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CRANS-SUR-SIERRE, Switzerland – Rory McIlroy (pictured) shot an even-par 71 Friday to share the lead with defending champion Brett Rumford after the second round of the European Masters, where American teen Tadd Fujikawa missed the cut.

Fujikawa had a poor start for the second straight day with bogeys at his first three holes before recovering to shoot a 72 and finish at 3-over 145, three strokes above the cut.

“Small mistakes cost me the cut. You can’t do that on any tour,” the 17-year-old Fujikawa said. “I had a lot of chances but I couldn’t make anything.”

The 17-year-old has struggled since turning pro last summer. He made history as a 16-year-old at the Sony Open in January 2007, when he became the youngest player in 50 years to make the cut on the PGA Tour.

McIlroy, a 19-year-old Northern Irishman, could not reproduce his opening 63, and Rumford caught him with a second straight 67 to finish the day at 8-under 134.

They were one stroke ahead of Juan Abbate and Jean-Francois Lucquin (both 67), and Alejandro Canizares (68). Peter Lawrie (69) was two strokes behind, with Fredrik Andersson Hed and Simon Dyson (both 67).

Miguel Angel Jimenez (69), the only member of Europe’s Ryder Cup team in the field, was a further stroke behind, level with eight others.

The sun returned to Crans-sur-Sierre on Friday after Thursday’s intermittent rain.

Even so, there was still a stiff wind and some tough pin positions.

“Some of the pins were extremely tricky and it was difficult to get to them,” McIlroy said. “On those holes you just had to take your par and go to the next. It really tests your patience.

“My iron play was not quite as good yesterday, but I holed a lot of good par putts to keep myself going,” McIlroy added.

One of them was at the 236-yard, par-3 16th, where he made a 12-footer to save par. He sank a 15-footer at the next and a 10-footer at the last after getting a free drop when his second shot ended up against the base of the grandstand.

Rumford, who is on the PGA Tour this year, played steady golf on a course he described as being unlike anywhere else.

“This is a very unique place and golf course,” he said.

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Scores with relation to par from the second round of the Omega European Masters, played Sept. 5 at the par-71, 6,857-yard Crans-sur-Sierre (Switzerland) Golf Club (a-amateur):

