US Curtis Cup team player leads in Public Links championship

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Lisa McCloskey, one of the beaten United States team in the 37th Curtis Cup match at The Nairn GC recently,is one of the favourites for this week's US women's amateur public links championship at Neshanic Valley, New Jersey.

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• U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links (Rd. 2)

McCloskey, 20, shot 70-67 to lead the stroke-play at 7-under 137, one stroke ahead of Nebraska’s Steffi Neisen. Her second-round 67 was a tournament low. “You can make a lot of birdies on this course,” said McCloskey, who had three straight in the middle of her round. “I thought there would be a 62 yesterday.”
McCloskey, runner-up at this event in 2010, finished the year No. 7 in the Golfweek/Sagarin College Rankings. “My putting carried me through the last two days,” she said.
That’s a rarity for the streaky player, and a good sign for the week.
US Curtis Cup team-mate Emily Tubert shot 73-70 for 143 to be T13.
Scotland's Curtis Cup player of 2008 and 2010, Sally Watson (Stanford) is T20 with 70-74 for 144.