divisions at the halfway stage of the Bermuda Goodwill Tournament after professional Kevin Morris shot six birdies to lead his team to a 54 net and 61 gross on the par-70 course at Belmont yesterday.

Westchester tied with Shaker Farms as the leading net team for the day while they beat out host team Belmont and Shaker Farms by one stroke for the gross honours.

Westchester have a two-day total of 114 followed by Kittansett on 115 and Long Cove Club on 117.

"It was a fun day,'' said regular visitor Morris. "It started off raining and I birdied the first couple of holes and my partners all hung in there.

"We were three under par through to 15 (they started on number 10) and on 16 one of our players Vic Pizzolato made a birdie. I birdied 17 and then Joe Christiano birdied 18.'' The net and gross leaders play at Mid Ocean tomorrow after today's rest day for the professional tournament before finishing at Castle Harbour on Friday.

"There's two more days and we're trying to do as good as we can,'' said Morris, who was part of a Westchester team that finished 25th last year. Their best finish was fifth several years ago.

"We would like to shoot 10 under par at Mid Ocean. We're having a lot of fun and the guys are hitting the ball pretty well.'' Westchester's other team member is John Hamilton.

Kittansett shot a net 57 at Mid Ocean yesterday to add to their 58 at Belmont the day before, which was good enough to take them from sixth to second in the net division, a stroke behind Westchester.

One of the best rounds of the day was turned in by Long Cove Club of Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, who shot a 56 on the par-71 layout at Port Royal to move into contention in the net division.

Prestwick, who hail from Scotland and have a net 118, are also in the running in the gross division where they share second place on 130 with Winchester and Bedrock. Prestwick had a net 60 and gross 65 at Mid Ocean.

"We played good today but nobody was outstanding,'' said pro Frank Rennie last night. "We play at Castle Harbour on Thursday and on Friday's it's a tough one at Port Royal.'' Rennie added a lot could depend on the weather on the last two days. "We quite enjoy it when it's blowing, we're accustomed to the wind blowing,'' Rennie said.

While he plays in the senior division of the pro tournament today at Mid Ocean (starting at 8.30) his team-mates, Jack Mettler, Al Nicholson and Kevin McGrath, will be having a practice round at nearby Castle Harbour.

"Castle Harbour is always difficult and every time we've played there we've not done as well as we should do,'' said the team leader. "I'll leave them to play a practice round while I play in the senior pros.'' Local club Castle Harbour, who trailed first-day leaders Canton by one stroke, slipped off the pace after their 65 net at Mid Ocean and are now seven strokes behind the new net leaders. Castle Harbour, by pro Kevin Benevides, also lead the Bermuda clubs with their two-day gross score of 135, which they share with Belmont while Ocean View have a net 124.

One club, Brookside of Pottstown, Pennsylvania, have pulled out of the tournament because of the illness yesterday of one of their players.

PRO EXAMPLE -- Canton pro Walter Lowell shows how it done at Mid Ocean Club.

Looking on from left are team-mates Paul White, Joe Hamernik and Ralph Bushnell.