"I worked on my game early this week," said Sauers, whose best finish this year was a fourth-place showing in the Byron Nelson Classic.
"Come Wednesday afternoon, things were getting better, and by Thursday everything was in place. I hit every shot today the way I wanted to. The crowd was yelling when I made my putts, and that got my adrenalin going."
Sauers completed a bogey-free round with birdies on three of the final four holes. He sank a putt of 15 feet on No. 17 and a 12-footer on No. 18.
Peete carded seven birdies and a bogey on this way to a 6-under 65.
George Archer, the winner of the tournament in 1984, put himself into contention with a 66 for a 209 total, tying him with 1980 winner Wayne Levi.
PGA TOURNAMENT
Gene Sauers - 70-71-64-205
Curtis Strange - 73-65-68-206
Mark Calcavecchia - 70-69-68-207
Blaine McCallister - 72-68-67-207
Curt Byrum - 71-68-69-208
Calvin Peete - 73-70-65-208
Larry Rinker - 68-74-66-208
Ernie Gonzalez - 71-71-66-208
Wayne Levi - 68-71-70-209
Mark O'Meara - 71-67-69-209
George Archer - 74-69-66-209
D.A. Weibring - 72-68-70-210
Rick Fehr - 72-70-68-210
Wayne Grady - 66-73-71-210
Larry Ziegler - 71-70-69-210
Jack Renner - 73-70-68-211
Paul Azinger - 71-71-69-211
Rocco Mediate - 71-72-68-211
Vance Heafner - 73-70-68-211
Brian Claar - 66-74-72-212
Fred Couples - 75-69-68-212
Steve Pate - 73-72-68-213
Bobby Cole - 71-71-71-213
Al Geiberger - 69-72-72-213
Bill Glasson - 68-72-73-213
Antonio Cerda - 69-71-73-213
Richard Zokol - 71-73-69-213
a-Billy Andrade - 72-69-72-213
George Burns III - 74-70-69-213
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Judy Dickinson fired a 9-under-par 63 to set a course record at the Meridian Valley Country Club and tie for the lead with Jan Stephenson in a $200,000 LPGA event in Kent, Wash.
Dickinson had nine birdies and no bogeys on the par-72, 6,222-yard course for a three-day total of 9-under par 207.
Stephenson, the leader after two rounds, shot a 1-under 71 to hang on to a share of first place. Another stroke back, in third place, was Beth Daniel, who shot a 2-under 70 for a three-day total of 208.
Stephenson said she was lucky to still have part of the lead after two bogeys on the front nine. She bounced back on the back nine with birdies on the 13th, 15th and 18th holes.
"Those bogeys really shook my confidence," she said.
LPGA TOURNAMENT
Jan Stephenson - 69-67-71-207
Judy Dickinson - 71-73-63-207
Beth Daniel - 71-67-70-208
Hollis Stacy - 68-73-68-209
Kris Monaghan - 67-72-71-210
Robin Walton - 74-65-72-211
Becky Pearson - 72-69-72-213
Juli Inkster - 68-73-72-213
Kathy Whitworth - 73-73-68-214
Lauri Peterson - 73-70-72-215
Pat Bradley - 74-70-71-215
M. J. Smith - 70-73-73-216
Deb Richard - 69-74-73-216
Kathy Postlewait - 72-70-74-216
Colleen Walker - 75-71-70-216
Betsy King - 69-71-76-216
Lauren Howe - 69-74-73-216
Patty Sheehan - 73-72-72-217
Dawn Coe - 73-72-72-217
Sally Quinlan - 72-75-70-217
Susan Tonkin - 76-70-72-218
Missie McGeorge - 72-73-73-218
JoAnne Carner - 77-67-74-218
