GOLF ROUNDUP Inkster seeks win to extend streak

The LPGA Hall of Famer has won in each of the last seven seasons.
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AUBURN, Calif. -- Hall of Famer Juli Inkster, looking to extend to her streak of winning a tournament to eight years, shot a 5-under 66 Friday and took a one-stroke lead over Christina Kim after two rounds of the LPGA Longs Drugs Challenge.
Inkster, a two-time winner of the 9-year-old tournament, was at 10-under 132 after her seven-birdie, two-bogey round.
"Overall, I played well today," said Inkster, who has won at least one LPGA tournament every year since 1997. "Even on my bogeys, I was in the fairway and had my chances. I hit the ball well."
Kim, a non-winner in her second LPGA season, held a one-stroke lead after an opening 64. She began her second-round 69 with 13 straight pars, bogeyed 14 and then birdied three of the final four holes.
"I hit nearly every fairway, so it was fairway, two putts, fairway, two putts," Kim said. "I hit the ball very good. I hit some monster drives. But it was frustrating. Nothing was happening for a while. It was boring and routine."
SAS Championship
CARY, N.C. -- Craig Stadler had the answers ready, as if he expected the questions.
Yes, the success of his son continues to help him play better. Yes, he got updates on how Kevin was faring Friday in the second round of the Albertsons Boise Open in Idaho.
And yes, he never focused on his own score in the first round at the Champions Tour SAS Championship.
"I walked off the 18th green toward the scoring tent and saw the scoreboard there," Stadler said. "I said, 'I did shoot 7 under.' "
That he did, and his 65 was good for a two-shot lead over defending champion D.A. Weibring and Wayne Levi after the first round at Prestonwood Country Club. Stadler is going for his third straight victory and fifth of the season, an incredible run that just happened to coincide with the solid play of 24-year-old Kevin on the developmental Nationwide Tour.
The Heritage
WOBURN, England -- Colin Montgomerie shot a 5-over-par 77 and missed the cut at The Heritage, five days after making the winning putt for Europe at the Ryder Cup.
Graeme McDowell had a 68 and Phillip Price a 67 to share the second-round lead at 9-under 135. One stroke back were Swedes Patrik Sjoland (68) and Henrik Stenson (67).
Montgomerie was at 148 and finished three strokes outside the cut. He was unable to recover Friday from a double-bogey 7 at his first hole, the 10th. He also bogeyed the 14th and 16th.