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Show c3 Sunday, May 28, 2000 ‘Kuehne Takes One-Shot Lead Over King Volvo PGAin Virginia Water, England,shootinga7 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS under-par 65 to take a four-strokeleadafter the second round. CORNING, N.Y. — Defending champion Kelli Kuehneshot a 5-under-par 67 Saturday to race past struggling Mi Hyun Kim andtakethe third-roundlead “SureI expect to win. If you were in myposition, you'd expectit, too,” said Montgomerie, whofinished in the LPGA Corning Classic. 8 off a first-round 67 Saturday morning in theraindelayed tournament. 4 Montgomerie won the 1998 tournament and also took the World Match Playtitle on the Wentworth course, just a eines drive from his home’ in Surrey. Northern Ireland’'s Darren Clarke shothis secorid straight 68 for a second-place tie with Scotland's Ant drew Coltart and Sweden’s Robert Karlsson. Thirty-nineplayers did not complete their second rounds after two days of on andoff rain. The best of them wasAustralianRichard Green, whowas 7 under with five holestoplay. -12 8 3 8 strokelead over Tom Watsonafter the second roundof the Senior PGA Tour's BooneValley Classic in Au- Kuehne, who beat Rosie Jones by a single stroke last year, overcamea double-bogey onthefirst hole andfinished the round at11-under 205, one shot ahead o Betsy King, who had a © stone in third place Leaderboard another stroke back was Nancy Ramsbottom after a somewhaterratic 70. Pat Kelli Kuehne 11 Hurstfinished with a 67 Betsy King and was tied at 208 with Liz Earley of Canada, who Nancy Ramsbottom Pat Hurst who has eight top-10 fin. ishes this year, alsomoved into contention with a 66, the best round of the day. Ol" Montgomerie Darren Clarke Andrew Coltart Robert Karlsson celebrated her 30th birthday with a 68. Sherri Steinhauer, ‘oe GOLF \mcsinand The Salt Lake Tribune 40 9 iz Earley Volve PGA i . 2 Kim, who began the day with a two-shot lead over King, Ramsbottom and Cindy Flom, self- Gary Emerson 6 Boone Valley Seniors Lamy Nelson 12 tom Watson er] fi 23-year-old South The Korean,the leaderthefirst Doug Tewell Cea witha 76,asdid paviq Graham Nelson on Topat BooneValley Classic LarryNelsonshota 6-under-par 66 to take a onegusta, Mo. Nelson, the 1998 winner, had sevenbirdies and a Don Heupel/The Associated Press 10 Kelli Kuehne, right, looks over a birdie putt with caddie Tracy Phillips at the seventh hole. 7 two roundsdespite a musclestrain in herleft shoulder, started with a bogey on No.1. After rallying with two straightbirdies to go to 10 under, disaster soon struck in earnest for her: two bogeysbefore the turn nicely, but whenherputt for parhit the hole and rolled Senior Classic last month for his sixth seniortitle. 8 feet past, she missed again coming back and three-putted. see alot of good golf.” “You make some, you miss some,” said Kuehne, whorallied with six birdies to go to 10-under at the urn. “I’m not the least bit disappointed considering the start gotoff to.” and a double-bogey on No.10, a 64-yard dogleg right. Another bogey on the par-4, 412-yard No.13 dropped hersix shots behind Kuehneand puther chancesof winningforthethird timeontour in jeopardy. Kuehnestarted the day with a driveinto theleft Monty Leads Volvo Scotland’s Colin Montgomerietook controlof the rough onthefirst hole, a 402-yard par-4. She recovered bogey for a 12-under 132 total on the rain-soaked course. “It'll be lot of fun,”said Nelson,a three-time major winner on the PGA Tour who won the Las Vegas “T'm ina position where I won't have to buy ticket to Watson, whostarted the day two strokes behind Nelson and Leonard Thompson,shot a 65. Thefivetime British Open winner holed a 50-foot putt on No. 4 for oneofhis eight birdies. David Graham,whostarted the roundfour strokes behind Nelson and Thompson,shot a 64 — oneoff the course record —to movewithin two strokes of Nelson. Thompsonhad a 73 to drop sevenback. eT) a!coy price OR your mattress is Free plus receive $500!"