Saturday, September 27, 2008
ON THE FAIRWAYS Friday’s other events
Navistar LPGA Classic
PRATTVILLE, Ala. — Recharged after a month off, Lorena Ochoa shot her second straight 5-under 67 to move within a stroke of leader Janice Moodie. The top-ranked Ochoa is making her first start since tying for sixth in the Safeway Classic on Aug. 24, her fourth top-seven finish in a row, but seventh straight winless start. She opened the year with six wins in nine starts, including four straight. Moodie followed her opening 66 with a 67 on the links-style Senator Course at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail’s Capitol Hill complex. Jill McGill shot a 69 to match Ochoa at 10 under. Michele Redman was 9 under after a 65, and Christina Kim (66) and Song-Hee Kim (68) were 8 under.
SAS Championship
CARY, N.C. — Bruce Fleisher, Dana Quigley, Eduardo Romero, Andy Bean, Don Pooley and Chip Beck shot 4-under 68s to share the first-round lead. Tom Kite, Loren Roberts and Kirk Hanefeld were a stroke back on the Prestonwood Country Club course, and Larry Mize opened with a 70 in his Champions Tour debut. The 1987 Masters champion turned 50 on Tuesday.
British Masters
SUTTON COLDFIELD, England — Lee Westwood shot a 2-under 70 for share of the second-round lead in the suspended event. Westwood had a 6-under 138 total. Jeev Milka Singh also was 6 under with six holes to play in the round that was delayed by fog and suspended because of darkness. He aced the 186-yard seventh.
Associated Press