The Enquirer and wire reports

HUMBLE, Texas - A charging Hank Kuehne set a course record with an 8-under 64 Friday to join Mark Calcavecchia and Fred Couples for a share of the lead at 11-under 133 after two rounds of the Houston Open.

Kuehne, who didn't even merit a mention in the PGA Tour media guide this year, had a first-round 69 and was in the last group of the day to tee off Friday. Despite a course dried out by temperatures in the 80s and a breeze, he rolled into contention with five birdies on his front nine, then three more on the back side, shooting a tournament-best 64 as darkness fell.

"It was getting pretty dark, but I didn't want to come back," he said. "When you're playing well and things are going your way, you want to stay out there."

Kuehne, 28, is playing in only his 25th Tour event and 22nd since turning pro in 1999. Early this month he finished tied for third at the BellSouth Classic, and the $208,000 check was easily his biggest payday.

Couples opened with a 65 Thursday to top the field by one stroke and had another solid day with a 4-under 68 that left him knotted with Calcavecchia, who shot 65 Friday, and Kuehne at 133, one shot better than Jay Haas after 36 holes at the 7,508-yard Redstone Golf Club.

LPGA TOUR: Sophie Gustafson got off to a good start at the tournament where she claimed her first LPGA victory in Stockbridge, Ga. Michelle Wie barely got started at all.

Gustafson shot a 6-under-par 66 to claim the lead in the abbreviated first round of the Chick-fil-A Charity Championship.

Heavy rains pushed back the first shot 4 1/2 hours, which means only half the 144-player field was able to finish before darkness halted play.

Wie, 13, playing in her fifth LPGA event, had to wait all day before teeing it up at 6:20 p.m. in the final group to go off at No. 10. She is scheduled to return to the course early this morning to complete the opening round along with 71 other players.

MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT: Founder Jack Nicklaus, a two-time champion, was the first player to accept his invitation to the PGA Tour stop May 29-June 1 at Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio.

Reigning Masters champion Mike Weir and former PGA champion Davis Love III joined Nicklaus in accepting their invitations. Jim Furyk is the defending champion.

Tournament officials announced in January that the total purse would increase to $5 million, with the winner pocketing $900,000.

CHAMPIONS TOUR: The first round of the Legends of Golf was postponed due to rain. No golfers finished the round. Play will resume this morning.

SPANISH OPEN: Miles Tunnicliff and Paul Casey are tied for the lead after shooting 7-under-par 65 in the second round at Costa Adeje, Canary Islands. Both are at 15 under.

Jose Maria Olazabal had five straight birdies en route to a 67 and is two strokes behind the leaders, along with Santiago Luna, Peter Lawrie and Simon Khan. Defending champion Sergio Garcia shot a 67 and is tied for 45th with a two-round total of 136.

Friday's scores

PGA Tour

Houston Open

At Redstone Golf Club

$4.5 mil.; 7,508 yards; Par: 72

Second First Round

Mark Calcavecchia	68-65-133
Fred Couples	65-68-133
Hank Kuehne	69-64-133
Jay Haas	67-67-134
Paul Stankowski	69-66-135
Vijay Singh	67-68-135
David Sutherland	69-67-136
David Toms	70-66-136
David Peoples	66-70-136
Tom Pernice Jr.	66-70-136
Stuart Appleby	66-70-136
Jeff Maggert	71-66-137
Bob May	69-68-137
Scott McCarron	69-68-137
Robert Gamez	71-66-137
Olin Browne	67-70-137
Andrew Magee	68-69-137
Ian Leggatt	68-69-137
Arron Oberholser	69-69-138
Fred Funk	69-69-138
Justin Leonard	71-67-138
Steve Flesch	72-66-138
Harrison Frazar	70-68-138
Briny Baird	67-71-138
John Riegger	70-68-138
Rory Sabbatini	68-70-138
Jerry Kelly	69-69-138
John Daly	69-69-138
Ben Crane	69-69-138
Jose Coceres	67-71-138
Ernie Els	69-69-138
Peter Jacobsen	67-71-138
Trevor Immelman	70-68-138
Shaun Micheel	70-69-139
Kenneth Staton	69-70-139
Woody Austin	69-70-139
Geoff Ogilvy	70-69-139
Phil Mickelson	70-69-139
Kevin Sutherland	69-70-139
Brandt Jobe	68-71-139
Deane Pappas	68-71-139
Carlos Franco	73-67-140
Chad Campbell	68-72-140
Robert Damron	70-70-140
Garrett Willis	72-68-140
Darron Stiles	70-70-140
Alex Cejka	70-70-140
Jim Carter	71-69-140
Heath Slocum	70-70-140
Neal Lancaster	69-71-140
Brian Henninger	70-70-140
David Berganio Jr.	67-73-140
Thomas Levet	72-68-140
Jeff Brehaut	69-71-140
Richard Johnson	70-70-140
Greg Chalmers	73-68-141
Carl Paulson	67-74-141
Hidemichi Tanaka	70-71-141
Cameron Beckman	69-72-141
Dan Forsman	72-69-141
Marco Dawson	71-70-141
John Senden	71-70-141
Ben Curtis	72-69-141
Phil Blackmar	70-71-141
Tom Byrum	71-70-141
David Frost	73-68-141
Paul Goydos	69-72-141
Brian Bateman	74-67-141
Patrick Sheehan	68-73-141
Tom Gillis	71-70-141

