GOLF ROUNDUP : Davies Ties LPGA Record With a 10-Under-Par 62

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Sept. 1, 1991 12 AM PT

From Associated Press

Laura Davies shot a record-tying 62 at the LPGA Rail Charity Classic at Springfield, Ill., racking up eight birdies and an eagle to take a five-stroke lead.

Pat Bradley shot a 67.

Davies’ 10-under-par 62 tied the LPGA record. Mickey Wright set the mark in 1964 on a par-71 course, and Vicki Fergon tied it in 1984 on a par-73 course.

“The big plus for me was being able to hit my driver,” said Davies, who often uses an iron when teeing off. “I did that several times today, and it set me up for easy birdies.”

Mark Brooks shot a two-under-par 70 to overtake Robert Gamez for the third-round lead of the Greater Milwaukee Open on Saturday as gusty winds sent scores soaring.

Brooks, who started tied for second at 14 under par, holed a wedge shot from about 60 yards for an eagle on the par-five No. 16 to go 16 under and parred the last two holes for a three-day total of 200.

Gamez began the round at 17 under but had to settle for a two-over 74, putting him in a tie with Jeff Maggert for second, as winds gusting to about 35 m.p.h. swirled around the 7,030-yard Tuckaway Country Club course.

Harold Henning birdied three holes in a row on the backside and George Archer sank a 25-foot birdie putt on the final hole to tie for the lead after two rounds of the GTE North Classic at Indianapolis.

Henning, who had an eagle on the ninth hole, finished with a seven-under-par 65 and Archer had a 66 for a 36-hole total of 132.

Dale Douglass was one stroke off the pace at 133 at the 6,670-yard, par-72 Broadmoor Country Club course after a 67. He was followed by Jack Kiefer at 134 with Lee Trevino, who had his seventh consecutive sub-70 round, at 135.

Costantina Rocca of Italy made a 15-foot birdie putt at the last hole to complete a three-under-par 69 and took the lead after three rounds of the European Open at Tadworth, England.

Rocca, with a 209 total, was one stroke ahead of Seve Ballesteros and Australians Craig Parry and Peter Fowler.

Payne Stewart had a 70, leaving him three strokes behind.