Cink leads at midway point of MCI Heritage

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. -- Stewart Cink got past more than a balky putter or wayward driver to take the second-round lead Friday at the MCI Heritage.

Cink, the 2000 champion who moved to 10-under-par with a 65, had a two-round total of 132 and was a stroke in front of Hal Sutton (66), and two ahead of Chad Campbell (67) and 1997 winner Nick Price (66) at Harbour Town Golf Links.

Four-time Heritage champ Davis Love III (69) and Ernie Els (66) are in a group three shots behind.

First-round leader Craig Barlow could not maintain the swing that set a nine-hole tournament record of 28. He fell to 1-under after a 5-over 76, including a 39 on the front side where he set the mark Thursday.

Takefuji Classic

LAS VEGAS -- For the second day in a row, Candie Kung botched her closing hole Friday, dropping her into a tie for the lead with Catriona Matthew through two rounds of the 54-hole Takefuji Classic.

Kung and Matthew were at 10-under, a shot ahead of Christie Kerr. Annika Sorenstam was five shots back after a 5-under 67.

Kung shanked a lob wedge on the final hole and had to work hard just to salvage a bogey, leaving her at 10-under and tied with Matthew going into Saturday's final round.

The closing bogey came after a storm delay that interrupted 17 holes of bogey-free golf for Kung, who shot her second straight 67.

She stood on the final tee for about 20 minutes waiting to hit, then put her drive into the left rough on the 460-yard par-5 and had to lay up before her shank.

Laura Diaz, who shared the lead after a first round 66, shot a 71 that included a double bogey on the 18th hole -- her ninth of the day.

Champions Tour

MILTON, Fla. -- Leonard Thompson and Gil Morgan each shot 7-under-par 63 to share the lead at the Emerald Coast Classic as the field turned in the lowest scoring average for a first round in Champions Tour history.

The leaders are a stroke ahead of Tom Watson and Bruce Fleisher, who shot 64. Vicente Fernandez and Jim Holtgrieve are two strokes back. Seven golfers shot 66.

The field of 81 shot a 69 average to break the previous opening-round low of 69.39 at last year's RJR Championship outside Winston-Salem, N.C.

A nice day with little or no wind contributed to the record scoring on the Scottish-style 6,832-yard, par-70 course at The Moors Golf Club.

-- From wire reports