Montgomerie finished a miserable second round at lunchtimeSECOND ROUND LEADERBOARD:GB & Ire unless stated-10 G Havret (Fra), JM Lara (Spa) -9 P Mickelson (USA) -8 S Khan, A Romero (Arg), B Weekley (USA) Selected others: -7 E Els (SA) -6 M Foster, S Garcia (Spa), I Poulter
Colin Montgomerie will go to the Open Championship on the back of a missed cut for the first time after crashing out of the Scottish Open.
Five days after victory at the European Open ended 19 months without a victory, Montgomerie hit a second-round 74 to finish on 143 along with Retief Goosen.
Gregory Havret of France and Spain's Jose Manuel Lara held the lead
Phil Mickelson was one stroke off the lead after a 68, with Ernie Els and Sergio Garcia hovering in the shadows.
Havret, one of the early starters, blitzed his way to a seven-under 64 for a 10-under total of 132 in perfect conditions.
Lara shrugged aside the heavy rain later in the day to shoot 65.
Els (66) was among four players on seven-under 135, with Garcia (65) among another group on 136.
Montgomerie finished at lunchtime, but it was 1900 BST before his exit from the event was confirmed.
He had resumed on two under par, only four off the lead, and was three under after seven holes before bogeys on the short 17th, first, third and fifth.
"I hit 27 out of 28 fairways but I just didn't putt well at all," he said.

Ashton's England team have three warm-up games in August Olly Morgan, Fraser Waters, Magnus Lund, Shane Geraghty, Louis Deacon and Andy Hazell have all been released from England's preliminary World Cup squad.
Coach Brian Ashton has to name his definitive 30-man squad by 14 August, and the release of these six cuts the pool down to 40 players.
"It's been very difficult to let the six players go," said Ashton.
"They've all worked hard and it's been good working with them. I'm considering another cut at the end of next week."
Gloucester full-back Morgan impressed in his two appearances in last season's Six Nations, before a season-ending shoulder injury. And Sale flanker Lund, who has 10 caps, was also a surprise omission.
The surviving squad members will reconvene in Bath next Tuesday and spend the rest of the week training.
They then have a week free before meeting on Sunday 29 July to prepare for the World Cup warm-up game against Wales at Twickenham on 4 August.
England host France the following weekend, with a return trip to play France in Marseille on 18 August.
"I've taken the decision to reduce the squad now because I've had a good look at everybody in the training camp," added Ashton.
"It's important that we spend more time giving consideration to those who will make the 22 for the first of our warm-up games."
Revised 40-man England preliminary World Cup squad:
Backs: N Abendanon (Bath), O Barkley (Bath), M Catt (London Irish), D Cipriani (Wasps), M Cueto (Sale Sharks), A Farrell (Saracens), T Flood (Newcastle), A Gomarsall (Harlequins), D Hipkiss (Leicester), C Hodgson (Sale Sharks), J Lewsey (Wasps), J Noon (Newcastle), S Perry (Bristol), P Richards (London Irish), J Robinson (Sale Sharks), P Sackey (Wasps), D Strettle (Harlequins), M Tait (Newcastle), M Tindall (Gloucester), J Wilkinson (Newcastle).
Forwards: S Borthwick (Bath), G Chuter (Leicester), M Corry (Leicester), L Dallaglio (Wasps), N Easter (Harlequins), P Freshwater (Perpignan), J Haskell (Wasps), B Kay (Leicester), L Mears (Bath), L Moody (Leicester), T Palmer (Wasps), T Rees (Wasps), M Regan (Bristol), S Shaw (Wasps), A Sheridan (Sale Sharks), M Stevens (Bath), P Vickery (Wasps), D Ward-Smith (Bristol), J Worsley (Wasps), K Yates (Saracens).

