Jhonattan Vegas certainly has the name and attire to mix it with Sydneys movers and shakers, but more importantly he showed he has the game to challenge for the Australian Open and add his name to a trophy that features some of golfs greatest names.Decked out in a fluoro orange shirt that would rival any bright light in Nevada, Vegas tore up Royal Sydneys front nine with five straight birdies on Friday morning before surviving a mini-meltdown to put himself firmly in contention at five-under ahead of the weekend action.The course played a lot different to this morning than it did yesterday, Vegas said after posting a six-under 66.It was playing pretty hard [yesterday], the greens firm, fast, wind blowing; it was really hard the way it was playing yesterday.So softer greens, great greens, the ball was rolling really good on the greens; it was easy to make putts. But overall I feel like I played a pretty solid round...and we had a lot of fun, that was key, too.What makes Vegas round all the more impressive is the fact he only arrived in Sydney and had just one look at the course before opening up with a one-over 73 on Thursday.The first thing I told my caddie when I got here on Wednesday was that I really liked the course, I really like the area, I like everything, he said.So that was definitely a good start and, yeah, obviously there are different types of golf courses, but Im doing a good job with my caddie to get things going.Vegas is the only other international attraction of note in Sydney this week outside American superstar Jordan Spieth, though the Venezuelan has been playing second fiddle to Australias Adam Scott.Aaron Baddeley has completed the pairing over the first two days at Royal Sydney, but there is no doubt whom the galleries have come to see with Scotts birdies pulling double the cheers of his playing partners on Friday.Not that Vegas sees it that way.Was it for Adam or was it for me? I thought it was for me, Vegas joked when asked about the swarms of people that hurried for vantage points of the former Masters winner and current world No.7.No, obviously hes a big athlete here in Australia and every time you can get a crowd like that it has a different feel, so its a good atmosphere out there.And anytime you can play with a top-10 player, too, is always fun and [Scott] is such a great guy, too, so its even better.Vegas was just two shots shy of the clubhouse lead midway through the afternoon wave on Friday.Custom San Francisco Giants Jerseys .C. -- Manny Malhotra had two goals and an assist, leading the Carolina Hurricanes to a 6-3 win over the Ottawa Senators on Saturday. Custom Toronto Blue Jays Jerseys . The Lightning are 2-0 so far on a four-game road trip, giving the club five straight wins as the guest and improving Tampas away record this season to 11-8-2. http://www.customjerseysbaseball.com/custom-new-york-mets-jerseys-574x.html . Thats about all he can do right now, so hes trying not to think about when he might be able to play again for the Los Angeles Lakers. Custom St. Louis Cardinals JerseysCustom Kansas City Royals Jerseys . -- The Sacramento Kings are set to become the first major professional sports franchise to accept Bitcoin virtual currency for ticket and merchandise purchases.NEW YORK -- Shamorie Ponds had 21 points, 10 rebounds, four assists and three steals -- all career highs -- and Marcus LoVett hit five 3-pointers and finished with 23 points to lead St. Johns to a 77-61 win over Binghamton on Monday night.Ponds made 7 of 11, including 4 of 6 from 3-point range, while LoVett hit 9 of 16 from the field.A dunk by Yankuba Sima sparked a 22-4 run, during which St. Johns hit four 3s, that gave the Red Storm (2-0) a 61-411 lead with 11 minutes to play.ddddddddddddJ.C. Show led Binghamton (1-1) with 12 points on 4-of-13 shooting. The Bearcats made just 22 of 59 (37 percent) from the field and committed 21 turnovers.Kassoum Yakwe had five blocked shots for St. Johns. The Red Storm have hit 11 3-pointers in each of their games this season. ' ' '