GOLF ROUNDUP : Amid the Calm, Love, Watson Storm to Top

Davis Love III and Tom Watson took advantage of relatively sedate conditions and light winds to reach the top two spots on the leader board Friday in the second round of the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.

While the bulk of the vast gallery flocked to Poppy Hills to watch celebrity amateurs, Love and Watson played at Pebble Beach amid what Watson called “pretty easy scoring conditions.”

Love had four consecutive birdies in a six-under-par 66 that put him at 135, nine under par, through 36 holes.

Watson had a 67 for 136, tied with first-round leader Dudley Hart.

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Jay Sigel, who has won virtually every amateur title in golf, began his career as a professional at the Senior Tour’s Royal Caribbean Classic in Key Biscayne, Fla., and quickly learned that the game is different when money is involved.

Lee Trevino shot a five-under-par 66 for a one-shot lead after he first round. Sigel bogeyed four of the first five holes and shot 77.

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Lisa Walters shot a six-under-par 66 to take a one-shot lead after the opening round of the LPGA Palm Beach Classic in Florida.

Katie Peterson-Parker and Dawn Coe-Jones tied for second by shooting 67.

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Germany’s Bernhard Langer shot a two-under-par 70 to join American Fred Couples in the lead at 138 after the second round of the $900,000 Johnnie Walker Classic in Phuket, Thailand.