On the Links Friday’s professional golf results

OHL CLASSIC AT MAYAKOBA

PLAYA DEL CARMEN, MEXICO

Graeme McDowell, determined to get his game turned around, saw more results Friday when he ran off seven birdies in an eight-hole stretch Friday for an 8-under 63 and a one-shot lead in the OHL Classic at Mayakoba. McDowell relied on his strengths — hitting fairways and making putts — to close out the back nine with three straight birdies. After a bogey on No. 1, he bounced back with four straight birdies to take the lead in the morning at El Camaleon Golf Club. No one caught him in the afternoon. Derek Fathauer made four birdies over his last seven holes for a 66 to get within one shot of McDowell.

LORENA OCHOA INVITATIONAL

MEXICO CITY

Minjee Lee shot her second straight 3-under 69 to take a one-stroke lead over four players in the LPGA Tour’s Lorena Ochoa Invitational. The 19-year-old Australian player two-putted from 50 feet on the par-5 17th for the last of her six birdies at tree-lined Club de Golf Mexico. She won at Kingsmill in May for her first LPGA Tour title. Second-ranked Inbee Park, defending champion Christina Kim, Angela Stanford and rookie of the year Sei Young Kim were tied for second in the 36-player event. Park, the first-round leader, had a 71. Christina Kim and Sei Young Kim each shot 66, and Stanford had a 70. Park is making her first start since withdrawing in China two weeks ago because of a cyst on her left middle finger.

ISPS HANDA CUP

SARASOTA, FLA.

U.S. Solheim Cup captain Juli Inkster and assistant captain Pat Hurst teamed to win two nine-hole matches to help the United States take a 16-8 lead over the World team Friday in the Legends Tour’s ISPS Handa Cup. Inkster and Hurst beat Lorie Kane and Catriona Matthew 31-34 in the morning four-ball matches, and routed Liselotte Neumann and Alicia Dibos 29-36 in the afternoon modified alternate-shot session. Danielle Ammaccapane and Kris Tschetter also won two matches. They edged Helen Alfredsson and Jan Stephenson 35-36 in the morning, and beat Wendy Doolan and Jenny Lidback 34-37 in the afternoon. The event will conclude today with 10 singles matches. Inkster is set to play Laura Davies, Hurst will meet Catriona Matthew, Ammaccapane will face Lidback, and Kris Tschetter will play Jane Crafter.

BMW MASTERS

SHANGHAI

Denmark’s Lucas Bjerregaard birdied three of his last four holes for a 6-under 66 and a three-stroke lead in the BMW Masters. Bjerregaard had a 12-under 132 total at Lake Malaren.

Associated Press