ROUNDUP : ANDERSON GRABS LEAD AS WEBB STUMBLES.Byline: Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. Janet Anderson Janet Anderson (born 6 December, 1949) is a British politician. She is the British Member of Parliament for Rossendale and Darwen. She is a member of the Labour Party. She lives in Darwen. needed two putters to take the second-round lead in the LPGA LPGA abbr. Ladies Professional Golf Association Ping Welch's tournament: her own and Karrie Webb's. Webb four-putted the 18th hole to squander squan·der tr.v. squan·dered, squan·der·ing, squan·ders 1. To spend wastefully or extravagantly; dissipate. See Synonyms at waste. 2. a chance for an eagle that would have put her four strokes ahead of the pack. And Anderson, who hasn't even three-putted so far in the tournament, shot a 70 on Friday to move to the top of the leaderboard lead·er·board n. A board that displays the leaders in a competition. leaderboard Noun a board displaying the current scores of the leading competitors, esp in a golf tournament in Canton, Mass. ``My putter was there to save me a lot of the time,'' said Anderson, who improved to 7-under. ``I didn't hit the ball very well today, but it's fun to play mediocre golf and be under par. I'm happy. I survived.'' Anderson, who last won in 1982, totaled 137 to make the cut for only the fifth time in 12 tournaments this year. She had a one-stroke lead over Webb, with five tied at 5-under and six more within three strokes of the lead at minus-4. Seventy-two golfers who finished the second round at 3-over or better will play on the weekend for the $75,000 first prize on the par-72, 6,173-yard Blue Hills Country Club course. And Webb will be among them despite an unprecedented collapse - for her, at least - on the 18th green. ``I don't think it could have been any worse,'' she said after shooting 73. ``I don't think I've four-putted since I turned pro.'' Aaron on top:Tommy Aaron
Thomas Dean "Tommy" Aaron (born February 22 1937) is a professional golfer who is best known for winning The Masters Tournament in 1973. shot a 6-under-par 66 for a one-stroke lead over Bruce Summerhays and Tom Wargo in the first round of the $850,000 First of America Classic in Ada, Mich. |
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