Creamer follows her 60 with 65, and leads by six at Jamie Farr Classic

7/12/2008

In the quiet of the locker room after missing the cut a year ago, a disgusted Paula Creamer swore she'd get even with Highland Meadows Golf Club.

Making good on that vow, she followed a course-record 60 with a 6-under 65 Friday to build a six-stroke lead through two rounds of the Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic.

She promised her sponsors -- also the tournament's title sponsor -- that she'd get payback.

First, she flirted with a magical 59 -- the lowest competitive round ever on the PGA Tour or LPGA Tour -- in the first round. Then the 21-year-old needed a birdie on one of the two closing par-5 holes on Friday to tie the Tour record for fewest shots taken through two rounds. Instead, she parred both holes, missing a short birdie putt and then saving a par on the 18th after missing the green with her approach.

Creamer had seven birdies and her only bogey of the tournament a day after she birdied nine of the final 11 holes and totaled 11 birdies. The 60 eclipsed by a shot the course record of defending champion Se Ri Pak.

The tournament may be half over, but as far as most of the players are concerned it's completely over.

Pak, trying to become the first LPGA player to win the same event six times, shot a 69 and was 12 shots behind. She went 63-68 a year ago in the first two rounds to match Kelly Robbins' tournament record, set in 1997.

Rachel Hetherington, who won the 2002 Farr, shot a 67 and was tied for third with H.J. Choi (68) at 135.

The scary part is that Creamer used the word "terrible" to describe three shots -- and still matched the lowest round of the day with her 65.

Leaderboard – Round 2:

1. Paula Creamer                     60 65 125 -17
2. Eun-Hee Ji                           65 66 131 -11
3. Rachel Hetherington              68 67 135 - 7
    H.J.Choi                               67 68 135 - 7
5. Alena Sharp                          69 67 136 - 6
    Young Kim                            66 70 136 - 6
    Janice Moodie                       69 67 136 - 6
    Stacy Lewis                           70 66 136 - 6
9. Moira Dunn                           67 70 137 - 5
    Giulia Sergas                        72 65 137 - 5
    Katherine Hull                       69 68 137 - 5
    Se Ri Pak                             68 69 137 - 5
    Brittany Linciome                   70 67 137 - 5
    Jennifer Rosales                    70 67 137 - 5

Source: AP, LPGA Tour