Bresnan played a variety of shots in his chanceless centuryA superb unbeaten 116 from Yorkshire all-rounder Tim Bresnan guided England Lions to 379-8 after the opening day of the tour game with India at Chelmsford.
The 22-year-old hit 15 fours and a six in his second first-class century.
He shared 129 in 31 overs with Stuart Broad, who added 50 to halt a slide in which three wickets fell for 11 runs.
After skipper Andrew Strauss was clean bowled for one by Zaheer Khan in the fifth over, Kent opener Joe Denly made an impressive 83 containing 16 fours.
Strauss won the toss and elected to bat in cloudy conditions, on a ground where Essex and Nottinghamshire accumulated almost 1500 runs in two innings in the last match.
India were led by Sachin Tendulkar with Test captain Rahul Dravid rested due to a calf injury.
Strauss looked out of sorts from the start, however, and just a single from 17 balls before his off-stump was sent spiralling out of the ground did little for his confidence ahead of the first Test against the tourists starting at Lord's on 19 July.
Shah, who enjoyed a successful return to England's one-day side against the West Indies, hit two fours in his 11, but he went at a short ball from Shantha Sreesanth and found the hands of Zaheer running around at fine-leg.

Strauss failed to shake off his poor run of form
Playing in just his 13th first-class match, Denly caught the eye with some attractive drives, smashing five boundaries in a single over from Zaheer.
The 21-year-old Kent opener took just 49 balls to reach his half-century and continued to make hay with 76 runs in the morning session.
South-African born Warwickshire batsman Jonathan Trott, who made his England debut against the West Indies in the recent Twenty20 series, played a more reserved innings in support and reached 25 by lunch.
Denly was not so fluent after the interval, with the introduction of Ramesh Powar's spin, and a charge down the wicket saw him comfortably stumped by Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
Zaheer then found his rhythm and tempted Trott into driving at a ball outside off-stump, the edge caught at waist height by Sourav Ganguly at first slip.
Two wickets then fell in six deliveries as India looked to wrap up the innings.
First wicket-keeper Tim Ambrose (4) got a feather of a top-edge trying to drive Zaheer square, the catch taken by Dhoni, then Yorkshire teenager Adil Rashid offered Powar an easy return catch without scoring.
Essex all-rounder Ravi Bopara helped to rescue the situation with Bresnan, who launched Powar for the only six of the day over mid-wicket.
Bopara shared 40 in 10 overs with Bresnan before his attractive innings of 29 containing four fours was ended in the final over before tea.
Tendulkar brought himself into the attack and with his fifth ball tempted 22-year-old Bopara to push a sharp catch off the face of the bat to short-leg.

Denly's growing reputation was further enhanced by a fine knock
Broad took advantage of two reprieves early in his innings to justify his promise as a batsman with some clean hitting until spooing a low catch to point. Having moved into the 90s with two fours in three balls, Bresnan passed three figures with three boundaries in an over from Zaheer.
India's cause was not helped by rangy teenage seamer Ishant Sharma, who sent down a total of 15 no-balls in a troublesome 12-over spell.
England captain Strauss was delighted his young batsmen had got the team out of an awkward situation on the opening day.
"I thought we showed a lot of character in that final session, hopefully we can build on that," he said.
Of centurion Bresnan he said: "He has made some useful scores for Yorkshire and he got stuck in."
Strauss was also delighted with opening partner Denly, aged only 21.
"He really took the game to them and it's good to see a guy who hasn't played at this level before play with no fear," the skipper said. "This is a showcase even under a little bit more pressure than you have in a normal county game. Joe took it to them and has come out of it with a great deal of credit."
Strauss, who made only one half century in the Test series against the West Indies, admitted that his form was a concern, but was confident he would soon be back in the runs.
"The more runs I can get before the Test match the better and another low score wouldn't be ideal," he said.
"It's hard work trying to grind out runs when you're not in the form you'd like to be but it only takes one innings or a couple of shots even to turn things around."

Sakhee's Secret has now won four races in a rowSakhee's Secret won his fourth race in a row by taking victory in the Group One July Cup at Newmarket on Friday.
Steve Drowne's 9-2 mount beat Dutch Art by half a length, with 16-1 shot Red Clubs one and a quarter lengths back in third place in the six furlong race.
"He's a youngster and is as good as I've ridden," said Drowne afterwards.
Bentley Biscuit had another poor day, coming home 10th out of 18 runners, and Soldier's Tale was withdrawn before the race because of the going.
July Cup result:1 Sakhee's Secret (S Drowne) 9-22 Dutch Art (J Fortune) 5-13 Red Clubs (M Hills) 16-118 ran

