Lowery finds lead at Chrysler

Steve Lowery and Bo Van Pelt, two guys who didn't earn a dime the first few months of the season, played some of their best golf Friday at the Chrysler Championship on a tough day that sent Vijay Singh home early for the second straight week.

Lowery birdied three straight holes to start his back nine and finished with a 5-under 66 for a two-shot lead over Van Pelt, who played even better. Van Pelt never came close to a bogey in shooting 65, more than 7 1/2 shots better than the field average on the Copperhead course at Innisbrook in Palm Harbor, Fla.

Davis Love III and Bernhard Langer each shot 69 and were another shot behind with Tom Pernice Jr. (66).

LPGA Tour

South Korean Jee Young Lee shot a 7-under 65 on Friday to take a two-stroke lead over compatriot Jeong Jang and Swede Carin Koch after the first round of the LPGA Tour's CJ Nine Bridges Classic in Jeju, South Korea.

Annika Sorenstam shot a 75, bogeying four of her first 14 holes -- two of them par 5s -- before making her lone birdie on No. 15. The Swede won the Samsung World Championship two weeks ago in California for her eighth LPGA Tour victory of the year.

Champions Tour

Gil Morgan shot a steady 3-under 69 Friday, while Loren Roberts had a wild ride to the same score as they matched Lonnie Nielsen atop the board at Sonoma Golf Club in Sonoma, Calif., after the second round of the tour's season-ending event.

Morgan, Roberts and Nielsen are at 6-under 138, but 20 players were within four strokes of the lead.

-- From wire reports