Daniel takes slim lead over Webb

WILMINGTON, Del. -- Beth Daniel topped a short list of survivors Friday at the LPGA Championship, making a birdie on her final hole to escape with a 1-under 70 and a two-stroke lead over Karrie Webb.

Daniel, the only player to break par in both rounds at punishing DuPont Country Club, was at 137 and had the 36-hole lead at a major championship for the first time in 10 years.

Only four players remained under par going into the weekend -- Daniel, Webb, Se Ri Pak and Carin Koch.

Annika Sorenstam wound up with a 5-over 76 and was nine strokes back heading into a weekend that only figures to get harder. It was her worst score in relation to par on the LPGA Tour since a 79 in the second round of the 1999 Samsung World Championship -- 62 tournaments ago.

SENIOR PGA: Wayne Levi had an up-and-down round that included six birdies and four bogeys but his 68 gave him a one-stroke lead through two rounds of the Seniors Championship at Akron, Ohio.

Levi, a former PGA Tour player of the year who had 12 wins on the regular tour, got as low as 4-under and as high as even par. He birdied the 17th hole and was at 3-under 137 at the midpoint of the year's second senior major championship.

Competing in the tournament for the first time, Levi's 36-hole total was the highest to lead the tournament through two rounds since 1990.

Larry Nelson, Larry Ziegler and Walter Hall also shot 68s and were at 138. They were the only players under par through 36 holes on the 6,927-yard Firestone Country Club layout.

PGA: Loren Roberts, who failed to qualify for next week's U.S. Open at Bethpage State Park, shot a 3-under 68 to take a one-stroke lead over David Gossett during the suspended second round of the Buick Classic at Harrison, N.Y.

The start of the second round was delayed five hours because of wet conditions after 2.2 inches of rain fell on the Westchester Country Club course Thursday night and early Friday.

None of the 78 players in the late section finished, forcing them to return early Saturday. The last group teed off at 7:10 p.m. and finished only four holes.

Roberts, known as the "Boss of the Moss" for the putting prowess that has carried him to seven PGA Tour titles, added the 68 to his opening 64 for a 10-under 132 total.

Defending champion Sergio Garcia birdied Nos. 9 and 10 in fading light to join Stewart Cink, Jerry Kelly and Chris Smith at 6-under. Cink completed nine holes, Kelly eight and Smith six.