Jodi Ewart still sharing lead and Gemma Webster gets a hole in one

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CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa. Dark clouds hovered all day at the Ladies Titan Tire Challenge in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, but the forecasted rain managed to hold off until the end as Jodi Ewart and Christine Song share a one-stroke lead. Ewart and Song are 6-under-par (138) following second-round play at the $110,000 tournament, held at Hunters Ridge Golf Course.
Ewart, from North Yorkshire, England, came into today's round as co-leader and kept her momentum going despite carding two bogeys.

"I started off pretty similar to yesterday," said Ewart, who is making her professional debut. "My tee shots were a bit wild but hopefully I can get that sorted on the range tomorrow. I had 29 putts, and 28 yesterday, so I'm on point on that. If I can keep it steady, I'm in a good place."

California's Song felt her strong showing in last year's Ladies Titan Tire Challenge gave her the confidence to perform well. Song carded five birdies and two bogeys in her round.

"I like the course a lot," said Song, who is a current member of the LPGA Tour. "I feel like I can win in Iowa. My plan for tomorrow is easy, more birdies and no bogeys."

Finishing tied for third at 5-under-par (139) are Michaela Cavener of Ponca City, Okla., and Hannah Jun of San Diego, Calif. Jun bogeyed the first hole for the second day, but due to her strong finish on Friday, she knew she would be able to bounce back.

"I've been having a weird time with the first one," said Jun. "But I figured there are a lot of birdies out there. I'm happy where I'm at. I want to post a good score tomorrow."
With a score of 4-under-par (140), Lili Alvarez of Durango, Mexico, shares Jun's attitude going into Sunday's final round.
"My game plan for tomorrow is to do the same as I did today," said Alvarez, who is a cast member on the upcoming Golf Channel program, Big Break: Sandals Resort. "I'd like to see my name on the leaderboard, hopefully on top."
Seventy-two players made the 36-hole cut at 149 (+5).

Thirty players currently stand at even-par 144 or better after two rounds.

Gemma Webster Scores Hole-In-One
Second-year professional Gemma Webster, pictured,  of Glasgow scored her fifth hole-in-one during Saturday's second-round play at the Ladies Titan Tire Challenge in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The 2005 British Universities Stroke Play Champion used a 4-iron on the 189-yard par-three 16th hole to make the ace.
"No one could really see the ball for a while and we wondered if it went in," recalled Webster. "We wondered if it went in but know one really knew. So I walked up to the hole and there it was, a hole-in-one."
This was Webster's first hole-in-one as a professional. Watch the video of Webster talking about her hole-in-one at YouTube.com/ROAD2LPGA.









