Golf Roundup : Lohr Shoots 67 for Record 129 and Holds 3-Shot Lead

Bob Lohr shot a 5-under-par 67 Thursday for a 36-hole tournament record of 129 and a 3-shot lead at the halfway point in the $700,000 Walt Disney World tournament at Lake Buena Vista, Fla.

Robert Wrenn missed 3 birdie putts of 6 feet or less but still shot his second 66 and was alone in second.

Fuzzy Zoeller overcame a drive into the water that resulted in a double bogey but still shot 69 and was third, another stroke back. Tied at 134 were Ken Green, Gil Morgan, Tom Kite, Rick Pearson and Chip Beck.

Lohr, a 4-year veteran looking for his first PGA Tour victory, bettered Beck’s 1984 36-hole total by a stroke.

Defending champion Larry Nelson had the day’s low round, 63, and was at 135 as were David Canipe, Donnie Hammond, Mike Donald, Paul Azinger and David Edwards.

U.S. Masters champion Sandy Lyle of Scotland and British Open winner Severiano Ballesteros of Spain each had 7 birdies en route to 4-under-par 68s and shared the opening-round lead in the $963,000 Volvo Masters tournament at Sotogrande, Spain.

Roger Chapman of Britain and Ove Sellberg of Sweden, who had 71s, were the only other players among the 80 leading members of the PGA European tour to break par on the long, 7,020-yard Valderrama course, which was made even more difficult by tricky westerly winds off the Strait of Gibraltar.

Because of the terrain and the makeup of the course, which also features slick and undulating greens, Lyle said the eventual winner of this European tour finale would come from a small list of players who have had experience on the U.S. tour. That would include England’s Nick Faldo and Ian Woosnam of Wales, but both began shakily, Faldo with a 74 and Woosnam a 75.