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**truebluefan** · 05-26-2008, 03:21 AM

Sylvania, OH $1,300,000

**truebluefan** · 07-13-2008, 09:46 PM

21 players completed the first round this morning at the Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic Presented by Kroger. First-round play was resumed at 7:14 a.m. ET under sunny skies and finished at 7:58 a.m. ET. Lightning and heavy rain in the area forced a suspension in play at 6:20 p.m. ET on Thursday and play was halted for the day. Second round tee times at Highland Meadows Golf Club went off on schedule at 7:30 a.m. on Friday.

**truebluefan** · 07-13-2008, 09:47 PM

Paula Creamer carded a tournament record and a new personal best with an 11-under-par 60 (33-27) on Thursday at the Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic Presented by Kroger. The 21-year-old registered 11 birdies on the day to best Se Ri Pak's previous tournament record of 10-under-par 61 which she fired in the second round of the 1998 event. Creamer has a five-shot advantage over 2008 Wegmans LPGA champion Eun-Hee Ji (33-32=65, -6) and Gloria Park (34-31=65, -6) entering Friday's second round at the 6,428-yard, par-71 Highland Meadows Golf Club near Toledo.

Creamer's 60 falls one stroke short of the LPGA record for raw score held by Annika Sorenstam (-13, 59 at the 2001 Standard Register PING). It also tied her for second with four others in the LPGA record books for lowest 18 holes in relation to par behind Sorenstam's 13-under 59. The six-time LPGA winner made birdies on nine of her final 11 holes to reach 60.

**truebluefan** · 07-13-2008, 09:47 PM

Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic Presented by Kroger defending champion and five-time tournament winner Se Ri Pak shot a 3-under-par 68 (35-33) on Thursday at Highland Meadows Golf Club in Sylvania, Ohio. The 11-year Tour veteran started on the back nine with three consecutive birdies on 11, 12 and 13 and a bogey on 14, making the turn at 2-under. The uneventful front nine saw just a single birdie on two, settling for par on the rest to finish round one in a tie for seventh.

The LPGA and World Golf Hall of Famer is going for a record sixth win in 11 tries at Jamie Farr this week. The win would break the record she currently holds with Mickey Wright (Sea Island Open, 1957-58, 1960, 1962-63) and Annika Sorenstam (Mizuno Classic, 2001-05; Samsung World Championship, 1995-96, 2002, 2004-05) as the only players in LPGA Tour history to win the same event five times (1998-99, 2001, 2003, 2007). Last year's edition of the Jamie Farr saw Pak hold off a surging Morgan Pressel on the final day to claim her fifth victory in Toledo.

**truebluefan** · 07-13-2008, 09:48 PM

Eva Dahllof recorded a 5-under 66 (34-32) in the first round of the Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic Presented by Kroger, marking her lowest score since she tallied a 66 at the 2007 Navistar LPGA Classic. She went on to finish tied for 11th.

The Swede recorded a trio of birdies on the back nine – her front nine – to make the turn at 3-under par. She then birdied two of the first three holes on the front nine, before carding a bogey on five. Dahllof would birdie seven on her way to a first-round score of 5-under par 66.

This season, Dahllof has one top-10 finish at the MasterCard Classic Honoring Alejo Peralta where she tied for fifth. She is looking to make the cut for the first time in the last five tournaments she has played.

**truebluefan** · 07-13-2008, 09:49 PM

78 players will compete for a share of the $1.3 million purse this weekend at the Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic Presented by Kroger. The cutline fell at even-par 142 on the 6,428-yard, par-71 Highland Meadows Golf Club. Six-time LPGA Tour winner Paula Creamer continued her hot streak on Friday and will enter the weekend with a six stroke advantage at 17-under-par (60-65=125). The 21-year-old followed up her career low and tournament record 11-under-par 60 on Thursday with a 6-under-par 65 on Friday that included seven birdies and her first bogey of the tournament on hole four. Creamer's raw score of 125 is one stroke shy of the LPGA record held by Annika Sorenstam, who fired 65-59=124 at the 2001 Standard Register PING, and Meg Mallon, who fired 64-60=124 at the 2003 Welch's/Fry's Championship.

Creamer holds a six-stroke lead over 2008 Wegmans LPGA champion Eun-Hee Ji (65-66=131). Ji, who became a Rolex First-Time Winner at Wegmans in June, was bogey-free on the day with five birdies. Creamer leads by ten strokes over the next closest competitors, 2002 Jamie Farr champion Rachel Hetherington (68-67=135) and H.J. Choi (67-68=135).

**truebluefan** · 07-13-2008, 09:49 PM

In round two of the Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic Presented by Kroger, Rachel Hetherington fired a 4-under par 67 for the second time this season (first round of the Sybase Classic), going into the weekend at 7-under (68-67). The Australian started the day on the front nine strong with birdies on one, two and six, before making the turn with a 3-under score. The back nine showed consistency with a birdie on 15, settling for par on the rest.

The 12-year Tour veteran won at Highland Meadows Golf Club back in 2002, and looks to improve upon her best finish so far this season which was a tie for 24th at the Stanford International Pro-Am.

**truebluefan** · 07-13-2008, 09:50 PM

Five-time Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic Presented by Kroger winner Se Ri Pak is 5-under par (68-69=137) entering the weekend. Pak started the front nine with a bogey on one before making birdies on four and eight. After the turn, the 24-time LPGA Tour winner made two birdies and a bogey en route to 2-under-par 69 for the day.

The LPGA and World Golf Hall of Famer is going for a record sixth win in 11 tries at Jamie Farr this week. The win would break the record she currently holds with Mickey Wright (Sea Island Open, 1957-58, 1960, 1962-63) and Annika Sorenstam (Mizuno Classic, 2001-05; Samsung World Championship, 1995-96, 2002, 2004-05) as the only players in LPGA Tour history to win the same event five times (1998-99, 2001, 2003, 2007). Last year's edition of the Jamie Farr saw Pak hold off a surging Morgan Pressel on the final day to claim her fifth victory in Toledo.

**truebluefan** · 07-13-2008, 09:51 PM

21-year-old Paula Creamer holds a four stroke lead over South Korean Eun-Hee Ji entering the final round of the Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic Presented by Kroger. Creamer, who began the week with a career-best and tournament-record 11-under-par 60, managed a 1-under-par 70 on Saturday to move to 18-under-par (60-65-70=195).

Creamer started her day with a bogey on the third hole before making birdie on eight to turn at even-par for the day. She added a second bogey and two more birdies on the back nine to finish at 1-under-par on Saturday. Creamer enters the final round with a lead for the ninth time in her career. She has won four of the previous eight times she held the final round lead. The six-time LPGA Tour winner has two victories this season, the first at the Fields Open in Hawaii and the most recent at the SemGroup Championship Presented by John Q. Hammons.

Second-year LPGA member Ji carded five birdies and two bogies to move four shots off the pace of Creamer. Ji became a Rolex First-Time Winner in June at the Wegmans LPGA when she overcame a three-shot deficit on Sunday's back-nine to defeat five-time Tour winner Suzann Pettersen by two shots.

**truebluefan** · 07-13-2008, 09:52 PM

Karrie Webb enters the final round of the Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic Presented by Kroger tied for fourth place at 10-under par (70-71-62=203). The Aussie started the day 16 shots back of the lead, before recording the best round of her season, 9-under par 62, and will head into the final round on Sunday tied for fourth and eight shots back, cutting the deficit in half. Webb looks to add a fourth top-10 finish to the year, or even better her first victory of 2008. She is winless on the LPGA Tour since 2006, but has three victories in Australia during that time.