Saturday, June 28, 2008

CREAMER RISES TO THE TOP

CREAMER RISES TO THE TOP

Paula Creamer and Helen Alfredsson were tied for the lead halfway through the third round at the US Women's Open.

American Creamer, who started the day two shots off the pace, surged to the front with three birdies in a bogey-free front nine in strong winds at Interlachen Country Club.

Swede Alfredsson picked up two strokes to join Creamer at seven-under, one stroke ahead of American Stacy Lewis and Korean Inbee Park.

Angela Park, who had the halfway lead, fell two strokes back after a tardy front nine that included seven pars and two bogeys.

Twelve players were within four shots of the lead with Annika Sorenstam, in her final Open, five behind after 15 holes, although world number one Lorena Ochoa was out of the running at four over after 15.

Latest second-round scores (USA unless stated, par 73):

(Second round has been suspended due to thunderstorms & darkness, the second round will resume Saturday morning at 7am Central Time).

140 Angela Park 73 67

141 Minea Blomqvist (Fin) 72 69, In-Bee Park (Kor) 72 69, Helen Alfredsson (Swe) 70 71

142 Paula Creamer 70 72, Cristie Kerr 72 70, Candie Kung (Tai) 72 70, Jeong Jang (Kor) 73 69

143 Ji-Yai Shin (Kor) 69 74, Teresa Lu (Tai) 71 72, Momoko Ueda (Jpn) 72 71, Maria Jose Uribe (Col) 69 74, Stacy Lewis 73 70

144 Mi-Hyun Kim (Kor) 72 72, In Kyung Kim (Kor) 71 73, Song-Hee Kim (Kor) 68 76, Nicole Castrale 74 70, Katherine Hull (Aus) 72 72

145 Ya-Ni Tseng (Kor) 71 74, Jimin Kang (Kor) 73 72, Young Kim (Kor) 74 71, Annika Sorenstam (Swe) 75 70, Hwa seon Lee (Kor) 75 70, Pat Hurst 67 78

146 Jennifer Rosales (Phi) 74 72, Sherri Turner 76 70, Shi Hyun Ahn (Kor) 73 73, Sakura Yokomine (Jpn) 71 75, Brittany Lang 71 75

147 Giulia Sergas (Ita) 73 74, Stacy Prammanasudh 75 72, Sydnee Michaels 71 76, Karen Stupples (Eng) 74 73, Catriona Matthew (Sco) 70 77, Lorena Ochoa (Mex) 73 74, Brittany Lincicome 74 73, Na Ri Kim (Kor) 76 71, Na Yeon Choi (Kor) 76 71, Sun Ju Ahn (Kor) 76 71, Laura Diaz 77 70, Meg Mallon 75 72, Alison Walshe 73 74

148 Eun Hee Ji (Kor) 76 72, Morgan Pressel 74 74, Suzann Pettersen (Nor) 77 71

149 Linda Wessberg (Swe) 70 79, Paola Moreno 73 76, Meena Lee (Kor) 75 74, Jane Park 78 71, Angela Stanford 76 73, Christina Kim 73 76, Janice Moodie (Sco) 78 71

150 Il Mi Chung (Kor) 76 74, Na On Min (Jpn) 77 73, Karrie Webb (Aus) 75 75, Hee-Won Han (Kor) 74 76, Michele Redman 74 76, Lindsey Wright (Aus) 78 72, Karin Sjodin (Swe) 74 76, Sherri Steinhauer 75 75, Marcy Hart 78 72, Amanda Blumenherst 72 78

151 Laura Davies (Eng) 70 81, Jenny Shin 73 78, Carin Koch (Swe) 76 75, Moira Dunn 74 77, Mina Harigae 72 79

152 Grace Park (Kor) 75 77, Cydney Clanton 77 75, Heather Young 76 76, Hilary Lunke 74 78, Kelli Kuehne 76 76, Carri Wood 76 76, Alexis Thompson 75 77

153 Laurie Brower 81 72, Ha Na Jang 73 80, Natalie Gulbis 73 80, Martha Nause 78 75, Anna Grzebien 76 77, Diana D'Alessio 79 74

154 Candy Hannemann 78 76, Jeanne Cho-Hunicke 81 73, Jill McGill 78 76, Se Ri Pak (Kor) 76 78, Amy Hung (Tha) 77 77, Sophie Gustafson (Swe) 77 77, Gwladys Nocera (Fra) 81 73

155 Jennifer Song 79 76, Joanne Lee 78 77, Juli Inkster 74 81, Heather Daly-Donofrio 74 81, Leah Marie Wigger 74 81, Jennie Lee 74 81, Shanshan Feng (Chn) 77 78

156 Chieko Amanuma (Jpn) 80 76, Eva Dahllof (Swe) 77 79, Birdie Kim (Kor) 79 77, Liselotte Neumann (Swe) 78 78

157 Jean Reynolds 75 82, Patricia Meunier-Lebouc (Fra) 77 80, Alena Sharp 77 80

158 Kristen Park 80 78, Ashleigh Simon (Rsa) 79 79, Jamie Fischer 80 78, Meaghan Francella 79 79, Silvia Cavalleri (Ita) 76 82, Courtney Ellenbogen 79 79, Sin Ham 78 80

159 Bettina Hauert (Ger) 79 80, Rachel Bailey (Eng) 80 79, Kristen Samp 79 80

160 Virada Nirapathpongporn (Tha) 81 79, Kyeong Eun Bae (Kor) 79 81, Kathleen Ekey 80 80

162 Lynn Valentine 80 82

163 Tara Goedeken 80 83

164 Angela Oh 87 77

165 Lauren Doughtie 78 87

166 Sarah Almond 87 79

167 Vanessa Brockett 87 80


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