MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT SECOND ROUND LEADERBOARD (US unless stated)
-7 M Goggin (Aus), K Perry -6 J Kelly -5 L Donald (Eng) -4 M Kuchar, G Ogilvy (Aus), N O'Hern (Aus), S Lowery -3 R Pampling (Aus), J Rose (Eng)
Selected others: -1 M Weir (Can) +3 I Poulter (Eng), P Casey (Eng), P Mickelson +5 S Garcia (Spa) +7 B Davis (Eng), E Els (SA)

Perry was in trouble early on before recovering to claim a share of the lead

Kenny Perry recovered from a nightmare start of three bogeys in his first five holes to share the halfway lead at the Memorial tournament in Dublin, Ohio.

In strong, gusty winds, only three players broke 70 on day two.

First-round leader Mathew Goggin of Australia is now tied for the lead with American Perry on seven under par.

Of the English contenders, Luke Donald is two shots behind the leaders and two ahead of Justin Rose, while Brian Davis missed the cut after firing an 81.

Despite having shot 70 in the first round, Davis finished one shot outside the cut, as did South Africa's world number three Ernie Els.

I hit the shot of my life to keep the ship from sinking Kenny Perry

After that horrific start, Perry - a two-time Memorial champion - bounced back with an eagle from 35 yards at his sixth hole, the par-five 15th.

"I hit the shot of my life to keep the ship from sinking," he admitted.

"I knew I could chip the ball down within 15 feet, and it came out perfect and just fell in, like a slow-motion deal.

"It was brutal out there, so I'm mentally tired now. That was a stressful round to try to hang in there and keep it together."

By contrast, Goggin started well, recording four birdies in his first five holes, but as the winds rose, was happy to leave the Muirfield Village course with a level-par round of 72.

"I didn't know what was going on, but it just got windier and windier and tougher and tougher," said Goggin, who has not won in seven seasons on the PGA Tour.

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"Not having the experience on this course, I made a few mental mistakes and left a couple of shots in bad positions or misjudged the wind."

Donald finished with a steady 71 which contained just two birdies and one bogey to leave him in fourth place, one behind Jerry Kelly.

Rose had a more chequered day, firing four birdies and five bogeys in his 73.

Further back, English duo Ian Poulter and Paul Casey were among the few players to improve on their first-round scores, as rounds of 72 and 71 respectively left them both three under par, 10 shots behind the leaders - as is world number two Phil Mickelson.

The sixth and last Englishman, Graeme Storm, was never in danger of making the cut after two early double bogeys as he followed his first-round 79 with an 81.

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