Golf Central

Phil Mickelson is on top of a leaderboard for the first time in a while, after a second round 68 gave him a shot lead at 7-under from Matt Kuchar, Brian Gay and Johnson Wagner (6-under) and a handful at 5-under, including Vaughn Taylor and Stephen Ames.

Carrying five wedges in his bag, Lefty only needed to putt once on 11 of the 18 holes. Geoff Ogilvy shot a Friday best 64, while Jesper Parnevik, Rory Sabbatini, Tom Lehman, Jim Furyk, Chad Campbell and Steve Stricker were among the big names to miss the cut.

The Bet Detective will not be a happy man this weekend...

Not a band couple of days for Paul McGinley, all things considered. His team, Celtic, won the Scottish Premier League title against the odds on Thursday night while he set a new low score for 36 holes of this tournament at 131 after a second round 66 gave him a four shot lead at 13-under.

McGinley leads Robert Karlsson and Miles Tunnicliff (9-under), Oliver Wilson, Soren Kjeldsen and Marcus Fraser (8-under) and Miguel Angel Jimenez (7-under).

A notable mention must go to Robert Dinwiddie, who probably thought he'd be spending the weekend cleaning out the barbecue after a first round 78, before he carded a course record 63 to leave him tied for 20th.

Big names to miss the cut include Darren Clarke, Ernie Els and Colin Montgomerie (+4), Justin Rose (+5) and poor old Michael Campbell, whose world ranking is now 299 after a pair of 80s.