Mallon Keeps Lead With 71

Despite playing in adverse conditions Friday, Meg Mallon has a one-stroke lead halfway through the $850,000 LPGA Memorial of Naples in Florida. She shot a one-under-par 71 after shooting an eight-under 64 in the first round.

Because she teed off in the morning, when the temperature was in the low 40s and the wind was blowing, Mallon figured she’d be caught in the afternoon.

“I know getting an under-par round is good today,� Mallon said. “Hopefully, no one will get too far away for the weekend.�

Rookie Jen Hanna, 45-year-old Dale Eggeling and Tina Barrett were tied for second at eight-under 136.

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John Jacobs shot a first-round, eight-under 64 at Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, to lead Jim Colbert, Larry Nelson and Allen Doyle by two strokes in the Senior PGA MasterCard Championship. Jack Nicklaus shot a 73 on his 60th birthday. . . . PGA pro Notah Begay said his arrest this week for drunken driving at Albuquerque was his second in five years, and he’ll seek professional help to determine if he has a drinking problem. . . . At its annual meeting, the U.S. Golf Assn. gave Tom Watson, Greg Norman, Curtis Strange and 18-year-old Australian amateur Aaron Badley exemptions to the U.S. Open at Pebble Beach. Nancy Lopez and Pat Bradley will get exemptions to the U.S. Women’s Open. . . . Norman agreed to a deal with Acushnet in which he’ll play only its Titleist clubs and balls.