Delsing leads by one in Minnesota

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06/16/2007 - Byron, MN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Two-time Nationwide Tour winner Jay Delsing posted a four-under 68 Friday to move one stroke clear of the field after two rounds of the Showdown at Somerby.

Delsing, who was one of five first-round leaders, completed 36 holes at 11- under-par 133.

Lee Williamson (64) and Jeremy Anderson (66) share second place at minus-10. Seven more players at tied for fourth at nine-under-par 135.

Delsing started on the back nine Friday and birdied the first two holes he played to move to minus-nine.

He collected birdies on 15 and 18 to make the turn at 11-under. Delsing, a former member of the PGA Tour, birdied the first before running into trouble.

Delsing tripped to back-to-back bogeys from the second at Somerby Golf Club to slide to minus-10. He got one stroke back with a birdie on the par-five fourth.

The 46-year-old Delsing parred the final five holes to grab the 36-hole lead for the fifth time in his Nationwide Tour career.

"I know what I've got to do, I've got to get myself as low as I can," Delsing admitted. "There's still so much golf left. I just want to be the one leading on Sunday."

Williamson dropped in birdies on the second and third, but gave both of those strokes back with a double-bogey on the fifth. He made the turn at minus-three thanks to a birdie on the seventh.

The 27-year-old, who has missed the cut in four of his last six starts, caught fire around the turn. He eagled the par-five 11th and followed with a birdie on 12.

Williamson's lone mistake on the back came at the par-three 13th, where he stumbled to a bogey. He bounced right back with a birdie on 14 and an eagle on the short par-four 15th. Williamson closed with his third eagle of the back nine at the 18th to end in a share of second.

"I've never had three eagles in a competitive round," stated Williamson. "I'm not sure if I've ever had two."

Anderson climbed the leaderboard with three birdies on the front nine, to turn in seven-under. After a birdie on 10, Anderson bogeyed No. 11. He posted three birdies over the final five holes to end at 10-under.

Chris Riley, a former American Ryder Cupper, carded a four-under 68 to end in a share of fourth. He was joined at minus-nine by Chris Anderson, Richard Johnson, Tim O'Neal, Mark Brooks, Greg Chalmers and Esteban Toledo. Six players are one shot back at minus-eight.

The cut line fell at four-under-par 140 with 69 players moving on to the weekend. Among those missing the weekend were Carlos Franco, Jason Buha, former Masters champion Larry Mize and two-time PGA Tour winner Len Mattiace.

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Work left to do: Texas Tech, Oklahoma State, Kansas State

Texas joins Texas A&M and Kansas as locks after getting league win No. 11. Texas Tech greatly helped its own hopes and crippled OK State's with the two-point win Saturday. Is K-State the last reasonable hopeful? Could be an elimination match in Stillwater on Tuesday, at least for the Cowboys.

Work left to do:

Texas Tech [18-11 (7-7), RPI: 44, SOS: 12] A critical two-point win over OK State leaves the Red Raiders with Baylor and at Iowa State left. Get both and the Red Raiders likely are good to go. Get one and there could be some interesting comparisons with a K-State team that could finish two or three games "ahead" of them in the standings but doesn't have any of the quality wins Texas Tech has. Not a lot in nonconference play (against Arkansas in Little Rock being the best win, by far) to lean on.

Oklahoma State [18-9 (5-8), RPI: 50, SOS: 35] Still without a road win, the Cowboys now need to win two on the road just to get to .500 in conference play. It's hard to recall a team (OK, other than Clemson) falling so precipitously from lock status to almost certainly out of the NCAAs at this point. There are wins to be had in the last three, including a very big home game against K-State on Tuesday, but this team is reeling. Can you tell the pressure to win is getting to them with the way the final possession played out at Texas Tech? There are some good nonconference performances to lean on, specifically beating Missouri State and Syracuse on neutral floors and Pitt in OK City, but if the Pokes don't right this very, very soon, that won't be enough.

Kansas State [20-9 (9-5), RPI: 56, SOS: 96] It pays to be in the Big 12 North. The nine league wins are Colorado (twice), Missouri (twice), Iowa State (twice), Baylor, Nebraska and (a good one against) Texas. That helps explain the middling computer profile. The win over USC is nice, but the nonconference leaves a lot to be desired. The game at OK State in Stillwater on Tuesday is huge, as it could KO the Cowboys and leave K-State with a home date against Oklahoma with which to work.