Love Creates More Than a Splash

Davis Love III caused an eruption Friday in the Bay Hill Invitational at Orlando, Fla., and it wasn’t just with the six-under-par 66 that pulled him into a share of the lead.

Disgusted by a buried lie in the bunker on No. 17 in which he did well to blast out 45 feet by the hole, Love broke a sprinkler head with his sand wedge that caused water to gush into the bunker and really turn it into a beach. Then he struck paydirt.

Love holed the long par putt, then made a 12-foot birdie putt on the 18th to join Tim Herron at nine-under 135 going into the weekend.

“I just got frustrated and lost my patience,” Love said. “Suffice to say that I’m embarrassed.”

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Tracy Hanson dodged most of the pitfalls that derailed others during the second round of the Standard Register Ping tournament at Phoenix and opened a one-shot lead on Karrie Webb and Lorie Kane at nine-under 135.

Hanson shot a 69 after an opening 66 left her one shot off the lead.

Defending champion Liselotte Neumann and Rosie Jones, who met in a playoff last year, were among those who missed the cut. Others included Se Ri Pak, Patty Sheehan and Danielle Ammaccapane.

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Gil Morgan and Hubert Green combined for an 11-under 61 to take a one-stroke lead over David Graham and Jay Sigel after the first round of the Legends of Golf two-man, best-ball seniors tournament at St. Augustine, Fla.

John Mahaffey and Tom Wargo shot 63 to finish another shot back. At 65 were the teams of George Archer and Simon Hobday, Jimmy Powell and Orville Moody and Al Geiberger and Tom Shaw.