DA Weibring takes narow lead

Dana Quigley was feeling pretty comfortable Saturday until he checked out the leaderboard and saw two names right with him.

D.A. Weibring shot a 7-under-par 65 to take a one-stroke lead over Quigley and a surging Tom Kite Saturday in the second round of the Bruno's Memorial Classic.

``I knew I was near the lead or at the lead most of the day,'' Quigley said. ``I didn't have the aggression I really needed.''

Then, he glanced at the scores on hole 15 and ``went for it all.''

``I just decided I couldn't let them get too far away from me,'' said Quigley, who birdied holes 15 and 18.

Kite tied the tournament record with a 63. Kite took the lead into the clubhouse but Weibring birdied five of the final seven holes, including the par-5 18th, to move to 12-under at Greystone Golf Club.

Weibring won the only previous time he took a lead into the final round on the Champions Tour, at the Allianz Championship. He said he plans to take a cue from last year's winner Bruce Fleisher.

``I'll try to be reasonably aggressive,'' Weibring said. ``They'll be coming up the board. Last year Bruce got ahead and just motored on in. That's what I'd like to do.''

Quigley shot a 68 after a Champions Tour record-tying eight consecutive birdies in the rain-delayed opening round on Friday.

``That was the best I've ever hit a golf ball,'' said Quigley, who got a new driver on Thursday. ``I hit it really far and straight. God, that was fun.''

Kite matched the Bruno's record set by five others, the last by Hale Irwin in 2002. It was a dramatic turnaround for the 19-time PGA Tour winner, who was 2-under in the first round after double-bogeying the sixth hole.

``It's been a long time since I've had a round like this,'' said Kite, who has failed to make the cut in six of nine PGA events this year and hasn't fared too well on the Champions Tour.

Most of the 78-player field had to complete the opening round Saturday morning after rain washed out Friday's play. The resulting softer course and tournament officials' decision to move up a number of tees on what is normally the Tour's longest course contributed to lower scores.

``It was a great day for scoring,'' Kite said, ``and the leaderboard is bleeding.''

Rebounding from an even-par opening round, Lonnie Nielsen birdied the first five holes and six of the first seven to get in contention with a 64.

``I didn't expect this at all,'' said Nielsen, who saved par on the No. 18 with a nice shot from the sand trap. ``That start just, for some reason, brought back good memories. After the first three or four holes, I was just off and running.''

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