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Overton Shares Lead At Wet AT&T

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The Associated Press

The Tampa Tribune

Published: July 5, 2008

BETHESDA, Md. - BETHESDA, Md. - Jeff Overton doesn't feel like a different player than the guy who couldn't make it to the weekend on the PGA Tour over the past two months. Funny how seeing the ball go in the hole changes everything.

Overton continued his one-week turnaround Friday with a 5-under 65, giving him a share of the lead with Tom Pernice Jr. in the AT&T National before storms interrupted the second round.

Overton and Pernice, who matched the course record on a soft, still day at Congressional with a 63, were at 9-under 131.

Anthony Kim (67) and Cliff Kresge (65) were three shots behind.

Consider how quickly Overton's prospects have changed.

He hasn't finished in the top 20 all year. He had not broken par since the last week in April.

He missed the cut at the Buick Open last week, his sixth weekend off in his last seven tournaments. He stuck around Detroit for a British Open qualifier - Overton has never played in any major - and was 9 under par over two rounds to finish first in his field and earn a ticket to Royal Birkdale.

He showed up at Congressional and hasn't stopped.

LPGA: Seon Hwa Lee birdied five of her final six holes for an 8-under 64 to take a two-shot lead at the NW Arkansas Championship in Rogers, Ark.

The start of the first round was delayed about five hours, and about half the field wasn't able to finish.

CHAMPIONS: Joe Ozaki shot a 9-under 63, his best round in three years on the Champions Tour, to take a two-shot lead over Eduardo Romero in the Dick's Sporting Goods Open at Endicott, N.Y.

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