Tseng overtakes Ochoa in Canada
ASSOCIATED PRESS

OTTAWA — Yani Tseng finished off a course-record 8-under 64 in the rain-delayed second round, then shot a 68 in the third to take a four-stroke lead Saturday in the Canadian Women’s Open.

Tseng, the 19-year-old Taiwanese star who won the McDonald’s LPGA Championship in early June and finished second two weeks ago in the Women’s British Open, had a 14-under 202 total on the tree-lined Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club course.

“Every week I’m ready to win the tournament,” Tseng said. “I finished second four times and I really learned a lot each time. I don’t feel surprised because I keep learning and working hard and being relaxed.

“I have to play my own game and not think too much. I have a four-shot lead, so there’s a lot of room to play good.”

South Korea’s Se Ri Pak (68) was second, and defending champion Lorena Ochoa (74) and Katherine Hull (72) were 8 under. Paula Creamer (70) and Song-Hee Kim (71) were 5 under.

Pak had her first LPGA hole-in-one, acing the 178-yard fifth with a 6-iron.

“It was a surprise to see it go in,” said Pak. “Of course, you don’t expect anything like that. That probably made my day.”

Michelle Wie, using the last of her six LPGA exemptions this year, was tied for 14th at 2 under after a 69. She opened with rounds of 75 and 70.

“I’m making a lot more putts than I did the first day,” Wie said. “All I can do is play the best I can and try to shoot a low score. I’ll focus on being consistent, hitting fairways and greens.”

Annika Sorenstam (76) and Suzann Pettersen (70) also were in the group at 2 under.

“I feel fine. I just didn’t play well today,” Sorenstam said. “I actually hit a lot of good shots, I just never converted. Obviously, I’m very disappointed.”

Tseng returned to the course early Saturday to finish the final eight holes of the second round. She birdied the final four holes to break the course record of 65 set by Martha Nause in the 1994 du Maurier Classic and matched Friday by Katherine Hull.

Tseng had seven birdies and three bogeys in the third round.

“I feel great, but I’m so tired,” Tseng said. “It was such a long day and I had a headache, so I just tried to concentrate on every shot.”

Ochoa birdied the final hole.

“It wasn’t a great day,” the top-ranked Mexican star said. “I didn’t hit the ball good and I didn’t putt good. ... I made birdie on the last hole and have a little chance now. There’s nothing I can do. Just come here tomorrow and do my best.”

Alena Sharp was the top Canadian. She was 1 over after a 73.

“You always want to shoot under par,” said Sharp, from Hamilton, Ontario. “I’m out of contention to win now, but I still feel I can shoot in the 60s out here and that would be a great way to finish — to get back into red numbers.”

Compatriot Lorie Kane was 4 over after a 73.



Scores with relation to par from the third round of the CN Canadian Women’s Open, played Aug. 16 at the par-72, 6,510-yard Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club (Note: a-amateur):

