Martin Laird shoots second consecutive 67 to take Frys.com Open lead

Martin Laird wasn’t sure what to expect out of his game after a seven-week break. He hasn’t found too much wrong after two rounds of the Frys.com Open at Napa, Calif.

The Scot bounced back from his first bogey of the new PGA Tour season by running off four consecutive birdies around the turn. One last birdie on the par-five 18th at Silverado gave him a second straight five-under-par 67 and a one-shot lead over Bae Sang-moon.

Lee Westwood of England shot a 69 to at least avoid missing the cut, though he was eight shots behind Laird, who was at 10-under 134.

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Guy Boros birdied the final hole for a six-under 66 and a one-stroke lead over Tom Lehman and Marco Dawson after the first round of the Champions Tour’s SAS Championship at Cary, N.C.

Boros, the son of late Hall of Famer Julius Boros, turned 50 on Sept. 4 and is playing in his second event on the tour. He won the PGA Tour’s 1996 Greater Vancouver Open.

“The most important thing my dad taught me was to have a good time,” Boros said. “If you’re not enjoying something it’s tough. But he absolutely loved the game. I wish it would have rubbed off on me a little more, but I do enjoy playing”

Hale Irwin, the 69-year-old who won the 2005 tournament at Prestonwood, opened with a 68 — the seventh time he has bettered his age this year.

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South Korea’s So Yeon Ryu shot a six-under 65 at Kuala Lumpur to take a two-stroke lead in the LPGA Malaysia, the second event of the tour’s six-tournament Asian swing.

Ryu birdied five of her first seven holes in hot conditions and finished with seven birdies and a bogey to reach 11-under 131 at Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club.

Japan’s Akayo Uehara, New Zealand’s Lydia Ko, England’s Jodi Ewart Shadoff and South Korea’s Eun Hee Ji were tied for second. Top-ranked Stacy Lewis, the first-round leader after a 65, had a 71 to drop into a tie for 11th at six under.