GOLF ROUNDUP : Henke, Sindelar Lead Stormy Memorial

Nolan Henke and Joey Sindelar shared the second-round lead when a series of storms forced an overnight delay in the Memorial tournament at Dublin, Ohio.

Henke and Sindelar, who completed their rounds before the storms struck Jack Nicklaus’ Muirfield Village Golf Club late Friday, were at 134, 10 under par.

But they were being challenged by Paul Azinger, one of the 33 players stranded on the course by the late-afternoon storms.

Azinger, five under par for the day, was a single stroke behind with eight holes to go.

He and the others unable to complete play marked their positions on the course and were scheduled to return this morning to finish the second round.

Henke, the first-round leader, and Sindelar played in the same threesome and completed their rounds hours before the storms began to roll in.

Henke had a 69, despite hitting two balls in the water, and Sindelar, on the rebound from an 18-month slump, had a 65 that matched the best round of the tournament.

Don Pooley, a former winner of this event, completed a 67 and was at 135.

Bobby Nichols and Jim Colbert were tied for the first-round lead at the Senior Tour’s PaineWebber Invitational after shooting seven-under-par 65s at Charlotte, N.C.

Don Bies was a stroke behind at the Piper Glen course at Charlotte, N.C., with Lee Trevino, Mike Hill and Rocky Thompson at 67.

Steady rain washed out the second round of the LPGA McDonald’s Championship at Wilmington, Del., which forced organizers to cut the 72-hole tournament to 54 holes.

Phil Mickelson continued to set records, even though his lead shrunk slightly after three rounds of the NCAA championship at Albuquerque, N.M.

The Arizona State senior shot a three-under-par 69 and is 19 under par (197) through 54 holes. He has a nine-shot lead over Arizona’s Harry Rudolph, who shot a 66.

Mickelson’s 54-hole total of 19 under is seven shots better than the 12-under posted by John Inman of North Carolina in 1984. It’s also already under the 72-hole record of 17-under by Inman the same year.