Floyd Retains Hartford Lead Without Playing

Raymond Floyd didn’t hit a shot Saturday but retained his one-stroke lead at the rain-altered Greater Hartford Open as the remaining half of the field completed the second round at Cromwell, Conn. A double round of 36 holes is scheduled for today.

Floyd, with rounds of 64-68 for a 10-under-par 132, kept the lead as a wind shift Saturday afternoon made some of the par-5 holes unreachable in two shots.

Steve Pate, who also finished his second round Friday, was alone in second at 133 with rounds of 68-65. Only 45 pros managed to complete their 36 holes on schedule Friday due to the four hours of steady rain which fell on the second day of the $600,000 event at the Tournament Players Club of Connecticut.

Among Saturday’s 77 players, John Cook and Wayne Grady finished in the highest position, tied for third at seven-under-par 135 with Friday finishers Jodie Mudd and Dave Lundstrom.

Cook, who started at the ninth hole, finished with a 69, while Grady, who began on the fourth hole, wound up with a 65.

Jane Geddes shot a one-under-par 71 that kept her one stroke ahead of Val Skinner after three rounds of the $390,000 du Maurier women’s golf tournament at Montreal.

Geddes, who shot a Beaconsfield Golf Club course-record 64 Saturday, has a three-round total of 208, eight-under par.

Skinner shot a 70, missing a chance for a first-place tie when she three-putted the par-3 17th green for a bogey.

Australian Graham Marsh, battling through blustery conditions, managed a one-over-par 73 to increase his lead to three strokes heading into the final round of the $182,000 Dutch Open at Noordwijk.

Marsh had a 54-hole total of 209, three strokes better than England’s David Feherty, who shot a 74. Curtis Strange, tops on the PGA money list, was tied for ninth at 217 after a round of 75.

Lee Elder set a Senior tour record with an 11-under-par 61 for the first-round lead in a $175,000 tournament at the Newport Country Club at Newport, R.I.

Elder’s round, featuring 11 birdies and only 26 putts, also broke by five strokes the course record held by six players, including Peter Thomson of Australia.

Thomson was in second place with a 66 while four players, Jack Fleck, Gene Littler, Doug Sanders and Howie Johnson were next at 67. Four players, including Arnold Palmer, were at 68.