Staff/Wire reports

Former Ryder Cup captain Mark James, who became the first European to win a Champions Tour major last week at the Ford Senior Players Championship, has committed to play in the Kroger Classic Sept. 6-12 at the TPC at River's Bend in Maineville.

Jerry Pate, a rookie on the over-50 tour who won the 1976 U.S. Open and the 1982 Players Championship, also committed.

Gil Morgan, the defending champ and the tournament's only two-time winner, and other former Kroger winners Hugh Baiocchi, Gibby Gilbert, Bob Gilder, Hubert Green, Jay Sigel and Jim Thorpe committed earlier.

PUBLINX: Ryan Moore needed just 31 holes to beat Dayton Rose in Saturday's 36-hole match-play final and win his second U.S. Amateur Public Links championship.

Moore, a senior-to-be at Nevada-Las Vegas, never trailed in his final five matches, covering 88 holes.

Moore, who won medalist honors at the NCAA championship last month by six strokes, claimed the Public Links' Standish Cup for the second time in three years and secured a berth in the 2005 Masters. He's 13-1 in match play at the last three Publinx championships.

All quarterfinalists are exempt from qualifying for the 2005 Championship at Shaker Run Golf Club in Lebanon, Ohio. The finalists are also exempt for the 2004 U.S. Amateur next month.

LPGA TOUR: Michelle Estill and Young-A Yang are tied for the lead at 6-under 138 after the second round of Giant Eagle Classic in Vienna, Ohio.

PGA TOUR: Jonathan Byrd shot a 4-under-par 68 to maintain his one-shot lead after three rounds in the B.C. Open at Endicott, N.Y. Byrd was at 16-under 200.

NATIONWIDE TOUR: D.A. Points held a six-stroke lead after the third round of the Pete Dye West Virginia Classic. Andy Sanders (Turpin) and Brett Wetterich (Oak Hills) failed to make the cut.

CELEBRITY: Former NFL quarterback Billy Joe Tolliver's chip-in for an eagle gave him a two-point lead over Rick Rhoden, Dan Quinn and Mark Rypien in the American Century Championship at Lake Tahoe. Tolliver had 47 points in the modified Stableford scoring.

PGA Tour

B.C. OPEN

Saturday

At En-Joie Golf Club

Endicott, N.Y.

Purse: $3 million

Yardage: 6,974; Par: 72

Third Round

Jonathan Byrd	67-65-68-200
Ted Purdy	69-67-65-201
Robert Gamez	75-61-65-201
Tommy Tolles	67-69-65-201
Notah Begay III	73-62-66-201
John E. Morgan	65-68-68-201
Camilo Villegas	65-70-67-202
Neal Lancaster	67-67-69-203
Chris Smith	69-65-69-203
Steve Allan	72-68-64-204
Jim Gallagher, Jr.	70-68-66-204
John Senden	71-66-67-204
Robin Freeman	70-67-67-204
Hidemichi Tanaka	68-68-68-204
Jason Bohn	67-68-69-204
Pat Bates	70-68-67-205
Omar Uresti	71-67-67-205
Hank Kuehne	70-68-67-205
Vaughn Taylor	71-66-68-205
Joey Sindelar	68-69-68-205
John Cook	69-68-68-205
David Peoples	70-66-69-205
Gabriel Hjertstedt	67-68-70-205
Jay Williamson	68-67-70-205
Daniel Chopra	68-65-72-205
Todd Fischer	65-69-71-205
Bill Haas	74-66-66-206
Brenden Pappas	66-73-67-206
Jim Carter	70-68-68-206
Brett Quigley	66-69-71-206
Kevin Stadler	65-70-71-206
Richard S. Johnson	69-68-70-207
Esteban Toledo	71-66-70-207
Garrett Willis	66-71-70-207
Craig Stadler	67-69-71-207
David Edwards	71-71-66-208
Mark Wiebe	69-70-69-208
Wayne Levi	72-67-69-208
Roger Tambellini	69-69-70-208
Olin Browne	67-71-70-208
Stan Utley	68-69-71-208
John Rollins	71-65-72-208
Mike Grob	71-71-67-209
Wes Short, Jr.	72-69-68-209
Brock Mackenzie	69-71-69-209
Jason Dufner	69-71-69-209
Tom Carter	67-72-70-209
Greg Chalmers	68-71-70-209
Kelly Gibson	64-74-71-209
Fred Funk	74-68-68-210
Hiroyuki Fujita	72-70-68-210
David Sutherland	73-69-68-210
Matt Hendrix	72-70-68-210
Kevin Muncrief	70-71-69-210
John Morse	71-70-69-210
Kevin Na	70-70-70-210
Mark Wilson	70-69-71-210
Craig Bowden	68-71-71-210
Michael Clark II	70-69-71-210
Brian Kortan	69-68-73-210
Roland Thatcher	66-68-76-210
Lucas Glover	67-74-70-211
David Ogrin	73-68-70-211
Ken Green	69-71-71-211
Mike Standly	72-68-71-211
Jim Benepe	67-68-76-211
Mike Heinen	67-75-70-212
Trevor Dodds	74-68-70-212
Brad Bryant	72-70-71-213
Brandt Snedeker	69-73-71-213
Billy Andrade	72-68-73-213
Carl Paulson	69-70-74-213
Tim Conley	72-70-72-214
Danny Briggs	72-69-73-214
Grant Waite	71-69-74-214
Mike Springer	71-71-73-215
Mike Sullivan	71-71-73-215
Ken Duke	73-68-74-215

