Tournament host Ochoa trails halfway leader Stanford by 10 shots

11/15/2008

Angela Stanford shot a 6-under 66 on Friday in the second round of the Lorena Ochoa Invitational to take a two-stroke lead over LPGA Championship winner Yani Tseng.

Stanford had a 10-under 134 total on the Guadalajara Country Club course. Tseng, No. 2 in the world behind Ochoa, shot her second straight 68. Ochoa followed her opening 73 with a 71 on her home course, leaving her 10 strokes back.

Meena Lee (69) was 6 under, and Karen Stupples (71) was 5 under.

Annika Sorenstam (72), leaving the tour at the end of the season, was 4 under in group that included Juli Inkster (69) and Seon Hwa Lee (72).

Stanford won the Bell Micro LPGA Classic in September and has finished in the top five in each of her last four tournaments. The Texan had seven birdies for the second straight day at the Guadalajara Country Club.

Ochoa bogeyed the final two holes.

Ochoa has two victories -- the 2006 and 2008 Corona Championship -- in nine LPGA Tour starts in Mexico. She has seven victories in 20 tour starts this year and leads the money list with $2,738,888.

Leaderboard – Rourd 2:

1. Angela Stanford                   68 66 134 -10
2. Yani Tseng                          68 68 136 - 8
3. Meena Lee                          69 69 138 - 6
4. Karen Stupples                    68 71 139 - 5
5. Annika Sorenstam                68 72 140 - 4
    Jee Young Lee                     69 71 140 - 4
    Nicole Castrale                     68 72 140 - 4
    Seon Hwa Lee                      68 72 140 - 4
    Juli Inkster                          71 69 140 - 4
    Sun Young Yoo                    70 70 140 - 4

Source: AP, LPGA Tour