GOLF ROUNDUP : Kite Comes Back, Passes Waite With 69

Tom Kite, showing no signs of the back injury that has plagued him for the last two months, shot a two-under-par 69 Saturday to take a one-stroke lead over Grant Waite after three rounds of the $1.3-million Kemper Open at Potomac, Md.

Kite started the day two shots behind Waite but needed only four holes to take the lead. Kite carried a four-stroke lead into the back nine but hit into the water on No. 12 en route to a double bogey.

He finished with six consecutive pars for a nine-under 204 total.

Waite, who had 10 birdies and only one bogey in the first two rounds, bogeyed two of the first four holes Saturday. He then had 13 pars before getting a birdie on No. 18 for a 72.

Jay Delsing, John Inman, Steve Lamontagne and Lee Janzen were at 208.

“Obviously I’m very pleased with my play,” Kite said. “The round could have been quite a bit better, but I like my position.”

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Defending champion Lee Trevino shot a four-under 66 and Bob Charles shot his second consecutive 67 to share the lead at six-under 134 heading into the final round of the senior tour’s $650,000 Bell Atlantic Classic at Malvern, Pa.

Only six players are under par at the 6,608-yard, par-70 Chester Valley Golf Club course.

Dave Stockton was one stroke back after a 66, and Jim Colbert was two behind after his second 68. First-round leader Rocky Thompson went from an opening 65 to a 73 and is at 138.

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Brandie Burton, attempting to go wire to wire, held a two-stroke lead with 18 holes remaining in the LPGA’s $400,000 Lady Keystone Open at Hershey, Pa.

Burton shot a one-under-par 71 on the West Course of the Hershey Country Club for a 36-hole total of five-under 139. Julie Larsen, Burton’s closest pursuer, shot a 72.

Betsy King and England’s Laura Davies are at 142.

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Former baseball great Mike Schmidt missed the cut in his tournament golf debut.

Schmidt shot rounds of 75-72 for a five-over total of 147 at the Nike Miami Valley Open in Springboro, Ohio. The cut was 142.