Associated Press
Saturday, March 29, 2008; E05
Briny Baird really wanted to go fishing. That's his usual Monday routine at the Zurich Classic, but bad weather kept him off the water.
Now good golf will keep him on dry land this weekend.
Baird shot a 3-under-par 69 yesterday in the second round to take a one-stroke lead over Peter Lonard (70) and Jay Williamson (69) at the TPC Louisiana in Avondale.
Baird birdied the final two holes, which was good enough to keep him on the golf course this weekend rather than in a boat.
"I screwed that up," Baird joked.
Bubba Watson, playing alongside Steve Elkington and Shigeki Maruyama, blamed Elkington for making noise while he was teeing off. It happened on the 10th tee and the trio left the course after the round without shaking hands.
"I heard some movement, and who knows what it was," Watson said. "I was just over the ball, and just trying to make the cut and trying to play better and not getting the right breaks. I was already mad for the day, and I just took it out on them, and I shouldn't have."
Tournament director Arvin Ginn said the incident was resolved quickly at the scoring area.
Watson said he felt he and Elkington settled the matter.
"We hugged it out," Watson said.
Watson shot a 69 to finish at 2-under 142. Elkington (71) was in a group of players tied for sixth at 5 under.
LPGA: Angela Stanford clung to the lead halfway through the Safeway International, with friend Lorena Ochoa closing in at Superstition Mountain, Ariz.
Stanford followed her course record and career-best 10-under 62 on Thursday with a scrambling 3-under 69 yesterday for a 13-under 131 total.
Ochoa, the event's defending champion and world's top-ranked female golfer, was one back at 12 under. She began the day three strokes back and shot a steady 67.
CHAMPIONS: Lonnie Nielsen, a career club professional who had a mediocre PGA Tour career, birdied six of his last 10 holes for a 6-under 66 and one-stroke lead in the Ginn Championship in Palm Coast, Fla.
Bernhard Langer and Fred Funk opened with 67s on the Ocean Hammock Golf Club course, and David Edwards and Gene E. Jones had 68s in the tour's deepest field this season.
EUROPE: Peter Hedblom and Matthew Millar shared the lead by one stroke after second round of the Andalucia Open in Puerto Banus, Spain.
Hedblom, of Sweden, shot an 8-under 67 and Millar, of Australia, had a 69 to total 8-under 136 at Aloha Golf Club.
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