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ward hits high and aims low
There goes my bet. In at five under par, 141, Wendy Ward has taken over the clubhouse lead from the trio on three under. Round in 70, Ward played a fine round, five birdies outnumbering the two bogeys she made at the 11th and 18th, both of which she three-putted.
The back nine is getting more difficult though. With the ever-shifting wind now against and from the right heading home, the onus is now on the players to score well going out, before hanging on to what they have over the closing holes. Which is just what Ward, a four-time winner on the LPGA Tour, did.
"Going out, I was able to hit shots with pretty much my normal ball flight, but coming back I was hitting them maybe forehead high," she claimed. "I had worked on those shots during my practice rounds, so I was ready for what was required."
Things are looking even better for Ward, in fact. Long-time leader Lorena Ochoa’s first bogey of the tournament — courtesy of three putts at the 11th — has her back to six under par and, with the tough back nine to come, she will have her work cut out to stay ahead of Ward’s total.
The cut, incidentally, looks as if it will fall at either three or four over par, maybe five over if the wind-speed increases. Whatever the final total that represents pretty good golf by the leading 65 players (and ties).
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