Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SATURDAY, March 2, 1991 TAG: 9103020009
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B1 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: MIAMI LENGTH: Short
"The best round of golf I've had in a long, long time," Nicklaus said after a bogey-free, 9-under-par 63 Scores in Scoreboard. B4 put him a stroke off Kenny Perry's 36-hole lead at 134.
Azinger, winner of the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, appeared to have the same total but was disqualified for the inadvertent infraction of a rule in Thursday's opening round.
Nicklaus' play overshadowed a career-best 64 by Perry.
It was, Nicklaus said, probably his lowest competitive round since a 63 in the 1980 U.S. Open.
"That's the best round I've ever seen him play, and I've seen him play a lot of golf," Andy Bean said.
Nicklaus knows winning on the regular tour for the first time since the 1986 Masters won't be easy. "I haven't been in position to win a tournament in a long time," he said, overlooking two Senior wins last year.
Azinger shot a 65 that didn't count. He was disqualified after a television viewer questioned his second shot out of the edge of a lake on Thursday.
A review of the tape showed Azinger, in taking his stance, twice made a pawing motion with his left foot, moving rocks or coral.
It violates rule 13-4, moving a loose impediment in a hazard, and requires a two-stroke penalty.
Azinger, unaware of the infraction, did not assess himself the penalty and signed for a par-4 on that hole. He was disqualified for signing an incorrect scorecard.
by CNB