GOLF ROUNDUP Friday's other events

LPGA Tour
REUNION, Fla. -- Lorena Ochoa made one poor decision Friday. It was the only thing that kept her from topping the leader board. Rebounding from a triple bogey, Ochoa shot a 2-under 70 to finish a stroke behind Mi Hyun Kim (66) after the second round of the Ginn Clubs & amp; Resorts Open. "I was pretty much close all day, playing for birdie," said Ochoa, the 24-year-old Mexican star who won her fourth LPGA Tour title two weeks ago in Las Vegas. Dakoda Dowd was playing for something very different. The 13-year-old golf prodigy, who was invited to play the event to fulfill her cancer-stricken mother's dying wish to see her compete on the LPGA Tour, followed her opening 74 with an 82 to miss the cut. Nonetheless, tournament officials gave her a replica of the winner's trophy. Ochoa hopes to get the real one. She was 7 under after 36 holes and -- once again -- ahead of most of the field. She has been the best golfer on tour this season, with four top-10 finishes in six starts. Ochoa had five birdies in her first 11 holes and took sole possession of the lead at 10 under. But then she pulled out her driver on the par-4 14th. She pushed her tee shot way right, landed in a bush and had to take a penalty stroke after determining her ball was not playable. Trying to get her third shot over some trees from a bed of straw, the ball hit some limbs and dropped straight down. Her fourth shot from under the tress didn't get out of the rough, leaving her with a pitch shot for bogey. She hit to 6 feet, but missed the putt and finished with the worst score of the day on the 387-yard hole. Ai Miyazato was 6 under after a 68, and Seon Hwa Lee (67), Laura Diaz (72) and first-round leader Cristie Kerr (74) were 5 under. Karrie Webb (67) and Annika Sorenstam (70) were six shots behind the leader.
Champions Tour
LAKEWAY, Texas -- Tom Kite got off to a fast start in his bid to win a PGA Tour-sanctioned event in Texas for the first time, getting a birdie on the final hole for a 4-under 68 and a share of the first-round lead in FedEx Kinko's Classic. Kite, the Austin resident who is winless in Texas in 98 starts on the PGA Tour and 10 on the Champions Tour, was tied with Jay Haas, Bruce Fleisher, Craig Stadler, Curtis Strange and senior newcomer David Edwards. The six-man tie for the lead is the largest after the round on the Champions Tour since the 1999 Cadillac NFL Classic.
PGA European Tour
SAN ROQUE, Spain -- England's Graeme Storm birdied the final three holes for a 5-under 67 and a one-stroke lead after the second round of the Spanish Open. Storm had a 12-under 132 total on the San Roque Club course. Sweden's Robert Karlsson of Sweden, who had a hole-in-one in his course-record 63, was tied for second with Englishmen David Griffiths (65) and John Bickerton (65), South Africa's Titch Moore (67) and Spain's Carl Suneson (64).
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