Golf Roundup : Faxon Shoots 70 Through Wind, Rain to Tie Pooley

Brad Faxon, bidding for his first PGA Tour victory, caught 36-hole record-breaker Don Pooley to tie for the lead after Saturday’s third round of the Bank of Boston tournament at Sutton, Mass.

Playing cautiously through tricky winds and then a steady rain on the back nine, Faxon shot a one-under-par 70 for a 54-hole total of 10-under 203 at Pleasant Valley Country Club.

Pooley, who took a two-stroke lead over Faxon with a course-record 131 in the first two rounds, slipped into a tie with a 72 in their confrontation.

Faxon, the intercollegiate player of the year at Furman in 1983, and Pooley, winner of just two events in 14 years on the PGA Tour, shared a one-stroke lead with one round left in the 72-hole event.

Pooley took a bogey-four after hitting a four-iron shot into a bunker on his first hole of the day. He matched par the rest of the way.

Faxon picked up a stroke with a birdie on the fourth hole and then moved into a a tie at 10-under with another birdie two holes later. He went ahead with another birdie on the ninth hole, but bogeyed the 15th.

Defending champion Mark Calcavecchia, seeking to become the first two-time Pleasant Valley winner on the 25th anniversary of the Tour’s first visit in 1965, and Peter Jacobsen were tied at 204.

Calcavecchia shot a 69, his third consecutive sub-par round, and Jacobsen had a third consecutive 68 to move from five strokes back to one behind.

Calcavecchia, the British Open champion who is tuning up for next week’s Ryder Cup matches in England, took the lead at 12 under with birdies on the 12th and 13th greens.

However, he dropped back as he three-putted from three feet for a double-bogey on the 14th green, then three-putted from 30 feet for a bogey on the next hole.

Mark Lye, the 1983 Pleasant Valley champion, shot the best score of the day, a 66, and moved into a tie at 205.

Blaine McCallister, beaten in a playoff in the 1986 Bank of Boston event, equaled par-71 for 205. Fuzzy Zoeller had a 70 to go with his 68 and 67 in the first two rounds.

Jim Ferree birdied the 16th and 17th holes to take a one-shot lead after two rounds of the Crestar PGA Seniors tournament at Richmond, Va.

Ferree finished with a 66 and was at 11-under-par 133 after 36 holes, one shot ahead of Dick Rhyan. Rhyan, who had a two-stroke lead much of the round until he bogeyed the 16th hole, finished with a 68.

Chi Chi Rodriguez and New Zealand left-hander Bob Charles both shot 69s and were tied at 135 with first-day leader Jim Dent, who salvaged a 70 with a birdie on the 15th hole and an eagle on the 16th.

Butch Baird and Harold Henning with 67s and were at 136 along with Al Geiberger, who had a 68. Geiberger dropped out of a share of the lead when he double-bogeyed the 17th hole.

Beth Daniel shot a seven-under-par 65 to take a four-stroke lead after 54 holes of the LPGA Safeco tournament at Kent, Wash.

Daniel’s round on the 6,222-yard Meridian Valley country club course was the lowest of the tournament and left her at 203, 13 under par.

Pat Bradley was in second place at 207 after shooting a 70. Danielle Ammaccapane, who also shot 70, was at 208. Lenore Rittenhouse, with a 69, and defending champion Juli Inkster, with a 70, finished in a tie at 209.