Nabisco Championship second-round scores

Updated: March 25, 2005, 10:37 PM ET

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RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. -- Second-round scores from the $1,800,000 Nabisco Championship at Mission Hills Country Club:

Annika Sorenstam        70-69--139    5-under
Rosie Jones             69-70--139



Mi Hyun Kim             69-71--140    4-under

Reilley Rankin          73-68--141    3-under
Grace Park              73-68--141

Cristie Kerr            72-70--142    2-under

Wendy Doolan            74-69--143    1-under
Brandie Burton          72-71--143
Sherri Steinhauer       71-72--143
Liselotte Neumann       71-72--143
Dorothy Delasin         71-72--143
Carin Koch              70-73--143
a-Morgan Pressel        70-73--143

Laura Diaz              75-69--144    Even
Natalie Gulbis          73-71--144
Laura Davies            73-71--144
a-Michelle Wie          70-74--144
Juli Inkster            70-74--144

Karrie Webb             74-71--145    1-over
Kim Saiki               74-71--145
Jill McGill             73-72--145
Candie Kung             72-73--145
Pat Hurst               71-74--145

Young Kim               76-70--146    2-over
a-Julieta Granada       75-71--146
Beth Daniel             74-72--146
Paula Creamer           74-72--146
Wendy Ward              72-74--146

Se Ri Pak               77-70--147    3-over
Hee-Won Han             76-71--147
Christina Kim           76-71--147
Dawn Coe-Jones          74-73--147
Stephanie Arricau       72-75--147
Lorie Kane              71-76--147

Helen Alfredsson        76-72--148    4-over
Katherine Hull          75-73--148
Trish Johnson           75-73--148

Gloria Park             78-71--149    5-over
Tina Fischer            76-73--149
Hilary Lunke            76-73--149
Stacy Prammanasudh      75-74--149
Charlotta Sorenstam     75-74--149
Giulia Sergas           72-77--149
Karen Stupples          69-80--149

Bo Bae Song             78-72--150    6-over
Rachel Hetherington     77-73--150
Angela Stanford         77-73--150
Nancy Scranton          77-73--150
Joo Mi Kim              76-74--150
Heather Daly-Donofrio   75-75--150
Yuri Fudoh              75-75--150
Candy Hannemann         74-76--150
Heather Bowie           74-76--150
Meg Mallon              74-76--150
Tina Barrett            73-77--150
Michelle Estill         71-79--150
Jennifer Rosales        71-79--150

Kelli Kuehne            77-74--151    7-over
Jeong Jang              77-74--151
Lorena Ochoa            76-75--151
Ai Miyazato             75-76--151
Emilee Klein            75-76--151
Leta Lindley            74-77--151
Janice Moodie           74-77--151
Sophie Gustafson        71-80--151

Betsy King              77-75--152    8-over
Jamie Hullett           76-76--152
Catrin Nilsmark         73-79--152
Donna Andrews           71-81--152

a-Jane Park             78-75--153    9-over
Catriona Matthew        77-76--153
Aree Song               77-76--153
Shi  Hyun Ahn           77-76--153
Michele Redman          76-77--153
Laurel Kean             76-77--153

Kate Golden             78-76--154    10-over
Jung Yeon Lee           78-76--154
Nicole Perrot           77-77--154
a-Brittany Lang         76-78--154
Tammie Parker           76-78--154

Seol-An Jeon            81-74--155    11-over
a-Karen Sjodin          75-80--155
Moira Dunn              74-81--155
Vicki Goetze-Ackerman   74-81--155

Patty Sheehan           81-75--156    12-over
Nancy Lopez             77-79--156
Young-A Yang            75-81--156

Nanci Bowen             78-79--157    13-over
Becky Morgan            78-79--157
Patricia Meunier-Lebouc 77-80--157
Michelle Ellis          75-82--157

Siew-Ai Lim             80-78--158    14-over
JoAnne Carner           79-79--158

Pat Bradley             79-80--159    15-over

Amy Alcott              83-77--160    16-over

Sally Little            77-87--164    20-over

Soo-Yun Kang            74--Withdrew

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Sorenstam trying to win 5th straight tourney

Updated: March 26, 2005, 12:36 PM ET

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RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. -- Rosie Jones has been around long enough to know a front-runner when she sees one.

She'll see a lot of Annika Sorenstam on Saturday, and Jones knows what to expect.

