Howell has one-shot lead in Dunhiill Links

J.L. Lewis took the second round lead in the PGA Michelin event.
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ST. ANDREWS, Scotland -- England's David Howell highlighted his round with an eagle Friday to take a one-stroke lead over compatriot and Ryder Cup teammate Luke Donald after two rounds of the Dunhill Links Championship.
Howell and Donald each shot 7-under 65 on the Old Course. Howell's second successive 65 was capped by an eagle-2 on a 105-yard sand wedge into the 18th hole, his ninth hole of the round. Donald was a stroke behind at 13-under 131.
"Maybe I am walking half an inch taller now," Howell said.
Louis Oosthuizen of South Africa held third place at 12 under after a 65 on the Old Course.
Vijay Singh, ranked No. 1 in the world, carded a 70 on the Old Course and shared 21st place.
Ernie Els, who went past Tiger Woods into second place on the world rankings with his victory in the American Express Championship in Ireland last Sunday, shot a second successive 68 for a share of 11th place.
PGA Tour
LAS VEGAS -- J.L. Lewis is having somewhat of a down year after the best season of his career on the PGA Tour.
He's not happy about it, but a few of the guys just behind him in the Michelin Championship at Las Vegas wouldn't mind being in his position at all.
Lewis shot a 9-under 63 to take the lead at 14 under midway through the Las Vegas tournament. Lewis took a one-shot lead over Chez Reavie, Olin Browne and Alex Cejka with a round that included an eagle, six birdies and no bogeys on a friendly Bear's Best course.
"I didn't do anything stupid so that's really good for me this year," Lewis said.
LPGA Tour
NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C. -- Liselotte Neumann only had to glance at her caddie's back -- and her name misspelled as "Newmann" on the vest -- to realize how long it had been since she held a lead on the LPGA Tour.
The 38-year-old Swede had just 22 putts on the way to her second straight 68 and a share of the lead with Donna Andrews (68) and Wales' Becky Morgan (69) at 8 under halfway through the LPGA Asahi Ryokuken International Championship.
It was the first time Neumann has topped the leaderboard since the third round of the 2002 Nabisco Championships, where she wound up second to Annika Sorenstam.
Cristie Kerr (68), Laura Davies (69) and Jeong Jang (67) were two strokes behind the leaders at 6 under. Beth Daniel, a South Carolina native and Hall of Famer, was three shots behind after a 68.
Champions Tour
SPRING, Texas -- Wayne Levi matched his best round on the Champions Tour and Walter Hall had his lowest score of the year, shooting 8-under 64s to share the first-round lead in the Administaff Small Business Classic.
Hall and Levi, coming off a victory Sunday in the Constellation Energy Classic in Hunt Valley, Md., each had eight birdies in bogey-free rounds in the inaugural tournament on the Augusta Pines Golf Club course.
Jim Dent opened with a 66 and Tom Kite was another stroke back along with Hale Irwin, John Harris and Jim Thorpe.
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