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PHOENIX (AP)\u2014Angela Stanford shot her second straight 6-under 66 to open a
\nthree-stroke lead over Brittany Lincicome on Saturday in the LPGA Founders Cup.<\/p>\n

Stanford, the 33-year-old who has four victories in 10 full seasons on the
\ntour, is playing for her own foundation in the charity event at Wildfire Golf
\nClub.<\/p>\n

Instead of paying the players, the tournament honoring the 13 tour founders
\nis donating $1 million to charity\u2014half to The LPGA Foundation and its
\nLPGA-USGA Girls Golf program and half to the top-10 finishers\u2019 designated
\ncharities.<\/p>\n

\u201cI play with the guys at Shady Oaks in the 1 o\u2019clock and I\u2019m out there
\ntrying to beat them\u2014and they\u2019re out there to enjoy the weekend,\u201d Stanford
\nsaid. \u201cIt always matters to me. I don\u2019t care if it\u2019s for money. I don\u2019t care if
\nit\u2019s for money for my charity or for the LPGA Foundation. I don\u2019t care what\u2019s
\nit\u2019s for. If you tell me it\u2019s official and I have a chance to compete to win
\nsomething, I\u2019m going to show up.\u201d<\/p>\n

Stanford\u2019s foundation provides scholarships for children from families
\naffected by cancer. The winner will receive $200,000 to donate.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt would do wonders for my foundation,\u201d Stanford said. \u201cWe could help a
\nlot of kids a lot faster than I thought we would. There\u2019s a lot on the line in
\nthat respect.\u201d<\/p>\n

The long-hitting Lincicome followed her opening 67 with a 68, holing an
\n8-foot par putt on No. 18 just before dark.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just putted lights out,\u201d said Lincicome, Stanford\u2019s U.S. Solheim Cup
\nteammate. \u201cMy driver let me down today, but my putter saved me.\u201d<\/p>\n

The three-time tour winner was frustrated by the pace of play in the round
\nthat took about 5 1\/2 hours to finish.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve never waited that much in my life,\u201d she said. \u201cWe waited about 20
\nminutes on every tee shot.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mindy Kim birdied the first five holes and finished with a 67 to reach 8
\nunder.<\/p>\n

Cristie Kerr, also a U.S. Solheim Cup player, was another stroke back after
\na 68. She rallied to beat Stanford twice in 2006, overcoming a four-stroke
\ndeficit in the final round in Tennessee and an eight-stroke margin in the
\nCanadian Women\u2019s Open.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnything can happen on Sunday,\u201d Kerr said. \u201cIt\u2019s a different feel when
\nyou\u2019re playing in the last group, especially with the lead, because you tighten
\nup and try to protect it. And I can stick with my game plan. It depends on the
\npins and the conditions tomorrow, but sure anything five and in is doable.\u201d<\/p>\n

In 2006 at London Hunt in Ontario, Kerr closed with a 7-under 65, while
\nStanford bogeyed the final two holes\u2014three-putting the last\u2014for a 74.
\nStanford began that round with a four-stroke lead over Meena Lee.<\/p>\n

\u201cI learned a lot in those two losses. People say you learn more in a loss
\nthan a victory,\u201d Stanford said. \u201cNot that I played scared, but if there was
\npin tucked left, the first day you\u2019re probably going at it. Well, if you have a
\nfive-, six- or seven-shot lead on the final day, you may go at the middle of the
\ngreen. For me, I learned that when I did that, it wasn\u2019t very successful.<\/p>\n

\u201cI learned that I have to keep hitting golf shots. You can\u2019t just say, `I\u2019m
\ngoing to go out and make 18 pars and hope I win.\u2019 I think I was still maturing
\nas a player at the time and I didn\u2019t know what it took to win.\u201d<\/p>\n

While many players have had struggled to adjust to their approach shots
\nreleasing on the firm greens, Stanford is right at home on the sun-baked layout.
\nShe grew up near Fort Worth, played at TCU and still lives in the area.<\/p>\n

\u201cFortunately for me, I\u2019ve always played release,\u201d Stanford said. \u201cI\u2019m not
\none that spins the ball a whole lot. So, it doesn\u2019t bother me if it releases 5
\nor 25 feet. I think for me that\u2019s good because I expect it already. \u2026 I\u2019ve
\nseen it my whole life.\u201d<\/p>\n

She played in the morning before the wind picked up a bit on the partly
\ncloudy, 80-degree day at Desert Ridge.<\/p>\n

Hall of Famer Karrie Webb, the winner three weeks ago in Singapore, shot a
\n67 in the afternoon to match Seon Hwa Lee (69) and Mina Harigae (70) at 6 under.
\nWebb won the last Phoenix event in 2009 at Papago and also won in 1999 at Moon
\nValley.<\/p>\n

Top-ranked Yani Tseng, the winner of the season-opening LPGA Thailand and
\nthree other worldwide events this year, had her second straight 73 to make the
\ncut by a stroke at 2 over. No. 2 Jiyai Shin was 2 under after a 70.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

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