Hunters Ridge course.
SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
Par 144 (2x72). Yardage 6,445.
Christine Song (Fullerton, Calif.) 69-69 - 138
Jodi Ewart (North Yorkshire, England) 68-70 - 138
Michaela Cavener (Ponca City, Okla.) 70-69 - 139
Hannah Jun (San Diego, Calif.) 69-70 - 139
Lili Alvarez (Durango, Mexico) 71-69 - 140
Leanne Bowditch (Queensland, Australia) 72-69 - 141
Malinda Johnson (Eau Claire, Wis.) 72-69 - 141
Pornanong Phatlum (Chaiyaphum, Thailand) 72-69 - 141
Ryann O'Toole (San Clemente, Calif.) 71-70 - 141
Mo Martin (Altadena, Calif.) 73-69 - 142
Caroline Westrup (Ahus, Sweden) 73-69 - 142
Min Seo Kwak (Seoul, South Korea) 73-69 - 142
Gerina Mendoza (Roswell, N.M.) 73-69 - 142
Sarah-Jane Smith (Queensland, Australia) 72-70 - 142
Jessica Shepley (Oakville, Ontario) 72-70 - 142
Nontaya Srisawang (Chiang Mai, Thailand) 72-70 - 142
Libby Smith (Essex Junction, Vt.) 72-70 - 142
Marcela Leon (Monterrey, Mexico) 71-71 - 142
Whitney Wade (Glasgow, Ky.) 71-72 - 143
Nicole Smith (Riverside, Calif.) 71-72 - 143
Jane Rah (Torrance, Calif.) 71-72 - 143
Sophia Sheridan (Guadalajara, Mexico) 70-73 - 143
Bree Arthur (Brisbane, Australia) 69-74 - 143
Tzu-Chi Lin (Taichung, Taiwan) 73-71 - 144
Rachel Bailey (Faulconbridge, Australia) 73-71 - 144
Dewi Claire Schreefel (Diepenveen, Netherland 74-70 - 144
Tiffany Joh (San Diego, Calif.) 71-73 - 144
Jennie Lee (Henderson, Nev.) 75-69 - 144
Garrett Phillips (St. Simons Island, Ga.) 75-69 - 144
Lucy Nunn (Lawton, Okla.) 70-74 - 144
Camila Mori (Santiago, Chile) 76-69 - 145
Kitty Hwang (Guayaquil, Ecuador) 73-72 - 145
Carling Coffing (Middletown, Ohio) 74-71 - 145
Kristen Simpson (Norfolk, Va.) 74-71 - 145
Miriam Nagl (Berlin, Germany) 72-73 - 145
Esther Choe (Scottsdale, Ariz.) 72-73 - 145
Tanya Dergal (Durango, Mexico) 74-71 - 145
Lehua Wise (Kauai, Hawaii) 71-74 - 145
Jenny Gleason (Clearwater, Fla.) 71-74 - 145
Cindy LaCrosse (Tampa, Fla.) 75-70 - 145
Amelia Lewis (Jacksonville, Fla.) 77-69 - 146
Alexandra Braga (Los Angeles, Calif.) 73-73 - 146
Sae Hee Son (Seoul, South Korea) 73-73 - 146
Yoora Kim (Seoul, South Korea) 73-73 - 146
Carolina Llano (Medellin, Colombia) 72-74 - 146
Jenny Shin (Torrance, Calif.) 73-73 - 146
Jenny Lee (Simi Valley, Calif.) 74-72 - 146
Chelsea Curtis (New Seabury, Mass.) 68-78 - 146
Alison Walshe (Westford, Mass.) 76-71 - 147
Carrie Riordan (Spring Valley, Ill.) 72-75 - 147
Emma Calderone (Toronto, Ontario) 72-75 - 147
Jenny Suh (Fairfax, Va.) 74-73 - 147
Simone DeSouza (Trujillo, Peru) 74-73 - 147
Angela Oh (Maple Shade, N.J.) 75-72 - 147
Sara Brown (Tucson, Ariz.) 75-72 - 147
Kathleen Ekey (Sharon Township, Ohio) 77-71 - 148
Hannah Yun (Bradenton, Fla.) 75-73 - 148
Hanna Kang (Seoul, South Korea) 73-75 - 148
Tiffany Tavee (Tempe, Ariz.) 74-74 - 148
Virada Nirapathpongporn (Bangkok, Thailand) 74-74 - 148
Victoria Alimonda (Sao Paulo, Brazil) 75-73 - 148
Angela Buzminski (Oshawa, Ontario) 75-73 - 148
Danielle Mills (Pointe-Claire, Quebec) 77-72 - 149
Ayaka Kaneko (Honolulu, Hawaii) 77-72 - 149
Taryn Durham (Glasgow, Ky.) 76-73 - 149
Kylene Pulley (Kokomo, Ind.) 74-75 - 149
Carmen Bandea (Atlanta, Ga.) 72-77 - 149
Meredith Duncan (Shreveport, La.) 74-75 - 149
Kirby Dreher (Fort St. John, Canada) 71-78 - 149
Julia Potter (Granger, Ind.) 74-75 - 149
Lori Atsedes (Ithaca, N.Y.) 75-74 - 149
Kim Augusta (Rumford, R.I.) 75-74 - 149
MISSED THE CUT
Shasta Averyhardt (Flint, Mich.) 79-71 - 150
