Sheehan leads field at rain-plagued tourney

The best part of Patrick Sheehan's day was playing with Ian Leggatt and Chris Riley through the tall pines, thin air and steep hills of the Rocky Mountains in Castle Rock, Colo. -- before the rains came.

"When you got two guys that you really like ... it was a good group for me because everybody talks to each other and you're telling jokes," Sheehan said. "We all played pretty well [Thursday] and it just continued today. Everybody's in a good mood. A guy makes a couple birdies and you just follow him up."

Sheehan piggybacked on Leggatt's incredible second round to take the lead at the halfway mark of the International golf tournament at Castle Pines Golf Club, the PGA Tour's most novel event.

Seventy-two of the 140 golfers will have to finish the second round today. A heavy thunderstorm caused a delay of about 3 1/2 hours, and play was halted shortly before 8 p.m.

LPGA Tour

A day after matching the tournament record with an 8-under 64, Angela Stanford birdied her first two holes -- Nos. 10 and 11 -- to reach 10 under and put herself in position to run away with her second LPGA Tour title in London, Ontario.

She played the final 16 holes in even par for a 70 to maintain a three-stroke lead.

Cristie Kerr and Jee Young Lee were tied for second after 70s.

-- The Associated Press