World No
3 Luke Donald is in the mix as the lead is shared at the half way stage by Bae
Sang-moon and Fredrik Jacobson at the
Northern Trust Open in California.
Luke Donald from Engalnd, is playing in his first
tournament since November, produced a five-under 66 to position himself seven under overall, two off the leading pair
of South Korea's Bae and Sweden's Jacobson on nine under.
Donald,in
18th place overnight, carded seven birdies against two bogeys to end
day fifth – he missed out on third place
by dropping a shot on his penultimate
hole, the par-four eighth.
Donald
told www.pgatour.com: 'Happy with my score, obviously coming off a pretty good
break, you never know with how you're going to deal with being back in
competition again but certainly a big improvement today, ball striking wise and
my short game has been very sharp.
'I've
been excited about that. It's been a big key to my score so far, and, yeah,
excited to be in the mix again.'
On the
top of the pile though were Jacobson and Bae, both of whom were six under for
the day to climb from sixth to joint first.
For
Jacobson it was a continuation of the form which saw him finish seventh at
Pebble Beach last week.
'Obviously
I take a lot out of that, just being in contention again,' Jacobson said. 'I've
had some good practice sessions before, but to bring it on the course and play
under pressure, that's what it's about.'
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