"She's tough, she's mentally tough," Jones said. "She's definitely the person to beat now and you know it. Just playing with her is going to be tough."

Jones earned that opportunity by making a seven-footer for birdie on the 18th hole Friday to move into a tie with Sorenstam at 5-under midway through the Nabisco Championship.

Sorenstam is going for her record-matching fifth tournament win in a row and the first of four major championships she has her sights on this year. The 45-year-old Jones, meanwhile, would like nothing more than to win her first major title before she retires at the end of the year.

"I'm desperate," said Jones, who has never won a major title in 23 years on tour. "I want to win a major as bad as Annika wants to win her fifth in a row. She'll have other chances; I've got a lot more riding on it."

Jones said she knew as she stood over her putt on the final hole that sinking it would put her into the final group in Saturday's third round with Sorenstam. For a moment, she thought it might be easier playing in the second group but discarded that thought after giving herself a quick pep talk.

"I told myself that's why I'm here. That's why I'm doing this," Jones said. "She may be the best in the game, but she's going to still have to beat us."

Beating others hasn't been a problem for Sorenstam, who shot a methodical 69 on Friday to put herself on top of the leaderboard. Sorenstam, who won her last two tournaments last year and first two this year, has a shot at tying the record of five straight wins set by Nancy Lopez in 1978.

"I'm right where I want to be and excited about that," Sorenstam said. "I'm playing well and I couldn't have asked for a better start."

Sorenstam overcame a bogey on the first hole by playing the last 12 holes 4-under-par to post her score early before the wind stiffened and scores began inching upward on the Mission Hills Country Club course.

She had the lead to herself until Jones, playing in one of the last groups of the day, birdied the 18th hole for a 70 that tied her at 5-under 139.

Teen phenom Michelle Wie, meanwhile, was one of the day's casualties, hitting it out of bounds into someone's backyard on the 16th hole for one of two double bogeys on her way to a 74 that left her at even par, five shots back.

"Today my bad shots were just horrible," Wie said. "I'm kind of disappointed right now."

First-round co-leader Mi-Hyun Kim was in second, a stroke back, while defending champion Grace Park and Reilley Rankin were another shot behind after shooting 68s, the low rounds of the day.

Sorenstam said her biggest problem this week has been having to fight to get ahead of herself on the course.

"Everything is just looking really good so, of course, I get a little anxious and I just have to pinch myself and say, 'Hey, this is a tournament, play your game and go easy and hit one shot at a time,'" Sorenstam said. "The only way for me to handle this is to keep saying it over and over again."

Sorenstam's only real trouble came on the first hole when she hit it in the left rough, chunked it on and 3-putted from 40 feet for bogey. But she came back to string three birdies in a row to end the front nine, including a blast from the bunker on the eighth hole that went in as she sank to her knees and raised her arms in glee.

Sorenstam's 69 was a big improvement over the 76 she shot in the second round last year, when the pressures of her public pronouncement that she had a goal of winning all four majors seemed to hurt her game.

"I feel a lot better than last year, but again, it's a long ways to go so anything can happen," she said. "I really don't want to predict anything."

Wie, meanwhile, had a large gallery following a threesome that included LPGA pinup girl Natalie Gulbis and was in contention much of the day. But she was undone by double bogeys on the seventh and 16th holes and needs to shoot something like the third-round 66 she had here two years ago as a 13-year-old to get back in the mix.

"I'll try to shoot for that tomorrow," she said. "I feel good about my game, but I have to play better."

Wie wasn't even low amateur, or low teen. That honor belonged to Morgan Pressel, the 16-year-old who played in the U.S. Women's Open at the age of 12 and was at 1-under-par.

Divots
Karen Stupples, who shared the first-round lead with Rosie Jones and Mi Hyun Kim, shot a second-round 80 but still managed to make the cut. ...The 18th hole was shortened to about 470 yards on Friday in hopes that players would be tempted to go for the large green that is surrounded by water. Not one player tried, though, including Wie, who had 210 yards to the pin but said she chose to lay up because she was between clubs. ... Lopez shot a 79 and missed the cut at 12-over but still got a big ovation from the crowd at the 18th hole despite hitting it in the water.

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Sorenstam trying to win 5th straight tourney

Updated: March 26, 2005, 12:36 PM ET

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RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. -- Rosie Jones has been around long enough to know a front-runner when she sees one.

