The Ally Challenge R1

September 13-15
Warwick Hills G&CC, Grand Blanc, Michigan
$2,000,000
Round 2, Round 3

Jerry Kelly leads PGA Tour Champions’ Ally Challenge

Jerry Kelly birdied the first five holes on the back nine and finished with a 7-under 65

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Scott McCarron, Retief Goosen and Tom Gillis are tied for the lead at 6-under 66 in the PGA Tour Champions’ Ally Challenge.

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McCarron, currently leading in the Charles Schwab Cup and a three-time winner this year, birdied the par-5 16th and par-3 17th in a bogey-free round at Warwick Hills.

”Conditions were a little bit soft out there from the rain that we had and there were some gusty winds out there,” McCarron said. ”It was difficult to kind of judge distance with some of our iron shots, so it was hard to get it close. I watched Retief Goosen play a spectacular round. He hit the ball about 10 feet almost every hole, at least for the first 13, 14 holes. It was very impressive. I kind of just rode his wake in there and was able to make a couple birdies coming in.”

Goosen, the Senior Players Championship winner for his first victory on the 50-and-over tour, bogeyed the 17th.

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”The first five, six holes played into a strong wind this morning and I really hit some really good shots in those first few holes and made a few birdies,” Goosen said. ”I was 4 under through six, so I was off to a great start in tough conditions. After that I had my chances to go really low, missed a few putts, short ones. Then, obviously, very much a mental mistake on No. 17. Hit a bad shot there and caught a poor lie in the bunker and didn’t get it up and down. So, a bit of a disappointing finish.”

Gillis finished his bogey-free round with a birdie on the par-4 ninth.

”What we have is terribly soft,” Gillis said. ”We had a lot of rain the last two days. We had about a 15-mph wind that made some challenge on some shots, but overall being soft, you could get to the pins. It was accessible.”

Jay Haas was a stroke back with Darren Clarke, Jerry Smith and Jerry Kelly.

”I kept the ball in the fairway,” the 65-year-old Haas said. ”You have to keep the ball out of the rough here because it’s really juicy and wet and the ball’s just not going anywhere, so I did that most of the day.”

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Pos.	Player	To Par	R1
T1	Scott McCarron	-6	66
T1	Retief Goosen	-6	66
T1	Tom Gillis	-6	66
T4	Jerry Smith	-5	67
T4	Darren Clarke	-5	67
T4	Jerry Kelly	-5	67
T4	Jay Haas	-5	67
T8	Woody Austin	-4	68
T8	Duffy Waldorf	-4	68
T8	Steve Flesch	-4	68
T8	Bernhard Langer	-4	68
T8	Stephen Leaney	-4	68
T13	Cliff Kresge	-3	69
T13	Tim Petrovic	-3	69
T13	Wes Short, Jr.	-3	69
T13	Ken Tanigawa	-3	69
T13	Tom Lehman	-3	69
T13	Gene Sauers	-3	69
T13	Colin Montgomerie	-3	69
T20	Tom Byrum	-2	70
T20	Chris DiMarco	-2	70
T20	David Frost	-2	70
T20	Glen Day	-2	70
T20	Doug Barron	-2	70
T20	Kenny Perry	-2	70
T20	Stephen Ames	-2	70
T20	Kirk Triplett	-2	70
T20	David Toms	-2	70
T20	Mark O’Meara	-2	70
T20	Mark Calcavecchia	-2	70
T20	Fred Couples	-2	70
T32	Jeff Sluman	-1	71
T32	Lee Janzen	-1	71
T32	Brandt Jobe	-1	71
T32	Tom Kite	-1	71
T32	Paul Broadhurst	-1	71
T37	Larry Mize	E	72
T37	Joey Sindelar	E	72
T37	Dudley Hart	E	72
T37	Kent Jones	E	72
T37	Tommy Armour III	E	72
T37	Bob Estes	E	72
T37	Marco Dawson	E	72
T37	Paul Goydos	E	72
T37	Bart Bryant	E	72
T37	Jesper Parnevik	E	72
T37	Rocco Mediate	E	72
T37	Ángel Cabrera	E	72
T37	David McKenzie	E	72
T37	Skip Kendall	E	72
T51	Greg Kraft	1	73
T51	Steve Jones	1	73
T51	Gary Hallberg	1	73
T51	Joe Durant	1	73
T51	Jeff Maggert	1	73
T51	Esteban Toledo	1	73
T57	John Huston	2	74
T57	Loren Roberts	2	74
T57	Billy Mayfair	2	74
T57	Miguel Angel Jiménez	2	74
T57	Gibby Gilbert III	2	74
T57	Mark Walker	2	74
T57	Todd Fischer	2	74
T64	Russ Cochran	3	75
T64	Billy Andrade	3	75
T64	Tom Pernice Jr.	3	75
T64	Sandy Lyle	3	75
T64	Dennis Hendershott	3	75
T69	David Eger	4	76
T69	Corey Pavin	4	76
T69	Brandel Chamblee	4	76
T69	Olin Browne	4	76
T69	Dan Forsman	4	76
T69	Scott Parel	4	76
T69	Vijay Singh	4	76
T76	Mark Brooks	5	77
T76	Michael Allen	5	77
78	Gary Nicklaus	6	78