More golf: Slight edge for McCarron

Scott McCarron was in a familiar spot atop a PGA Tour Champions leaderboard in his first trip to Japan. California childhood rival Kevin Sutherland was close behind — again.

Coming off his third victory in the last six tournaments, the 52-year-old McCarron shot his second straight 6-under 66 at Narita Golf Club in Chiba, to take a 1-stroke lead over Sutherland in the Japan Airlines Championship — the senior tour’s first event in Japan.

Sutherland, tied for the first-round lead with Glen Day at 65, had a 68. Also visiting Japan for the first time, Sutherland made a 30-foot putt on the par-4 18th for his third birdie on the last four holes. …

Scott Hend of Australia extended his lead to 2 strokes when play was suspended during the weather-affected European Masters third round.

Hend birdied the par-3 13th hole minutes before fading light forced the players off a second time. Earlier, fog shrouding the Swiss Alps course caused a two-hour, 24-minute stoppage in Crans-Montana, Switzerland. …

Southern Californians Collin Morikawa and Norman Xiong teamed up for a record-setting victory in the morning foursomes and then won their afternoon singles matches to help the United States take an 8-4 lead over defending champion Britain and Ireland in the Walker Cup at Los Angeles Country Club’s North Course.

Morikawa and Xiong beat Harry Ellis and Alfie Plant 8 and 7 in the morning, the largest margin for an 18-hole match at the biennial amateur tournament that started in 1922.