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Three lead at 16 under

Updated: March 19, 2005, 3:38 PM ET

Associated Press

SANYA, China -- Ryder Cup stars Colin Montgomerie and Paul Casey shared a one-stroke lead with Thailand's Chawalit Plaphol on Saturday after three rounds of the TCL Classic.

Montgomerie, the defending champion from Scotland, and Casey of England shot 4-under-par 68s while Chawalit had a 66, leaving the three at 16-under 200 entering the final round in this resort city. Chawalit rallied after a slow start by chipping in for an eagle-2 on the seventh hole.

One shot back at 201 were Denmark's Thomas Bjorn and Australia's Terry Pilkadaris after rounds of 68.

Montgomerie bounced back from three consecutive bogeys on his front nine with birdies on Nos. 17 and 18. He captured this tournament the last time it was held in 2002 With a top-two finish, Montgomerie will earn a spot in The Players Championship next week and potentially the Masters next month.

Mexico's Alejandro Quiroz, the second-round leader, shot a 72 and was among four players at 202.

Three lead at 16 under

Updated: March 19, 2005, 3:38 PM ET

Associated Press

SANYA, China -- Ryder Cup stars Colin Montgomerie and Paul Casey shared a one-stroke lead with Thailand's Chawalit Plaphol on Saturday after three rounds of the TCL Classic.

One shot back at 201 were Denmark's Thomas Bjorn and Australia's Terry Pilkadaris after rounds of 68.

Mexico's Alejandro Quiroz, the second-round leader, shot a 72 and was among four players at 202.

Georgia Tech coach forced to sit in golf cart

Updated: March 18, 2005, 10:57 PM ET

Associated Press

ATLANTA -- Chan Gailey doesn't know how long doctors will require him to sit in a golf cart while his Georgia Tech football team practices.

Four days after suffering a heart attack, Gailey only cared about returning to the field as the Yellow Jackets continued spring practice.

"It's great to be back out here, considering the alternatives of where I could be," Gailey said Friday. "I'm very fortunate and very blessed to be able to be back on the field and coaching. I've got to take it easy."

The 53-year-old Gailey had no history of heart problems until he felt pain in his chest and left arm while playing racquetball at the campus recreation center.

Driven quickly to nearby Piedmont Hospital, Gailey learned he was having a heart attack as he lay in intensive care. An angioplasty was necessary to clear a blocked artery.

Gailey was moved out of intensive care Tuesday and returned home Thursday.

"It's been very humbling to hear from as many people as I've heard from and to have the players ask, it's just been amazing," Gailey said. "I'm deeply, deeply grateful for all of the well-wishes and people just trying to get in contact with me."

Though he was cleared to watch the afternoon workout, Gailey said afterward that his cardiologist insisted that resting is more important than involving himself too much with spring practice.

"Well, I've never been a yeller and a screamer anyway, but at the same time I think that I'm going to have to take it easy here for the first couple of practices," Gailey said. "But we get spring break next week so hopefully I'll be back going the week after that."

Assistant coach Buddy Geis has overseen practice since the Yellow Jackets began spring drills Monday. Coordinators Jon Tenuta and Patrick Nix continued to run the respective defensive and offensive players through the full-pads workout.

Gailey acknowledged having to check his emotions several times and restrain himself from calling out.

"Yeah, it was hard sitting in that cart today," Gailey said. "I have to ask my doctor about that. It's doctor's orders, so I have to do that for a while -- it's probably a good thing."

One phone call he received that particularly lifted his spirits came from formerAtlanta Falcons coach Dan Reeves, who underwent quadruple bypass surgery in the final month of the 1998 regular season. Reeves returned to coach the Falcons' narrow playoff victory over the San Francisco 49ers a few weeks later.

"We're friends," Gailey said. "We've been close through the years. I haven't talked to him as much lately as I would have liked. We were very close for many years."

The Yellow Jackets went 7-5 last season, which ended with a blowout victory over Syracuse in the Champs Sports Bowl in Orlando, Fla.

Safeway International second-round scores

Updated: March 18, 2005, 10:10 PM ET

SportsTicker

Second-round scores from the $1,400,000 Safeway International, played from March 17-20 at Superstition Mountain Golf and Country Club, Superstition Mountain, Ariz.

