Park paces field at Canadian Women's Open
EDMONTON, Alberta — Top-ranked Inbee Park shot a 5-under 65 for a share of the second-round lead with playing partner Cristie Kerr in the Canadian Women’s Open.
Park, the South Korean star who swept the first three majors of the season and has six LPGA Tour victories this season, had seven birdies and two bogeys at Royal Mayfair to match Kerr at 8-under 132.
Park finished second last year at Vancouver Golf Club, three strokes behind teen star Lydia Ko.
Kerr, coming off the United States’ loss to Europe in the Solheim Cup, shot her second straight 66. She won the Kingsmill Championship in May for her 16th career LPGA Tour title.
Angela Stanford, 0-4 for the United States in the Solheim Cup, and France’s Karine Icher were a stroke back. Icher had a 66, and Stanford shot 68.
Ko was 6 under after a 69. Last year, the New Zealand amateur star became the youngest winner in LPGA Tour history at 15 years, 4 months. Paula Creamer and 49-year-old Laura Davies also were 6 under. Davies had a 66, and Creamer shot 68.
Champions Tour
SNOQUALMIE, Wash. — Bart Bryant got off to a fast start in his bid to win consecutive Champions Tour titles, shooting a 6-under 66 to take the first-round lead in the Boeing Classic.
Bryant had eight birdies and two bogeys at TPC Snoqualmie Ridge, five days after winning the Dick’s Sporting Goods Open in Endicott, N.Y., for his first victory in his rookie season on the 50-and-over tour.
Duffy Waldorf and Bobby Clampett shot 67, and Bernhard Langer, Dick Mast and Kirk Triplett followed at 68. Langer tied the course record with a 5-under 31 on the front nine. Hometown favorite Fred Couples had a 69.
