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Saturday, August 28, 2010

Michelle Wie still leading Canadian Open by 3

FROM THE GOLF.COM WEBSITE
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Michelle Wie's second round didn't have the wow factor of a hole-in-one, but a 3-under 69 on Friday was enough to keep her atop the leaderboard halfway through the Canadian Women's Open.
The Hawaii native posted a two-round total of 10-under 134, three strokes ahead of Jiyai Shin of South Korea, who had a second-round 67.
Morgan Pressel had a 66 at the St. Charles Country Club to move into a tie at 138 with defending champion Suzann Pettersen of Norway.
Sarah Jane Smith of Australia also had a 66 and was in a group at 3 under in the tournament with a $2.25 million purse.
Wie, 20, had her ace on the par-3 11th during her first-round 65, a course record for a women's competition.
"I tried. Didn't work out," Wie said with a smile of not repeating the ace. "Compared to (Thursday), nothing was that dramatic."
She smiled again when describing one reaction of the large crowd that followed her.
"I think they were very disappointed on 11 today when I made a bogey," Wie said.
Pressel is in her fifth year on the LPGA Tour and is seeking her third victory.
"It looks like Michelle is very confident in her game right now, so it looks like I'm going to have to have two more days of golf like I had today and we'll see what happens," said Pressel, who birdied five of her first eight holes.
Pressel's best finish this season was a tie for second at the Evian Masters last month, an event won by Shin.
Shin is ranked No. 4 on the World Rolex Rankings and has nine top-10 finishes this season.
Only in her second year on tour, she said it was nice to have some fans call her name while she was in the same threesome as Wie.
"(They say), 'Go Shin,' and everybody knows my name, so I'm really happy and appreciate it, too," she said with a shy smile.
Smith's 66 gave her one of the biggest turnarounds after she shot a 75 on Thursday.
She credited some of the about-face to her coach, Canadian Sean Foley, who has been working recently with Tiger Woods. She videotaped some practice swings after her first round and sent them to Foley for advice.
"He said I was just a little out of sequence so he just wanted me to get the feeling of my backswing being a little bit slower and get me in a better position to really give it a whack on the downswing today," Smith said.
The field dropped to 154 players after Shi Hyn Ahn and Il Mi Chung of South Korea were disqualified late Thursday for mistakenly playing each other's balls on the 18th green.
SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
Par 144 (2x72)
134 Michelle Wie 65 69
137 Jiyai Shin (Kor) 70 67
138 Morgan Pressel 72 66, Suzann Pettersen (Nor) 69 69
139 Na Yeon Choi (Kor) 72 67, Jee Young Lee (Kor) 72 67
141 Sarah-jane Smith (Aus) 75 66, Karin Sjodin (Swe) 71 70, Karine Icher (Fra) 72 69
142 Paula Creamer 71 71, In-Kyung Kim (Kor) 71 71, Katherine Hull (Aus) 75 67
143 Stacy Prammanasudh 72 71, Il-hee Lee (Kor) 70 73, Pat Hurst 71 72, Leta Lindley 72 71
144 Ai Miyazato (Jpn) 74 70, Karen Stupples (Eng) 70 74, Catriona Matthew (Sco) 72 72, Brittany Lincicome 72 72, Louise Stahle (Swe) 75 69, Kristy McPherson 70 74, Candie Kung (Tai) 72 72
