Perry leads Colonial
Despite vision problems, Kenny Perry shot a bogey-free 7-under 63 to take a three-stroke lead at the Colonial on Friday at Fort Worth, Texas.
Shooting his best round of the year, Perry moved to 12-under 128 and set the 36-hole scoring record at Colonial. Perry also holds the overall scoring record of 19 under for his 2003 victory.
D.J. Trahan (67) and Ted Purdy (65), whose first PGA Tour victory came last week at the Byron Nelson Championship, were tied for second at 9 under. Former Pullman resident Kirk Triplett was another stroke back in fourth after his second straight 66.
First-round leader Patrick Sheehan was 10 strokes worse Friday, a 72 following a 62 that gave him a two-stroke lead. Sheehan trails by six strokes.
After starting with birdies on his first two holes, Perry wrapped up a front-side 31 by hitting out of a fairway bunker to set up a 14-foot birdie putt at the 408-yard ninth.
Perry’s vision problems included difficulty reading greens and seeing clearly from long distances. He said he expects to get glasses next week.
LPGA Tour
Paula Creamer and Joo Mi Kim, the leading rookies on the LPGA Tour, were among four players tied for the lead after two rounds of the Sybase Classic at New Rochelle, N.Y.
First-round leader Christina Kim and 2002 Sybase champion Gloria Park were also at 5-under 137 after two trips around the Wykagyl Country Club course.
The 18-year-old Creamer, who graduates from high school next Thursday in Bradenton, Fla., made a 9-foot birdie putt on her final hole to cap a 3-under 68.
Joo Mi Kim had a 65 to match the low round of the tournament. Six of her seven birdies were from 8 feet or less, including four within 3 feet. Christina Kim had a second-round 72 to make the cut for the first time in three appearances in this event.
Cristie Kerr, second on the money list and the only player from the top 10 in the field, had a second straight 72 to trail the leaders by seven shots.
Tracy Hanson of Rathdrum, Idaho, followed her first-round 72 with a 70 to be tied for 11th place, five strokes behind the leaders.
Champions Tour
Dana Quigley tied a Champions Tour record with eight consecutive birdies in a 7-under-par 65, and held the lead in the rain-delayed Bruno’s Memorial Classic at Hoover, Ala.
Shortly after Quigley completed his round, thunderstorms moved into the area, ending play for the day at Greystone Golf Club’s par-72, 7,092-yard Founder’s Course. The first round will resume this morning when 52 of the 78 players will finish their rounds. Second-round play will follow.
Quigley’s string of birdies matched the tour record set by Chi Chi Rodriguez at the 1987 Silver Pages Classic and matched by Jim Colbert five years ago at the TD Waterhouse.
Quigley had the opportunity to birdie every hole on the back nine and break the record on the par-5 18th hole, but three-putted for bogey, missing an 18-footer for birdie plus the 3-foot comeback putt for par.
Tom Wargo is one stroke back, and Curtis Strange and Mark Johnson are two behind. Defending champion Bruce Fleisher opened with a 68.
College women
Anna Grzebien led Duke to its third NCAA Division I women’s title in seven years, closing with a 2-over 73 in cold and rainy conditions for a one-stroke victory in the individual competition, at Sunriver, Ore.
Grzebien, who shot a tournament-best 65 on Thursday to help top-ranked Duke take an eight-stroke lead into the final round, finished with a 2-over 286 total on the Sunriver Resort’s Meadows course.
Duke, also the 1999 and 2002 champions, shot a 13-over 297 in the final round – counting the top four scores from the five-player squad – to finish at 34-over 1,170, five strokes ahead of 2004 winner UCLA.
University of Washington junior Paige Mackenzie finished 10th with an 8-over 292 for the tournament. It was the Huskies’ first-ever top-10 individual finish.
The Huskies were 65-over at 1,201 to finish 14th in the team race.