Golf

Sheehan, Leggatt pile up points

By TIMES WIRES
Published August 12, 2006

CASTLE ROCK, Colo. - Patrick Sheehan piggybacked playing partner Ian Leggatt's incredible second round to take the lead at the halfway mark of the International at Castle Pines Golf Club.

Half the field of 140 was still on the course when a thunderstorm caused a 3½-hour delay Friday. Many will return early today to try to make the cut.

Sheehan's five birdies offset his two bogeys and gave him eight points for the day and 18 for the tournament, the only stop on the PGA Tour that uses the modified Stableford scoring system, which awards two points for birdie, five for eagle and eight for double eagle. One point is deducted for bogey, three for double bogey or worse.

"We all played pretty well (Thursday), and it just continued (Friday)," Sheehan said. "... A guy makes a couple birdies and you just follow him up."

Leggatt was one back after shooting 3 Friday. He recovered from double bogey on his first hole to sink three birdies and two eagles. Chris Riley posted his second straight six-point round.

Stanford keeps solid lead

LONDON, Ontario - A day after matching the tournament record with 8-under 64, Angela Stanford birdied her first two holes, then played the final 16 holes in even-par 70 to maintain a three-stroke lead at the Canadian Women's Open.

Cristie Kerr and Jee Young Lee were tied for second after 70s, Canadian star Lorie Kane (70) was another stroke back.

Seminole's Brittany Lincicome shot 72 again and is tied for 24th at 144. Clearwater's Jennifer Gleason shot 74 for 150 and missed the cut. Brooksville's Kelly Lagedrost (79-155) and Tampa's Beth Bauer (79-157) missed the cut.

Ochoa answers: Lorena Ochoa broke Annika Sorenstam's course record by a stroke at 8-under 65 to share the second-round lead with the Swede at the Scandinavian TPC in Stockholm, Sweden. Ochoa and Sorenstam were 9-under 137 overall. Ochoa had eight birdies, one eagle and two bogeys. Sorenstam, who had shot the course-record 66 a day earlier, shot 2-under 71 Friday. Gwladys Nocera shot 69 and was one stroke behind the leaders.

EUROPEAN PGA: Spain's Ignacio Garrido hit five birdies in 11 holes to take the clubhouse lead at the Dutch Open in Zaandvoort, Netherlands. Play was suspended after thundershowers twice delayed the second round. Garrido was 5 under with seven holes to finish in the round and 8 under for the tournament with a two-stroke lead. First-round co-leader Christian Cevaer of France, who also played 11 holes Friday, dropped into a second-place tie with Denmark's Soren Kjeldsen at 6-under 136.

NATIONWIDE: Richard Johnson shot 2-under 68 for a two-round 134 total to lead Brendon de Jonge by two strokes at the Xerox Classic in Rochester, N.Y.

FUTURES: Meaghan Francella shot 6-under 66 to lead Sarah Lynn Johnston by one stroke after the first round of the Betty Puskar Classic in Morgantown, W.Va. Tampa's Elizabeth Stuart shot 6-over 78.

State Amateur: Kelly Gosse beat Andy Purnell to advance to the quarterfinals of the championship flight at the Florida State Amateur Match Play Championship in Ocala. Gosse of Inverness beat Philip Meng of Orlando 2-up, then beat Purnell 4 and 3 in the next round. Tampa's Takeshi Fuchigami lost to Brent Dorman in the round of 32.

JUNIORS: Clearwater's Courtney Harter, a senior at Palm Harbor University High, won the American Junior Golf Association's Golf Pride Junior Classic in Southern Pines, N.C., shooting 3-over 216 (69-71-76).

U.S. Women's amateur: Katharina Schallenberg upset Duke's Jennie Lee 1-up to advance to the semifinals in North Plains, Ore. Schallenberg faces Stacy Lewis today, and Kimberly Kim, 14, plays Lindy Duncan, 15.

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