GolfCzech.com | Golf news | Ochoa pulls to within one of halfway leader Moodie at Navistar Classic
9/27/2008
Recharged after a month off, Lorena Ochoa shot her second straight 5-under 67 to move within a stroke of leader Janice Moodie halfway through the Navistar LPGA Classic on Friday.
The top-ranked Ochoa is making her first start since tying for sixth in the Safeway Classic on Aug. 24, her fourth top-seven finish in a row, but seventh straight winless start.
Moodie followed her opening 66 with a 67 on the links-style Senator Course at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail's Capitol Hill complex.
The Scot birdied five of her last seven holes.
She won the last of her two LPGA Tour titles in 2002.
Ochoa birdied her final two holes, hitting a hybrid to 25 feet to set up a two-putt birdie on the par-5 eighth, and holing a 12-footer on the par-4 ninth.
Jill McGill shot a 69 to match Ochoa at 10 under.
Michele Redman was 9 under after a 65.
Christina Kim (66) and Song-Hee Kim (68) were 8 under, and McDonald's LPGA Championship winner Yani Tseng (66) was another stroke back along with Safeway champion Cristie Kerr (71) and Ji Young Oh (70).
Maria Hjorth, the winner last year in the inaugural event, followed her opening 76 with a 68 to easily make the cut at 4 under.
Leaderboard – Round 2:
1. Janice Moodie 66 67 133 -11
2. Lorena Ochoa 67 67 134 -10
Jill McGill 65 69 134 -10
4. Michele Redman 70 65 135 - 9
5. Song-Hee Kim 68 68 136 - 8
Christina Kim 70 66 136 - 8
7. Yani Tseng 71 66 137 - 7
Cristie Kerr 66 71 137 - 7
Ji Young Oh 67 70 137 - 7
10. Mikaela Parmlid 69 69 138 - 6
Michelle Ellis 71 67 138 - 6
Na On Min 71 67 138 - 6
Louise Friberg 67 71 138 - 6
Teresa Lu 70 68 138 - 6
Shanshan Feng 68 70 138 - 6
Source: AP, LPGA Tour
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