PGA TOUR Love, with 10 birdies, leads The Internationals

Play was suspended Thursday with 13 players still on the course.
CASTLE ROCK, Colo. (AP) -- A weather delay of nearly two hours didn't seem to bother David Love III, who tied a tournament record with 10 birdies in a nearly flawless performance at The International.
Love claimed the early first-round lead Thursday with 19 points under the modified Stableford scoring system used in this event.
Charles Howell III was next with 14 points.
Play was delayed by lightning in the afternoon for 1 hour, 44 minutes and was suspended because of darkness with 13 players still on the course. They were to conclude their rounds early today prior to the second round.
Love, who has won three times this season and stands fourth on the PGA Tour money list with more than $4.2 million, finished one point shy of the tournament record and matched the record for most birdies. Greg Whisman had 10 birdies in the first round of the 1992 tournament, and Ernie Els had 10 in the third round in 1994.
"That's probably the most birdies I've ever made in a round," Love said. "I don't think I could hit it much better, and I couldn't have putted much better either."
He said his ball-striking was comparable to the final round of the Players Championship, which he won with a closing 64. In fact, Love said Thursday's round was "maybe even better."
Putting well
Love, who needed only 23 putts, said he "can't remember the last time I putted with such confidence all the way through."
Attacking Castle Pines Golf Club's 7,559-yard layout, Love birdied his first three holes, including a 30-foot putt at No. 1. In the 10th fairway when play was delayed, Love finished with four birdies in his last five holes. He had his lone bogey at the par-3 16th when he missed the green.
Under conventional stroke-play format, he shot a 63.
Bob Tway and Jonathan Kaye each finished with 12 points. John Rollins had 11 and Chris Riley 10.
Masters champion Mike Weir and Steve Lowery, last year's runner-up here, were in a group at 9. Phil Mickelson and Chris DiMarco were at 8. Defending champion Rich Beem was at 4, along with Ernie Els and Vijay Singh. Sergio Garcia was at 2.
The scoring system gives players 8 points for a double eagle, 5 points for an eagle, 2 points for birdie, zero for par, minus-1 for bogey and minus-3 for double bogey or worse. Beem won last year with a four-round total of 44 points, including 19 on Sunday.
Howell holds second
Howell, making a statement for the Tour's young guns after season-long successes by the over-40 crowd, had seven birdies in a bogey-free round.
"Last year everybody said it was the 'Young Tour,"' the 24-year-old Howell said. "I think we had 18 first-time winners. Now this year you're seeing the total opposite of that. I think it's good for the game. I think it shows you how hard a lot of people are working. They're not ready to give up."
Singh, Scott Hoch, Fred Couples, Peter Jacobsen and Kenny Perry, all in their 40s, have already won this year, and Craig Stadler won the B.C. Open three weeks ago at age 50. Nick Price, 46, and Jay Haas, 49, stand 10th and 11th, respectively, on this year's money list.