LPGA Tour

GIANT EAGLE CLASSIC

Saturday

At Squaw Creek Country Club

Vienna, Ohio

Purse: $1 million

Yardage: 6,446; Par 72

Second Round

a-denotes amateur

Michelle Estill	71-67-138
Young-A Yang	67-71-138
Moira Dunn	70-69-139
Laura Diaz	69-70-139
Nadina Taylor	69-71-140
Heather Bowie	72-69-141
Leta Lindley	71-70-141
Katherine Hull	76-66-142
Dina Ammaccapane	74-68-142
Jen Hanna	74-68-142
Nicole Jeray	73-69-142
Anna Acker-Macosko	72-70-142
Amy Fruhwirth	71-71-142
Heather Daly-Donofrio	71-71-142
Emilee Klein	70-72-142
Gloria Park	66-76-142
Amy Hung	73-70-143
Ji Yeon Lee	73-70-143
Jamie Hullett	71-72-143
Cathy Johnston-Forbes	71-72-143
Kristi Albers	70-73-143
Isabelle Beisiegel	70-73-143
Marilyn Lovander	69-74-143
Donna Andrews	68-75-143
A.J. Eathorne	75-69-144
Seol-An Jeon	74-70-144
Catherine Cartwright	74-70-144
Mardi Lunn	73-71-144
Jill McGill	73-71-144
Mikaela Parmlid	73-71-144
Angela Jerman	73-71-144
Lee Ann Walker-Cooper	72-72-144
Jean Bartholomew	72-72-144
Natalie Gulbis	72-72-144
Chris Johnson	72-72-144
Tina Fischer	72-72-144
Yu Ping Lin	71-73-144
Tammie Green	70-74-144
Beth Bauer	74-71-145
Allison Finney	73-72-145
Reilley Rankin	73-72-145
Dale Eggeling	72-73-145
Juli Hilton	72-73-145
Ashli Bunch	72-73-145
Carri Wood	71-74-145
Kathryn Marshall	71-74-145
Candy Hannemann	75-71-146
Jessica Reese	74-72-146
Soo Young Moon	74-72-146
Nancy Scranton	74-72-146
Jackie Gallagher-Smith	73-73-146
Joellyn Erdmann-Crooks	72-74-146
Suzy Whaley	72-74-146
Laura Myerscough	72-74-146
Becky Iverson	71-75-146
Ashley Winn	71-75-146
Marcy Hart	77-70-147
Kim Williams	75-72-147
Riko Higashio	75-72-147
Jenny Park-Choi	75-72-147
Jenna Daniels	74-73-147
Brandie Burton	74-73-147
Angie Rizzo	73-74-147
Michele Vinieratos	73-74-147
Il Mi Chung	72-75-147
Kris Tschetter	72-75-147
Laurie Rinker	72-75-147
Jung Yeon Lee	72-75-147
Audra Burks	71-76-147
Kelly Lagedrost	71-76-147
Kate Golden	70-77-147
Patricia Baxter-Johnson	70-77-147

Nationwide Tour

WEST VIRGINIA CLASSIC

Saturday

At Pete Dye Golf Club

Bridgeport, W.Va.

Purse: $600,000

Yardage: 7,248; Par: 72

Third Round

D.A. Points	65-62-68-195
Vance Veazey	69-67-65-201
Nick Cassini	66-69-67-202
Darron Stiles	66-67-69-202
Patrick Damron	68-72-63-203
Nick Watney	63-71-69-203
D.J. Trahan	66-70-68-204
Bryce Molder	66-67-71-204
Jeff Gove	70-69-66-205
Bob Heintz	69-69-67-205
Jason Caron	71-69-66-206
Chris Tidland	70-69-67-206
Kyle Thompson	71-68-67-206
Jess Daley	71-65-70-206
Bryant Odom	70-65-71-206
Andrew McLardy	73-69-65-207
Jon Mills	74-68-65-207
Jason Schultz	70-71-66-207
Bobby Kalinowski	72-68-67-207
Nathan Green	70-68-69-207
Craig Lile	68-70-69-207
Ryan Howison	71-71-66-208
Ryan Hietala	69-72-67-208
Bradley Hughes	71-69-68-208
Greg Boyette	72-68-68-208
Ryan Armour	75-67-67-209
Greg Bruckner	68-70-71-209
Charley Hoffman	69-73-68-210
Stephen Gangluff	72-68-70-210
Tom Scherrer	68-71-71-210
Warren Schutte	68-69-73-210
Scott Gutschewski	69-68-73-210
Charles Warren	69-73-69-211
Tyler Williamson	69-73-69-211
Mario Tiziani	69-72-70-211
Ahmad Bateman	75-66-70-211
Jim Rutledge	70-71-70-211
Scott Sterling	70-71-70-211
Jason Buha	71-69-71-211
Euan Walters	69-70-72-211
Johnson Wagner	70-68-73-211
Joseph Alfieri	70-72-70-212
Fran Quinn	71-71-70-212
Brad Ott	69-73-70-212
Ned Michaels	66-75-71-212
Keith Nolan	70-71-71-212
Troy Matteson	69-71-72-212
Justin Hicks	70-68-74-212
Anthony Painter	72-70-71-213
Steven Alker	73-69-71-213
Chris Anderson	71-69-73-213
Ty Tryon	69-70-74-213
Scott Petersen	71-71-72-214
Doug LaBelle II	70-71-73-214
David McKenzie	72-69-73-214
Paul Gow	72-69-74-215
Jeff Freeman	68-73-75-216
Jake Reeves	71-68-77-216
Keoke Cotner	70-69-77-216
Kevin Johnson	72-70-76-218

U.S. Amateur Public Links

Saturday

At Rush Creek Golf Club

Maple Grove, Minn.

Yardage: 7,132; Par: 72

Championship

Ryan Moore, Puyallup, Wash. (132), def. Dayton Rose, Midwest City, Okla. (147), 6 and 5.