GOLF ROUNDUP : Walker Pulls Away in LPGA; Still Holding On in Seniors

Colleen Walker reeled off four consecutive birdies Saturday en route to a seven-under-par 65, good for a five-stroke lead over Japan’s Ayako Okamoto after three rounds of the LPGA Tucson Open.

Walker, 33, and currently ranked 45th in earnings, broke out of a logjam when she birdied the 13th hole. The 10-year-veteran, seeking her third career victory, then distanced herself from the field with birdies on 14, 15 and 16 to finish at 12-under-par, 204 for 54 holes on the 6,243-yard, par-72 Randolph North Golf Course.

Okamoto, second in last week’s Las Vegas tournament, birdied the final two holes to break out of a pack of three players, finishing with a 71, and at seven-under-par 209.

Betsy King, who claims the 1987 Tucson Open among her 20 career victories, and Heather Drew each shot three-under-par 69 and are six shots back at 210.

Ken Still shot a one-under-par 71 to keep a one-stroke lead after two rounds of the $300,000 Vantage Seniors tournament in San Antonio.

Still, who shot an opening-round 66, finished 36 holes of the 6,814-yard Dominion course with a seven-under-par 137. First-round co-leader Dale Douglass shot even-par 72 and is tied for second with Harold Henning at six-under 138.

Henning has shot back-to-back 69s.

Charles Coody, Jim Dent and Robert Betley trail the leader by two shots, all at 139.