Gilbert Cancer Inoperable

Doctors say the cancer found in Larry Gilbert’s lungs is inoperable, but they are holding out hope that chemotherapy can fight it off.

The 1997 Senior Players Championship winner was diagnosed Sept. 2 during a routine physical while at home in Lexington, Ky. Doctors discovered a small tumor on his lung and believed it was in the early stages, but further tests found the cancer had spread through the bloodstream and had reached the bone of Gilbert’s shoulder and ribs.

Liselotte Neumann, who got her ninth career victory last week in the Welch’s Championship at Canton, Mass., shot a 6-under-par 66 to take the first-round lead in the Fieldcrest Cannon Classic in Cornelius, N.C. Clarkston’s Robin Walton is at 69.

Greg Kraft sank a 3-foot birdie putt on his final hole to complete a round of 66 and take a one-stroke lead over six players in the first round of the B.C. Open in Endicott, N.Y.

Cliff Cunningham, who failed to qualify for match play in two previous appearances, defeated Ed Bartlett of Boise 5 and 3 to win the U.S. Senior Amateur Championship in Bridgehampton, N.Y.