CHULA VISTA, Calif. — Becky Morgan of Wales shot a 5-under 68 on Friday to take the second-round lead within the U.S. Senior Ladies’s Open, whereas first-round chief Annika Sorenstam had a 78 to drop six strokes behind.
Morgan had certainly one of two rounds within the 60s within the first two days at San Diego Nation Membership. She had a 4-under 142 complete after opening with a 74.
“That is my first one, having turned 50 final September,” Morgan mentioned of enjoying the occasion. “However I just like the course. It is fairly tough. You’ve got actually acquired to hit the fairways, form of get it in the correct a part of the greens, and as we speak my putter was working, so it was good.”
Maria McBride of Sweden and Corina Kelepouris of Canada had been a stroke again. McBride shot 70, and Kelepouris had a 71.
Liselotte Neumann (71) was 2 underneath with Ashli Bunch (69) and Moira Dunn-Bohls (73). Neumann gained the 1988 U.S. Ladies’s Open.
Juli Inkster adopted a gap 75 with a 73 to affix Sorenstam in a tie for tenth at 2 over.
Karrie Webb was 3 over after rounds of 73 and 76 in her first begin within the occasion.