Sheehan recovers from bad start to share lead

IN: News | Japan | Tsuruya Open (2005) | Round Two | by Bruce Young | 22 Apr 2005

Paul Sheehan recovered from a bad start to his second round at the AUD$1.2 million Tsuruya Open to share the 36 hole lead with Naomichi (Joe) Ozaki.

Sheehan, who led by three after day one, dropped four shots in the first fourteen holes and at that point trailed by two but two late birdies saw him finish with 73 and regain a share of the lead with the 48-year-old Ozaki, one of the famed Ozaki brothers. Ozaki added a 69 to his 67 yesterday to be at 6 under.

Hideki Kase is third, one shot behind the leading pair, with Queenslander Craig Jones amongst the group at four under just two shots out of the lead. Also at four under are S.K. Ho, Takuya Taniguchi and Yusaku Miyazato.

Steve Conran is not far away in 9th place at 2 under.

Position	Score	Player	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total
1	-13	Naomichi Joe Ozaki	67	69	67	68	271
T2	-10	Paul Sheehan	63	73	67	71	274
T2	-10	Ryoken Kawagishi	70	74	64	66	274
T4	-8	Kiyoshi Murota	68	73	67	68	276
T4	-8	Takuya Taniguchi	73	65	69	69	276
T6	-7	S.K. Ho	67	71	70	69	277
T6	-7	Toyokazu Fujishima	69	70	67	71	277
T8	-6	Yong-Eun Yang	68	72	68	70	278
T8	-6	Yumihiko Hatone	69	72	71	66	278

Position	Score	Player	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total
T2	-10	Paul Sheehan	63	73	67	71	274
T10	-5	Craig Jones	69	69	68	73	279
T13	-4	Steven Conran	70	70	69	71	280
T24	-1	Chris Campbell	70	74	70	69	283
T37	+1	David Smail	72	72	70	71	285
T48	+3	Anthony Gilligan	72	72	70	73	287
Cut +3
CUT	+5	Scott Laycock	76	71	-	-	147
CUT	+10	Richard Backwell	76	76	-	-	152

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