Roger Federer matched Bjorn Borg's five straight Wimbledon titles on Sunday with a 7-6 4-6 7-6 2-6 6-2 win over Rafael Nadal in a classic final.Here's what BBC Sport analyst, and three-time champion, Boris Becker made of it."It's a moment of history, matching Bjorn Borg with five consecutive Wimbledons, and Roger really deserves it. "He's been at the top of the men's game for over three years now, he's won all the major titles apart from the French Open."It's impossible to put the history out of your mind and when you see your idol, Bjorn Borg, sitting in the Royal Box it's even worse! I'm sure Roger had it in his mind and that put even more pressure on him."But all credit to Nadal. I never thought he was a contender for Wimbledon until he made the final last year, and he was a point away from going a break up in the deciding set. "I thought he was the man in control, but Federer wouldn't be Federer if he didn't know how to come back. He played like a champion in the end."The final was so good because it was number one in the world against number two. Those two guys seem to bring out the best in each other."I believe very much that Nadal is the future number one. He's only 21 years old and is improving every year. I couldn't believe how well he played in the final."What does this victory do to the 'Is Federer the best ever' debate? And will Nadal take his number one ranking soon?

In the movie Rounders, Matt Damon's character asks, "Why do you think the same five guys make it to the final table of the World Series of Poker EVERY YEAR? What, are they the luckiest guys in Las Vegas?" With the huge expansion of the WSOP Main Event field, we may never see the same five guys make the final table again, but five former WSOP Champions have made the money this year. Scotty Nguyen, Carlos Mortensen, Berry Johnston, Huck Seed, and Robert Varkonyi not only survived the bubble, but all will have chips when Day Four of the 2007 WSOP Championship event begins today. The WSOP Championship draws former champions back like a family reunion. According to Harrah's preliminary entry

lists, nineteen former WSOP Champions were among the 2007 WSOP Championship starting field. Along with those mentioned above, they included Amarillo Slim Preston, Jim Bechtel, Doyle Brunson, Tom McEvoy, Johnny Chan, Phil Hellmuth, Brad Daugherty, Dan Harrington, Chris Ferguson, Bobby Baldwin, Chris Moneymaker, Greg Raymer, Joe Hachem and Jamie Gold. As a whole, former champions represented less than 0.3% of the starting field, but their relative representation has been growing as the field has been dwindling. As Day Four begins they now represent almost 1.5% of the field. Over all, 26% of the starting former champs have now made it to the top 5.3% of the field. In other words, being a former WSOP Champion gave you almost a 5-to-1 edge on the rest of the starting field in 2007. While it is no longer an era where the "same five guys" make it to the final table, this year poker is well represented by its former champions.

797 players survived the six days that made up Days 1A-D, Day 2A and Day 2B of the 2007 World Series of Poker Main Event. 621 of them made the money in the highest-profile poker tournament of the year, and 337 of them survived to play on Day 4 and work closer to the final table and poker history. Day 3 was a day of tension and waiting, as short stacks tried to hold on to cash, and big stacks tried to bully them around and build bigger towers of chips. When the day was finished, five former World Champions were still standing, testament to the skill required to play large-field tournaments year in and year out. Robert Varkonyi, Berry Johnston, Huck Seed, Carlos Mortensen and Scotty Nguyen all made

