is coping quite well, good in difficult conditions,

it is breezy today. Trying to make the Ryder Cup team. Leaving himself

pretty well to the back of the to 4-under. A big swing, look at

rolls in. An Irishman, a couple of birdies in the back line, a round

of 70, 4-under par. Very tidy in needed, got. Suddenly inside the

cut mark things looking brighter for Graeme McDowell. Beautiful

second shot right over the pin for Interesting decision to not played

the US Open even though he has qualified. Concentrating on

tournaments he feel he can amass the ranking points to get on the

Ryder Cup, a big goal for him. He is usually the most beautiful chip

and bunker player. For a big man you thought he would be a bit

clumsy. A little bit of grab on that.

Pretty good, 6, 7 feet. By any's standards that is about 7.5 out of

10. Look at the depth of the bunker McIlroy is in.

This is his 5th shot as well in the to just 7-over. He is newly down

the bottom of the field. Afraid he is on the verge of losing

interest. Nothing has gone right for him. That is the way to do it,

a lovely day at the golf. What stories to tell. And he pops it in,

enough! Birdie at 11 and 13, a couple under-par. People say he is

not a good enough putter, but I think he looks brilliant,

comfortable, easy, good strike. Head still. Front bunker at the

corner of the hole 20 feet behind. It must be a slow day. No miles on

the clock. They might have left the keys inside. They have got enough

gone in the last five holes. This will be five for Thomas. It could

come back, the green is faster. It Beautiful, soaring against the blue

sky, looks pretty good. Wonderful against the blue sky. Nicely done,

13th, beautiful second shot over the flag for Lawrie. Tricky putt

amazing to see this. How many shots as he hit left? He has hit them

left apart from the ones that went a good long while. The vast

majority of these morning plays. Some good names there behind James

Morrison. The heralded player who sparkled in his reign of 64. Luke

Donald, Justin Rose, Ernie Els is the only player who is out on the

course he could yet make an impact. He knows how to work his way around

here in the most difficult conditions. A few more players who

he does as well. Lovely shot. Another one who can master the

conditions when things are a bit tricky.

An afternoon for not chasing difficult positions, get nice and

little bit more than that, they seem to go straight on. Moves on to

the 15th averaging at 4.5, the him on to the top eight of the

leaderboard. If he had hit it. Not quite the right line. Winner

earlier this year. He will move to Through the breeze it goes, just

name. Also the theory it was just because he used to eat a lot of

chips. A tough one, down onto the green. Looks pretty good. Looks

very good. Marvellous, Paul Lawrie, all hail Chippy. It looked good,

just going over the hill. Fantastic shot. After a splendid approach

Jose Maria Olazabal, birdie chance just going to sneak by on the right

the basics. Any second guessing this could easily miss on the right.

You know things, Ken. He was thinking the same as I would have

been. Tried to eliminate some of the break by forcing it in. Jose

has got a lot of shots. Gwyneth Loire we -- wonderful from 80 yards

forward, wasn't too high, just the right trajectory to keep the ball

going forward. Ernie Els up the slope on the 15th, slowish putt

pushovers, is seen very few birdies he doesn't get it down from here,

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he has suddenly played himself out would much rather be short of the

more to get down. This is becoming a gloomy traipse around the last

Lawrie's stroke. A bit of a bobble level par. Yes. A great sigh of

amusing because Rory McIlroy knows his race is run but now you have

got to face all of your friends and family and they say, what the hell

happened to you? I read the press on Wednesday and you were going to

romp away with this and it ain't little bit frayed. It has made its

way to the corner but he is still in the trees. Peter, that was

amazing. He hit that straight out of bounds. He has only moved it 30

yards at most. On the right side of the boundary. It rattled out of

bounds and then was sent back in side but it has only moved about 30

yards. I think they have decided that Lee Westwood is out. Yes,

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know which direction to go in. feed down to the right. The pin

today is further left. It is a to 6-under par. Two birdies in the

last three now. The cut has moved to 1-over par now. Thomas Bjorn,

Graeme McDowell, Ian Poulter, they though. All three were close to out

of bounds and in the end it was you would think. He has got the

18th-come way he took eight yesterday, a couple of penalty

shots. Westwood has this to drop just one. At the moment he is level

slips to 2-over a. Grin McDowell, two oh five. -- Graeme McDowell. 2-

It is a mystery. How he took seven more shots from the bunker on the

left is a mystery. But obviously he remained unchanged for a long time.

Slightly kinder conditions earlier today. James Morrison is four shots

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shaky start but holding ground and could still finish in the first

half a dozen but he has to make this. And he does. Excellent. That

is good play. That is proper play. What was proving so challenging

about the conditions today? This golf course is not set up for winds

like this. When a win starts blowing like this and swirling

around in these trees, you have to be precise -- wind. We saw the

problems begin to manifest it comes to tricky golf courses.

is choosing the right shot, defending and attacking at the

right moment, knowing when not to You are not pressing any panic

button spot what do you think you will have to work on? -- batons but.

To be honest, everything. I will have to go and work hard to try to

get it back to the level that it was that earlier in the year.

Perhaps I have taken my eye of the ball a bit. I need to go and work

hard and try to get it back to the level that it was leading into the

match. How have you taking your Isles the ball? Maybe not

practising as hard. -- how have you taking your eye off the ball?

need to make it more specific. I will need to think long and hard

about it tonight and have a bit chat with my team and make sure

that I am ready for the next events. The world number one with a very

lead at the halfway point. But the conditions are proving very costly.

Rory McIlroy's first missed cut on the European Tour since 2008. Also

missing, Darren Clarke, Padraig Harrington, Graeme McDowell and

James Morrison, local boy made good. That was an amazing effort. 12-

under par is phenomenal. He got an To be 12-under par after 36 holes

in Wentworth under these conditions is exceptional. Rory McIlroy. Very

honest in our interviewed. House surprised were you? -- how

surprised? He has been taking a bit of time of coming into the Masters,

he had three woods off there. He is trying to get the balance right

because playing on both circuits is not easy. It was disappointing

today. He did not have the ball under control at all. He is a bit

of a Ronnie O'Sullivan. He has either got it and he is brilliant

or struggles a bit. And unsettling, or when you are going to defend

your title at this time? Yes, but he might find his form quite

quickly. He has always struggled at Wentworth and it was a difficult

afternoon. You Donald is hoping to gain from his loss. -- Luke Donald.

A top eight finish will guarantee that he goes back to number one in

the world. How impressive has his playing been? Exceptional. His

tactics are so sound and he keeps them under control. He does not

take unnecessary risks. Wentworth is perfect for him. Two 68s. He has

looked under control. He goes into the weekend as favourite. What a

day of contrasts, morning and afternoon. Can you explain why the

course plays so differently when the weather conditions change?

afternoon at the wind was blowing 20 mph. At Wentworth, the greens

dry out, it get crusty, the wind swirls through the trees. They need

to be pinpoint accurate. It is also and a real game. You have to hit it