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Six putts send Daly tumbling

John Daly sank deeper into golf's yawning abyss when he took six putts at the final green during the first round at the Memorial…

Fri Jun 04 1999 - 01:00

John Daly sank deeper into golf's yawning abyss when he took six putts at the final green during the first round at the Memorial tournament in Dublin, Ohio, before withdrawing from the event.

Daly half-heartedly slapped at the ball several times before finally sinking his sixth putt for a 10 on the par-four hole, the highest score on the hole in the tournament's history.

He signed for a 10-over-par 82 then promptly withdrew from the event, the second time he has done so in the past three tournaments.

Lee Janzen shot a seven-under-par 65 to take a two-stroke lead. But his thunder was almost stolen by Sergio Garcia, who continued his amazing progress by firing a 67.

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Nineteen-year-old Spaniard Garcia was joined by New Zealand's Frank Nobilo and Chris Perry on the 67 mark.

And it could have been even better for Garcia, as he also bogeyed the closing hole. Tiger Woods carded five birdies and a bogey to lead several players on 68 while world number one David Duval finished on 72.

Leading Scorers: 65 - L Janzen, 67 - F Nobilo (New Zealand), C Perry, S Garcia (Spain). 68 - J Leonard, D Paulson, V Singh (Fiji), T Woods. 69 - S Appleby (Australia), P Mickelson, B Andrade, E Els (SA), S Cink, S Stricker, Kyoung Choi (S Korea). 70 - B Watts, M Bradley, T Lehman, N Ozaki (Japan), L Mattiace, C Strange, J Cook, M O'Meara, B Glasson, S Flesch.

Other score: 74 - J Nicklaus.

Gerry O'Keeffe takes a two-shot lead into the second round of the Irish Seniors Amateur Open championship at Tullamore today. The Waterford player, who was recently reinstated to the amateur ranks by the R & A, shot a one-over-par 71 to lead by two from Sam McBurney (Massereene) and Paddy Harrington of Muskerry.

Leading First-Round Scores: 71 - G O'Keeffe (Waterford). 73 - S McBurney (Massereene), P Harrington (Muskerry). 74 - F O'Loughran (Grange), K McKeown (Portmarnock), B McMahon (Ennis). 75 - S Downer (Grange), M Butler (Thurles), M Ashe (Birr), B Wilson (Ormeau), E Condren (Greystones), L Kipps (Canada), M Foley (Carrick-on-Suir). 76 - J Doyle (Lahinch), A Smith (Blainroe), M Lyons (Birr), P Costello (England). 77 - K Burns (Lisburn), R Wallace (Spa), J Thornell (Sweden), T Ledwidge (The Heath), A Lee (Mullingar), J Elder (Belvoir Park). 78 - M Twomey (Grange), C Lennon (Tullamore), P Keenaghan (Mullingar), B Karlsson (Sweden), T Grealy (Roscommon), P Coyne (European), J Long (Rosslare), P Burns (Tullamore), P Walsh (Limerick), B Timlin (Mullingar), L Gaw (Greystones). 79 - P Jordan (Gort), P O'Flanagan (Woodbrook), T Tynan (Milltown), P Vince (Grange), F McCarroll (North West), S Coyne (Killarney), J McLean (England), R Coogan (England), P MacNiallas (Stackstown), F McGloin (Bundoran), V McMahon (The Island), B McCrea (Royal Poirtrush).