Couch enjoying wild week in New Orleans

Chris Couch is on some kind of wild ride in the Big Easy.

When he arrived last weekend, he got lost walking to his car in downtown New Orleans and asked a group of women for a ride. That turned into a "weird" situation, and they let him out in a seedy section of a town that made him so scared Couch ran barefooted for 20 minutes before ducking into a tattoo parlor to call the police.

Stranger still was the spot he was in Saturday.

One day after closing with two tough pars to make the cut on the number, Couch took on gusty conditions for an 8-under 64, which left him atop the leaderboard after a windy day at the Zurich Classic.

He finished at 12-under 204 and had a one-shot lead over Charles Howell III (66) and Joe Durant, the 36-hole leader who was still warming up when Couch signed for his card.

LPGA Tour

South Korea's Mi Hyun Kim birdied the final hole for a 3-under 69 and a three-stroke lead over Japan's Ai Miyazato after the third round of the LPGA Tour's Ginn Clubs & Resorts Open in Reunion, Fla.

Champions Tour

Bruce Fleisher aced the 177-yard third hole to counter two opening bogeys and finished with a 3-under 69 to take a one-stroke lead after the second round of the FedEx Kinko's Classic in Lakeway, Texas.

-- The Associated Press