Dufner leads Australian Masters

MELBOURNE, Australia — American Jason Dufner topped the Australian Masters leaderboard halfway through the second round Friday, shooting a 5-under 67 for a one-stroke advantage over late-starting Tiger Woods and five others.

Dufner bogeyed his final hole to finish at 7-under 137 at Kingston Heath. The former Auburn star is winless in three seasons on the PGA Tour.

Woods had a late tee time after opening with a 66 on Thursday.

Manny Villegas (68) and Ashley Hall (69) and Mathew Goggin (70) completed the second round at 6 under, while James Nitties and Brenden Grace had yet to tee off.

Song-Hee Kim leads Lorena Ochoa Invitational

GUADALAJARA, Mexico — Song-Hee Kim shot a 7-under 65 on Thursday in the Lorena Ochoa Invitational to take a two-stroke lead over Jiyai Shin, Paula Creamer and Mariajo Uribe - and six-shot advantage over the top-ranked Ochoa.

Kim had six birdies on the first 10 holes at Guadalajara Country Club and also birdied the last to top the 36-player field. Winless in three seasons on the LPGA Tour, she's trying to become the ninth South Korean to win this year.

Shin, a three-time winner this season and the money leader, has already won the rookie of the year award and leads Ochoa in the player of the year race.

Ochoa shot a 71, making three birdies and two bogeys on her home course.

Rose overtakes Fowler to take lead at Disney

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Justin Rose has been traveling around the planet this year to play European and PGA Tour events and gain as many world ranking points as possible.

Leave it to a youngster fresh out of college to try to crash his party.

Rose shot a 7-under 65 in the opening round of the Children's Miracle Network Classic on Thursday, edging upstart Rickie Fowler for the top spot on the leaderboard.

Rose was bogey-free on a breezy day where a steady morning drizzle and temperatures dipping into the low 50s made greens soft but tough to reach. Fowler, Greg Owen and Casey Wittenberg were one shot back at Disney World in the final PGA Tour event of the season.

Duangdecha leads Hong Kong Open by 1 stroke

HONG KONG — Udorn Duangdecha shot an 8-under 62 behind 10 birdies Thursday to lead Robert-Jan Derksen of the Netherlands by one stroke after the first round of the Hong Kong Open.

The little-known Thai qualifier, who only has one top 10 Asian Tour finish in his career, also had two bogeys at the Hong Kong Golf Club.

"I played according to my game plan and was really pleased that everything went the way I hoped it would," said the 38-year-old Duangdecha, who nearly equaled the course record of 61 by Simon Yates in 2005 but bogeyed his final hole amid fading light.

Defending champion Lin Wen-tang (64) was two strokes behind Duangdecha, tied for third with Gregory Bourdy, David Dixon and Thongchai Jaidee, the current Asian Tour Order of Merit leader.

 

 

 

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