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Matteson and Imada set the early target

US TOUR: Troy Matteson shot an eight-under-par 64 to join Japan's Ryuji Imada at the top of the leaderboard in the AT&T …

Sat May 19 2007 - 01:00

US TOUR:Troy Matteson shot an eight-under-par 64 to join Japan's Ryuji Imada at the top of the leaderboard in the AT&T Classic at the TPC Sugarloaf, Georgia. The pair are tied on 10-under-par 134, one ahead of DJ Brigman.

Second round: 134 - R Imada (Jpn) 67 67, T Matteson 70 64 135 - DJ Brigman 68 67, 137 - C Kanada 67 70, 138 - J Ogilvie 68 70

CHALLENGE TOUR: The Telenet Trophy is becoming something of a Belgian fantasy as Didier De Vooght, Nicolas Vanhootegem and Nicolas Colsaerts are set to make up a dream three-ball for the third round at the Royal Waterloo Golf Club.

That perfect scenario unfolded as De Vooght surged into the lead on 13-under-par 131 after a blistering finish of four birdies in his last five holes helped him to a 66. Vanhootegem moved to second spot on 11 under with the help of a hole in one on the par three 15th, while Colsaerts remains very much in the hunt on nine under.

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Second round: 131 - D De Vooght (Bel) 65 66; 133 - N Vanhootegem (Bel) 68 65; 135 - N Colsaerts (Bel) 65 70; 137 - MA Carlsson (Swe) 67 70; 138 - F Aguilar (Chi) 66 72; A Velasco (Esp) 68 70; P Baker (Eng) 70 68. Others: 146 - Stephen Browne (Irl) 72 74; 151 - Michael McGeady (Irl) 73 78.

EUROPRO TOUR: Colm Moriarty shot a final round of 69 to share fourth place at Faithlegg yesterday. The top prize of €17,500 went to England's Graeme Clark who finished on 13 under after scores of 67, 66 and 70.

Final totals - 203 - G Clark (Eng) 67 66 70, 206 - M Laskey (Wal) 66 73 67, 207 - J Kelly (Eng) 68 68 71, 208 - Colm Moriarty (Irl) 71 68 69, L Dodd (Eng) 69 69 70, 209 - A Frayne (Eng) 68 72 69. Other Irish: 214 - M Staunton 74 69 72, 215 - A Murray 71 70 74, 219 - B McElhinney 73 71 75.

SENIORS TOUR: England's Bob Cameron stole the show on Costantino Rocca's European Seniors Tour debut by shooting a five-under-par 67 to establish a three-stroke lead after round one of the Sharp Italian Seniors Open. Jimmy Heggarty leads the Irish challenge on 74 with Denis O'Sullivan on 76 and Eddie Polland on 80.

First round 67- B Cameron 70 - S Ginn (Aus), T Charnley, C Mason, N Job, R Drummond, S Owen (NZ), H Carbonetti (Arg), S Torrance 71 - J Rhodes, J Rivero (Spa), D Merriman (Aus), G Cali (Ita), P Dugeny (Fra), B Longmuir, T Allen, J Benda (US). Irish: 74 - J Heggarty, 76 - D O'Sullivan, 80 - E Polland.

WOMEN'S TOUR: Germany's Bettina Hauert and Italy's Federica Piovano share the lead on three-under-par after yesterday's second round at the Deutsche Bank Ladies Swiss Open at Golf Gerre Losone. Rebecca Coakley added a 74 for 149, but Claire Coughlan missed the cut after a disappointing 80 for 156.

Second round: 141 - B Hauert (Ger) 68 73, F Piovano (Ita) 69 72, 142 - F Seeholzer (Swi) 68 74, L Fairclough (Eng) 69 73, 143 - E McKinnon (NZ) 70 73, S Waugh (Aus) 70 73, E Pilgrim (Wal) 68 75. Irish: 149 - R Coakley 75 74, 156 - C Coughlan 76 80.