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Ogle Has a 4-Putt, but Leads : Golf: Unheralded Australian bounces back with a birdie for a one-shot advantage over Brooks, Clements. Daly shoots 86.

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TIMES STAFF WRITER

It’s not uncommon for the average golf hacker to four-putt a green. But you don’t expect a pro to do it--especially from 10 feet.

Brett Ogle did it, though, Friday in the second round of the AT&T; Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.

Even so, the 28-year-old Australian wasn’t rattled. He birdied the next hole and finished his round with a 68, becoming the sole leader after 36 holes.

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Ogle, who estimates that he has won 10 tournaments, worldwide, is playing on the tour for the first time.

He isn’t awed by the competition, saying he has beaten Fred Couples, Payne Stewart and other American standout players in tournaments.

“It doesn’t scare me,” he said of the competition.

However, the slender 6-foot-2 player is aware that he is hardly a familiar name on the tour.

“People in America don’t know me,” he said.

Fans are familiar with him now, since he has shot two 68s, 136 for 36 holes. That’s eight under par and a stroke better than Mark Brooks and Lennie Clements.

David Frost, who led Brooks by a shot after an opening-round 66 on Thursday, slumped to a 72 Friday and is at 138 with four others.

Ogle got his tour card by finishing in a tie for first in the tour’s qualifying tournament. He has played in three tournaments, his best finish a tie for fourth in the Hawaiian Open.

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Ogle played Friday’s round at Poppy Hills, starting at the 10th hole. He was 10 under for the tournament and comfortably in front going to the eighth hole, a relatively uncomplicated par-four measuring 390 yards.

His first putt from 10 feet rolled only a foot past the cup--but into a heel print. His next putt went two feet past and stopped in another heel print. He missed again and, all of a sudden, he had four-putted for a triple-bogey seven.

Undismayed, Ogle birdied the par-five finishing hole, hitting a chip shot to within 1 1/2 feet of the hole.

“It’s my favorite hole in the world (No. 8),” Ogle said, smiling ruefully. “It would have been nice to have a four- or five-stroke lead, but anything can happen.”

Ogle has paid his dues. He has competed on the Asian tour and in Europe. But he has had one goal in mind.

“I never wanted to finish my career in Europe,” Ogle said. “I wanted to finish it in America.”

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While the little-known Ogle was prospering, some of the game’s biggest names were faltering.

Tom Kite, who won the U.S. Open here last June, shot a two-over-par 74 for a 36-hole score of 146.

Davis Love III had a 78 and is at 146, matching Tom Watson, Larry Mize and John Cook.

Moreover, Mark O’Meara, a four-time winner of the Pebble Beach tournament, is at 147 after a 76 on Friday. Paul Azinger is at 148 and Jack Nicklaus at 149.

No one fell as far as John Daly, who struggled to an 86 at Spyglass Hill and is at 160.

Clements’ game has been in remission in recent years. He played in 14 events on the Ben Hogan tour last year.

He shot a 67 at Poppy Hills, finishing with birdies at the 17th and 18th holes after getting a bogey on the par-four 16th.

Brooks, who had a 67 on Thursday, settled for a 70 at Poppy Hills. Like Clements, he surged at the end of his round. He had three birdies in his last four holes after starting from the 10th tee.

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Ogle, who started the day two shots behind Frost, quickly made up ground. He had a 31 on his front nine, climaxed with an eagle on the par-five 18th hole, where he sank a 40-foot putt.

Golf Notes

Fair weather prevailed Friday, but a brisk wind tested the players on ocean holes. . . . Donald Trump, the real estate magnate, playing in his first Pebble Beach tournament, got a hole in one on the par-three, 180-yard 12th at Spyglass Hill. He used a five-iron. On his bag is a slogan, “I only play golf on days that end in Y.”

In the pro-am division, Stan Smith, a former U.S. Open tennis champion, teamed with his pro partner, John Inman, for a 36-hole score of 125, 19 under par. They have a two-stroke lead over the teams of Perry Moss and author Ken Bowden, and Mark Brooks and Billy Timpson.

Former Vice President Dan Quayle has had sizable galleries. Confronted with a sand shot Thursday, Quayle asked the crowd what they would give him if he put it close to the pin. “Four more years,” someone shouted. Quayle replied: “Thanks a lot. Where were you when I needed you?”

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Scores

A look at how they stand after 36 holes at the $1.25-million AT&T; Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.

LEADERS

Brett Ogle 68-68--136 Lennie Clements 70-67--137 Mark Brooks 67-70--137 Billy Ray Brown 70-68--138 Fred Funk 69-69--138 Trevor Dodds 70-68--138 Lee Janzen 71-67--138 David Frost 66-72--138 John Flannery 70-69--139 Steve Elkington 68-71--139 Gil Morgan 69-70--139 Stan Utley 68-71--139 Bob Lohr 68-72--140

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Seven tied at 141

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OTHERS

Fuzzy Zoeller 69-72--141 Payne Stewart 72-70--142 Curtis Strange 70-74--144 Tom Kite 72-74--146 Tom Watson 71-75--146 Davis Love III 68-78--146 John Cook 70-76--146 Mark O’Meara 71-76--147 Paul Azinger 72-76--148 Scott Simpson 75-73--148 Johnny Miller 74-75--149 Jack Nicklaus 73-76--149 Corey Pavin 77-73--150 John Daly 74-86--160

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