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Stewart Makes His Move

Compiled From Wire Services

Payne Stewart, trying to regain the form that brought him a PGA Championship, U.S. Open and seven other tour victories, shot a 9-under-par 63 to move into a share of the lead in the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic in Palm Desert, Calif.

With most of the players making a mockery of par on the desert courses used for the tournament, Stewart moved to 18-under, tying him at the top of a crowded leaderboard at 270 with Jeff Maggert, John Huston and Mark Brooks.

At Dorado, Puerto Rico, defending champion Jim Colbert battled changing conditions for a 2-under-par 70 and a share of the second-round lead with South Africa’s John Bland at the Tournament of Champions.

Rain that had fallen in the past three days at the season-opening event gave way to sun and blustery conditions, making the greens easy to hit, but hard to putt.

At Lake Buena Vista, Fla., Patty Sheehan posted a second-round 71 to retain the lead in the $450,000 LPGA HealthSouth Inaugural tournament at Walt Disney World. Kristi Albers and Jane Geddes each shot 67 to trail the Hall of Famer by two strokes.

Tracy Hanson of Rathdrum, Idaho, carded a 72 and has a two-day total of 143, six strokes off the leader.