Failed to Qualify

Blaine McCallister	72-70-142
Stephen Ames	70-72-142
Tim Petrovic	70-72-142
Aaron Barber	71-71-142
Andy Miller	71-71-142
Pat Bates	71-71-142
Steve Pate	73-69-142
Jonathan Kaye	69-73-142
Cliff Kresge	71-71-142
Tim Herron	71-71-142
Mike Heinen	71-72-143
Brett Quigley	75-68-143
Rod Pampling	68-75-143
Bob Burns	73-70-143
Brian Gay	71-72-143
Robert Thompson	68-75-143
Jason Caron	71-72-143
J.L. Lewis	71-72-143
Matt Kuchar	69-74-143
Mike Sposa	72-71-143
Vance Veazey	74-69-143
Mike Grob	71-72-143
Tommy Armour III	73-71-144
Steve Elkington	74-70-144
Jim McGovern	73-71-144
Brent Schwarzrock	73-71-144
Doug Barron	73-71-144
James McLean	70-74-144
Kenichi Kuboya	74-70-144
Robert Hamilton	72-72-144
Dicky Pride	71-73-144
Kent Jones	74-70-144
Joe Durant	72-72-144
Todd Fischer	71-73-144
Akio Sadakata	72-72-144
Matt Gogel	74-71-145
Esteban Toledo	70-75-145
Todd Barranger	71-74-145
Donnie Hammond	71-74-145
J.P. Hayes	71-74-145
Duffy Waldorf	71-74-145
Paul Gow	72-73-145
Jason Buha	73-72-145
John Morgan	68-77-145
John Maginnes	71-75-146
Mark Brooks	77-69-146
Dave Stockton Jr.	73-73-146
Cameron Yancey	74-72-146
Skip Kendall	72-74-146
K.J. Choi	70-76-146
Spike McRoy	75-72-147
Steve Stricker	72-75-147
Brent Geiberger	74-73-147
Steve Allan	71-76-147
Mathew Goggin	74-73-147
Frank Lickliter II	73-74-147
J.J. Henry	73-74-147
Steven Alker	71-76-147
Jeff Klein	76-71-147
David Lundstrom	76-71-147
Joel Kribel	71-76-147
Hal Sutton	74-74-148
Richard Zokol	74-74-148
Dean Wilson	72-76-148
Wilfredo Morales	73-75-148
John Gibson	74-74-148
Jason Gore	73-75-148
Gavin Coles	74-74-148
Adam Scott	68-80-148
Jay Don Blake	77-71-148
Chris Anderson	74-74-148
Mike Hulbert	74-75-149
Mark Wilson	74-75-149
Brenden Pappas	75-74-149
Michael Pearson	73-76-149
Brad Lardon	76-74-150
Kaname Yokoo	74-76-150
Steve Jones	77-73-150
Brian Watts	73-77-150
Brad Elder	76-74-150
Anthony Painter	77-73-150
John Huston	74-78-152
Craig Kanada	76-77-153
Jhonnathan Vegas	77-76-153
Brian Smith	76-80-156

LPGA Tour

Chick-Fil-A Charity At Eagle's Landing Country Club Stockbridge, Ga. $1.3 mil. 6,368 yards; Par: 72

Note: 72 players did not finish. Play resumes at 7:30 a.m. today.

