OCHOA GOES CLEAR WHILE MICHELE WIE TRAILS
IN SAMSUNG LPGA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

Title-holder Lorena Ochoa posted a second-round, five-under-par 67 to surge into the lead in the Samsung LPGA World Championship at Bighorn Golf Club, California.
The Mexican would have been even farther ahead of the field but for a double bogey at the 18th. With two rounds to go, Ochoa is in the pole position at nine-under-par 135, one ahead of first-round leaders Paula Creamer and Angela Park. Angela Stanford is also one shot behind Ochoa.
Lorena built her score on the par-5s, birdieing four of them.
Ochoa said a slight adjustment on the tee after the first round had helped her.
‘It looks like I had the ball just a little bit forward, so I just moved the ball a little bit back, maybe one inch,’ she said. ‘It’s better with a driver. On my back swing, I was inside. So I just made sure I started the back swing just in front, with the arms in front. I have more room in between the irons and my body, and it helped.’
Michelle Wie, with her father back on the bag as caddie, had a 79 for the second day in a row - but, fortunately for her, there is no cut for the select field of 20 in this tournament. She had her 18th birthday on Thursday.
After trying veteran Tour caddies Greg Johnson and Fanny Sunesson in her past two appearances at the Samsung Championships, Wie has returned to using her dad, B.J.
LEADING HALFWAY SCORES
SECOND ROUND
Par 144 (2 x 72). 6,644yd
135 L Ochoa 68 67.
136 A Stanford 70 66, A Park 67 69, P Creamer 67 69.
Other scores:
140 S Petersen 71 69, M Pressel 68 72 (jt 7th).
142 M Hjorth 72 70 (jt 12th).
158 M Wie 79 79 (last of 20).