Flawless Round Of 66 Puts Neumann On Top In Du Maurier Classic

The winds calmed, the clouds disappeared and it was Liselotte Neumann’s day to shine at the du Maurier Classic in Montreal.

While first-round leader Patty Sheehan was coming apart, Neumann had a bogey-free 66 Friday to take a three-shot lead after two rounds of the LPGA Tour’s last of four major championships.

Neumann, at 7-under-par 137 after 36 holes, is three strokes ahead of Jenny Lidback. Lidback, who is seeking her first win in seven years on tour, shot a 69.

Five strokes back heading into the third round at the 6,261-yard Beaconsfield Golf Club was Laurie Rinker-Graham.

Sheehan, who had a stellar 66 in windy conditions in Thursday’s opening round, shot a 77 and dropped to one under, tied for fourth.

Robin Walton of Clarkston, Wash., finished with a 72 to trail by nine strokes. Tracy Hanson of Rathdrum, Idaho, shot a 73 for a 148, 11 shots off the pace.

Jim Gallagher Jr. avoided the pitfalls that befell playing partner Payne Stewart and retained a one-stroke lead through two rounds of the World Series of Golf in Akron, Ohio.

One shot back were defending champion Jose Maria Olazabal, Billy Mayfair and Mike Sullivan. Olazabal shot a 70. Sullivan had a 67 and Mayfair a 68, accounting for two of only eight subpar scores in the second round.

In Newport, R.I., defending champion Tiger Woods won two matches to reach the quarterfinals of the U.S. Amateur. His victories were overshadowed by those of another teenager who’s trying to replace him as the youngest Amateur champion.

Steve Scott, 18, of Coral Springs, Fla., defeated 37-year-old Griff Moody of Hoover, Ala., 5 and 4 to reach the round of eight. Scott, who won the last three Florida high school championships, was five under through 14 holes, including birdies on 10, 11, 12 and 13.