Sophie Gustafson	34-32-66
Denise Killeen	33-35-68
Cristie Kerr	34-34-68
Young-A Yang	37-32-69
Suzann Pettersen	36-33-69
Catrin Nilsmark	33-36-69
Mi-Hyun Kim	33-36-69
Da.Ammaccapane	34-35-69
H.Daly-Donofrio	34-35-69
Akiko Fukushima	34-35-69
Brandie Burton	35-34-69
Dorothy Delasin	34-35-69
Shani Waugh	35-34-69
P.Meunier-Lebouc	35-34-69
Becky Morgan	36-34-70
Karen Stupples	37-33-70
Val Skinner	38-32-70
Stephanie Louden	34-36-70
Tammie Green	35-35-70
Kelli Kuehne	34-36-70
Kristi Albers	37-34-71
Kim Saiki	37-34-71
Kim Williams	37-34-71
Jill McGill	37-34-71
Tina Barrett	35-36-71
Kathryn Marshall	34-37-71
Silvia Cavalleri	34-37-71
Angela Jerman	35-36-71
Michelle Ellis	36-35-71
Jennifer Rosales	37-34-71
Liselotte Neumann	36-35-71
Mhairi McKay	35-36-71
Tracy Hanson	36-36-72
Joanne Morley	35-37-72
Gail Graham	34-38-72
Ara Koh	36-36-72
Cindy Figg-Currier	37-35-72
Soo Young Kim	35-37-72
Mitzi Edge	36-36-72
Miriam Nagl	35-37-72
Amy Fruhwirth	37-35-72
Nancy Scranton	37-35-72
Kate Golden	38-34-72
Wendy Doolan	37-35-72
Jeong Jang	35-37-72
Donna Andrews	34-38-72
Sherri Steinhauer	37-35-72
Gloria Park	35-37-72
Michelle McGann	36-36-72
Charlotta Sorenstam	38-35-73
Angela Stanford	37-36-73
Emilee Klein	36-37-73
Laura Diaz	37-36-73
Giulia Sergas	39-35-74
Mardi Lunn	36-38-74
Hiromi Kobayashi	36-38-74
Suzanne Strudwick	37-37-74
Marnie McGuire	38-36-74
Candie Kung	37-37-74
Chris Johnson	38-36-74
Heather Bowie	37-37-74
Joanne Mills	38-37-75
Leslie Spalding	37-38-75
Sherri Turner	37-39-76
Karine Icher	37-39-76
J.Gallagher-Smith	37-39-76
Michelle Estill	33-43-76
Cindy Schreyer	38-38-76
Jane Geddes	38-38-76
Annette Deluca	37-40-77
Ashli Bunch	39-40-79
Laurel Kean	42-38-80

Nationwide Tour

Rheem Classic

At Hardscrabble CC

Fort Smith, Ark.

$475,000; 6,619 yards Par: 70

Franklin Langham	65-68-133
Mike Sullivan	67-67-134
Rick Price	68-66-134
Brad Fabel	66-69-135
Ryuji Imada	66-69-135
Zach Johnson	65-70-135
Gabriel Hjertstedt	68-67-135
David Edwards	67-68-135
Boo Weekley	66-69-135
Emlyn Aubrey	67-69-136
Bubba Watson	70-66-136
Tripp Isenhour	69-67-136
Michael Muehr	69-67-136
Jason Dufner	69-67-136
Chip Beck	68-69-137
Bo Van Pelt	69-68-137
Hunter Haas	67-70-137
David Morland	72-65-137
Tom Carter	68-70-138
Chris Downes	71-67-138
Eric Meeks	67-71-138
Brian Claar	65-73-138
Scott Gump	67-71-138
Ryan Howison	72-66-138
Todd Rose	72-67-139
Steve Haskins	69-70-139
Tom Scherrer	71-68-139
Mike Standly	69-70-139
Tjaart Van Der Walt	68-71-139
Michael Long	69-70-139
Scott Petersen	64-75-139
Steve Gangluff	66-73-139
Rob McMillan	68-71-139
Willie Wood	70-69-139
Josh Broadaway	70-69-139
Jim Benepe	68-71-139
Jason Hill	69-70-139
B.J. Staten	68-71-139
Bobby Gage	72-68-140
Omar Uresti	70-70-140
Jeff Gove	73-67-140
D.A. Points	71-69-140
Trevor Dodds	70-70-140
Michael Bradley	70-70-140
Bruce Vaughan	66-74-140
Sonny Skinner	72-68-140
Tommy Biershenk	68-72-140
Mike Reid	69-71-140
Larry Rinker	73-67-140
Scott Parel	69-71-140
Rob Bradley	69-71-140
Robin Freeman	72-69-141
James Driscoll	69-72-141
Lucas Glover	70-71-141
Kevin Pendley	69-72-141
Dave Rummells	68-73-141
Michael Clark	69-72-141
Ted Purdy	69-72-141
Dan Pohl	70-71-141
Bob Friend	74-68-142
Kelly Gibson	72-70-142
Danny Ellis	72-70-142
Brad Adamonis	75-67-142
Tommy Tolles	70-72-142
Wes Short	69-73-142
Jeff Hart	70-72-142
Jess Daley	72-70-142
Richard Barcelo	72-70-142
Guy Boros	70-72-142
Shane Bertsch	70-72-142
David Griffiths	71-71-142