GOLF ROUNDUP : Wiebe Cooks at Home, Leads International

Mark Wiebe has to earn about $100,000 over the next few weeks to keep his PGA Tour card, and he came home to try to get at least some of it.

Two 45-foot eagle putts Friday at Castle Pines, Colo., are an indication that he might be in the right place.

Wiebe, from nearby Cherry Hills in suburban Denver, had four birdies to go with his two eagles and had a 15-point day to take the second-round lead in the International, a tournament that uses the modified Stableford point system to determine its champion.

“If there’s such a thing as home-course advantage, then, yes, I have one here,” Wiebe said. “I practiced here for four days last week.”

Wiebe has a 36-hole total of 23 points, four more than Lee Janzen and David Duval.

First-round leader Ernie Els, Greg Norman and Davis Love III were tied at 17 points under a scoring system that gives zero points for par, minus-one for bogey and minus-three for double bogey or worse.

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John Paul Cain sank a 90-foot eagle putt on the first hole on the way to a seven-under 65 and a one-shot lead over Tony Jacklin after the first round of the Northville Long Island Classic at Jericho, N.Y.

Jacklin was a shot better than Lee Trevino and Bud Allin.

“My biggest problem has been in the opening rounds,” Cain said. “I’ve been shooting anywhere from 73 to 76 and then come back with 66, 67 or 68 in the next two rounds. You can’t win that way.”

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Karrie Webb, a 20-year-old Australian who turned pro 10 months ago, shot a three-under 70 for a two-round total of 139 and a one-shot lead over compatriot Mardi Lunn and England’s Caroline Pierce after two rounds of the British Women’s Open at Woburn, England.