Mickelson ended alongside Ernie Els, Dustin Johnson and Ryo Ishikawa with Paul Casey in a group at even par.
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"Even par for the day was never going to go backward, " Ogilvy said.
Tiger Woods is also out of contention after another even par round of 72 left him 12 shots off the lead.
Jenny Shin of South Korea, who had four straight birdies on the back nine, finished fourth at even par after a 70.
And Lee Janzen shot even par to beat Payne Stewart in 1998.
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The double-bogey, foretold two more bogeys and triple-bogey on the back nine, finishing Couples with a 77 and at even par for the tournament.
Jason Dufner who topped the leaderboard with the Australian after day one could only manage a even par 72 to slip down into a tie for tenth.
"You have to play it through the air, because the greens all repel off, " said Phil Mickelson, who stood at even par after rounds of 73 and 71.
American Paul Goydos stood alone in third on eight under after matching Axley's round-of-the-day 63, while Swede Jesper Parnevik survived the cut by one shot after a disappointing round of 71 left him on even par.
There was, however, disappointment for a host of big names, including Nick Dougherty, Scott Drummond, Paul Lawrie, Paul McGinley, Colin Montgomerie, Henrik Stenson and Lee Westwood, as they all missed the weekend cut at even par.
Still, that memo has yet to reach Aussie Adam Scott, who shot 69 to climb into second place at six-under par, or Marc Leishman, the other Aussie in contention, who shot even par to stay at five-under.
It's a move that appeared questionable after an up-and-down even-par 72 on Thursday, but not anymore after Friday's scoring binge.
His score for the day was even-par 72.
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South Africa's Louis Oosthuizen is also one shot off the lead after an even-par round of 72 as is Spain's Sergio Garcia, who shot a four-under par 68, and America's Bubba Watson who carded a 71.
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South Africa's Louis Oosthuizen is one shot further back after a composed round of 69 while playing partner England's Lee Westwood had to settle for an even-par round of 72 which leaves him in a tie for sixth on four-under par with Sweden's Henrik Stenson (70).
Kerr, who made several tester putts to save par during her round, pulled even on the par-4 16th, rolling in another from inside 10 feet for birdie after Pettersen's longer birdie attempt missed.
Even on long par-four holes like No. 5, playing at 501 today, and No. 6, playing at 485 yards, he hit irons off the tee.
Heiner Skaliks, fund manager of the Strategic Latin America (SLATX), a balanced mutual fund, said that investors can find investment grade bonds that are even trading below par, but have substantial upside.
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The American birdied at 18 despite twice finding the rough to edge out South African veteran Ernie Els, who charged into the clubhouse lead with a course-record-equaling nine-under-par 63 even though he bogeyed his final hole.
In Australia, 68% of competitions use Stableford and 10% use an even faster format called Par, in which a tally is kept of the number of holes played over net par, under net par or net par.
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These wines are supposedly on par with or even better than 2004 and carry roughly similar prices to that year because they were set last summer, right in the middle of the recession.
In the 172 minutes Kidd and Shumpert have shared the floor, the Knicks have logged just 83.1 points per 100 possessions a rate that wouldn't even put their offense on par with that of the Washington Wizards, who rank last in offensive efficiency.
But F-Commerce as a trend on par with, or even within striking distance of m-commerce this holiday season?
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In fact, today this is one of the key concerns whereby loan yields may end up lower than bond yields or even negative because most loans can be repaid at par or renegotiated anytime.
Of those who finished before the leaders even teed off, only two players managed to break par.
Woods' score could have been even better had he not dropped two strokes at the par-four 18th hole.
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But apart from his slip at the last, Lowry produced remarkable golf to post one of only seven sub-par rounds, and his performance was arguably even more impressive than his stunning 62 on Friday.
But then he bogeyed 14, double-bogeyed 15 (even after laying up short of the lake on the par-five with his second shot) and finished the round with a bogey and a double-bogey for a 76 and one-under-par total.
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All in all, a surprising set of announcements for Big Red -- in one fell swoop, it's gone from the most locked-down carrier being at least on par with the GSM networks, and potentially even more flexible if these pricing plans actually pan out.
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