Norwegian Lill Saether shot a course-record 64 to take a one-stroke lead after the delayed second round of the Scandinavian TPC event hosted by Annika Sorenstam.
Saether made a stunning start with birdies at six of her first seven holes.
She birdied her first hole and then reeled off five more in a row from the 12th. She also birdied her last two holes, the eighth and ninth at Frsker Golf & Country Club, completing her lowest round in four seasons on the Ladies European Tour.
The 24-year-old from Oslo finished the day on nine-under-par 135, one stroke clear of Sweden's Maria Hjorth and England's Lora Fairclough.
Saether said that she had hoped to play with the first-round leader Sorenstam on the third and final day on Sunday but the Swede shot 71 and slipped back into joint fourth place with England's Johanna Head on seven under par.
"I was aiming to play with her, but I made the last putt so I don't think I will be paired with her tomorrow." Saether said.
A gallery of 15,000 spectators followed Sorenstam throughout her round and gave a Mexican wave as she finished the par-four 18th hole.
"The support has been fantastic. It's always fun to come home: you really feel it," said Sorenstam, who will step away from tournament play at the end of the year to pursue business interests and start a family.
"They started the wave on the last hole and it was kind of fun to see. I appreciate the support and all of the cheering for sure."
Sorenstam carded four birdies and three bogeys today, but acknowledged that she would need to work hard to reclaim the trophy that she lost to Catriona Matthew in 2007.
"The play was okay but my score doesn't reflect that. I had a few good chances out there and it would have been nice if a few putts had gone in," she said.
All the second round scores & totals in the Ladies European Tour Scandinavian TPC hosted by Annika, Frosaker G & CC, Vasteras, Sweden
(Swe unless stated, par 72):
135 Lill Kristin Saether (Nor) 71 64
136 Maria Hjorth 72 64, Lora Fairclough (Eng) 70 66
137 Annika Sorenstam 66 71, Johanna Head (Eng) 67 70
138 Pernilla Lindberg 71 67, Anna Nordqvist 71 67
139 Amy Yang (Kor) 70 69
140 Tania Elosegui (Spa) 71 69, Louise Friberg 70 70, Jill Mcgill (USA) 69 71
141 Nikki Garrett (Aus) 74 67, Anna Knutsson 73 68, Antonella Cvitan 72 69, Louise Stahle 73 68, Jenni Kuosa (Fin) 71 70
142 Paula Marti (Spa) 69 73, Clare Queen (Sco) 71 71, Ana B Sanchez (Spa) 70 72, Melodie Bourdy (Fra) 71 71, Anna Rossi (Ita) 67 75, Nathalie Mansson 69 73, Leah Hart (Aus) 72 70, Nina Reis 71 71
143 Liselotte Neumann 73 70, Cecilia Ekelundh 73 70, Titiya Plucksataporn (Tha) 71 72, Lotta Wahlin 70 73, Ursula Wikstrom (Fin) 72 71
144 Sarah Nicholson (Nzl) 69 75, Lee Anne Pace (Rsa) 71 73, Denise Charlotte Becker (Ger) 73 71, Laura Terebey (USA) 73 71, Jade Schaeffer (Fra) 74 70, Marjet Van Der Graaff (Nl) 72 72, Cherie Byrnes (Aus) 73 71, Lisa Holm Sorensen (Den) 76 68, Rebecca Coakley (Ire) 73 71
145 Federica Piovano (Ita) 75 70, Dana Lacey (Aus) 70 75, Charlotta Sorenstam 72 73, Julie Greciet (Fra) 73 72, Emma Cabrera Bello (Spa) 73 72, Cassandra Kirkland (Fra) 75 70, Stacy Lee Bregman (Rsa) 75 70, Maria Boden 73 72, Minea Blomqvist (Fin) 74 71, Lydia Hall (Wal) 69 76
146 Amanda Moltke Leth (Den) 73 73, Marta Prieto (Spa) 71 75, Kiran Matharu (Eng) 75 71, Zuzana Kamasova (Svk) 71 75, Kristie Smith 78 68, Jehanne Jail (Fra) 75 71, Camille Fallay (Fra) 75 71, Elisabeth Esterl (Ger) 72 74, Margherita Rigon (Ita) 74 72, Linda Wessberg 74 72, Beth Allen (USA) 71 75
147 Karen Lunn (Aus) 73 74, Florence Luscher (Swi) 74 73, Vicky Thomas (Aus) 73 74, Nora Angehrn (Swi) 74 73, Natascha Fink (Aut) 77 70, Caroline Afonso (Fra) 79 68, Caroline Hedwall 73 74, Carmen Alonso (Spa) 72 75, Julie Tvede (Den) 71 76
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148 Nicole Gergely (Aut) 72 76, Laurette Maritz (Rsa) 73 75, Emma Zackrisson 72 76, Lynn Kenny (Sco) 73 75, Sophie Sandolo (Ita) 73 75, Martina Gillen (Ire) 74 74, Anja Monke (Ger) 77 71, Johanna Westerberg 74 74, Kirsty S Taylor (Eng) 75 73, Sophie Gustafson 76 72, Hanna Leena Salonen (Fin) 70 78
149 Nathalie David Mila (Fra) 73 76, Eva Steinberger (Aut) 73 76, Stefanie Michl (Aut) 76 73, Isabella Maconi (Ita) 75 74, Claire Coughlan Ryan (Ire) 78 71, Liza Shervill (Eng) 76 73
150 Anna Tybring 74 76, Frederique Seeholzer (Swi) 80 70, Sophie Walker (Eng) 74 76, Lara Tadiotto (Bel) 75 75, Lena Tornevall 74 76, Elin Ohlsson 73 77, Georgina Simpson (Eng) 74 76, Bronwyn Mullins Lane (Aus) 72 78, Mette Buus (Den) 78 72, Mianne Bagger (Den) 75 75, Christine Hallstrom 76 74, Jacqueline Hedwall 75 75, Emelie Lind 77 73
151 Ludivine Kreutz (Fra) 75 76, Kate Combes (Aus) 76 75, Sandra Carlborg 77 74, Felicity Johnson (Eng) 79 72, Bettina Hauert (Ger) 79 72, Stefania Croce (Ita) 75 76
152 Sofia Renell 79 73, Cecilie Lundgreen (Nor) 78 74, Asa Gottmo 77 75, Danielle Montgomery (Eng) 80 72, Camilla Lennarth 77 75, Karin Borjeskog 77 75
153 Rui Yokomine (Jpn) 75 78, Jo Clingan (Eng) 76 77
154 Ellen Smets (Bel) 76 78
155 Anne Norman Hansen (Den) 80 75, Kaisa Ruuttila (Fin) 80 75, Ana Larraneta (Spa) 79 76
156 Linn Gustavson 79 77, Valerie Michaud (Fra) 74 82, Jenna Wilson (Sco) 77 79
157 Wendy Berger (Aus) 82 75
158 Vittoria Valvassori (Ita) 78 80
160 Elizabeth Mckinnon (Nzl) 78 82, Katharina Schallenberg (Ger) 82 78, Julie Berton (Fra) 83 77
161 Frances Bondad (Aus) 85 76, Bree Turnbull (Aus) 85 76
Retired: Kirsty J Fisher (Eng) 81, Tania Wadhwa (Ind), Km Juul (Den) 78, Sofia Johansson 81
Disqualified: Lynn Brooky (Nzl)
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