Parnevik Has Feel for Lead

Jesper Parnevik, recovering from a hip injury, shot a six-under-par 65 Friday to take a one-stroke lead in the PGA Tour’s Air Canada Championship at Surrey, Canada.

“It seems like I’ve been able to feel the shots the way they’re going to come out before I hit them, which is key a lot of times, especially when I don’t feel well,” said Parnevik, the Swedish star seeking his third victory of the year.

“It’s just a feel you’re looking for. A trust that when you commit to a shot that it will come off.”

He had an 11-under 131 total on the Northview Golf Club course.

New Zealand’s Grant Waite was second after a 67, and Steve Lowery (63), Tommy Armour III (65) and J.L. Lewis (66) were two strokes back at 133.

Spanish star Sergio Garcia shot a 67 for a 135 total.

Andy Miller, the son of former tour star Johnny Miller, made the cut in his pro debut, shooting a 67 for a 139 total.

“My dad told me the hole here is the same size as it is in any other tournament,” he said.

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Larry Nelson, coming off his third Senior PGA Tour victory of the year, shot a six-under 66 to take a two-stroke lead in the Foremost Insurance Championship at Ada, Mich.

Nelson, the FleetBoston Classic winner last week in Concord, Mass., ran his streak of below-par rounds to 18.

“This course is a little more difficult than the last three we’ve played,” Nelson said. “I tried to take what it gave me, but you can’t hit the driver on every hole because of the way the fairways slope. A lot of times you are better off hitting a three-wood.”

Lanny Wadkins, Frank Conner and Ed Dougherty opened with 68s, and 64-year-old Gary Player was one of seven players another shot back.

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Nancy Scranton holed a bunker shot for her fifth consecutive birdie en route to a six-under 66 and a share of the first-round lead in the State Farm Rail Classic at Springfield, Ill.

Scranton two-putted for birdie on the par-five fourth hole, made three consecutive 15-foot putts and finished the run with the bunker shot on the par-five eighth.

Defending champion Mi Hyun Kim of South Korea, Laurel Kean and Canada’s Lorie Kane also opened with 66s. Kristi Albers shot a 67, and Australian star Karrie Webb topped a four-player group at 68.

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Denmark’s Thomas Bjorn shot a nine-under 63 to take a one-stroke lead after the second round of the BMW International Open.

Scotland’s Colin Montgomerie, the defending champion, missed his first cut in two years on the European tour, struggling to a 74 for a two-over 146 total.