BETHESDA, Md. - Jeff Overton doesn't feel any different from the guy who couldn't make it to the weekend on the PGA Tour over the last two months. Funny how seeing the ball go in the hole changes everything.

Overton continued his one-week turnaround yesterday with a 5-under-par 65, giving him a share of the lead with Tom Pernice Jr. in the AT&T National before storms rained on the Fourth of July atmosphere at Congressional and interrupted the second round.

Overton and Pernice, who matched the course record on a still day at Congressional with a 63, were at 9-under 131.

Anthony Kim, living up to his billing as the next young threat in golf, appeared poised to catch the leaders until a 11/2-hour storm delay that slowed his momentum. A bogey on the par-5 ninth gave him a 67, 3 shots behind with Cliff Kresge (65).

Overton hasn't finished in the top 20 all year. He had not broken par since the last week in April. He missed the cut last week in the Buick Open, his sixth weekend off in his last seven tournaments.

He stuck around Detroit for a British Open qualifier - Overton has never played in any major - and was 9-under par over two rounds to finish first in his field and earn a ticket to Royal Birkdale.

LPGA Tour

ROGERS, Ark. - South Korea's Seon Hwa Lee birdied five of her final six holes for an 8-under 64 to take a 2-shot lead over H.J. Choi in the NW Arkansas Championship.

Lee, who won the Ginn Tribute last month, ended with a flourish, hitting a pitching wedge from 104 yards to about three feet on No. 18, setting up her last birdie.

The start was delayed about five hours, bringing back memories of last September, when the inaugural event was shortened from 54 to 18 holes because of heavy rain at Pinnacle Country Club.

Champions Tour

ENDICOTT, N.Y. - Joe Ozaki shot a 9-under 63, his low in three years on the Champions Tour, to gain a 2-shot lead over Argentina's Eduardo Romero to begin the Dick's Sporting Goods Open at En-Joie Golf Course.

European Tour

ASH, England - Ross Fisher birdied his last hole for a 4-under 68 that gave him a 1-shot lead over Graeme McDowell after the second round of the European Open on the London Golf Club's Heritage Course.

Fisher was at 13-under 131.