Posted at 7:28 p.m., Saturday, January 26, 2008
Morgan holds on to lead at wind-blown Turtle Bay golf
Advertiser Staff
KAHUKU — Gil Morgan ducked the wind and the disasters it can induce in the second round today, clinging to his two-shot lead in the Turtle Bay Championship.While gusts up to 30 mph blew the first full field of the Champions Tour season backward, Morgan stayed in front by playing the Palmer Course in even-par 72. He remains at 7-under 137 for the tournament and is two ahead of Jim Thorpe and Bernhard Langer going into today's final round.
"It was pretty wicked out there with the wind," said Morgan, who estimated a two- to three-club impact on club selection either way. "You had to really stay on top of it all the time to make it seem like it would work, and even then it didn't work 100 percent of the time."
More wind is predicted. In other words, it will be another typical Turtle Bay day — conditions this tour has managed to avoid the past few years.
"Then I guarantee the winning score has already been posted," Thorpe said when he heard the forecast. "Basically what you're trying to do is hold on to what you got."
