Dana Quigley leads after shooting 64

Dana Quigley shot a season-best 8-under 64 on Saturday to take a one-stroke lead over Loren Roberts in the Greater Hickory Classic.

The 58-year-old Quigley, a two-time winner this year who leads the Champions Tour money list with $1,812,298, had a 12-under 132 total on the Rock Barn Golf & Spa's Jones Course. Roberts, the Jeld-Wen Tradition winner in August, had a 65.

``It should be a good shootout tomorrow,'' Quigley said. ``The conditions were good today. The greens were really soft, which plays into my game. I'll see how the greens are holding up the first few holes (Sunday), and go from there.''

Jay Haas (67), Jim Ahern (66) and Tom McKnight (68) were 9 under, and Brad Bryant (67) and Lonnie Nielsen (70) were another stroke back.

Conditions on the 7,093-yard course were dramatically different from Friday, when play was suspended because of wet conditions.

According to tournament officials, 5 1/2 inches of rain fell on the course in a two-day period, including 2.4 inches Friday. But the showers stopped early Saturday, with sunshine occasionally peeking through the remaining clouds.

``I was just amazed at how good the course was, just incredible the shape it was in with all the rain,'' Roberts said. ``I only had to take casual water relief twice, and the greens held up very well.''

Quigley and Roberts both finished the rain-delayed first round, which was completed Saturday morning, at 68. But Quigley moved ahead with eight birdies, including a 70-foot putt on the par-3 third hole.

``I just stuffed a lot of shots close that normally would run 10-15 feet past the pin,'' Quigley said.

``I get a lot more confident when I know that ball is gonna stop.'' Roberts had a chance to tie Quigley on the par-5 18th hole, but he pulled his second shot into the gallery and was forced to take a drop, then missed a 6-foot birdie putt.

``I left some out there -- I could've birdied every hole on the front nine, and I didn't hit the ball as well on the back nine,'' Roberts said.

``We'll see what happens on Sunday.'' Craig Stadler, the 2003 winner, shot a 67 to join John Bland (68), Tom Wargo (66) and Wayne Levi (72) at 7 under.

Defending tournament champion Doug Tewell, who held the clubhouse lead at 2 under when play was suspended Friday, shot a 72 Saturday for 2-under total.

132 Dana Quigley 68 64

133 Loren Roberts 68 65

135 Jim Ahern 69 66, Tom McKnight 67 68, Jay Haas 68 67

136 Lonnie Nielsen 66 70, Brad Bryant 69 67

137 Wayne Levi 65 72, John Bland (Rsa) 69 68, Craig Stadler 70 67, Tom Wargo 71 66

138 Gil Morgan 68 70, Jerry Pate 73 65, Jim Thorpe 71 67, Bruce Fleisher 72 66, Keith Fergus 66 72

139 Bob Eastwood 69 70, Vicente Fernandez (Arg) 68 71, Graham Marsh (Aus) 67 72, Mark McNulty (Irl) 70 69, Don Pooley 68 71, John Harris 69 70

140 John Ross 70 70, Dan Pohl 69 71, Bruce Lietzke 70 70, Rick Rhoden 71 69, James Mason 69 71, Bob Gilder 72 68, Mike McCullough 70 70

141 Bobby Wadkins 73 68

142 Danny Edwards 70 72, Morris Hatalsky 74 68, Howard Twitty 72 70, Doug Tewell 70 72, Ron Streck 68 74, Jose Maria Canizares (Spa) 75 67, Mark Johnson 72 70, Walter Hall 72 70

143 Mike Sullivan 73 70, Bob Murphy 74 69, Rick Karbowski 72 71

144 Andy Bean 73 71, Jim Colbert 76 68, Pete Oakley 75 69, Gary Koch 73 71

145 Hajime Meshiai (Jpn) 75 70, David Eger 72 73, Leonard Thompson 75 70, Rodger Davis (Aus) 73 72

146 Jim Albus 74 72, Bruce Summerhays 75 71, Vance Heafner 77 69, Rocky Thompson 70 76, Don Reese 73 73, Des Smyth (Irl) 75 71

147 Tom Jenkins 71 76, Jay Sigel 74 73, Scott Simpson 78 69, Gary Player (Rsa) 78 69, Mark McCumber 74 73, Larry Nelson 75 72, Ed Dougherty 76 71, Jim Dent 71 76

148 Gibby Gilbert 77 71, John Jacobs (Eng) 75 73, Hugh Baiocchi (Rsa) 74 74, R.W. Eaks 79 69, Dave Barr (Can) 78 70

149 Dick Mast 76 73, Larry Ziegler 76 73

151 Mike San Filippo 79 72

153 Lee Trevino 77 76, Norm Jarvis 76 77

154 John Mahaffey 79 75, Lanny Wadkins 76 78

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