Kane'ohe's Wilson takes Q-School lead

Associated Press

Dean Wilson of Kane'ohe, Hawai'i, fired a 7-under-par 65 to take a one-shot lead yesterday after the second round of the PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament at La Quinta, Calif.

Wilson, a Castle High graduate and former WAC Player of the Year at BYU, ranked third on the Japan Golf Tour Organization with three victories and over $900,000 in earnings, is at 10-under 134.

Anthony Painter (68) and Jeff Brehaut (64) were at 135. Barry Cheesman (69), Mike Grob (70), Bobby Gage (68), Mathew Goggin (69) and Donnie Hammond (67) were at 137.

The top 35 and ties in the six-round event on PGA West's Jack Nicklaus Tournament Course and Stadium Course will receive 2003 PGA Tour cards. The next 50 — or the number nearest to 50 with ties — will receive Nationwide Tour cards.

Wilson, who played four events on the PGA Tour this year, played the Tournament Course. Painter also played the Tournament Course and Brehaut played the Stadium Course.

WORLD CHALLENGE

• Furyk on target with 64: Jim Furyk had a boring round compared to Tiger Woods and Davis Love III, which was fine by him yesterday in the Target World Challenge at Thousand Oaks, Calif.

While both Woods and Love went eight consecutive holes without a par, Furyk picked his spots at Sherwood Country Club and avoided costly mistakes on his way to an 8-under 64 to take a one-stroke lead.

Nick Price and Padraig Harrington were at 65 after bogey-less rounds.

"You can make a bunch of birdies, but it's also a course where you can make a bunch of mistakes," Furyk said. "If you can eliminate those bad holes, which is difficult, you can shoot a really low round."

That's what stopped Woods, the tournament host and defending champion of the $3.8 million exhibition (68), and Love (66).

AUSTRALIAN MASTERS

• Aussie Collins leads: Australia's Steve Collins shot a 4-under 68 in rainy and windy conditions yesterday to take a two-stroke lead in the Australian Masters at Melbourne.

"It's a game of survival," Collins said. "If you lose your head out there just a tiny bit, you're going to rack up a huge score very quickly."

Australians Adam Scott and Peter Lonard opened with 70s on the Huntingdale course, and Jarrod Moseley and Wayne Riley topped a seven-player group at 71.

Lonard, who shared the Australian PGA title with Moseley on Sunday when darkness forced the suspension of a playoff after one hole, three-putted for a double bogey on the par-4 18th hole.