Romero slips from share of lead with bogey at last hole

reuters.co.uk     08-Aug-2008            

By Larry Fine BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Michigan (Reuters) - Andres Romero of Argentina bogeyed the 18th hole early on Friday to slip out of a share of the lead at the PGA Championship, completing a one-under-par 69 at Oakland Hills Country Club. The 27-year-old Romero was in a group of five players bunched one stroke behind co-leaders Robert Karlsson of Sweden and Jeev Milkha Singh of India after the first round was completed. Sergio Garcia of Spain and Americans Billy Mayfair, Sean O'Hair and Ken Duke were the others who posted 69s. Romero was one of 18 players who had to finish rounds interrupted by failing light after Thursday's 85-minute weather delay. The Argentine got into trouble on the difficult, 498-yard 18th when his four-iron approach fell in the rough short of the right front bunker. He pitched up about 10 feet past the... [read full story]                    

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