Ochoa Summerlin Host Host Against Canyons

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Ochoa, who last week won in her native Mexico, started nicely with two birdies in her first three holes, including a seven-footer at the third. She did not record another birdie on the front nine and made the turn at two-under-par 34.

 

At the par-three 13th, Ochoa hit a five-iron to six feet to set up another birdie. After a long delay on the 14th tee box, Ochoa found the fairway, knocked her second to four feet and rolled in her third consecutive birdie putt. She was six-under par, but that was short-lived as she bogeyed the par- five 15th.

 

Sorenstam, the two-time defending champion and a five-time winner of this event, bogeyed the second, but got the stroke back with a birdie at the par- five third.

 

Sorenstam ran home a long birdie putt at the 11th to get to three-under par. She converted a seven-foot par save at 12 and birdied two in a row from the 14th.

 

For the first time in five years, Sorenstam is not a shoe-in to win Player of the Year honors, although a sixth title in this event would go a long way to closing the gap between herself and Ochoa.

 

Women's British Open champion Sherri Steinhauer and U.S. Women's Open runner- up Pat Hurst are tied for 10th at even-par 72.

 

Todd Fischer and Tom Pernice, Jr. both shot 65s at Summerlin on Friday and are tied for second place with Aaron Baddeley. The young Australian, who earned his first PGA Tour victory earlier this year at The Heritage, was tied for the lead with Points until a disastrous double-bogey at 18. He carded a six-under 65 at The Canyons and joined Fischer and Pernice at minus-12.

 

Points flew out of the gate with a 26-foot birdie putt at the second and an eight-foot eagle putt at No. 3. He hit his approach stiff at the seventh and tapped in the short birdie putt.

 

He continued his strong play on the second nine as he parred his first three holes on the back side. At the par-five 13th, Points tapped in a short birdie putt, then sank a six-footer at the 14th to reach 13-under par for the championship.

 

"My iron game has been pretty solid," said Points, who is a three-time winner on the Nationwide Tour. "These courses set up well for me, they're really appealing to my eye and there are a lot of opportunities if you can hit a good shot."

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