HALF MOON BAY, Calif. — Angela Stanford’s rare double eagle turned into a huge boost for her to stay near the top of the leaderboard on a day when playing conditions were challenging for everybody.
A pair of double bogeys and a bogey on the 18th cost two-time defending champion Lorena Ochoa, who had a tough back nine after she began the day so well in the second round of the Samsung World Championship.
Na Yeon Choi of South Korea survived the changing wind and decreasing temperatures to shoot a 1-under-par 71 on Friday, giving her a 4-under 140 total and a two-stroke lead over Stanford (73), Ochoa (73), Paula Creamer (74) and Song-Hee Kim (73).
Stanford, who briefly got to 6 under, pulled off her double eagle on the par-5, 481-yard fourth hole — just the second one this year on the LPGA Tour and the 30th in tour history. She hit a 7-wood from 212 yards.
Turning Stone Resort Championship: Jeff Overton shot a 3-under-par 69 in blustery conditions to take a one-shot lead over Tag Ridings in the Turning Stone Resort Championship in Verona, N.Y.
Playing through wind, rain and even a brief shower of hail, Overton was at 8-under 136. Two weather delays totaling nearly an hour and a half prevented the entire field from finishing before darkness fell, but Overton’s lead was safe.
Ridings shot a 68. Steve Allan, one of 23 players who didn’t complete the round, was at 3 under with three holes to play.
In the clubhouse and alone in third at 6 under was Australian rookie Jason Day (69), one shot ahead of Robert Allenby (68), Mark Hensby (69) and Charles Howell III (68). Dustin Johnson (68), Brad Elder (69), Brian Davis (69), and Kyle Thompson (69) were tied for seventh at 4 under.
Alfred Dunhill Links Championship: Austria’s Markus Brier shot a 2-under-par 70 at St. Andrews to take a one-stroke lead in the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship in St. Andrews, Scotland.
Brier had an 8-under 136 total. He opened with a 66 on Thursday at Kingsbarns.
Sweden’s Robert Karlsson (70), Denmark’s Soren Hansen (73), Germany’s Martin Kaymer (72) and Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy (69) were tied for second. Karlsson, Hansen and Kaymer played at St. Andrews, while McIlroy was at Carnoustie
Korea Open: South Korea’s Kim Wi-joong shot a 4-under-par 67 to take a one-stroke lead in the Korea Open in Seoul, South Korea, while American Ryder Cup star Anthony Kim followed his opening 64 with a 73 to drop three shots back.
Kim had an 8-under 134 total on the Woo Jeong Hills Country Club course. England’s Ian Poulter (66) and South Korea’s Kim Dae-sub (68) were tied for second.
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