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Saturday, May 03, 2008

LPGA Tour news from Oklahoma

Catriona joint 27th at Broken Arrow,
Lorena six shots off the pace

Catriona Matthew is in joint 27th position after two rounds of the SemGroup Championship at Cedar Ridge Country Club, Broken Arrow in Oklahoma.
The North Berwick player has had rounds of 73 and 75 over the par-72, 6602yd course to be seven shots off the pace, being set by Paula Creamer with score of 70 and 71.
Lorena Ochoa is in joint 21st place on 147.
Ochoa was six shots behind after a 3-over 74, the first time since the 2006 Women's British Open that she has had two rounds over par in the same tournament.
Ochoa, going for her record-equalling fifth consecutive LPGA Tour victory, finished the second round without a birdie.
It was the first time in more than two years Ochoa played a round without a birdie, and she has gone 26 holes without a birdie or an eagle at Cedar Ridge, surprising for a player who came into this tournament averaging 5.39 birdies a round.
"I don't know what happened," Ochoa said. "I don't feel bad. It's hard to hit the ball close to the hole. I have nobody to blame. I didn't give myself enough birdie chances."
Players with totals of 152 or better made the cut.
LEADERBOARD
Par 142 (2 x 71)
141 P Creamer 70 71.
142 Ji Young Oh 70 72.
143 B Lang 72 71, L Lindley 71 72.
144 Hee Young Park 69 75, Jee Young Lee 75 69, A Stanford 73 71, Ai Miyazato 71 73, Meena Lee 73 71, Na On Min 76 68.
Other scores included:
146 V Hurst 71 75 (jt 19th).
147 L Ochoa 73 74, H Alfredsson 73 74 , J Head 74 73 (jt 21st).
148 C Matthew 73 75, M Hjorth 74 74, L Wessberg 75 73 (jt 27th).
149 K Sjodin 74 75 (jt 34th).
150 K Stupples 78 72 (jt 39th).
151 L Davies 74 77 (jt 51st).

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