2012年4月27日星期五

Stacy Lewis took a one-stroke lead Friday


Lewis, a former University of Arkansas star, had three straight birdies and a two-stroke lead, but missed a 5-foot par putt on the final hole en route to her first bogey of the week.

"I'm one shot from the lead. No pressure, really," she said.

"It's really just been boring golf," said Lewis, who made a more exciting 20-footer on No. 17. "I haven't made a ton of putts. I've just hit a lot of shots close and taken advantage of the par 5s. It's been pretty relaxing."

Wright, playing in the one of the last groups, parred the last 11 holes after closing within a shot.

Karin Sjodin tied the tournament discount golf clubs course record with a 64 to finish a stroke back along with Lindsey Wright, So Yeon Ryu and rookie Sydnee Michaels. Ryu shot 67, Michaels 68, and Wright 69.

Her best tour finish is second at the 2009 LPGA Championship. Wright's downhill putt on her closing hole, No. 9, was "probably the fastest putt I had … and it nearly went in."

Sjodin's best finish is a fourth-place tie at the Kraft Nabisco — with Lewis and others — after she opened the final round with a share of the lead. Ryu won the U.S. Women's Open last year for her only LPGA Tour victory.

Sjodin rebounded from an opening 72 with the help of a little coaching counsel.

Or maybe putting in the dark made for good practice. The lights went out when Sjodin was on the putting green before her early morning round.

"Maybe not seeing the hole is a good thing," she joked.

"I had a talk with one of the Taylormade R11 irons Swedish coaches that's out here and we suggested attack every swing and every putt, have a positive approach to each shot instead of being scared or kind of chickening out," Sjodin said. "I think I went in with maybe a bit of an aggressive attitude, and it seems to have helped."

Kraft Nabisco winner Sun Young Yoo's bogey gave her a 69 to fall into a six-player group two strokes back that included Brittany Lincicome (67). Cindy LaCrosse also was a stroke behind Lewis before double bogeying her final hole.

"Playing in the second-to-last group, it was a little bit difficult to read putts and make putts," said the Taylormade R11 driver Australian who won the New Zealand Women's Open in February. "I think I hit it just as good on this (final) nine. It's disappointing not to birdie anything, but I'm in a great spot coming into the weekend.

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