Motivated Lehman Is Co-Leader

Tom Lehman, motivated by the early successes of his playing partners, had five birdies and an eagle over his last 14 holes Thursday and shared the lead in the first round of the weather-delayed International.

With half of the field still on the course, play was suspended twice in the afternoon by lightning. The 72 players who did not finish their first round were to return at 7 a.m. MDT today, with the second round to begin about two hours later.

Lehman, the 1996 British Open champion, totaled 15 points under the modified Stableford scoring system that awards a player five points for an eagle, two points for a birdie, zero for a par, minus-one for a bogey and minus-three for a double-bogey or worse.

Also at 15 were Tom Scherrer, winner of this year’s Kemper Open, and Stephen Ames, who was in contention in last year’s International before finishing third. Australian Stuart Appleby had 14 points.

David Duval withdrew after six holes because of a lingering back injury.

Lehman said he was “the guy pulling up the rear for a long time” in his group. Brian Henninger birdied three of his first six holes, and Mark Calcavecchia eagled his fifth hole.