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Pak feeling comfy at Bell Micro Classic


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POSTED: Saturday, May 15, 2010

MOBILE, Ala. » Se Ri Pak shot a 6-under 66 yesterday to take a one-stroke lead over Brittany Lincicome and Wendy Ward in the Bell Micro LPGA Classic.

Pak, who opened on the 10th tee, had five birdies in a six-hole stretch on her final nine holes to top the second-round leaderboard at 9 under on The Crossings course at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail's Magnolia Grove complex.

Pak won events on the course in 2001 and 2002.

“;Of course I have such a great memory about it,”; Pak said. “;I play really well and the scores are really low, too. That helps a lot.

“;I know so many holes, where to miss, how to play, how to make the shot. That actually helps a lot, especially during this week.”;

Many of the players wore purple ribbons and wristbands with “;EB”; and a heart honoring Erica Blasberg, a 25-year-old tour player who was found dead in suburban Las Vegas on Sunday.

Police have not said if they suspect foul play and the coroner said a ruling on a cause of death was pending blood and tissue tests that could take four to six weeks to complete.

Ward had the low round with a 65, six strokes better than her opener.

Michelle Wie made the cut by a stroke, following her opening 72 with a 73.

Rain soaks Texas Open

Rain washed out play in the Texas Open and PGA Tour officials said more bad weather this weekend could push the tournament into Monday.

More than three inches of rain soaked the Oaks Course at TPC San Antonio, where leader Matt Jones and the rest of the field never got on the course. They'll try again today, when Jones will start with a one-stroke lead over Paul Stankowski.

Kaneohe native Dean Wilson is tied for 145th after shooting a 79 in the first round.

Leaderboard flooded

Joey Sindelar, Bobby Clampett, Russ Cochran and Peter Senior shot 7-under 65s yesterday in the Regions Charity Classic to share the lead after the opening round.

The 77 players in the field had a scoring average of 69.519 on the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail's Ross Bridge course, breaking the tournament record of 70.397 set in 2002 when the Champions Tour event was played at Greystone.

Edberg slides into lead

Sweden's Pelle Edberg shot a 6-under 64 in stormy conditions for a share of the second-round lead in the Mallorca Open.

Edberg had seven birdies and a bogey in the round that was disrupted by lightning to join James Kingston (70) at 5-under 135 on the Pula course.