Anna Nordqvist leads LPGA

Championship at halfway

Anna Nordqvist, winner of the Ladies' British open amateur championship at North Berwick this week last year, birdied her final hole to take a one-shot lead at the halfway point of the McDonald's LPGA Championship in Havre de Grace, Maryland.
The Swede began the second round at Bulle Rock Golf Course on six under par, one shot behind overnight leader Nicole Castrale but started strongly with a birdie on the 10th, her first hole of the day.
Nordqvist, pictured by Cal Carson Golf Agency, made further birdies on the 15th and 17th to improve to eight under before dropping a bogey on the 18th.
The Swede made another bogey on the fourth but birdied the ninth to complete a two-under-par 70, which put her on eight-under 136 for the tournament.
After also teeing off on the back nine, Castrale made a poor start with a double bogey and bogey on her first five holes.
But the American recovered with a birdie on the 16th and made two more on her back nine for a level-par 72, which left her alone in second on seven under.
Kent-born Australian Lindsey Wright fired a four-under 68 to join Australian compatriot Katherine Hull (69) in a tie for third on six under with the Korean trio of Hee-Won Han (69), Na Yeon Choi (71) and Kyeong Bae (69) tied for fifth a further shot back.
Another Korean, Jin Young Pak, shot a 71 to join Americans Stacy Lewis and Kristy McPherson in a tie for eighth on four under while world number one Lorena Ochoa carded a 69 to reach the halfway point on three under.
SECOND ROUND TOTALS
Par 144 (2x72)
136 Anna Nordqvist 66 70
137 Nicole Castrale 65 72
138 Lindsey Wright (Aus) 70 68, Katherine Hull (Aus) 69 69
139 Na Yeon Choi (Kor) 68 71, Hee-Won Han (Kor) 70 69, Kyeong Bae (Kor) 70 69
140 Jin young Pak (Kor) 69 71, Kristy McPherson 70 70, Stacy Lewis 68 72
141 Ji-Yai Shin (Kor) 73 68, Aree Song (Kor) 68 73, Lorena Ochoa (Mex) 72 69, Angela Stanford 70 71
142 Minea Blomqvist (Fin) 73 69, Karrie Webb (Aus) 72 70, Amy Yang 68 74, In-Bee Park (Kor) 70 72, Katie Futcher 71 71, Sandra Gal (Ger) 71 71, Ashleigh Simon (Rsa) 68 74, Becky Morgan (Wal) 71 71, Moira Dunn 68 74, Kris Tschetter 70 72
143 Mindy Kim 74 69, Chella Choi (Kor) 71 72, Shi Hyun Ahn (Kor) 73 70, Eun Hee Ji (Kor) 74 69, Sophie Gustafson (Swe) 69 74, M.j Hur (Kor) 71 72, Marcy Hart 71 72
144 Taylor Leon 72 72, Stacy Prammanasudh 73 71, Jamie Hullett 73 71, Juli Inkster 73 71, Brandie Burton 73 71, Na Ri Kim (Kor) 71 73, Candie Kung (Tai) 72 72, Brittany Lang 72 72, Marisa Baena 70 74, Paula Creamer 74 70, Michelle Wie 70 74, Ya-Ni Tseng (Tai) 73 71, Soo-Yun Kang (Kor) 73 71
145 Wendy Doolan (Aus) 72 73, Seon Hwa Lee (Kor) 74 71, Heather Bowie young 75 70, Paige Mackenzie 68 77, Meaghan Francella 69 76, Song-Hee Kim (Kor) 73 72, Michele Redman 72 73, Suzann Pettersen (Nor) 74 71, Helen Alfredsson (Swe) 74 71
146 Mika Miyazato (Jpn) 72 74, Beth Bader 73 73, Young Kim (Kor) 72 74, Cristie Kerr 76 70, Maria Hjorth (Swe) 71 75, Teresa Lu (Tai) 76 70, In-Kyung Kim (Kor) 72 74, Johanna Mundy (Eng) 73 73, Carin Koch (Swe) 74 72, Se Ri Pak (Kor) 72 74, Allison Hanna-Williams 72 74
147 Irene Cho 72 75, Il Mi Chung (Kor) 74 73, Sun Young Yoo (Kor) 73 74, Anna Grzebien 74 73, Julieta Granada (Par) 75 72, Karine Icher (Fra) 75 72, Jackie Gallagher-Smith 72 75, Jee Young Lee (Kor) 75 72, Ji-Young Oh (Kor) 73 74, Natalie Gulbis 72 75, Eunjung Yi (Kor) 73 74, Momoko Ueda (Jpn) 76 71, Karin Sjodin (Swe) 70 77, Janice Moodie (Sco) 74 73
MISSED THE CUT
148 Jennifer Rosales (Phi) 76 72, Meena Lee (Kor) 74 74, Morgan Pressel 74 74, Brittany Lincicome 75 73, Sarah-jane Smith (Aus) 75 73, Christina Kim 71 77, Kris Tamulis 72 76, Mi-Hyun Kim (Kor) 73 75, Alena Sharp (Can) 73 75, Erica Blasberg 73 75, Hee Young Park (Kor) 75 73
149 Mollie Fankhauser 77 72, Young Jo (Kor) 78 71, Meg Mallon 75 74, Wendy Ward 74 75, Pat Hurst 76 73, Shanshan Feng (Chn) 67 82, Meredith Duncan 76 73
150 Anja Monke (Ger) 74 76, Jill McGill 72 78, Jin Joo Hong (Kor) 77 73, Lorie Kane (Can) 75 75, Reilley Rankin 75 75, Liselotte Neumann (Swe) 79 71, Vicky Hurst 74 76, Jimin Kang (Kor) 74 76, Shiho Oyama (Jpn) 78 72, Louise Friberg (Swe) 77 73, Carri Wood 72 78, Audra Burks 74 76, Birdie Kim (Kor) 73 77, Hye Jung Choi (Kor) 73 77
151 Joo Mi Kim (Kor) 74 77, Jeanne Cho-Hunicke 73 78, Sarah Lee 75 76, Stephanie Louden 75 76, Jane Park 75 76, Silvia Cavalleri (Ita) 75 76, Mikaela Parmlid (Swe) 76 75, Eva Dahllof (Swe) 75 76, Sarah Kemp (Aus) 76 75
152 Sung Ah Yim (Kor) 75 77, Becky Lucidi 77 75, Karen Stupples (Eng) 77 75, Jimin Jeong 77 75, Sue Ginter 74 78, Amy Hung (Tha) 74 78, Haeji Kang (Kor) 73 79, Charlotte Mayorkas 73 79, Leah Wigger 79 73
153 Michelle Ellis 76 77, Rachel Hetherington (Aus) 76 77, Maggie Will 77 76, Lisa Strom (Gb) 76 77, Diana D'Alessio 74 79
154 Brandi Jackson 80 74, Laura Diaz 75 79, Anna Rawson (Aus) 79 75
155 Dorothy Delasin 75 80
156 Carolina Llano 76 80, Kim Hall 78 78, Allison Fouch 74 82
157 Giulia Sergas (Ita) 77 80, Jeehae Lee (Kor) 74 83
158 laura shanahan Rowe 79 79, Sherry Adonian-smith 74 84
159 Dede Cusimano 82 77
160 Jamie Fischer 79 81, Laurie Rinker 80 80
168 Dana Bates 79 89
WD: Sophie Giquel 78, Laura Davies 81