Maggert, Furyk Make Sure Parnevik Has Company

Jesper Parnevik, Jim Furyk and Jeff Maggert turned the second round of the Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classic Friday into their own personal game of “Can you top this?”

The trio took advantage of calm morning conditions and soft greens to stage a record-setting shootout at the Forest Oaks Country Club in Greensboro, N.C.

Parnevik birdied seven holes and dropped in a 115-yard sand wedge at the par-four seventh for an eagle to shoot a 63, one shy of the course record. His two-day total of 16-under-par 128 topped by one shot the 36-hole tournament record set by Jeff Sluman in 1988.

Maggert and Furyk, playing in the group behind Parnevik during the first two rounds, matched the leader shot for shot.

Maggert, third on the PGA Tour money list, had eight birdies and an eagle and tied the course record of 62. Furyk had eight birdies and shot a 63.

Maggert and Furyk are two shots behind Parnevik.

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Jay Sigel finished with a flourish for a 67 to earn a share of the first-round lead with Kermit Zarley and Bob Dickson in the Home Depot Invitational in Charlotte, N.C.

At 68 were J.C. Snead, Terry Dill, Bruce Summerhays and Allen Doyle, this year’s Senior PGA Tour money leader.

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Jose Maria Olazabal missed the cut in his first tournament since winning the Masters, but Sergio Garcia advanced in his first pro event despite a 73 at the Spanish Peugeot Open in Barcelona. Jarmo Sandelin of Sweden and Paul Lawrie of Scotland each shot a second straight six-under-par 66 to share the lead at 132.

Olazabal had a 71 Friday during a round disrupted by lightning. He was at 143 and missed the cut by a stroke. Garcia, the top amateur at the Masters, is at 140.

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Marianne Morris, playing for the first time since her brother was shot to death in a robbery on Feb. 21, recorded a five-under-par 67 and is two strokes behind Maria Hjorth after the first round of the LPGA’s Chick-fil-A Charity Championship in Stockbridge, Ga.

Leslie Spalding and Kelly Robbins are at 66.