Creamer holds firm

After windy day, she's only player under par in Okla.

May 3, 2008

Paula Creamer and Lorena Ochoa played together for the first 36 holes at the SemGroup Championship, battling a vicious wind that came from two directions and getting two very different results in Broken Arrow, Okla.

Creamer made enough birdies that a sloppy finish yesterday - two bogeys on the final three holes - still left her satisfied. She shot an even-par 71 and was the only player under par at Cedar Ridge, giving her a one-shot lead over Ji Young Oh.

Ochoa was six shots behind after a 3-over 74, the first time since the 2006 Women's British Open that she has had two rounds over par in the same tournament.

Even more troublesome was that Ochoa, going for her record-tying fifth consecutive LPGA Tour victory, finished the second round without a birdie.

It was the first time in more than two years Ochoa played a round without a birdie, and she has gone 26 holes without a birdie or an eagle at Cedar Ridge.

"I don't know what happened," Ochoa said. "I don't feel bad. It's hard to hit the ball close to the hole. I have nobody to blame."

Creamer was at 1-under 141 and will be in the final group with Oh, who shot a 72 in the afternoon as the wind began to subside enough to give other golfers the chance to play moderately well.

At 1-over 143 were Brittany Lang (71) and Leta Lindley (72).

• PGA Wachovia Championship // As Phil Mickelson's round imploded with a series of wayward shots, rounds for other players in Charlotte, N.C., went in a different direction. Jason Bohn fired a 5-under 67 to take a two-shot lead at 9-under after the second round, while Mickelson's double bogey on Quail Hollow Club's easiest hole began a horrible closing stretch that left him seven shots back after he finished with a 74. Anthony Kim's 67 put him at 7-under and alone in second place, and 2006 champion Jim Furyk, Dudley Hart and George McNeill were three strokes back after 67s.

• Champions FedEx Kinko's Classic // Nick Price shot a 7-under 65 to take a one-stroke lead over Mark O'Meara after the first round in Lakeway, Texas. Defending champion Scott Hoch was two strokes back at 67 along with former Maryland coach Fred Funk, D.A. Weibring, Denis Watson and Tom McKnight.

E-mail

Reprint

Get home delivery of The Sun and save over 50% off the newsstand price

Creamer holds firm

After windy day, she's only player under par in Okla.

Features

Featured Video Advertisers

Online resources

Going deep

Going deep Sun sports special reports and in-depth coverage
	> 1983 O's > Recruiting Tavon Austin > Football: The tie that binds > Orioles > Baltimore Colts > Going deep: Other sports

Creamer holds firm

After windy day, she's only player under par in Okla.

Related topic galleries: Mark O'Meara, Nick Price, Fred Funk, Jim Furyk, D.A. Weibring, Dudley Hart, Lorena Ochoa

Features

Featured Video Advertisers

Popular stories

Online resources

Going deep