Golf Roundup : Rain Halts Canadian Open; Frost Leads

South African David Frost moved into a one-stroke lead before a series of thunderstorms halted play Friday in the Canadian Open golf tournament at Oakville, Canada.

The second round was suspended with 78 of 156 competitors still on the 7,102-yard Glen Abbey course in suburban Toronto.

The schedule for the $600,000 tournament now calls for the players who did not finish Friday to return for the completion of second-round play this morning.

After a brief break, the field will be trimmed to the 70 lowest scorers for the third round in the afternoon.

Frost, frequently a contender but not yet a winner in three seasons on the PGA Tour, finished his five-under-par 67 a couple of hours before play was suspended.

That gave him a 36-hole total of 138.

Fellow South African Nick Price also had a 67 and was tied for second place with Mike McCullough at 139. McCullough, who got into the tournament as the fourth alternate, also had a second-round 67.

Former champion Curtis Strange was next among the early finishers at 141. He shot a 70 Friday.

First-round leader Joey Sindelar was another stroke back at 142 after slipping to a second-round 74.

Rookie Nancy Taylor shot a three-under-par 69 to increase her lead to two strokes after two rounds of the Jamie Farr LPGA Toledo tournament at Toledo, Ohio.

Taylor, who had never before led a tour event until the first round Thursday, was at 137.

Sherri Turner, also a non-winner in her four years on the LPGA circuit, was second after rounds of 70 and 69.

Bruce Crampton birdied four of the first five holes and three straight on the back nine to finish with a nine-under-par 63 for a four-stroke lead over Billy Maxwell and Orville Moody in the first round of the $225,000 Greenbrier seniors tournament at White Sulphur Springs, W.Va.

Bernhard Langer of West Germany shot a second-round 68 to open up a five-stroke lead with a total of135 at the halfway stage of the $200,000 Irish Open at Portmarnock, Ireland.