Sport in Short: Golf

JOHN DALY, looking for his sixth consecutive 67 or better, had to be content with a 71 to drop out of lead after the second round of the Southern Open in Pine Mountain, Georgia, yesterday. Three other Americans - Jim Gallagher Jnr, Gary Hallberg and Robert Friend - share the lead on 137 going into the third round.

SOUTHERN OPEN (Pine Mountain, Georgia) Leading second-round scores (US unless stated): 137 J Gallagher 69 68; R Friend 67 70; G Hallberg 68 69. 138 J Daly 67 71; E Humenik 67 71. 139 R Cochran 71 68; K Gibson 67 72; W Glasson 71 68. 140 S Lamontagne 70 70; P Persons 72 68; EJ Pfister 69 71; K Young 70 70. 141 D Love III 73 68; D Thompson 72 69; L Roberts 71 70; E Fiori 67 74; W Britton 73 68; L Silveira 71 70. 142 L Rinker 71 71; J Adams 73 69; D Pruitt 73 69; G Sauers 71 71; L Nelson 71 71; B Wolcott 73 69; W Sander 71 71; J Mcgovern 71 71; S Pate 71 71.

MERCEDES GERMAN MASTERS (Stuttgarter GC, Stuttgart) Third-round scores (GB or Irl unless stated): 202 I Woosnam 68 68 66; C Rocca (It) 65 69 68; 203 R Karlsson (Swe) 63 72 68; 204 B Lane 71 67 66; B Langer (Ger) 65 71 68; 205 S Ballesteros (Sp) 68 70 67; R Davis (Aus) 67 69 69; S Torrance 65 70 70; C O'Connor Jnr 67 66 72; 207 C Williams 68 72 67; M A Jimenez (Sp) 67 71 69; I Palmer (SA) 67 68 72.; 208 S Luna (Sp) 72 71 65; J Rivero (Sp) 71 69 68; J Spence 71 68 69; M Allen (US) 66 69 73; P Broadhurst 67 68 73; 209 D Mijovic (Can) 72 70 67; S Richardson 70 71 68; C Moody 69 70 70; R Rafferty 68 69 72; 211 P Senior (Aus) 72 73 66; S McAllister 69 73 69; A Sherborne 70 72 69; E Giraud (Fr) 72 70 69; S Lyle 67 74 70; 212 M Roe 70 75 67; K Waters 73 71 68; M Davis 72 70 70; E Darcy 70 71 71; T Giedeon (Ger) 73 69 70; A Sorensen (Den) 68 71 73; 213 C Montgomerie 74 69 70; J Haeggman (Swe) 73 70 70; D Gilford 71 72 70; M Poxon 73 69 71; A Murray 69 72 72; P Mitchell 71 68 74; 214 W Westner (SA) 74 71 69; P Curry 73 70 71; J Van de Velde (Fr) 72 71 71; F Couples (US) 70 71 73; F Nobilo (NZ) 69 71 74; 215 P O'Malley (Aus) 72 73 70; J Parnevik (Swe) 74 70 71; P Fowler (Aus) 72 72 71; J Payne 69 74 72; H Thuel (Ger) 72 71 72; M Mackenzie 67 75 73; H Clark 69 73 73; V Singh (Fiji) 71 70 74; 216 P Teravainen (US) 75 70 71; G Turner 74 71 71; J Hawkes (SA) 71 73 72; P-U Johansson (Swe) 71 73 72; C Van der Velde (Neth) 72 72 72; H Baiocchi (SA) 71 73 72; P Walton 70 70 76; D Silva (Por) 70 69 77; 217 A Cejka (Ger) 67 78 72; A Binaghi (It) 75 70 72; M McNulty (Zim) 74 71 72; R Drummond 72 73 72; 218 D Cooper 69 76 73; P Price 71 74 73; P Hall 73 72 73; S Struever (Ger) 72 72 74; 219 P Baker 75 70 74; M Gates 68 76 75; 223 M Mouland 72 72 79.

MARK O'MEARA, of the United States, shot 72 yesterday to maintain a three-shot lead going into the final round of the Tokai Classic at Miyoshicho, Japan.

TOKAI CLASSIC MEN'S TOURNAMENT (Miyoshi, Japan) Leading third-round scores (Japanese unless stated): 206 M O'Meara (US) 66 68 72. 209 T Kite (US) 70 69 70; T Watanabe 67 70 72. 210 N Yuhara 66 72 72. 211 Chen Tze- ming (Tai) 70 70 71. 213 H Makino 72 70 71; T Sugihara 70 69 74; H Kase 70 68 75. 214 T Nakamura 74 71 69; T Hamilton (US) 71 72 71; N Sugiyama 72 71 71; M Kawamura 72 69 73; K Tomori 73 68 73.

VANTAGE SENIORS CHAMPIONSHIP (Clemmons, North Carolina) Leading first- round scores (all United States): 65 J Colbert. 67 R Betley. 68 B Devlin; J Albus; D Douglass R Thompson. 69 B Wynn; S Hobday; D January; J Dent; I Aoki; G Gilbert. 70 T Aaron; J C Snead; D Bies; A Palmer; J Ferree; D Stockton; W Zembriski.