WENDY'S CHAMPIONSHIP FOR CHILDREN Despite her poor putting, Candie Kung shares lead



Michele Redman set the course record with a 63 to climb into third place.
DUBLIN (AP) -- Just wait until Candie Kung finds the range with her putter.
Kung missed seven birdie putts inside 15 feet and still put together a 3-under-par 69 Saturday that gave her a share of the lead with Hee-Won Han through two rounds of the LPGA Wendy's Championship for Children.
"I couldn't get the ball close today," Kung said. "I could get it inside 15 feet, but not close enough for birdies."
Kung's 69 left her at 11-under 133. She opened with a career-best 64 Friday, her 22nd birthday.
Han, second a year ago at the Wendy's to Mi Hyun Kim, followed a 68 with a bogey-free 65.
Redmen sets mark
Ohio native Michele Redman got an eagle on her final hole to set the course record with a 63 and move into third place at 10-under.
Former winners Wendy Ward (2001) and Lori Kane (2000) were in a group at 8-under. Ward had a 67, Kane and Scotland's Catriona Matthew each shot 68, and Jill McGill 69.
Kung, a native of Taiwan who went to Southern Cal and now lives in California, built her lead to three shots with a lob wedge to 3 feet for birdie at the par-5 11th hole. But her first bogey of the tournament came on the next hole, when she hit her approach into the water. She salvaged the bogey by taking a drop from 166 yards out and hitting to 3 feet again.
A 4-foot birdie putt on the last hole got her to 11-under, where she was matched by Han moments later.
Han birdied three of the final four holes. She rolled in a 20-footer at the par-3 15th, then made a pair of 8-foot putts on the closing holes.
Both Kung and Han are seeking their second wins of the year.
Proposal surprise
The biggest surprise of the day came at the ninth green. As Lisa Kiggens completed a 75 and missed the cut, she couldn't figure out why TV cameras were following her.
"I was a million over, so I knew something was going on," she said.
Moments after hitting her par putt, her attention was drawn to the leader board next to the green. In 3-foot high letters were the words, "Lisa, Will You Marry Me? Robb."
Kiggens' part-time caddie and boyfriend, Robb D'Amore, then dropped to one knee and proposed to the 12-year touring pro.
Kiggens cried as she said "Yes" and hugged him.
"I talked to her dad last week. I was going to try to do something this weekend but I hadn't planned on doing it on a golf course," said D'Amore, who met Kiggens during a pro-am at the Corning tour stop in May of 2002.