it through Day 3, leaving only 2000 Main Event Champ Chris 'Jesus' Ferguson on the rail. Two players that survived Day 3 have already won bracelets in 2007. Alex Kravchenko and Bill Edler picked up bracelets in preliminary events, and are now trying to win the biggest prize in poker for the first time. Internet superstars had a good day Wednesday, as Sorel 'Imper1um' Mizzi, Jared 'Waco Kid' Hamby, Darrell 'Gigabet' Dicken, Hevad 'Rain' Khan, Matt 'Mattster24' Sterling, and Peter 'Nordberg' Feldman all made it through to Day 4. Young Italian star Dario Minieri of PokerStars fame had the biggest Day 3 of all, amassing a huge stack of chips by the end of night's play. But Day 3 wasn't good to all the poker celebrities, as Robert Mizrachi, Todd Brunson, Cliff 'JohnnyBax' Josephy, Amnon Fillipi, Gavin Smith, Chip Jett and Tony Hachem all went to the rail. The Mizrachi surname had been in the forefront of tournament poker for several years now, and at this World Series, it was Robert taking the lead, winning his first bracelet and outlasting brothers Michael and Eric to cash in the Main Event. The Williams household was also represented, as mom Shirley cashed in her first Main Event while son David (2004 Main Event runner-up) watched from the rail. But as everyone knows, there's never been a bigger name in poker than Brunson, and there were still two Brunsons in the Main Event at the beginning of Day 3. Todd Brunson busted first, when his pocket queens were out-flopped by an opponent holding . An ace on the flop left Todd's sister Pamela as the last Brunson in the hunt, but she was eliminated when her fell to her opponent's , again when an ace flopped. The field of celebrities at the 2007 Main Event included movie stars, musicians, hockey players, retired baseball players and writers. At the end of Day 3, three of those celebrities remained: actor Tobey Maguire ("Spider-Man"), musician Sully Erna (lead singer, Godsmack), and television writer/producer Sam Simon (co-creator of "The Simpsons"). Maguire and Erna spent time at the same table thanks to the random redraws, and Erna caught a miracle card during hand-for-hand play to survive into the money. In Erna's big hand, the button raised and Erna called from the small blind. Erna check-raised all-in on the flop of , and his opponent called with . Erna turned over for middle set and was ahead until the gave his opponent the gutshot straight. Erna faced elimination on the bubble until the came on the river to make Erna's full house and move him into the money. "That's why I play poker!" Erna shouted as the pot was pushed his way. The bubble was the story of the day, as players tried to make moves to increase their stack, or just survive as the magic number of 621 came ever closer. Lee Watkinson had a big stack as hand-for-hand play began, and he used it to bully his opponents and increase his lead over his table. With eight short stacks surrounding him, Watkinson raised blind to 150,000 every hand, forcing players clinging to chips near the bubble to go all-in to call him. Watkinson did this all fifteen hands of hand-for-hand play, putting on a textbook display of big-stack bubble play. Brian Senie was the other end of the bubble spectrum, with just enough chips to post his small blind and ante as applause broke out over the room, and he heard the sweetest sounds a short stack in the Main Event can hear, a floor person yelling "Congratulations, everybody!" Senie's luck was John Sigan's downfall, as Sigan lost to Vandy Krouch's gutshot straight and exited as the bubble boy of the 2007 WSOP Main Event. Hal Lubarsky quickly became one of the best stories at the Main Event when he reached Day 3, and then became the first blind player to cash in the WSOP Main Event. Lubarsky was diagnosed years ago with retinitis pigmentosis, and he became the second blind player to play the Main Event when he played Day 1d. Lubarsky sat with an assistant to read his cards and whisper the action to him, and made it through Day 3 in the middle of the pack. Gus Hansen started the day as the chip leader, and finished just outside the top ten in chips after a typically active day for him. Hansen eliminated EPT founder John Duthie and crippled internet legend Cliff 'JohnnyBax' Josephy in quick succession in mid-day. Hansen caught an ace on the flop to crack Duthie's queens and send him to the rail, then showed the nut full house against Josephy's smaller boat to cripple Josephy, who was eliminated a few hands later when he made a stand with K-9 and ran into pocket kings. Hevad Khan started the day with one of the biggest stacks, and finished up the same way, due in part to skill honed at the online tables. Khan once had to send a videotape to PokerStars to prove he wasn't a poker bot when he was logged playing up to 28 sit-'n'-go tournaments at the same time. In one notable hand, Khan moved all-in pre-flop and was way behind when his opponent turned up pocket aces versus Khan's . Khan, though, caught a perfect . The on the turn sealed the win and the double-up for Khan, who finished Day 3 with well over a million chips. When play concluded for the evening, the 337 players were led by Minieri, who had accumulated nearly 2.4 million in chips. The leader board at the end of Day 3 is as follows: Dario Minieri — 2,398,000 Jeff Weiss — 1,533,000 Jon Kalmar — 1,410,000 Hevad Khan — 1,319,000 Kenny Tran — 1,175,000 Steven Jacobs — 1,127,000 Brock Parker — 1,089,000 Robert Neitrayan — 1,058,000 William Spadea — 1,057,000 Nicolas Atlan — 1,057,000 Other players of note in the top 50 include Hansen, Rep Porter, Conor Tate, Isaac Haxton, Kirk Morrison, Francois Safieddine, Lee Watkinson, Sverre Sundbo and Bill Edler.

