GOLF/AUSTRALIAN PGA: John Daly made an undignified exit from the Australian PGA Championship in Coolum, Queensland yesterday, throwing his putter into the lake on the 18th green and declining to sign his scorecard before officials were forced to disqualify him.
Daly, who is still mourning the death of his mother two weeks ago, had a tortuous day trying to avoid the cut.
Scoring a triple-bogey at the 13th, he began an argument with tournament officials which came to boiling point by the time he reached the final hole.
The unlucky 13th had seen the big American find the lake twice, including one shot which hit an official's cart before rebounding into the water.
After a series of heated arguments his game went steadily downhill. Finishing nine over par, Daly shook hands with playing partners Greg Norman and Craig Parry and stormed off.
West Australian Jarrod Moseley ended the second day with a round of 66 giving him a two-round total of 13-under-par 131.
That meant he led by one shot from Victorian Aaron Baddeley who carded a 65 for a total of 12-under 132.
In third place, a further shot back was Peter Lonard of New South Wales whose 68 kept him in contention.
HONG KONG OPEN: Ireland's Peter Lawrie provided the highlight of the morning's play when he enjoyed an extraordinary two-hole run to guarantee his weekend spot at Fanling.
The 28-year-old, teetering on the projected cut line of one under when he arrived on the eighth tee, holed a five iron from 191 yards for a hole-in-one to move immediately to three under.
But Lawrie was not finished there. He holed an 18-foot putt at the next hole - the 524-yard par-five ninth - for a second consecutive eagle to complete an outward half of 30.
In the space of just two holes Lawrie had bettered his playing partner Stephen Lindskog's score by six shots - the Swede bogeyed both the eighth and ninth - but more importantly had ensured a place for the weekend as he went on to sign for a four-under 65 and a five-under halfway total of 133.
Welshman Stephen Dodd added a 65 to his first-day 64, including an eagle at the 12th, to share the lead with six others.