Jamie Hullett (Mesquite, Texas) 81-69 - 150
Caroline Larsson (Stockholm, Sweden) 77-73 - 150
Dori Carter (Valdosta, Ga.) 76-74 - 150
Aimee Cho (Orlando, Fla.) 73-77 - 150
Kelly Froelich (Raizeux, France) 74-76 - 150
Rachel Connor (Manchester, England) 75-75 - 150
Jessica Carafiello (Coral Springs, Fla.) 79-72 - 151
Perry Swenson Livonius (Charlotte, N.C.) 78-73 - 151
Rebecca Kim (Tigard, Ore.) 78-73 - 151
Janell Howland (Boise, Idaho) 79-72 - 151
Cathryn Bristow (Auckland, New Zealand) 76-75 - 151
Ai-Chen Kuo (Luzhou City, Taiwan) 76-75 - 151
Lauren Doughtie (Suffolk, Va.) 73-78 - 151
Lindsey Bergeon (Sarasota, Fla.) 74-77 - 151
Juli Erekson (Chicopee, Mass.) 74-77 - 151
Janice Olivencia (Caguas, Puerto Rico) 75-76 - 151
Haley Gildea (East Greenwich, R.I.) 79-73 - 152
Melissa Eaton (Port Shepstone, South Africa) 78-74 - 152
Christi Cano (San Antonio, Texas) 78-74 - 152
Y. J. Jin (Seoul, South Korea) 77-75 - 152
Nannette Hill (Pelham, N.Y.) 77-75 - 152
Valentine Derrey (a) (Neuilly Sur Seine, Fran 77-75 - 152
Kelly Lagedrost (Brooksville, Fla.) 77-75 - 152
Sam White (Potomac, Md.) 76-76 - 152
Daniela Iacobelli (Viera, Fla.) 74-78 - 152
Ashley Prange (Noblesville, Ind.) 75-77 - 152
Lisa Strom (Huntersville, N.C.) 78-75 - 153
Danah Ford Bordner (Indianapolis, Ind.) 78-75 - 153
Courtney Mahon (Lee's Summit, Mo.) 79-74 - 153
Vanessa Vela (Bogota, Colombia) 79-74 - 153
Kristina Langton (Ada, Mich.) 80-73 - 153
Jessi Gebhardt (Chandler, Ariz.) 77-76 - 153
Eileen Vargas (Ibague, Colombia) 77-76 - 153
Sophie Jang (Seoul, South Korea) 76-77 - 153
Jennifer Ackerson (Dallas, Texas) 72-81 - 153
Madeleine Holmblad (Stockholm, Sweden) 75-78 - 153
Laura Bavaird (Grosse Ile, Mich.) 77-77 - 154
Tracy Stanford (Midland, Texas) 81-73 - 154
Jenny Kim (Los Angeles, Calif.) 83-71 - 154
Hwanhee Lee (Las Vegas, Nev.) 84-70 - 154
Jasi Acharya (Columbus, Mont.) 76-78 - 154
Samantha Troyanovich (a) (Grosse Pointe, Mich 79-76 - 155
Seul Ki Park (Northbrook, Ill.) 77-78 - 155
Pamela Ontiveros (Gomez Palacio, Mexico) 80-75 - 155
Jaclyn Burch (St. Louis, Mo.) 81-74 - 155
Wannasiri Sirisampant (Bangkok, Thailand) 81-74 - 155
Selanee Henderson (Apple Valley, Calif.) 74-81 - 155
Benedikte Grotvedt (Nesbru, Norway) 79-77 - 156
Natasha Krishna (Auckland, New Zealand) 78-78 - 156
Sara Ovadia (Santa Barbara, Calif.) 80-76 - 156
Christina Jones (Jensen Beach, Fla.) 81-75 - 156
Amanda Mathis (Picayune, Miss.) 76-80 - 156
Marlowe Boukis (Lutherville, Md.) 74-82 - 156
Mayule Tomimbang (Kissimmee, Fla.) 78-79 - 157
Chelsea Schriewer (St. Louis, Mo.) 81-76 - 157
Gemma Webster (Glasgow, Scotland) 86-71 - 157
Julie Wells-Shenfield (Wilsonville, Ore.) 75-82 - 157
Laura Crawford (Lancaster, S.C.) 79-79 - 158
Stacey Bieber (Winnipeg, Manitoba) 79-79 - 158
Kendra Hanson (Forest City, Iowa) 81-77 - 158
Jordan Hardy (Sylacauga, Ala.) 81-77 - 158
Debbie Munoz (Boca Raton, Fla.) 83-75 - 158
Jutta Degerman (Kaunianinen, Finland) 77-82 - 159
Amanda Costner (Claremore, Okla.) 83-76 - 159
Alison Meyer (Duluth, Minn.) 85-74 - 159
Sarah Olsen (Grosse Ile, Mich.) 78-82 - 160
Stephanie Connelly (Pasadena, Md.) 84-76 - 160
Jessy Tang (Daytona Beach, Fla.) 82-79 - 161
Sofie Andersson (Angelholm, Sweden) 82-79 - 161
Lene Krog (Lier, Norway) 81-81 - 162
Veronica Felibert (Caracas, Venezuela) 81-81 - 162
Maria Laura Elvira (Buenos Aires, Argentina) 82-80 - 162
Shelley Anderson (Clarksville, Tenn.) 84-80 - 164
Jennifer Hong (Granger, Ind.) 83-83 - 166