GOLF ROUNDUP : O’Meara Stays on Las Vegas Hot Streak With 67

Mark O’Meara, who finished 19 under par in a victory last weekend, continues to hold the hottest hand in golf.

“My kind of game is one that can just click on, boom, and all of a sudden I start to stiff it,” O’Meara said Friday after he shot a five-under-par 67 and retained a one-stroke lead after three rounds of the 90-hole, $1.3-million Las Vegas Invitational.

O’Meara birdied five of six holes in one stretch at the Desert Inn as he completed one round over each of three desert resort courses in 198, 18 under par.

The final two rounds will be played at the Las Vegas Country Club, the easiest of the three courses used for the first 54 holes.

Bob Tway, who has won only once since his 1986 PGA victory over Greg Norman, scored an eagle-three in his 65 at the Desert Inn and was one stroke behind at 199. John Cook, who had a third-round 66 at Spanish Trails, was another stroke back at 200.

Emlyn Aubrey was fourth at 202 after a 68 at Spanish Trails. Canadian Richard Zokol was next at 203 after a 66 at Desert Inn.

Bruce Crampton and Robert Gaona each birdied the final hole to tie Bob Betley at five-under-par 67 for the first-round lead at the senior tournament at Abilene, Tex.

Al Kelley, Terry Dill and J.C. Goosie finished one shot back on the par-72, 6,843-yard Fairway Oaks Country Club course.

Cathy Gerring shot a second consecutive 69 and held the lead after two rounds of the LPGA World Championship at Cely, France. Gerring, one of 13 U.S. golfers in the 16-woman field, was at 138, six under par and one stroke ahead of Ayako Okamoto, who had a 66.

Simon Owen and Greg Turner won bogey battles at the notorious 17th of the Old Course, the Road Hole, helping lead unseeded New Zealand to a 2-1 victory over seventh-seeded Wales in the Dunhill Cup at St. Andrew’s, Scotland. France, which had eliminated the United States, lost to Japan, 3-0.