Mark Calcavecchia reeled off a PGA Tour record nine straight birdies on a wild day at the weather-hit Canadian Open but it was Jason Dufner who took the midway lead on Saturday with the round of the day. After two days of almost steady rain softened up the Glen Abbey course, golfers went on the attack and Dufner stormed to the top of the leaderboard with a nine-under 63 in the second round, one stroke off the course record set by Greg Norman in 1986. Chasing his first PGA Tour win, the unheralded Dufner hit a birdie at the 16th to get to 10 under but he gave it back on the next hole, carding his only bogey of the day to leave him with a total of 13-under 131 and a one-shot lead over fellow Americans Jerry Kelly (67) and Scott Verplank (67). Lurking one stroke further back on 11 under were Australia's Nathan Green (65) and American Peter Tomasulo (68) with Colombian Camilo Villegas (71), South African Retief Goosen (69), Briton Martin Laird (69) and Americans Pat Perez (67), Bob Estes (67) and Kevin Na (71) sitting three off the pace. The round had been scheduled to get underway later on Saturday but torrential rains swept across the already water-logged layout, forcing a premature end of play for the second straight day. Brewerton retains lead In France, Becky Brewerton of Wales shot a 3-under 69 on Saturday to share the lead at the Evian Masters for the third consecutive round. Brewerton, who led through all four rounds when she won the Spanish Open last week, heads into Sunday's fourth and final round level on a 12-under 204 with Sophie Gustafson of Sweden - who had an impressive 5-under 67 on Saturday - and In-Kyung Kim of South Korea. Kim's birdie attempt on the 18th rolled over the hole and cost her the outright lead. Ai Miyazato of Japan, the joint second-round leader with Brewerton and Na Yeon Choi of South Korea, bogeyed the final hole to drop a shot back. Choi, meanwhile, could only make par and is three shots back at 9 under. Fraser eyes title on b'day In Sweden, Australian Marcus Fraser intends to celebrate his 31st birthday by winning his second European Tour title on Sunday after taking over the lead in the Scandinavian Masters. Fraser came from five strokes behind overnight leader Ricardo Gonzalez of Argentina to head the field after Saturday's third round by a shot with a three-under-par 70 taking him to eight-under-par 211. Late slips by Gonzalez (77) pegged him back to fifth place, two behind Fraser Overnight second-placed Lee Slattery of Britain (75) stayed in the same position, tied with two Swedes, recent Wales Open winner Jeppe Huldhal (70) and Martin Erlandsson (72). After making his first cut for nine months 2005 US Open champion Michael Campbell of New Zealand, followed up with a 73 which edged him through the field to 49th place on two-over. Campbell went past pre-tournament favorite and world number seven Henrik Stenson who lies at seven-over in third-last place after a 79. The most extraordinary round of the week belonged to the frequently erratic German Marcel Siem, who ran up a quintuple-bogey nine, two double-bogeys and four bogeys mixed in with six birdies in his 80 which took him six-over.
