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American opens up three-shot advantage at Rancho Mirage
Last updated: 2nd April 2011 
Lewis: Three-shot lead
USA unless stated, par 72
-9 Stacy Lewis
-6 Yani Tseng (Tpe)
-6 Brittany Lincicome
-6 Jane Park
-5 Morgan Pressel
-5 Amy Yang (Kor)
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American Stacy Lewis overcame searing heat to claim a three-shot lead at the halfway stage of the Kraft Nabisco Championship.
Temperatures eclipsed 100 degrees Fahrenheit in California but Lewis kept her cool to fire a second round 69, a score which keeps her at arms’ length of the chasing pack.
The 26-year-old is still seeking her first LPGA victory, and there is plenty of golf to be played before it might come into sight this weekend at Rancho Mirage.
Taiwan’s world number one Yani Tseng and fellow Americans Jane Park and Brittany Lincicome sit three shots adrift after carding steady, if unspectacular second round scores.
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Tseng followed her first-round 70 with a four-under 66 to reach six-under, Park shot 70 and Lincicome, who had shared the first-round lead with Lewis, signed for a level-par 72.
Korean Amy Yang and American Morgan Pressel both recorded rounds of 69 to share fifth place on five-under.
Michelle Wie moved into the top 10, in a six-player tie for eighth after a five-under 67 made amends for an opening 74.
But the former teenage prodigy, now 21, did not begin her second round well, as her wayward opening drive hit the head of a young girl who required medical treatment.
Sweden’s Sophie Gustafson led Europe’s challenge in seventh place on four-under after a 68, while Germany’s Sandra Gal slipped back to three-under after a 74.
A level-par 72 from England’s Karen Stupples kept her on one-under, making her the highest-placed Briton in a tie for 19th.
Melissa Reid, who at one stage on day one was six-under par before dropping back to finish with a 71, continued to drift off the pace as a 75 put her two over for the tournament.
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