She'll see a lot of Annika Sorenstam on Saturday, and Jones knows what to expect.

"She's tough, she's mentally tough," Jones said. "She's definitely the person to beat now and you know it. Just playing with her is going to be tough."

Jones earned that opportunity by making a seven-footer for birdie on the 18th hole Friday to move into a tie with Sorenstam at 5-under midway through the Nabisco Championship.

Sorenstam is going for her record-matching fifth tournament win in a row and the first of four major championships she has her sights on this year. The 45-year-old Jones, meanwhile, would like nothing more than to win her first major title before she retires at the end of the year.

"I'm desperate," said Jones, who has never won a major title in 23 years on tour. "I want to win a major as bad as Annika wants to win her fifth in a row. She'll have other chances; I've got a lot more riding on it."

Jones said she knew as she stood over her putt on the final hole that sinking it would put her into the final group in Saturday's third round with Sorenstam. For a moment, she thought it might be easier playing in the second group but discarded that thought after giving herself a quick pep talk.

"I told myself that's why I'm here. That's why I'm doing this," Jones said. "She may be the best in the game, but she's going to still have to beat us."

Beating others hasn't been a problem for Sorenstam, who shot a methodical 69 on Friday to put herself on top of the leaderboard. Sorenstam, who won her last two tournaments last year and first two this year, has a shot at tying the record of five straight wins set by Nancy Lopez in 1978.

"I'm right where I want to be and excited about that," Sorenstam said. "I'm playing well and I couldn't have asked for a better start."

Sorenstam overcame a bogey on the first hole by playing the last 12 holes 4-under-par to post her score early before the wind stiffened and scores began inching upward on the Mission Hills Country Club course.

She had the lead to herself until Jones, playing in one of the last groups of the day, birdied the 18th hole for a 70 that tied her at 5-under 139.

Teen phenom Michelle Wie, meanwhile, was one of the day's casualties, hitting it out of bounds into someone's backyard on the 16th hole for one of two double bogeys on her way to a 74 that left her at even par, five shots back.

"Today my bad shots were just horrible," Wie said. "I'm kind of disappointed right now."

First-round co-leader Mi-Hyun Kim was in second, a stroke back, while defending champion Grace Park and Reilley Rankin were another shot behind after shooting 68s, the low rounds of the day.

Sorenstam said her biggest problem this week has been having to fight to get ahead of herself on the course.

"Everything is just looking really good so, of course, I get a little anxious and I just have to pinch myself and say, 'Hey, this is a tournament, play your game and go easy and hit one shot at a time,'" Sorenstam said. "The only way for me to handle this is to keep saying it over and over again."

Sorenstam's only real trouble came on the first hole when she hit it in the left rough, chunked it on and 3-putted from 40 feet for bogey. But she came back to string three birdies in a row to end the front nine, including a blast from the bunker on the eighth hole that went in as she sank to her knees and raised her arms in glee.

Sorenstam's 69 was a big improvement over the 76 she shot in the second round last year, when the pressures of her public pronouncement that she had a goal of winning all four majors seemed to hurt her game.

"I feel a lot better than last year, but again, it's a long ways to go so anything can happen," she said. "I really don't want to predict anything."

Wie, meanwhile, had a large gallery following a threesome that included LPGA pinup girl Natalie Gulbis and was in contention much of the day. But she was undone by double bogeys on the seventh and 16th holes and needs to shoot something like the third-round 66 she had here two years ago as a 13-year-old to get back in the mix.

"I'll try to shoot for that tomorrow," she said. "I feel good about my game, but I have to play better."

Wie wasn't even low amateur, or low teen. That honor belonged to Morgan Pressel, the 16-year-old who played in the U.S. Women's Open at the age of 12 and was at 1-under-par.

Divots
Karen Stupples, who shared the first-round lead with Rosie Jones and Mi Hyun Kim, shot a second-round 80 but still managed to make the cut. ...The 18th hole was shortened to about 470 yards on Friday in hopes that players would be tempted to go for the large green that is surrounded by water. Not one player tried, though, including Wie, who had 210 yards to the pin but said she chose to lay up because she was between clubs. ... Lopez shot a 79 and missed the cut at 12-over but still got a big ovation from the crowd at the 18th hole despite hitting it in the water.

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