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CROMWELL, Conn. – Stewart Cink moved to the top of the Travelers Championship leaderboard Friday, making two long eagle putts in a 6-under 64 that left him a stroke ahead of defending champion Hunter Mahan and two others.

Cink, the 1997 winner at TPC River Highlands, is seeking his first victory of the season after six top-10 finishes.

“I hope it’s just a matter of time,” said Cink, who opened with a 66 on Thursday en route to a 10-under 130 total. “I hope it’s a matter of about two days.”

It didn’t look good early for Cink, who began the day at 4 under and promptly bogeyed the first two holes. He got one back with a birdie at the third before knocking in a 26-foot putt for eagle on the par-5 sixth. He bettered that shot by curling in a 49-foot right-to-left eagle putt on the 13th.

Wegmans LPGA

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Morgan Pressel shot a 7-under 65 to take a one-stroke lead over Suzann Pettersen midway through the Wegmans LPGA.

Pressel, the youngest major winner in LPGA Tour history, had a second bogey-free round to break open a leaderboard logjam and get to 10-under 134.

Defending champion Lorena Ochoa shot 70 to drop into a tie for 17th at 2 under. Annika Sorenstam (72), who is stepping away from the tour at the end of the season, finished her second round at 1 over and narrowly avoided being cut out of weekend play for the first time in 40 events dating to May 2006.

Bank of America

CONCORD, Mass. – Tom Kite matched the course record with a 9-under 63 to take the first-round lead in the Bank of America Championship.

The 57-year-old Kite birdied the first three holes at Nashawtuc Country Club and played the front nine in 6-under 30 in the Champions Tour event. Two strokes ahead of Mark McNulty and David Eger, Kite matched Allen Doyle’s tournament record set in 2003.

BMW International

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MUNICH, Germany – Germany’s Martin Kaymer shot a 9-under 63 to take a five-stroke lead after the second round of the BMW International Open.

The 23-year-old Kaymer, the Abu Dhabi winner in January, had a 13-under 131 total. He’s attempting to become the first German winner of the event in its 20-year history.

France’s Francois Delamontagne (66) and England’s Benn Barham (68) were tied for second. John Daly missed the cut by a stroke with his second straight 72.

U.S. Women’s Amateur Public Links

ERIN, Wis. – UCLA star Tiffany Joh moved within a match of her second U.S. Women’s Amateur Public Links Championship in three years, winning twice to advance to the 36-hole final against Southern California recruit Jennifer Song.

Joh, the 2006 winner at Walking Stick in Pueblo, Colo., beat Lee Lopez of Whittier, Calif., 2 and 1 in the quarterfinals, then edged Tiffany Lua of Rowland Heights, Calif., 4 and 3 in the semifinals on the 6,158-yard, par-73 Erin Hills course.

Song, from South Korea, beat Lauren Doughtie of Suffolk, Va., 4 and 3 in the morning, and topped Stephanie Kono of Honolulu 2-up in the afternoon.

AP-ES-06-20-08 1915EDT

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