LEADING trainer Tony Brett landed the time-honoured Grafton Maiden final on Thursday night when Never Surrender led virtually throughout.Never Surrender (Go Wild Teddy-Just Precious) was one of four winners on the night for three, three at Grafton and one at Albion Park.Box one ensured Never Surrender’s position as a dominant favourite in the Maiden Final and, after beginning safely, the issue was never in doubt. He was untroubled to score by four lengths from the locally-trained Miss Go Getta and Jan's Dream in 23.27. Charlie Northfield’s Kingsbrae Di led her rivals a merry dance from box one to take out the Sprinter’s Cup (407m). A solid 5-4 chance, Kingsbrae Di accounted for 7-1 shot Glad by two and a half lengths while Quick Feet Elite finished third, a further length away in 23.43. The win was Kingsbrae Di’s 32nd from 89 starts and, despite having won at Wentworth Park in a smart 30.21 over 520m, the daughter of Solve The Puzzle has been especially effective in shortcourse events at Lismore, Casino and Grafton and has won from every box. In the Stayers Cup, the widely travelled Holly Rock safely held powerhouse finisher Miss Grub at bay to score by three and a half lengths in 35.96. The win came as a welcome return to form for Holly Rock and it was the drop back in distance from her most recent 715m assignments at Sandown to Grafton’s 610m which proved critical. Special Phantom was third in the $3150 final. The three placegetters dominated betting and, collectively, boast a massive 54 career wins.

The Galaxy turned on the style to welcome Beckham to LADavid Beckham has been officially unveiled as an LA Galaxy player to an audience of media and supporters at the club's Home Depot Stadium.
In a ceremony rich in American razzmatazz, several MLS and Galaxy figures praised Beckham.
The 32-year-old midfielder, wearing a grey suit, then rose from his seat as ticker tape flew into the sky.
He then held an LA Galaxy shirt and posed for photographs while the assembled fans chanted his name.

I think that potentially in the US soccer could be as big as everywhere else in the world
David Beckham
"I'm looking forward to starting training next week and my first game," said Beckham.
"I would like to say how honoured I am to be presented. It is nice to see so many fans.
"I have always looked for challenges and something exciting in my life.
"I think that potentially in the US soccer could be as big as everywhere else in the world."
But when Beckham made his first reference to the game he plays he said "foot.." before correcting himself and saying "soccer", adding "I'll get used to that at some point, I'm sorry".
Beckham's wife Victoria appeared before her husband and posed for photographers wearing a fuchsia pink dress and trademark black sunglasses.
Prior to Beckham's arrival a large video screen replayed highlights of Beckham's career.
As Galaxy general manager Alexi Lalas stood to address the gathered media and supporters, he was initially drowned out by the crowd chanting "Beckham, Beckham".

Supporters turned out in force to welcome Beckham
When the crowd calmed down, Lalas said the arrival of Beckham was an historic moment "not just for the Galaxy but for soccer and for the sport of soccer in the United States".
MLS commissioner Don Garber said: "Here in Los Angeles we have one of the world's most recognised athletes, most recognised players coming here to our league, our city, our team."
After Beckham spoke the mayor of Los Angeles, Antonio Villaraigosa, was introduced to the crowd, who welcomed him by booing loudly.
Villaraigosa then put on a Galaxy shirt and presented Beckham with a framed picture.
Beckham's first appearance for the Galaxy is scheduled to be a friendly against Premier League side Chelsea on 21 July.
The England midfielder has a five-year contract with Galaxy, who are currently struggling in second-bottom place in the MLS Western Division after 12 matches.

BBC Sport's Phil McNulty
The club play at the 27,000-capacity Home Depot Center stadium in the south Los Angeles suburb of Carson.
Beckham will be paid $6.5m (£3.2m) by Galaxy this season, according to figures posted on the league's players' union website, and could make $250m (£123m) over the life of the contract in profit-sharing and sponsorship deals.
Beckham arrived in Los Angeles late on Thursday with his wife Victoria and three children - Brooklyn, Cruz and Romeo - but did not answer questions from the waiting media.
A series of media interviews and photo-shoots preceded their arrival, while a television programme documenting the family's move is set to air on US television on Monday.
The Beckhams will make their new home in a reported $22m (£10.8m), 13,000-square-foot villa in Beverly Hills, where neighbours include their friends Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes.