GOLF ROUNDUP : KOCH GRABS LEAD WITH 63, ONE SHOT OFF LPGA RECORD.

Byline: Associated Press 

Carin Koch stormed out of the pack with a tournament-record 63 on a stormy Saturday to take a one-shot lead into the final round of the Edina Realty LPGA Classic in Brooklyn Park, Minn.

The 63 was one shot better than the previous tournament record by Kelly Robbins in 1990. It also was one stroke off the LPGA record 62 accomplished four times, the last by Hollis Stacy in the 1992 SAFECO Classic.

Koch, who had missed the cut in five of her 11 tournaments this season, had a chance at 62 after a 90-minute rain delay. But after marking her ball before the rain on the ninth fairway, 80 yards from the pin on her last hole, she hit a wedge to 40 feet and left that putt about four feet short.

She rolled in the part putt, using most of the cup on the way down, to finish with a two-day total of 135. That was one shot better than Nancy Lopez, who is chasing her 48th tour victory and first since 1993.

Six players were tied at 137, including 1995 Rookie of the Year Pat Hurst and Laurel Kean, who pulled into contention with a 7-under 65. Three more were at 139, among them Barb Whitehead, who shot a 6-under 66, and Cindy Rarick, who had a hole-in-one on the 150-yard eighth.

Before Saturday, Koch's best score this season was a 70.

Mowry stays ahead:As he has since Thursday, Larry Mowry continued to hold the lead in the Canadian Senior Open in Ancaster, Ontario. His 1-under 69 was enough to hold off Kermit Zarley, Lee Trevino, Jack Keifer and Don Bies in the $1.1 million Senior PGA Tour event at the Hamilton Golf and Country Club.

Goosen leads: South African Retief Goosen shot a 2-under-par 70 in the third round of the Slaley Hall Northumberland Challenge in Hexham, England, to lead by four strokes.