GOLF ROUNDUP : Lehman Leads at Kapalua

Tom Lehman shot a four-under-par 69 Friday for a two-round total of 135 and a two-stroke lead over defending champion Fred Couples and Bob Gilder in the Kapalua International in Hawaii.

Lehman, who had a five-under 66 over the shorter Bay Course in the first round, got started on the 7,263-yard Plantation Course with three long birdie putts--two from 40 feet and one from 30 feet. He also birdied No. 8 and closed with a 12-foot birdie on the 663-yard 18th.

Despite his performance, Lehman said the wind and rain that swept over the island of Maui made it difficult.

“It wasn’t easy out there,” he said. “I hit some shots that didn’t really come out.

Gilder, who started the day in a six-way tie for sixth, was surprised by his 67.

“I hit it terrible on the range,” he said, adding that it helped him concentrate harder.

Sharing fourth place at 139 were first-round leader Jim McGovern, who had a 73 on the Bay Course, Keith Clearwater, Jay Delsing and Barry Lane.

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Tom Seickmann shot a three-under-par 69 to take a two-stroke lead over three players after two rounds of the $1.9-million Sarazen World Open Championship in Braselton, Ga.

Seickmann completed 36 holes in eight-under-par 136, two better than Fred Funk, Mark McNulty and Miguel Angel Jimenez in the tournament featuring national open champions from around the world the last two years. Jimenez shot a 66, McNulty a 67 and Funk a 69.

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South Korea’s Ko Woo-soon shot a six-under-par 65 to take a one-shot lead after the opening round of the $700,000 Toray Japan Queens Cup tournament in Kurimotomachi, Japan, the final LPGA event of the year.

Ko, starting from the 10th, had three birdies in her first nine holes. On her final nine, she made four birdies against a lone bogey.

Julie Larsen was one shot back in the combined tournament featuring players from the Japanese and American LPGA tours.