GOLF ROUNDUP : Woods Loses in Second Round of U.S. Amateur

Britain’s Paul Page used a drop after a five-hour rain delay to put a 60-foot bunker shot within two feet of the hole Friday to seal a 2-and-1 victory over Tiger Woods of Cypress in the second round of match play at the U.S. Amateur Championships at Houston.

Because of rain, the third round and quarterfinals will be today, with the semifinals on Sunday and the 36-hole final on Monday.

Just before the delay, Page’s ball had been stuck in the sand trap on No. 17. When the players returned to the 7,148-yard Cypress Creek Course at Champions Golf Club, Page was given a new lie and was able hit his match-saving shot from the trap.

Defending champion Justin Leonard, David Berganio of Sylmar and Kevin Marsh of Goleta also advanced to the third round.

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David Edwards held off the push of five foreign players and retained a one-stroke lead in the second round of the World Series of Golf at Akron, Ohio.

Edwards shot a one-under-par 69 that included consecutive sand shots for birdies and reached the halfway point at 135, five under par.

Nike Price, from Zimbabwe, was tied at 136 with Steve Elkington of Australia and Fulton Allem of South Africa. David Frost of South Africa, despite a bogey on the last hole, had a 69 for a 137 total.

Greg Norman of Australia had another 69 and was next at 138 in the chase for a $360,000 first prize.

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Betsy King shot a two-under-par 70 and took a one-stroke lead over Dana Lofland-Dormann after two rounds of the lightning-interrupted duMaurier Classic at London, Canada.

King had a nine-under-par 135 total for two trips around the 6,331-yard London Hunt and Country Club course in the last LPGA major of the year.

Lofland-Dormann had four birdies in her 68. Dottie Mochrie had a 69 and is at 137.

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Dave Stockton, winner of the last two tournaments on the Senior PGA Tour, had six birdies in a five-under-par 67 to match Kermit Zarley, Al Kelley and DeWitt Weaver for the first-round lead in the Bruno’s Memorial Classic at Birmingham, Ala.