October 9 2011

10:56 PM

Watch: Birdie propels Bertsch

Bertsch birdies 13th

Shane Bertsch rolls in 20-foot putt for birdie on the par-4 13th hole before finishing at 14 under for the clubhouse lead.

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June 25 2011

6:15 PM

Tight at the top

By Brian Wacker, PGATOUR.COM

CROMWELL, Conn. -- Patrick Cantlay is on the golf course and still in the lead despite a bogey on the second hole ( click here to follow live with Shot Tracker ), but he now has company with Shane Bertsch and Johnson Wagner also at 12 under.

There’s a group of seven players within two strokes of them, too, including Bo Van Pelt, who just moved to 11 under with a birdie on the fourth hole. Among the group at 10 under are Spencer Levin and Paul Stankowski, both 5 under through 11 and nine holes, respectively.

In other words, there’s plenty of red out there. All week the course has played  under par and that continues here in the third round with a scoring average of 67.837 on the par-70 layout.


3:10 PM

Round 2 done, Cantlay up by one

By Brian Wacker, PGATOUR.COM

CROMWELL, Conn. -- The second round was finally completed Saturday morning and while amateur Patrick Cantlay still leads, he’s up by just one now after Johnson Wagner finished off a 63 to get to 12 under at the halfway mark.

“The putter is finally working,” Wagner said. “I'm striking the ball well and making a lot of 10-footers and giving myself a lot of chances."

“The course is playing great for all the rain we've had. The greens are perfect. A little soft, so it's going to be a shootout. But I like where I'm at.”

Another spot down from that are Nick Watney and Shane Bertsch, who are both 10 under after shooting 65 and 63, respectively, in the second round.

The third round will begin at 11:45 a.m. with players going off in threesomes off both sets of tees.

A total of 74 players made the cut, which was at 4 under.

Among those who missed the cut? Geoff Ogilvy, Jim Furyk, Anthony Kim, Lucas Glover and Boo Weekley.


January 25 2011

9:28 PM

Van Pelt withdraws

Bo Van Pelt has withdrawn from the Farmers Insurance Open. He’s been replaced in the field by Shane Bertsch. Southern Californians Jason Gore, who tied for 29th last week at the Bob Hope Classic, and Ted Oh led the list of Monday  qualifiers. Also making the field were Len Mattiace and Jeff Hart.