(a-amateur)

(Par=72)

Lorena Ochoa                65-67--132          12-under


Soo-Yun Kang                68-66--134          10-under

Annika Sorenstam            66-69--135          9-under

Siew-Ai Lim                 65-72--137          7-under

Grace Park                  71-67--138          6-under
Karen Stupples              67-71--138          

Juli Inkster                66-73--139          5-under
Candie Kung                 69-70--139          

Paula Creamer               69-71--140          4-under
Laura Davies                71-69--140          
Laura Diaz                  73-67--140          
Liselotte Neumann           70-70--140          
a-Michelle Wie              73-67--140          

Hee-Won Han                 72-69--141          3-under
Carin Koch                  73-68--141          
Gloria Park                 72-69--141          
Karrie Webb                 69-72--141          

Silvia Cavalleri            72-70--142          2-under
Dawn Coe-Jones              69-73--142          
Eva Dahllof                 70-72--142          
Moira Dunn                  68-74--142          
Johanna Head                71-71--142          
Brittany Lincicome          71-71--142          
Catriona Matthew            71-71--142          

Tina Barrett                72-71--143          1-under
Il Mi Chung                 72-71--143          
Beth Daniel                 69-74--143          
Wendy Doolan                70-73--143          
Kate Golden                 70-73--143          
Candy Hannemann             72-71--143          
Mi Hyun Kim                 70-73--143          
Sung Ah Yim                 68-75--143          

Tina Fischer                74-70--144          even
Wendy Ward                  71-73--144          

Helen Alfredsson            73-72--145          1-over
Michelle Ellis              75-70--145          
Natalie Gulbis              69-76--145          
Marcy Hart                  69-76--145          
Pat Hurst                   73-72--145          
Seol-An Jeon                74-71--145          
Rosie Jones                 74-71--145          
Cristie Kerr                72-73--145          
Christina Kim               72-73--145          
Meg Mallon                  71-74--145          
Jill McGill                 75-70--145          
Se Ri Pak                   72-73--145          
Jennifer Rosales            72-73--145          
Kim Saiki                   72-73--145          
Young-A Yang                73-72--145          

Jean Bartholomew            76-70--146          2-over
Emily Bastel                72-74--146          
Michelle Estill             71-75--146          
Rachel Hetherington         74-72--146          
Angela Jerman               70-76--146          
Chris Johnson               74-72--146          
Joo Mi Kim                  71-75--146          
Young Kim                   74-72--146          
Yu Ping Lin                 73-73--146          
Paula Marti                 72-74--146          
Joanne Morley               71-75--146          
a-Louise Stahle             75-71--146          

Dina Ammaccapane            73-74--147          3-over
Sophie Gustafson            77-70--147          
Riko Higashio               76-71--147          
Maria Hjorth                73-74--147          
Malinda Johnson             72-75--147          
Jimin Kang                  76-71--147          
Birdie Kim                  73-74--147          
Emilee Klein                71-76--147          
Kelli Kuehne                71-76--147          
Hilary Lunke                74-73--147          
Nicole Perrot               75-72--147          
Stacy Prammanasudh          71-76--147          
Michele Redman              75-72--147          
Kim Williams                69-78--147          


