Sun Sets On Buick

This time it was darkness that stopped the Buick Invitational in San Diego.

With the third round still unfinished, Steve Pate, Kevin Sutherland, Scott Simpson and Bob Tway were tied for the lead at 11-under-par. They will try again today to finish the suspended round and get in the final round.

Simpson will pick up play with only three holes left in the third round. Tway will go back out to the 10th hole, Pate and Sutherland will resume at No. 9.

Six players, including Davis Love III, were one stroke off the lead and another five were at 9 under par, including Tiger Woods. Woods has six holes left to play in the third round.

Greg Norman broke the course record with an 8-under-par 64 to close to within one stroke of the leader, Jose Maria Olazabal, after three rounds of the Greg Norman International in Sydney, Australia.

Norman was seven shots behind the Spanish golfer when the round began.

Olazabal shot a 2-under-par 70 and finished the 54 holes at 204, 12 strokes under par.

Ernie Els regained the lead from fellow South African David Frost in the South African Open in Durban by shooting a 4-under-par 68.

Els, who is seeking his third title in this tournament, has a 54-hole total of 204 and a one-stroke edge on Frost.

In Naples, Fla., Jim Albus, trying to win his first title since 1995, shot a 2-under-par 70 and took a four-stroke lead over Raymond Floyd after two rounds of the Senior LG Championship.