145 Karrie Webb (Aus) 72 73, Meena Lee (Kor) 73 72, Juli Inkster 73 72, Christina Kim 72 73, Vicky Hurst 72 73, Mindy Kim (Kor) 74 71, Teresa Lu (Tai) 71 74, Becky Morgan (Wal) 72 73, Adrienne White (Can) 77 68, Sophie Gustafson (Swe) 75 70
146 Stephanie Louden 74 72, Jennifer Song 74 72, Jane Park 70 76, Se Ri Pak (Kor) 73 73, Amy Yang (Kor) 72 74, Cristie Kerr 75 71, Amy Hung (Tai) 70 76, Hwa seon Lee (Kor) 72 74, Kyeong Bae (Kor) 74 72
147 Taylor Leon 73 74, Lisa Meldrum 77 70, Katie Futcher 72 75, Soo-Yun Kang (Kor) 71 76, Moira Dunn 71 76, M.J. Hur (Kor) 74 73, Mina Harigae 72 75, Mariajo Uribe (Col) 76 71, Jennifer Rosales (Phi) 73 74, Na On Min (Jpn) 74 73, Eun Hee Ji (Kor) 74 73, Song-Hee Kim (Kor) 73 74, Meredith Duncan 70 77, Ji-Young Oh (Kor) 74 73, Sherri Steinhauer 73 74, Laura Davies (Eng) 73 74
148 Mika Miyazato (Jpn) 77 71, Sydnee Michaels 71 77, Lorie Kane (Can) 75 73, Sarah Lee (Kor) 77 71, Inbee Park (Kor) 74 74, Brittany Lang 75 73, Aree Song (Kor) 72 76, Rachel Hetherington (Aus) 75 73, Paola Moreno 73 75, Paige Mackenzie 72 76, Mi-Hyun Kim (Kor) 72 76, Maria Hernandez (Spa) 73 75, Pernilla Lindberg (Swe) 70 78, Allison Hanna-Williams 74 74, Sarah Kemp (Aus) 68 80
MISSED THE CUT
149 Lindsey Wright (Aus) 73 76, Jill McGill 73 76, Beth Bader 78 71, Alexis Thompson 71 78, Jimin Kang (Kor) 73 76, Yani Tseng (Tai) 73 76, Katie Kempter 71 78, Mikaela Parmlid (Swe) 76 73, Samantha Richdale 77 72, Allison Fouch 73 76, Hee Young Park (Kor) 75 74, Danielle Downey 74 75
150 Irene Cho 75 75, Sun Young Yoo (Kor) 71 79, Kirby Dreher (Can) 78 72, Heather Bowie young 75 75, Haeji Kang (Kor) 75 75, Anna Rawson (Aus) 73 77, Anna Nordqvist (Swe) 71 79, Azahara Munoz (Spa) 82 68, Jimin Jeong 77 73, Momoko Ueda (Jpn) 77 73, Angela Stanford 72 78, Mhairi McKay (Sco) 72 78
151 Sarah-Maude Juneau 77 74, Brandie Burton 74 77, Hee-Won Han (Kor) 75 76, Lisa Strom (Gbr) 76 75, Reilley Rankin 77 74, Stacy Lewis 74 77, Helen Alfredsson (Swe) 80 71, Sandra Gal (Ger) 76 75
152 Giulia Sergas (Ita) 75 77, Ryann O'toole 78 74, Marianne Skarpnord (Nor) 77 75, Chella Choi (Kor) 78 74, Michele Redman 79 73, Dorothy Delasin 75 77, Michelle Ellis 75 77, Yoo kyeong Kim (Kor) 75 77, Jennifer Kirby (Can) 78 74, Janice Moodie (Sco) 77 75, Shanshan Feng (Chn) 77 75
153 Sue Kim (Can) 74 79, Candace Schepperle 77 76, Jessica Shepley (Can) 76 77, Lisa Ferrero (Mex) 74 79, Nicole Hage 74 79, Russy Gulyanamitta (Tha) 76 77, Gwladys Nocera (Fra) 75 78
154 Liz Janangelo 77 77, Stephanie Sherlock (Can) 80 74, Wendy Ward 74 80, Iben Tinning (Den) 80 74, Jean Reynolds 78 76, Silvia Cavalleri (Ita) 79 75, Gloria Park (Kor) 78 76, Nicole Jeray 76 78
155 Tanya Dergal 78 77, Louise Friberg (Swe) 76 79, Alena Sharp (Can) 76 79, Maria Hjorth (Swe) 77 78, Mi-sun Cho (Kor) 79 76
156 Beatriz Recari (Spa) 78 78, Eunjung Yi (Kor) 81 75, Seema Sadekar (Can) 73 83, Amanda Blumenherst 77 79
157 Marina Choi 77 80, Rebecca Lee bentham (Can) 75 82, Angela Park (Bra) 78 79, Diana D'Alessio 76 81, Kris Tschetter 77 80, Kris Tamulis 81 76
158 Charlotte Mayorkas 79 79
159 Kelli Kuehne 82 77, Julieta Granada (Par) 82 77
162 Leah Wigger 82 80, Ashli Bunch 80 82
163 Maria Laura Elvira (Arg) 77 86, Amie Hartje 76 87
165 Christine Wong 84 81

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