Golf Roundup : Sindelar Leads by Seven Strokes and Equals Weiskopf’s Record

Joey Sindelar shot an eight-under-par 63 Friday to take a seven-stroke lead after two rounds of the $400,000 B.C. Open golf tournament at Endicott, N.Y.

Sindelar, who shot a 65 Thursday, tied for the largest 36-hole lead since the Professional Golfers Assn. began keeping detailed records in 1972. Tom Weiskopf was up by seven strokes after two rounds of the 1975 Westchester tournament but eventually lost.

Sindelar’s two-round total of 128 (14 under par) also ranks as the second lowest 36-hole total on the Tour this season. Robert Wrenn had a 16-under-par 128 after two rounds of the Buick Open in July. Sindelar also tied the best nine-hole performance when he finished the front nine with a seven-under-par 30.

The closest golfer to Sindelar was Peter Jacobsen, who had a 66 for a 135 total. Roger Maltbie was third at 136 after also shooting a 66.

Bruce Crampton and Jim King each shot a seven-under-par 63 at Lexington, Ky., to share a two-stroke advantage in the first round of the $225,000 Bank One senior tournament.

Crampton had a five-under-par 30 on the front nine. But he bogeyed No. 10 as he pursued the course record of 62, set by Bob Charles Thursday on Marriott’s Griffin Gate course.

Doug Sanders was third at 65.

Britons Mark Mouland and Ian Mosey both shot six-under-par 66s for the second straight day to tie for the lead midway through the $600,000 European Masters Championship at Crans-Sur-Sierre, Switzerland.

Mouland and Mosey were at 132, one stroke ahead of compatriots Tony Charnley (66) and Bill Longmuir (68).

U.S. Open champion Scott Simpson had seven birdies for a second-straight 67 to join Briton Glenn Ralph (66) and Irishmen Philip Walton (66) and Eamonn D’Arcy (68) at 134.