Stewart Grabs One-Shot Lead

Payne Stewart, making a late run at a berth on the Ryder Cup team, shot his second consecutive 65 Friday for a one-stroke lead over Woody Austin after two rounds of the Buick Open at Grand Blanc, Mich.

Thirty-nine golfers in the 156-player field were still on the course when darkness fell and were to complete their second round today before the start of the third round.

Austin, finishing his rain-delayed first round early Friday, tied the course record with a nine-under-par 63, which had been equaled by six others.

But it all became moot when Jim Furyk, taking advantage of lift, clean and place rules, birdied his final five holes for a record 62 in the second round, putting him in a group at 134 with J.L. Lewis and Bruce Vaughn.