US Tour: JJ Henry and Frank Lickliter shared the lead at 16-under-par when thunderstorms halted the $3.5 million PGA Kemper Open in the final round in Maryland last night.

The Americans will resume their duel this morning following a day of rain-interrupted play that began at dawn with the start of round three and ended with only a handful of players able to finish 36 holes.

Henry has four holes to play while Lickliter was just starting the back nine when play was halted for the final time.

Australia's Bradley Hughes stood third at 12-under par through nine holes.

Seniors Tour: Tom Watson fired a five-under-par 67 yesterday to claim the 62nd annual Senior PGA Championship at Ridgewood Country Club.

Watson (51), finished with a 14-under-par 274, one stroke better than Jim Thorpe and three shots ahead of Bob Gilder.

Thorpe had a chance to force a playoff, but missed a five-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole. He shot a 68 and nearly erased a three-stroke deficit with five holes to play.

Gilder, a third-round coleader with Watson and Thorpe, shot a 70. Women: Sweden's Carin Koch fired a six-under-par 66 to win the LPGA Corning Classic yesterday by two strokes from Scotland's Mhairi McKay and fellow Swede Maria Hjorth.

Koch captured her first LPGA title with an 18-underpar total of 270. McKay shot a 70 and Hjorth posted a 69 for four-round totals of 16-under 272.

American Rosie Jones and South Korean-born Grace Park were next on the leaderboard at 15-under-par.

Leading Totals (USA unless stated): 270 - C Koch (Swe) 68 67 69 66; 272 - M Hjorth (Swe) 71 69 63 69, M McKay (Sco) 69 65 68 70; 273 - R Jones 68 72 67 66, Grace Park (Kor) 70 66 70 67; 274 - Mi Hyun Kim (Kor) 70 70 67 67; 275 - D Pepper 69 71 66 69; 277 - B Mucha 70 69 69 69, L Diaz 70 67 69 71; 278 - J Crafter (Aus) 66 74 69 69, D Ammaccapane 68 72 68 70, H Kobayashi (Jpn) 68 72 68 70, J Daniels 72 66 69 71; 279 - J Moodie (Brit) 73 68 73 65, T Hanson 71 71 71 66, C Flom 68 70 74 67, V Odegard 67 73 72 67, M Estill 71 68 71 69, B Iverson 70 73 67 69.

Links Trophy: Scottish champion Steven O'Hara added yet another piece of silverware to his blossoming collection after securing victory in the St Andrews Links Trophy yesterday.

Having already captured a record-breaking win in the Craigmillar Park Open in April, the 20-year-old from Colville Park collected his second major honour of the season after signing-off from his four rounds with a six-under aggregate of 281 to finish four shots ahead of Gainsborough's Paul Bradshaw.

But the final day's play over the venerable Fife links was overshadowed by the disqualification of David Griffiths, the leader after 54 holes , which robbed the tournament of a potentially fascinating last round duel.

The 21-year-old from West Herts would have taken a slender one-shot advantage over O'Hara into the final 18 holes, but was disqualified alongside playing partner Gareth Paddison from New Zealand after both players had signed the wrong cards.

Leading Scores: 281 - S O'Hara (Colville Park) 73 68 67 73; 285 - P Bradshaw (Gainsborough) 73 70 71 71; 286 - C Heap (East Kilbride) 73 70 67 76; 287 - J Driscoll (USA) 75 70 75 67, J Doherty (Vale of Glamorgan) 75 68 73 71, B Adam (Ratho Park) 70 71 72 74; 288 - S Wilson (Forfar) 71 74 72 71, E Forbes (Turriff) 78 68 69 73, N Bruzelius (Swe) 72 71 72 73, R Sterne (Rsa) 69 74 71 74, B Hume (Haggs Castle) 69 72 71 76, R McEvoy (Thorpe Hall) 73 69 72 74, C Russell (Whittington Heath) 72 69 73 74, A Buckle (Aus) 68 71 75 74. Irish scores: 291 - N Fox (Portmarnock) 72 70 76 73, M Hoey (Shandon Park) 75 67 73 76.Challenge Tour: Gary Murphy's participation in the Aa St Omer Open in northern France proved to be a brief one. The only Irishman in the tournament withdrew yesterday morning after damaging his back on the practice range. It is in the area of the injury he suffered in March in Spain.

Meanwhile, Jamie Donaldson, the rookie pro from Macclesfield, showed the more mature campaigners how to play in the wind when he carded a closing eight-under-par 65 to finish second.

But he came up a shot shy of Frenchman Sebastien Delagrange, who led from start to finish and returned 72 for 272 and 20 under par.