Gove covers nine holes in 29 to

share New Zealand Open lead

Two players who are hardly household names in Europe, American Jeff Gove and Australia's Jason Norris share the halfway lead in the New Zealand Open at Queenstown.
Gove shot a nine-under-par 63 in the second round to jump into a share of the pole position.
The 37-year-old Gove, a three-time Nationwide Tour winner who spent the past three seasons on the PGA Tour, matched Norris, who had a 65 second time round, at 10-under 134 on The Hills course.
Gove played the back nine -- his first nine holes after starting at the 10th -- in the magical figure of seven-under-par 29. He had an eagle -- on the par-4 15th -- and four birdies on the final five holes on the side, then got to 10 under overall with birdies on Nos. 3 and 6.
Norris also played the back nine first. He had five consecutive birdies on Nos. 12-16, and also birdied Nos. 5 and 8.
"That was really, really fun. I haven't done that for a long time," said Gove of his battle with Norris. "In the end, we ran out of holes and had to stop."
"We just fed off each other," added Norris.
New Zealand's Steve Alker, the New Zealand PGA winner last week at Clearwater, was a stroke back after a 67 in the event sanctioned by the Australasian and Nationwide tours.
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