Hjertstedt, Gump Tied at Tucson

Streaky Gabriel Hjertstedt’s on-again, off-again game propelled him into the lead of the Tucson Open on Friday, then deserted him at the end.

The 27-year-old Swede, who missed the cut in three of five previous tournaments this year, birdied six holes on the difficult back nine at Tucson National, but lost his touch after the turn and bogeyed the last hole to back into a tie with Scott Gump at nine-under-par 135.

Gump, an early starter, had a five-under 67 to Hjertstedt’s 68, reversing their first-round scores.

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Allen Doyle used his slapshot-style swing to shoot a course-record 64 for a one-stroke lead after one round of the Ace Group Classic senior tournament at Naples, Fla. Doyle’s eight-under round at the Bay Colony Golf Club put him one shot ahead of Vicente Fernandez and two in front of Jerry McGee. . . . Karrie Webb is chasing her second consecutive Australian Ladies Masters title and an LPGA scoring record. Webb, back in her home country at Gold Coast, shot a 67 for a total of 14-under 130, one stroke shy of Judy Dickinson’s 36-hole record of 15-under 129. The record for 72 holes is 23-under 261, held by three players. Webb has a four-shot lead over fellow Australian Jane Crafter and Scotland’s Janice Moodie. . . . American Marianne Morris has headed home from the Australian Ladies Masters after the shooting death of her brother John Michael Morris, who was discovered dead in his suburban Atlanta golf shop with a bullet wound to the back of his head.