* Chris Putman/The Associated Press Mike Weir of Draper watches his birdie putt go in on the par-3 eighth hole. Weir got to 11-under at the 14th hole before suffering from a severe migraine. Hefinished at 9-underwith a 68. Woods Leaves Everyone In the Dust at Memorial DUBLIN, Ohio — On thetable next Thesix-strokeleadis the largest on bottle of water,not a trophy, areminder thatthere'sstill one. poneJeft to play in tour for 54 holes since David Duval Ind by seven in Tucsonin 1998, andit is the most for Woodssince he took a ninestroke lead into the final roundof the that. imeMasters and wonby 12. ever, was not ready to pone off’ his victory speech, to Tiger Woods’ chair Saturday was a the Memorial Tournament Try getting everyone ae to believe Harrison Frazar, whotrailed Woods by onestroke when thethird round began ona soft, soggy Muirfield Village, finished the day 14 strokes behind and became the latest memberof the Tiger WoodsFan Club. “It’s been a long time since I’ve played with him,and now know why,” two years. raony Leaderboard ery, who birdied Tiger Woods -17 the 18th for a 66 SteveLowery that left him six JustinLeonard strokes behind. Let's see, Lowery, whose only PGA Tour -11 -10 Mike Weir Flesch ae ) ; victory came six years ago, will spot the No. 1 player in the world six strokes on the course built by Jack Nicklaus but now seemingly owned by Woods. Gat have to bet on Tiger,” Lowery Safe bet. Of course, anything is possible. Woods could get the kind of migraine that made Mike Weir feel as though the OhioState marching band was playing “Hang On,Sloopy”inside his head. He een He could slip non-conforming Callaway ERC Gicutenoanat disqualified. He could retire. No.“Gand hada 6a It was as good as Leonard has felt abouthisresults all year, and the fact he was seven strokes bee same can’t be said for Harrison Frazar, whostarted thethird roundjust He has had four sensational battles with Woods since 1998, but could ay watch as Woods manhandled Muirfield Village for a 7-under 65 to build the largest 54-hole lead on the PGA Tour in today with Steve Low- “If it were over, there would be a frogky,hesaid. justin Leonard, made an ace on hindwas not aboutto spoil his mood. Frazar said. Ernie Els thoughthe hadseen itall. onestroke behind Woods, and Els, trying to win for the first time in over a year. By the time they walked off the seventh green, Woods had a 10-stroke advantage over Els and was six ahead of Frazar. Both got caught up watching an awesomedisplayofgolf that featured a six-hole stretch in which Woods was 6 under. third, the first time since 1996 he had let a 54-hole lead get away. “Oh, come on guys,”” Els said. “ “Don't even try. It's over.” DAY DELIVERY! SME BED FRAME Woods, whosaid he “got around” for a 63 Friday,actually hit the ball much more crisply Saturday, when players couldlift, clean and place their ball in with premium set p the fairway because of overnight rains and light drizzlelate in the round. Fora while,there were whispers ofa 59 in the gallery, and for good reason. After a couple of short birdie putts on Nos.3 and 4, Woods narrowly missed a 40-foot eagle putt, then hit a Sealy Posture 6Plush Pillowtop to carry a bunkeronthe par-5 seventh, ‘Twin ea.pc. Full ea. = wie was $65" Woods hit a 3-iron that grazed the cup and stopped 20 feet away. Hethen hit 7-ironto 10 inches on the par-3 eighth for a tap-in birdie, reducing Els and Frazar to a role of bystander. “It's notthat he was 6 underoversix holes,” Frazar said. “It was how he was doingit.” the groupat209 included Els (72), Masters champion Vijay Singh (68) and Hal Sutton (67). By the time Sutton finished his round, someone in thegallery shouted, “Nice round.” Sutton looked over his ls597#799 ee shotthatleft Frazar shaking his head. From slightly downhill lie, yards Weir had a 68 and was at207, while Then again, just last week ‘in Germany, Woods had a three-stroke lead going into the final round and finished reeerr tries to becomethefirst repeat champion in the 25-year history of the Memorial. BY DOUG FERGUSON THE ASSOCIATED PRESS r/coupon, /coupon —w/coupon "$174. "$394. "$499 "986 /coupon. was $499 ‘coupon. "$124 "$399 EE bbe Pd aU PA Oe ppm} at the leaderboard and shook was $1 w/coupon w/coupon. $156 $214, "$699 1/coupon. Woods made his first bogey in 48 holes on No, 18, butstill was at 17-under 199 and has plenty room for error as he Reet hesaid. “But we're getting Solid wood and iron Headboard/Footboard farther behind.” Colony Daybed with Free bed frame Complet e Central Air Con ditiohing 1699. 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