FAILED TO QUALIFY
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Beth Bader                  74-74--148          CUT
Beth Bauer                  72-76--148          CUT
Jamie Hullett               71-77--148          CUT
Brandie Burton              72-76--148          CUT
Dorothy Delasin             71-77--148          CUT
Heather Bowie               74-74--148          CUT
Danielle Ammaccapane        72-76--148          CUT
Aree Song                   73-75--148          CUT
Katherine Hull              73-75--148          CUT
Bernadette Luse             76-72--148          CUT
Young Jo                    71-77--148          CUT
Nadina Taylor               74-74--148          CUT
Stephanie Louden            75-73--148          CUT
Donna Andrews               78-71--149          CUT
Barb Mucha                  75-74--149          CUT
Janice Moodie               72-77--149          CUT
Leta Lindley                74-75--149          CUT
Marilyn Lovander            73-76--149          CUT
Vicki Goetze-Ackerman       71-78--149          CUT
Nicole Jeray                77-72--149          CUT
Nancy Scranton              73-76--149          CUT
Laurie Rinker               72-77--149          CUT
Lee Ann Walker-Cooper       71-78--149          CUT
Stephanie Arricau           76-73--149          CUT
Joellyn Erdmann-Crooks      74-75--149          CUT
Isabelle Beisiegel          72-77--149          CUT
Amy Hung                    75-74--149          CUT
Shi Hyun Ahn                77-72--149          CUT
Lorie Kane                  73-76--149          CUT
Patricia Meunier-Lebouc     74-75--149          CUT
Jeong Jang                  76-73--149          CUT
Catrin Nilsmark             76-73--149          CUT
Mee Lee                     73-77--150          CUT
A.J. Eathorne               73-77--150          CUT
Sherri Steinhauer           75-75--150          CUT
Heather Daly-Donofrio       73-77--150          CUT
Giulia Sergas               76-74--150          CUT
Catherine Cartwright        74-76--150          CUT
Anna Acker-Macosko          75-75--150          CUT
Cathy Johnston-Forbes       78-73--151          CUT
Sae-Hee Son                 72-79--151          CUT
Mhairi McKay                70-81--151          CUT
Betsy King                  77-75--152          CUT
Ji Yeon Lee                 76-76--152          CUT
Aram Cho                    73-79--152          CUT
Denise Killeen              78-75--153          CUT
Kristi Albers               77-76--153          CUT
Beth Allen                  78-75--153          CUT
Kristen Samp                78-75--153          CUT
Becky Morgan                77-76--153          CUT
Cindy Figg-Currier          75-78--153          CUT
Lindsey Wright              78-75--153          CUT
Celeste Troche              78-76--154          CUT
Deb Richard                 76-78--154          CUT
Jordan Cherebetiu           75-79--154          CUT
Angela Stanford             74-81--155          CUT
Kris Tschetter              77-78--155          CUT
Soo Young Moon              80-76--156          CUT
Patty Sheehan               75-81--156          CUT
Katie Allison               77-79--156          CUT
Nicole Cutler               77-79--156          CUT
Michelle McGann             79-78--157          CUT
Reilley Rankin              82-76--158          CUT
Jenna Daniels               80-80--160          CUT
Hana Kim                    83-78--161          CUT
Sally Little                83-81--164          CUT

Shoots 6-under 65 to lead by one stroke

Updated: March 18, 2005, 9:34 PM ET

Associated Press

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. -- Gil Morgan only needed to move down the Southern California coast to regain the form he lost last weekend.

Morgan shot a 6-under 65 on Friday to take a one-stroke lead over Tom Jenkins and Wayne Levi after the first round of the Champions Tour's Toshiba Senior Classic.

The 58-year-old Morgan, a 23-time winner on the 50-and-over tour, had an eagle and four birdies in his bogey-free round on the Newport Beach Country Club course. He tied for 53rd last week in Santa Clarita, shooting 76-73-76 in the SBC Classic.

"I didn't play very well last week," Morgan said. "I was a little apprehensive coming in here today, but all in all I played consistent."

Morgan eagled the 492-yard, par-5 15th hole by reaching the green with his second shot -- a 5-wood -- and holing a 49-foot putt.

"Not making any bogeys is critical in shooting low," he said. "I putted well today and I've played well here before."

Mark McNulty and Bruce Lietzke were two strokes back along with Keith Fergus, Lonnie Nielsen, J.C. Snead, Allen Doyle, Morris Hatalsky, Brad Bryant and Mark Johnson.

Defending champion Tom Purtzer topped a group at 3 under that included two-time tournament winner Hale Irwin and Ben Crenshaw. The 59-year-old Irwin has two victories in five starts this year to push his tour-record total to 42.

Jenkins birdied two of his first three holes and had only one bogey.

"I injured my wrist a couple of weeks ago playing with my sons," he said.

He showed no signs of the injury Friday.

"The first hole kind of set up the round," he said. "I hit a sand wedge within a foot. It almost went in. I drove the ball well and had a good feel for the greens."

The 51-year-old Nielsen, looking for his first Champions Tour victory, tied for sixth last year.

"I played pretty well here last year," he said. "My strategy was just try to get in the middle of the greens because they aren't that big. If a guy hits in the fairways here and hits good short irons he'll do well here. The course is there for the asking."

Purtzer moved within three strokes of the lead by making an eagle on the 18th hole.

The 54-hole tournament, offering a record purse of $1.65 million, finishes Sunday. The winner will earn $247,500.