Saturday, January
12, 2002
Woods
makes charge before play suspended
Associated Press
PARAPARAUMU BEACH,
New Zealand — Tiger Woods made up three strokes on the New
Zealand Open leaders early this morning before play was suspended
because of rain following his tee shot on the 12th hole.
Woods and playing
partner Martin Pettigrew of New Zealand started the round as heavy
rain hit the Paraparaumu Beach course, reducing visibility and
making conditions close to unplayable.
Woods was 3 under
for the round and 2 under for the tournament when play was suspended
because of flooded greens and fairways.
Australians James
McLean and Stephen Leaney, the second-round leaders at 7-under
135, had yet to tee off when play was stopped.
The American star
got off to a terrible start in the rain with a double bogey on
the opening hole. He hit his tee shot into the right rough and
needed four shots to get to the green.
He birdied the second
and fourth holes and made an 8-foot eagle putt on No. 6 after
driving the green on the 310-yard, par-4 hole. After settling
for par on the par-5 seventh, he made a curling 10-foot birdie
putt on No. 8.
Sony Open
HONOLULU — John
Cook shot an 8-under-par 62 on Friday to match his career-low
round in 23 years on the PGA Tour and take a four-stroke lead
in the Sony Open.
With half of the
field still on the course in breezy, balmy conditions, Cook was
at 12-under 128 to tie the 36-hole record at Waialae Country Club.
It was last matched a year ago by Brad Faxon, who went on to win
by four strokes.
It also set a course
record at Waialae since it was last redesigned to play as a par
70. Davis Love III has the Waialae record of 12-under 60, set
in 1994.
South African
Open
DURBAN, South Africa
— South Africa’s James Kingston shot a 5-under 67 to
take a two-stroke lead over Englishmen Jonathan Lomas and Andrew
Butterfield in the South African Open.
Kingston had an 11-under
133 total on the Durban Country Club course.
Lomas shot a 67,
and Butterfield had a 69.
U.S. Open champion
Retief Goosen of South Africa was four strokes back after a 70,
and countryman Ernie Els was nine back after a 69.
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