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Stroud takes 2-shot lead in PGA tourney

Published: Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008 12:00 a.m. MDT
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SAN ANTONIO — Former Lamar University star Chris Stroud moved into position to make a big jump on the PGA Tour money list, shooting a 6-under 64 on Friday to take a two-stroke lead after the second round of the Texas Open. The 26-year-old Stroud, 209th on the money list, had a 10-under 130 total on the La Cantera Golf Club's Resort Course. He was a two-time All-America selection and four-time Southland Conference player of the year at Lamar in Beaumont.

Paul Goydos (66), Tim Petrovic (65) and 1997 winner Tim Herron (67) were two strokes back, and Rory Sabbatini (66) topped a large group at 7 under.

Defending champion Justin Leonard, the former University of Texas star seeking a record fourth victory in the event, shot a 69 to make the cut by a stroke at 1 under.

In Friday's other golf action:

LPGA LONGS DRUGS CHALLENGE: At Danville, Calif., South Korea's In-Kyung Kim shot a 3-under 69 to take a one-stroke lead over Mollie Fankhauser in the Longs Drugs Challenge while top-ranked Lorena Ochoa was two shots behind.

The 20-year-old Kim, winless in two seasons on the LPGA Tour, had an 8-under 136 total on the Blackhawk Country Club course. Fankhauser shot a 68.

Ochoa, a seven-time winner this season who lost a playoff to Suzann Pettersen last year at Blackhawk, followed her opening 70 with a 68. Angela Stanford was 5 under after a 69, and Pettersen (72), LPGA Championship winner Yani Tseng (72), Kristy McPherson (70) and Charlotte Mayorkas (71) were 4 under.

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Kim had four birdies on the front nine, dropped a stroke on par-3 10th and closed with eight straight pars. The 2005 U.S. Girls' Junior champion lost a playoff to Ochoa last season in the Wegmans LPGA.

SENIOR PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP: At Timonium, Md., Ben Crenshaw found his long-lost golf game, shooting a 4-under 66 to take a one-stroke lead over Fred Funk in the Senior Players Championship.

— Staff and wire services

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