GOLF ROUNDUP : Tway Jumps Into Lead With Seven-Under 65

Bob Tway birdied half the holes, shot a 31 on the back nine, finished with a seven-under-par 65 and took the 72-hole lead Saturday in the 90-hole, $1.3-million Las Vegas Invitational.

With a 24-under-par total of 264, Tway holds a three-shot lead, the first time he has led going into the final round of a PGA Tour event.

Mark O’Meara, a winner last week and the leader through the second and third rounds, shot a 69 and dropped back into a tie for second with John Cook at 267.

It was another three strokes back to Canadian Richard Zokol and Phil Blackmar at 270.

Steve Elkington tied the Las Vegas Country Club course and tournament record with a 10-under-par 62. Gene Sauers and Mike Holland shot 63s. Scores in the mid-60s were common and the 85-man field that survived the cut played to an average of 68.04.

“With the scores everybody is shooting, 70 won’t do it,” Tway said in a look ahead to today’s final round for a $234,000 first prize.

Bruce Crampton fired a four-under-par 68 to give him a three-shot lead after two rounds of the Senior Tour event at Abilene, Tex.

Crampton is at nine-under 135 with one round to go. He is three shots ahead of Robert Gaona, who shot a 71. Tied for third in the $300,000 tournament are Bob Wynn (69), Don January (70), Ben Smith (70) and Bob Betley (72).

Lanny Wadkins eagled the last hole to complete a four-under-par 68 and tie Bernhard Langer for the third-round lead in the Austrian Open at 203.

Langer went into the round at Salzburg with a four-stroke lead, but a bogey on the 17th, where the ball wound up in a bunker, sent him to a 72 for the round.

Cathy Gerring of the United States shot her third consecutive 69 and built a three-stroke lead after three rounds of the LPGA World Championship at Cely, France.

Gerring will go into today’s final round with a 54-hole total of 207, nine-under-par. Betsy King also shot a three-under 69 and moved into second place at 210.

England and Ireland reached the final of the $1-million Dunhill Cup at St. Andrew’s, Scotland, when England beat Japan in a double sudden-death playoff and David Feherty sank a 16-foot birdie putt on the 16th hole to help Ireland down New Zealand.

Ireland, the 1988 champion and third seeded, beat New Zealand 2 1/2- 1/2, getting help when Frank Nobilo missed a six-foot birdie putt on the 18th. In the final match of a mild day on the Old Course, England, the 1987 champion, beat Japan 2-1, winning both its points with sudden-death victories, the last by Mark James on the fourth playoff hole.