On the Links | Results of Friday’s professional golf events

TEXAS OPEN

SAN ANTONIO

Brendan Steele completed an 8-under 64 in the morning and shot a 70 in the second round Friday to take a three-stroke lead in the Texas Open. The 2011 winner at TPC San Antonio for his lone tour title, Steele had a 10-under 134 total. Play was suspended because of darkness with 13 players left on the course. The schedule was thrown off Thursday morning with a 3 1/2-hour rain delay. Scott Langley, Stuart Appleby and Charley Hoffman were tied for second. Langley shot 68, Appleby 70, and Hoffman 71. Appleby rallied after four-putting from 7 feet for a triple bogey on his opening hole. Patrick Reed (73) was 6 under along with Ricky Barnes (70), Jon Curran (68), Sung Kang (67), Spencer Levin (69), Peter Malnati (71), Ryan Palmer (70) and Mark Wilson (69).

SWINGING SKIRTS LPGA CLASSIC

DALY CITY, CALIF.

Haru Nomura shot a 2-under 70 in windy conditions at Lake Merced to take the second-round lead in the Swinging Skirts LPGA Classic. The 23-year-old Japanese player had a 9-under 135 total for a three-stroke lead over South Koreans So Yeon Ryu and Na Yeon Choi and Australia’s Minjee Lee. Nomura won the Australian Women’s Open in February, pulling away to beat top-ranked Lydia Ko by three strokes for her first LPGA Tour title. Ko was four strokes back at 5 under after a 71. The two-time defending champion birdied three of the first three holes, but bogeyed two of the last four. Ryu, the first-round leader after a tournament-record 63, bogeyed four of her first five holes in rain and wind and finished with a 75.

BASS PRO SHOPS LEGENDS OF GOLF

RIDGEDALE, MO.

Bernhard Langer and Tom Lehman teamed to shoot an 11-under 60 in better-ball play to take the first-round lead in the Bass Pro Shops Legends of Golf at Big Cedar Lodge. Langer and Lehman had a 7-under 28 on the front nine on Buffalo Ridge’s Springs Course and added four birdies on the back nine. They teamed to win the 2009 event in Georgia. Defending champions Billy Andrade and Joe Durant were three strokes back along with the teams of Kenny Perry-Scott Hoch, Paul Goydos-Kevin Sutherland and Corey Pavin-Duffy Waldorf. Larry Nelson and Bruce Fleisher led the Legends Division for players 65 and older, shooting a 9-under 45 on the par-3 Top of the Rock course. They played nine holes of modified alternate shot and nine of better ball. Jim Thorpe and Doug Tewell were second at 47. Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player were eighth at 53.

SHENZHEN INTERNATIONAL

SHENZHEN, CHINA

South Korea’s Lee Soo-min shot a 7-under 65 to take a three-stroke lead during the rain-interrupted second round of the Shenzhen International. Lee had a 13-under 131 on the Genzon course. Dutchman Joost Luiten was second after a 66. American Bubba Watson was 2 under for the tournament with 17 holes left when play was suspended for the day.

Associated Press