11/27/2008 - Melbourne, Australia (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Tim Clark and Scott Hend shot rounds of five-under 67 and shared a two-shot lead Thursday when the Australian Masters was suspended.
An afternoon lightning storm delayed play for nearly three hours, pushing the first round back far enough that it could not be completed before darkness fell.
It will resume Friday morning with 48 players returning to the course to complete their first 18 holes.
Hend had already taken the clubhouse lead before the round was first halted, while Clark retired to safety as the hail storm approached, having only completed 13 holes.
Clark, who was two shots back at the beginning of the lengthy weather delay, returned to make back-to-back birdies at the 15th and 16th holes to join Hend in a share of the lead.
He benefited from better scoring conditions.
"Obviously the wind was a lot calmer and from a different direction and the greens had softened up, so it was a totally different course," said Clark. "It was tough this morning with the wind, but I was happy with how I was playing this morning, too, so overall I'll take that score."
Clark and Hend enjoyed a two-stroke lead over Anthony Brown, Daniel Wardrop and Michael Wright, who all posted three-under 69s. Chris Downes will have the best shot at catching the leaders when he returns to the course at three-under par through 13 holes.
Daniel Chopra, Simon Griffiths, Ewan Porter, Peter Senior, Vernon Sexton-Finck and Paul Sheehan all finished with two-under 70s to sit three strokes off the lead. Two other players were minus-two on the course.
Further down the leaderboard, Stuart Appleby (74) and John Daly (76) were among the players to who finished their rounds before the initial weather stoppage.
Daly, coming off a final-round 62 and a 17th-place finish in Hong Kong on Sunday, is in Australia for two consecutive tournaments.
Hend grabbed the lead with a round that included six birdies against just one bogey. The 35-year-old native Australian was lucky enough to get out on the course early.
Avoiding the really bad weather, Hend nevertheless had to cope with a strong wind.
"My target was to be as aggressive as possible downwind, and then just try and make a par into the wind," said Hend. "It was just aggressive, then defensive, back and forward."
Playing in the seventh morning group off Huntingdale Golf Club's first tee, Hend opened his round with a birdie. His lone bogey came at No. 4, while back- to-back birdies at the seventh and eighth as well as the 10th and 11th moved him up the leaderboard.
Hend finished the off the round with a closing birdie at the 18th, earning himself his best score since he strained elbow ligaments in August.
"I'm never surprised when I play good, I'm disappointed when I play bad," said Hend. "Self-belief and confidence, that's all it is with a golfer."
Clark's round included two eagles and a birdie on his first 10 holes. But he got moving in the wrong direction with two bogeys in a three-hole stretch just before the weather suspension.
Luckily for him, he was able to right the ship when play resumed. And he was beaming afterwards about his early eagles.
"I had two eagles all year on the U.S. Tour, so that was quite a shock for me, but downwind they were reachable and that was where you had to make your score up on a day like this," said Clark.
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NEW YORK, NY, Sept. 21 - My Sportsbook NCAA football fans: things are beginning to get really interesting on college football's national stage. Following last weekend's "Separation Saturday", which included five teams ranked in the top 15 dropping games, the BCS Championship picture is beginning to take shape - with Ohio State leading the charge. And, according to odds makers at MySportsbook.com, the number-one-ranked Buckeyes will continue their winning ways this weekend.
Revenge will be the name of the game in Columbus this Saturday, as Ohio State looks to even the score following last season's loss to Joe Paterno's Nittany Lions. Although Penn State are listed as 16.5 point underdogs, they are 11-10 all-time versus the Buckeyes. Paterno and the Lions, however, will have to shut down Heisman Trophy favorite Troy Smith who has thrown for 769 yards and seven touchdowns this season.
Speaking of revenge, Notre Dame will be out for some against Michigan State, following last year's 44 - 41 overtime loss to the Spartans in South Bend. The thirteenth-ranked Irish, listed as a 3-point favorite, will also be looking to avenge last Saturday's thrashing from the Michigan Wolverines. The Spartans, meanwhile, have won seven of the last nine match-ups against Notre Dame and are coming off an impressive 38-23 victory over Pittsburgh.
Out west, 22nd-ranked Arizona State will be battling for their first victory over 21st-ranked California since 2000. Although the Golden Bears are listed as 7.5-point favorites, the Sun Devils are 3-0, lead the nation in sacks with 18 and possess the Pac-10's leading passer in sophomore quarterback Rudy Carpenter.
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NCAA Football betting lines (home team in CAPS)
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Sept 21 GEORGIA TECH Virginia 17
Sept 22 NEVADA Northwestern 6.5
Sept 23 MICHIGAN Wisconsin 14
Sept 23 Minnesota PURDUE 3
Sept 23 SYRACUSE Miami (Ohio) 6.5
Sept 23 MISSOURI Ohio 21.5
Sept 23 Louisville KANSAS STATE 14
Sept 23 TENNESSEE Marshall 22
Sept 23 CLEMSON North Carolina 16.5
Sept 23 FLORIDA Kentucky 24
Sept 23 Iowa ILLINOIS 20.5
Sept 23 FLORIDA STATE Rice 30.5
Sept 23 AUBURN Buffalo 41.5
Sept 23 BOWLING GREEN Kent 7
Sept 23 NAVY Tulsa 4.5
Sept 23 VIRGINIA TECH Cincinnati 27
Sept 23 BYU Utah State 29
Sept 23 OHIO STATE Penn State 16.5
Sept 23 TEXAS Iowa State 25
Sept 23 Washington State STANFORD 10
Sept 23 CALIFORNIA Arizona State 7.5
Sept 23 UCLA WASHINGTON 3
Sept 23 INDIANA Connecticut 1.5
Sept 23 Central Michigan EASTERN MICHIGAN 4
Sept 23 WYOMING Air Force 1
Sept 23 UTEP NEW MEXICO 9.5
Sept 23 West Virginia EAST CAROLINA 21
Sept 23 Boston College NORTH CAROLINA STATE 7
Sept 23 GEORGIA Colorado 27
Sept 23 ARKANSAS Alabama 1.5
Sept 23 BAYLOR Army 11
Sept 23 WESTERN MICHIGAN Temple 28
Sept 23 MISSISSIPPI Wake Forest 2.5
Sept 23 KANSAS South Florida 5.5
Sept 23 TEXAS A&M Louisiana Tech 23.5
Sept 23 UAB Mississippi State 9.5
Sept 23 LSU Tulane 36
Sept 23 Utah SAN DIEGO STATE 6.5
Sept 23 BOISE STATE Hawaii 15
Sept 23 Notre Dame MICHIGAN STATE 3
Sept 23 USC ARIZONA U 22
Sept 23 Oklahoma State HOUSTON 1
Sept 23 OREGON STATE Idaho 23
Sept 23 OKLAHOMA Middle Tennessee State 29
Sept 23 MARYLAND Florida International 18.5
Sept 23 AKRON North Texas 17.5
Sept 23 SOUTH CAROLINA Florida Atlantic 29.5
Sept 23 NEBRASKA Troy 23
Sept 23 SMU Arkansas State 6
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