Evian Masters Presented by Société Générale Second-round Notes and Interviews

Evian Masters Presented by Société Générale
Evian Masters Golf Club
Evian-les-Bains, France
July 22, 2011
Second-round notes and interviews

Miki Saiki -9, Rolex Rankings No. 26
Stacy Lewis -8, Rolex Rankings No. 15
Ai Miyazato -8, Rolex Rankings No. 10
Angela Stanford -8, Rolex Rankings No. 20
Paula Creamer -7, Rolex Rankings No. 8

JLPGA member Miki Saiki leads by one stroke after two rounds of the Evian Masters Presented by Société Générale in Evian-Les-Baines, France. Saiki followed up her first-round 68 with a 5-under 67 on Friday at the Evian Masters Golf Club to take the outright lead at 9-under-par. Saiki had five birdies on the front nine and birdied No. 11 to get to 10-under before a bogey on the 12th dropped her back a stroke. Saiki tallied pars the rest of the way, giving herself a one-shot lead heading into the weekend over Rolex Rankings No. 10 Ai Miyazato, No. 15 Stacy Lewis, No. 18 Maria Hjorth, No. 20 Angela Stanford and KLPGA member Shin-Ae Ahn.

"Yesterday I was hitting the ball really well, and it kind of continued on to today," Saiki said through an interpreter. "I was able to hit well and also putt well earlier in the round. I kind of struggled in the end, but all in all, it was a good day."

Angela Stanford	Caroline Hedwall

The low round of the day on Friday and the low round of the tournament thus far was 6-under 66 shot by Angela Stanford and Sweden’s Caroline Hedwall. Stanford tallied eight birdies and one double bogey en route to shooting her low round that moved her into a tie for second in the tournament. After shooting a 2-under 70 in Thursday’s opening round while playing through most of the heavy rain in the morning, Stanford said she was able to take advantage of better scoring conditions on Friday.

"Before we went out, I realized that the course could be scorable with some of the pin placements, so really just tried to take advantage of the pin placements today," Stanford said. "I felt like today was more of a dartboard kind of deal. Yesterday the pins seemed like they were just over some ridges, and today seemed like you had room to spin wedges back to ‘em. So I felt like today the pins were a little bit easier than yesterday."

Stacy Lewis

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