1. Yani Tseng 70-64-68--202

-14
2. Se Ri Pak 68-70-68--206

-10
3. Lorena Ochoa 66-68-74--208

-8
3. Katherine Hull 71-65-72--208

-8
5. Paula Creamer 71-70-70--211

-5
5. Song-Hee Kim 69-71-71--211

-5
7. Jee Young Lee 71-72-69--212

-4
7. Sun Young Yoo 71-72-69--212

-4
7. Meena Lee 68-74-70--212

-4
7. Laura Diaz 70-70-72--212

-4
7. Hee-Won Han 68-72-72--212

-4
12. Inbee Park 70-72-71--213

-3
12. Jennifer Rosales 72-68-73--213

-3
14. Michelle Wie 75-70-69--214

-2
14. Suzann Pettersen 69-75-70--214

-2
14. Nicole Castrale 68-69-77--214

-2
14. Annika Sorenstam 67-71-76--214

-2
18. Angela Park 72-73-70--215

-1
18. H.J. Choi 73-67-75--215

-1
20. Cristie Kerr 74-71-71--216

E
20. Eun-Hee Ji 71-73-72--216

E
20. Wendy Ward 71-72-73--216

E
20. Na Yeon Choi 72-71-73--216

E
20. Brittany Lincicome 72-71-73--216

E
20. Heather Young 72-71-73--216

E
26. Eva Dahllof 71-74-72--217
+ 1
26. Meaghan Francella 71-74-72--217
+ 1
26. Grace Park 73-73-71--217
+ 1
26. Moira Dunn 73-72-72--217
+ 1
26. Natalie Gulbis 70-74-73--217
+ 1
26. In-Kyung Kim 69-73-75--217
+ 1
32. Karrie Webb 73-73-72--218
+ 2
32. Mollie Fankhauser 75-70-73--218
+ 2
32. Beth Bader 78-69-71--218
+ 2
32. Alena Sharp 71-73-74--218
+ 2
32. Catriona Matthew 69-74-75--218
+ 2
32. Su A Kim 72-75-71--218
+ 2
32. Kris Tamulis 71-72-75--218
+ 2
32. Louise Friberg 74-74-70--218
+ 2
40. Morgan Pressel 71-74-74--219
+ 3
40. Eunjung Yi 69-76-74--219
+ 3
40. Shi Hyun Ahn 75-71-73--219
+ 3
40. Leta Lindley 72-73-74--219
+ 3
40. Jimin Kang 74-73-72--219
+ 3
40. Lindsey Wright 73-70-76--219
+ 3
40. Christina Kim 73-67-79--219
+ 3
40. Angela Stanford 71-77-71--219
+ 3
48. Liselotte Neumann 77-70-73--220
+ 4
48. Juli Inkster 73-71-76--220
+ 4
48. Lorie Kane 74-73-73--220
+ 4
48. Candie Kung 70-77-73--220
+ 4
52. Samantha Richdale 73-73-75--221
+ 5
52. Shanshan Feng 72-74-75--221
+ 5
52. Soo-Yun Kang 74-71-76--221
+ 5
52. Sophie Giquel 72-74-75--221
+ 5
52. Helen Alfredsson 72-74-75--221
+ 5
52. Seo-Jae Lee 76-72-73--221
+ 5
52. Janice Moodie 76-72-73--221
+ 5
52. Giulia Sergas 75-73-73--221
+ 5
60. Irene Cho 72-73-77--222
+ 6
60. Il Mi Chung 75-72-75--222
+ 6
60. Hee Young Park 75-73-74--222
+ 6
60. Jimin Jeong 74-74-74--222
+ 6
60. Jennifer Greggain 73-75-74--222
+ 6
65. Seon Hwa Lee 72-73-78--223
+ 7
65. Erica Blasberg 70-76-77--223
+ 7
65. Stacy Prammanasudh 75-72-76--223
+ 7
65. Young-A Yang 73-74-76--223
+ 7
65. Minea Blomqvist 72-76-75--223
+ 7
70. a-Candace Schepperle 71-76-77--224
+ 8
70. Liz Janangelo 75-73-76--224
+ 8
70. Michele Redman 73-75-76--224
+ 8
70. Katie Futcher 72-76-76--224
+ 8
70. Sandra Gal 72-76-76--224
+ 8
75. Jamie Hullett 70-77-78--225
+ 9
75. Allison Fouch 72-76-77--225
+ 9
77. Teresa Lu 75-72-79--226
+ 10
77. Lee Ann Walker-Cooper 75-72-79--226
+ 10
77. Birdie Kim 77-71-78--226
+ 10
77. Carri Wood 73-75-78--226
+ 10
77. Sarah Kemp 71-77-78--226
+ 10
82. Ashli Bunch 75-73-80--228
+ 12
• • •



