Mark Brooks shot a 2-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-5 No. 16 to go 16 under and parred the last two holes for a three-day total of 200.Gamez, who went into the day leading at 17 under, had to settle for a 2-over 74, putting him in a tie with Jeff Maggert for second, as winds gusting to about 35 mph swirled around the 7,030-yard Tuckaway Country Club course.
Maggert birdied three holes and bogeyed two to finish with 1-under 71.
Next at 13-under was Mark Hayes, who shot a 1-over 73, followed by Hal Sutton at 11-under after a 74.
At Indianapolis, Harold Henning birdied three straight holes on the backside and George Archer sank a 25-foot birdie putt on the final hole to tie for the lead Saturday after two rounds of the GTE North Classic.
Henning, who had an eagle on the ninth hole, finished with a 7-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 carding a 67. He was followeed by Jack Kiefer at 134 with Lee Trevino, who had his seventh consecutive sub-70 round which is the longest of the year on the Seniors Tour, fifth at 135.
At Springfield, Ill., Laura Davies shot a record-tying 62 Saturday at the LPGA Rail Charity Classic, racking up eight birdies and an eagle to take a five-stroke lead.
Davies' 62 tied the Ladies Professional Golf Association record for an 18-hole round. Hall of Famer Mickey Wright set the mark in 1964 on a par-71 course.