WORLD CUP

WORLD CUP
Englishmen Paul Casey and Luke Donald surged to a five-stroke lead in the second round of the team World Cup in Seville, Spain, on Friday after shooting an 8-under-par 64. The pair has a total of 19-under 125. Austrians Martin Wiegele and Markus Brier carded a 70, with a half-dozen teams six strokes behind the leaders: South Africa (65), Sweden (67), Spain (68), Japan (69), Ireland (71) and the United States (67). Scott Verplank and Bob Tway are competing for the Americans. The Oklahoma friends play almost every practice round together on the PGA Tour. Their round turned at No. 9, where Verplank hit a 3-wood to 15 feet and Tway sank the eagle putt. "From that point on we started to hit a lot of solid shots," Verplank said. Casey and Donald made four straight birdies starting at No. 3. In one stretch, they birdied nine of 14 holes, playing the alternate-shot format. England shot a 61 Thursday playing better ball to trail co-leaders Ireland and Austria by one. On Friday, Ireland's Paul McGinley and Padraig Harrington slipped to a 71. Casey made all nine of his team's birdie putts -- all under 15 feet -- with sunny skies and a light breeze leaving the Real Club de Golf course open to low scores. "I actually felt I didn't play very well," Casey said. The English had few problems. When they did, Donald saved pars with crucial putts. After four straight birdies, Donald salvaged a par from 12 feet on No. 7. On 10, he saved par from 20 feet.
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Just when it looked like a bad day was about to get worse, Annika Sorenstam turned a good break into a birdie that changed everything Friday in the season-ending ADT Championship in West Palm Beach, Fla. Sorenstam kept pace with a steady charge from Karrie Webb, then pulled away with back-to-back birdies late in the second round for a 4-under 68 that set the 36-hole record at Trump International. She took a three-shot lead over Webb, Laura Diaz and Cristie Kerr. "I've got a little lead, but not a comfortable lead at all," said Sorenstam, who was at 10-under 134. "On this golf course, it can change on one hole." It changed for the better on the par-5 ninth. Sorenstam was even par for her round, and her body language showed utter frustration -- she shook her head and slumped her shoulders. When she walked off the eighth green, she no longer had the lead. Then, her 7-wood from 214 yards on No. 9 sailed high and to the right, headed for trouble. "It was inches from hitting the path and going into the bushes," Sorenstam said. "I saw my mom standing there and she said, 'Are you trying to hit me?' It was a good break. It was a momentum shifter." Sorenstam hit a wedge into 6 feet for an unlikely birdie that lifted her spirits. Four birdies on the back nine gave her a cushion that might look even bigger considering who's in front. "You don't want to be too much more than three behind going into Sunday," Webb said. Webb has avoided big numbers for two days and looked particularly sharp in her round of 69 that might have been better except for a few bogeys.
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