Golf Roundup : A Fast Start Helps Love Take 2-Shot Florida Lead

Davis Love III started with an eagle and a birdie and went on to shoot a five-under-par 66 Saturday, taking a two-stroke lead in the third round of the $800,000 Nestle Invitational golf tournament at Orlando, Fla.

Love, seeking the second victory of a four-year PGA Tour career, had a total of 205, eight under par on Arnold Palmer’s Bay Hill Club course.

Tom Kite, who won this tournament when it was known as the Bay Hill, shot a bogey-free 67 and was second at 207.

Larry Rinker, whose only victory in a nine-year career came with sister Laurie in an unofficial mixed team championship, and Loren Roberts were another stroke back at 208.

Rinker had a 68 and Roberts, who led or shared the lead through the first two rounds, shot 69.

Mark Calcavecchia, who has collected two 1988 Tour titles and leads golf’s money-winners, backed away after sharing the second-round lead with Love and Roberts. He made two double-bogeys and struggled home with a 75 that left him at 214, nine shots back.

Bobby Nichols’ five-under-par 67 wasn’t much when compared to his first-round 62. Still, his total of 129 gave him the lead in the $300,000 Arizona seniors tournament at Phoenix.

Bruce Crampton, who started the day five stokes back, shot a 64 to move within two strokes of Nichols at 131.

Bob Boldt matched Nichols’ course record with a 10-under 62 and was three strokes back at 132, tied with Gene Littler, who shot a 65. Miller Barber and Al Geiberger were next at 133.

Two magnificent chip shots on the last two holes Saturday enabled Ove Sellberg of Sweden to take a one-stroke lead over former U.S. Public Links champion Bill Malley of Hayward, Calif., after three rounds of the $400,000 Baleares Open golf tournament at Palma de Majorca in the Balearic Islands.

Defending champion Severiano Ballesteros of Spain, recovering from the flu, shot a 79 for 224.

Louisiana State University, led by the one-two finish of David Toms and Greg Lesher, scored a 15-stroke victory in the first Golf Digest Collegiate Invitational at The Woodlands, Tex. Wake Forest, Texas and Oklahoma State tied for second. USC wound up ninth and UCLA 13th in the field of 15.