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Kokomo's Bill Grant Jr. took the lead at the 12th annual Indiana Golf Association Senior Amateur Championship Monday with a one-under par 70 at Stonehenge Golf Club.
After starting the day with a birdie on the first hole, Grant finished out the front nine with eight pars. An eagle on the 528-yard, par five 11th hole put him at 1-under for the day. Back-to-back bogets on 15 and 16 put him back at one-under for the round.
He holds a two-stroke lead going into today's final round. Dale Alt of Alexandria is second with a 72.
Among a five-way tie for third with a 73 is Warsaw's Jerry Nelson. Nelson is playing on his home course where earlier this year in the Indiana PGA Senior Open he set a back nine course record of six-under 30.
It has been quite a week for Nelson, who on Sept. 27 got his 12th career hole-in-one, by acing the 174-yard No. 3 hole with a 5-iron during regular play. His wife, Pat, was the witness.
Tee times for the Senior Amateur for the second and final round began today at 7:30 a.m. with the lead group off at the end of the day.
1. Bill Grant Jr (Kokomo) 70; 2. Dale Alt (Alexandria) 72; 3. Jerry Nelson (Warsaw), Paul Loner (Brownsburg), John McCutchan, Jerry Jackson (Kokomo), Richard Evenson (Noblesville) 73; 8. Ken Wright (Columbia City)