Missed the cut



83. Heather Daly-Donofrio 72-77--149
+ 5
83. Sophie Gustafson 73-76--149
+ 5
83. Kim Hall 78-71--149
+ 5
83. Young Kim 74-75--149
+ 5
83. Salimah Mussani 73-76--149
+ 5
83. Gloria Park 72-77--149
+ 5
83. Lisa Strom 72-77--149
+ 5
83. Adrienne White 73-76--149
+ 5
91. Dina Ammaccapane 76-74--150
+ 6
91. Brandie Burton 76-74--150
+ 6
91. Jessica Carafiello 73-77--150
+ 6
91. Jackie Gallagher-Smith 78-72--150
+ 6
91. Kate Golden 71-79--150
+ 6
91. Julieta Granada 75-75--150
+ 6
91. Tracy Hanson 74-76--150
+ 6
91. Rachel Hetherington 76-74--150
+ 6
91. Charlotte Mayorkas 74-76--150
+ 6
91. Kristy McPherson 73-77--150
+ 6
91. Na On Min 74-76--150
+ 6
91. Becky Morgan 74-76--150
+ 6
91. Reilley Rankin 76-74--150
+ 6
91. Karen Stupples 75-75--150
+ 6
105. Kyeong Bae 75-76--151
+ 7
105. Marisa Baena 77-74--151
+ 7
105. Silvia Cavalleri 78-73--151
+ 7
105. Dorothy Delasin 77-74--151
+ 7
105. Wendy Doolan 79-72--151
+ 7
105. a-Kirby Dreher 72-79--151
+ 7
105. Meredith Duncan 75-76--151
+ 7
105. Nancy Scranton 75-76--151
+ 7
105. a-Stephanie Sherlock 78-73--151
+ 7
105. Sherri Turner 76-75--151
+ 7
115. a-Sue Kim 72-80--152
+ 8
115. Sarah Lee 77-75--152
+ 8
115. Carolina Llano 79-73--152
+ 8
115. Stephanie Louden 77-75--152
+ 8
115. Jill McGill 75-77--152
+ 8
115. Ai Miyazato 74-78--152
+ 8
115. Sherri Steinhauer 78-74--152
+ 8
122. Danielle Downey 79-74--153
+ 9
122. Pat Hurst 71-82--153
+ 9
122. Becky Iverson 79-74--153
+ 9
122. Michelle McGann 75-78--153
+ 9
126. A.J. Eathorne 77-77--154
+ 10
126. Marcy Hart 79-75--154
+ 10
126. Mhairi McKay 78-76--154
+ 10
126. a-Kira Meixner 78-76--154
+ 10
130. Karine Icher 78-77--155
+ 11
130. Paige Mackenzie 79-76--155
+ 11
130. Cindy Pasechnik 79-76--155
+ 11
130. Karin Sjodin 79-76--155
+ 11
134. Emily Bastel 76-80--156
+ 12
134. Diana D'Alessio 84-72--156
+ 12
134. Candy Hannemann 77-79--156
+ 12
134. Seol-An Jeon 80-76--156
+ 12
134. Christa Johnson 74-82--156
+ 12
134. Kelli Kuehne 79-77--156
+ 12
134. Brittany Lang 80-76--156
+ 12
134. Meg Mallon 79-77--156
+ 12
134. Patricia Meunier-Lebouc 75-81--156
+ 12
134. Mikaela Parmlid 77-79--156
+ 12
144. a-Maude-Aimee Leblanc 76-81--157
+ 13
144. Kris Tschetter 81-76--157
+ 13
146. Dawn Coe-Jones 75-83--158
+ 14
146. a-Stacey Keating 80-78--158
+ 14
146. Becky Lucidi 81-77--158
+ 14
149. Walailak Satarak 78-81--159
+ 15
150. Seema Sadekar 83-77--160
+ 16
151. Linda Wessberg 83-78--161
+ 17
152. Corina Kelepouris 85-81--166
+ 22
WD. Sung Ah Yim 74-WD


WD. Jin Joo Hong 78-WD


WD. Violeta Retamoza 87-WD


WD. Young Jo WD


DNS. Jane Park





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