Joan Joyce - 72-72-74-218
Sherri Turner - 73-73-73-219
Jane Crafter - 73-75-71-219
Mary Beth Zimmerman- 70-76-73-219
Laurie Rinker - 72-76-71-219
Cindy Hill - 75-72-72-219
Dale Eggeling - 75-73-71-219
Kathy Baker - 76-71-72-219
Lynn Adams - 75-72-73-220
Cathy Morse - 78-70-72-220
Jane Geddes - 75-70-76-221
Janet Anderson - 70-75-76-221
Cathy Kratzert - 73-76-72-221
Bonnie Lauer - 70-73-78-221
Lenore Muraoka - 71-79-71-221
Chris Johnson - 75-74-72-221
Pam Allen - 75-72-74-221
Vicki Fergon - 74-73-74-221
Shirley Furlong - 74-73-74-221
Cindy Rarick - 73-74-75-222
Nancy Tomich - 72-74-76-222
Mitzi Edge - 74-72-76-222
Denise Strebig - 78-71-73-222
Janet Coles - 75-72-75-222
Marci Bozarth - 73-72-77-222
Martha Nause - 72-75-75-222
C. Montgomery - 76-73-73-222
Sandra Palmer - 75-74-74-223
Carole Charbonnier - 75-75-73-223
Deedee Lasker - 75-75-73-223
Linda Hunt - 73-76-75-224
Nancy Scranton - 76-72-76-224
Susie McAllister - 76-74-74-224
Jody Rosenthal - 74-74-76-224
Nancy White - 74-73-77-224
Ayako Okamoto - 75-75-74-224
Lori West - 76-74-75-225
Patti Rizzo - 76-72-77-225
Heather Farr - 79-69-77-225
Cindy Figg-Currier - 74-75-76-225
Melissa Whitmire - 77-73-75-225
Marta Figueras-Dott- 78-72-75-225
Chi Chi Rodriguez shot a 5-under-par 67 for a 1-stroke lead after two rounds of a $300,000 Senior tournament in Richmond, Va.
South Africa's Gary Player fired a 68 to stand alone in second, 1 stroke behind Rodriguez. Jimmy Powell was another shot back in third with Don January, Bruce Crampton and defending champion Peter Thomson in fourth.
Rodriguez, with a two-day total of 136, had six birdies and one bogey on the 6,644-yard Hermitage Country Club course. He had only one three-putt green on a sunny afternoon.
"I wish I could have putted like this 20 years ago," he said.
Player had four birdies and no bogeys in the second round. First-round leader Bob Charles had a 1-over-par 73 and was tied at 140 with Orville Moody.
SENIOR TOURNAMENT
Chi Chi Rodriguez - 69-67-136
Gary Player - 69-68-137
Jimmy Powell - 69-69-138
Don January - 71-68-139
Peter Thomson - 69-70-139
Bruce Crampton - 70-69-139
Bob Charles - 67-73-140
Orville Moody - 69-71-140
Charles Owens - 71-70-141
Harold Henning - 72-69-141
Jim King - 73-69-142
Bob Goalby - 70-72-142
Billy Casper - 68-74-142
Arnold Palmer - 69-73-142
Bobby Nichols - 70-72-142
Jim Ferree - 70-73-143
Buck Adams - 70-73-143
Ben Smith - 72-72-144
Lee Elder - 74-70-144
Art Wall - 71-74-145
Mike Fetchick - 72-73-145
Walt Zembriski - 75-70-145
Roberto De Dicenzo - 72-73-145
John Brodie - 73-73-146
Al Chandler - 74-72-146
Doug Sanders - 69-77-146
Mike Souchak - 72-74-146
Dow Finsterwald - 72-74-146
Butch Baird - 72-75-147
Gene Littler - 75-72-147
Fred Hawkins - 77-70-147
Art Silvestrone - 74-73-147
Jim Barber - 75-73-148
Howie Johnson - 73-75-148
Bob Brue - 76-73-149
Dan Sikes - 73-76-149
Quinton Gray - 72-77-149
Ted Kroll - 73-77-150
Jim Cochran - 74-76-150
Jerry Barber - 76-74-150
George Lanning - 76-74-150
Charlie Sifford - 74-76-150
Pete Brown - 76-75-151
