Two Tour rookies paired with Annika

IN: News | US PGA | Bank of America Colonial (2003) | Preview | by Bruce Young | 21 May 2003

Two first season players on the USPGA Tour, Aaron Barber and Dean Wilson, will join Annika Sorenstam on Thursday, when she tees off in the Bank of America Colonial in Fort Worth Texas.

Barber a 30-year-old from Minnesota, has played the Canadian Tour the last few years and before that the Hooters Tour so, while he has some tournament experience, this will be something quite different. He has missed ten of thirteen cuts this season but produced a very good finish with a fourth at the Tuscon Open. Barber gained his US Tour card by finishing 8th at the 2003 USPGA Tour School last December.

Dean Wilson, now living in Las Vegas, has been a prolific winner of both titles and money in Japan in recent years. He is a six-time winner in Japan over the last three years and in his first season on the USPGA Tour has been 6th at the Tuscon Open and 7th at the recent Wachovia Championship. He gained his card by finishing 11th at the Tour School last year.

The group tees off at 8:58 on Thursday and 1:43 on Friday (US time).

Position	Score	Player	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total
1	-19	Kenny Perry	68	64	61	68	261
2	-13	Justin Leonard	68	72	66	61	267
3	-12	Jeff Sluman	68	68	67	65	268
4	-11	Brandt Jobe	67	70	68	64	269
T5	-10	Hal Sutton	71	67	65	67	270
T5	-10	Jim Furyk	68	65	69	68	270
T5	-10	Pat Bates	69	66	69	66	270
T5	-10	Rory Sabbatini	64	70	67	69	270
T9	-8	Dan Forsman	66	66	73	67	272

Position	Score	Player	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total
T21	-5	John Senden	71	70	68	66	275
T52	Ev	Craig Parry	67	70	72	71	280
T56	+1	Greg Chalmers	68	71	72	70	281
T66	+4	Steve Elkington	72	68	70	74	284
Cut +1
CUT	+2	Rod Pampling	75	67	-	-	142
CUT	+3	Peter Lonard	70	73	-	-	143
CUT	+3	Stuart Appleby	72	71	-	-	143
CUT	+7	Geoff Ogilvy	72	75	-	-	147
CUT	+8	James Mclean	72	76	-	-	148
CUT	+10	Craig Perks	73	77	-	-	150

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