Sand maintains lead at Ryan Memorial

Sal Maiorana • Staff writer • July 12, 2008 PENFIELD — It was another steady, unspectacular day of golf for Larry Sand in the third round of the RDGA John H. Ryan Jr. Memorial Championship, which is exactly how he likes it. "Nothing much changes," the 47-year-old Irondequoit member said after a 1-over-par 72 on Friday helped him maintain the same two-shot lead with which he started the sometimes soggy day. "I'm going to do the same thing (today); hit it down the middle, try to hit it on the green, and make some putts. That's my game plan and it can't change. I can't overpower a course so that's what I have to do." At 1-under 212, Sand is two strokes ahead of 18-year-old Michael Spiotta of Stafford Country Club and 21-year-old Don McClintock of the Country Club of Mendon. Spiotta matched Sand's 72 on Friday, and McClintock had... [read full story]