1. Rory McIlroy	63-71--134		-8
1. Brett Rumford	67-67--134		-8
3. Juan Abbate	68-67--135		-7
3. Alejandro Canizares	67-68--135		-7
3. Jean-Francois Lucquin	68-67--135		-7
6. Fredrik Andersson Hed	69-67--136		-6
6. Simon Dyson	69-67--136		-6
6. Peter Lawrie	67-69--136		-6
9. Scott Barr	69-68--137		-5
9. Emanuele Canonica	67-70--137		-5
9. Julien Clement	69-68--137		-5
9. Mikko Ilonen	67-70--137		-5
9. Miguel Angel Jimenez	68-69--137		-5
9. Louis Oosthuizen	69-68--137		-5
9. Carlos Rodiles	71-66--137		-5
9. Jarmo Sandelin	71-66--137		-5
9. Patrik Sjoland	69-68--137		-5
18. Mark Foster	72-66--138		-4
18. Gary Orr	67-71--138		-4
18. Julio Zapata	66-72--138		-4
21. Felipe Aguilar	70-69--139		-3
21. Christian Cevaer	68-71--139		-3
21. François Delamontagne	67-72--139		-3
21. Robert-Jan Derksen	69-70--139		-3
21. Bradley Dredge	69-70--139		-3
21. Rafa Echenique	69-70--139		-3
21. Gonzalo Fdez-Castano	68-71--139		-3
21. David Griffiths	70-69--139		-3
21. Garry Houston	66-73--139		-3
21. Michael Lorenzo-Vera	70-69--139		-3
21. Francesco Molinari	69-70--139		-3
21. Eduardo Romero	71-68--139		-3
21. Richard Sterne	69-70--139		-3
21. Fabrizio Zanotti	71-68--139		-3
35. Peter Baker	70-70--140		-2
35. Michael Campbell	69-71--140		-2
35. Robert Dinwiddie	76-64--140		-2
35. Martin Erlandsson	68-72--140		-2
35. Peter Hedblom	70-70--140		-2
35. Michael Jonzon	71-69--140		-2
35. Andrew Marshall	70-70--140		-2
35. Ross McGowan	67-73--140		-2
35. Robert Rock	72-68--140		-2
35. Benoit Teilleria	71-69--140		-2
35. Miles Tunnicliff	71-69--140		-2
35. Francis Valera	73-67--140		-2
35. Tom Whitehouse	72-68--140		-2
48. Steve Alker	71-70--141		-1
48. Ariel Canete	69-72--141		-1
48. Niclas Fasth	68-73--141		-1
48. Ricardo Gonzalez	73-68--141		-1
48. Thongchai Jaidee	70-71--141		-1
48. Barry Lane	71-70--141		-1
48. Santiago Luna	70-71--141		-1
48. Sven Struver	72-69--141		-1
56. Thomas Aiken	72-70--142		E
56. a-Ken Benz	68-74--142		E
56. Mattias Eliasson	70-72--142		E
56. Marcus Fraser	74-68--142		E
56. Ignacio Garrido	70-72--142		E
56. Simon Griffiths	76-66--142		E
56. Raphael Jacquelin	73-69--142		E
56. Jan-Are Larsen	71-71--142		E
56. Craig Lee	73-69--142		E
56. Pablo Martin	71-71--142		E
56. Andrew McLardy	70-72--142		E
56. Matthew Millar	70-72--142		E
56. Hennie Otto	69-73--142		E
56. Florian Praegant	72-70--142		E
56. Charl Schwartzel	70-72--142		E
56. Daniel Vancsik	71-71--142		E
56. Mads Vibe-Hastrup	72-70--142		E
56. Paul Waring	71-71--142		E
56. Lian-Wei Zhang	71-71--142		E
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Missed the cut
75. Benn Barham	74-69--143	+	1
75. Luis Claverie	72-71--143	+	1
75. Raphael Eyraud	70-73--143	+	1
75. Anders Hansen	71-72--143	+	1
75. David Higgins	73-70--143	+	1
75. Lee S James	70-73--143	+	1
75. Shiv Kapur	69-74--143	+	1
75. Simon Khan	73-70--143	+	1
75. Chao Li	69-74--143	+	1
75. Chapchai Nirat	71-72--143	+	1
75. Henrik Nystrom	70-73--143	+	1
75. Phillip Price	72-71--143	+	1
75. Kyron Sullivan	66-77--143	+	1
75. Nicolas Sulzer	70-73--143	+	1
75. Jean Van De Velde	70-73--143	+	1
75. Simon Wakefield	70-73--143	+	1
75. Marc Warren	74-69--143	+	1
92. Sion E Bebb	78-66--144	+	2
92. Andre Bossert	72-72--144	+	2
92. Markus Brier	77-67--144	+	2
92. Jamie Donaldson	70-74--144	+	2
92. Sam Little	77-67--144	+	2
92. John Mellor	72-72--144	+	2
92. Alexander Noren	74-70--144	+	2
92. Alvaro Quiros	73-71--144	+	2
92. Lee Slattery	76-68--144	+	2
92. Fredrik Svanberg	72-72--144	+	2
92. Martin Wiegele	72-72--144	+	2
92. Chris Wood	73-71--144	+	2
104. Paul Broadhurst	71-74--145	+	3
104. Magnus A Carlsson	73-72--145	+	3
104. David Drysdale	71-74--145	+	3
104. Richard Finch	72-73--145	+	3
104. Tadd Fujikawa	73-72--145	+	3
104. Gregory Havret	70-75--145	+	3
104. Jose Manuel Lara	70-75--145	+	3
104. Stuart Manley	73-72--145	+	3
104. Gary Murphy	73-72--145	+	3
104. Kane Webber	75-70--145	+	3
104. Peter Whiteford	75-70--145	+	3
115. Darren Fichardt	72-74--146	+	4
115. Edoardo Molinari	72-74--146	+	4
115. Carl Suneson	71-75--146	+	4
118. Phillip Archer	73-74--147	+	5
118. Jonas Blixt	77-70--147	+	5
118. a-Marc Dobias	75-72--147	+	5
118. Per-Ulrik Johansson	73-74--147	+	5
118. Gareth Paddison	71-76--147	+	5
118. Manuel Quiros	74-73--147	+	5
118. Jean-Francois Remesy	72-75--147	+	5
118. Marco Soffietti	73-74--147	+	5
126. Alan Bihan	73-75--148	+	6
126. Pelle Edberg	70-78--148	+	6
126. Philip Golding	71-77--148	+	6
126. Pedro Linhart	72-76--148	+	6
126. Mardan Mamat	72-76--148	+	6
126. Jamie McLeary	75-73--148	+	6
126. Marcel Siem	77-71--148	+	6
133. Peter Fowler	74-75--149	+	7
133. David Frost	75-74--149	+	7
133. Jose-Filipe Lima	74-75--149	+	7
133. Digvijay Singh	73-76--149	+	7
137. Jean-Baptiste Gonnet	77-73--150	+	8
137. Anton Haig	69-81--150	+	8
137. Pablo Larrazabal	75-75--150	+	8
137. Doug McGuigan	78-72--150	+	8
137. Sam Walker	72-78--150	+	8
142. Alessio Bruschi	71-80--151	+	9
142. Johan Edfors	72-79--151	+	9
142. Gaurav Ghei	73-78--151	+	9
142. Terry Pilkadaris	72-79--151	+	9
142. Martin Rominger	77-74--151	+	9
142. Alvaro Velasco	77-74--151	+	9
148. Tino Weiss	75-77--152	+	10
149. Ivo Giner	81-73--154	+	12
149. Paolo Terreni	82-72--154	+	12
151. a-Vincent Cachera	75-80--155	+	13
152. a-Moritz Lampert	79-77--156	+	14
152. a-Nicolas Thommen	74-82--156	+	14
154. Joakim Backstrom	77-80--157	+	15
154. James Kamte	78-79--157	+	15

Posted: 9/5/2008

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