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Wie, Webb, Ochoa tied for Evian Masters lead EVIAN, France (AP) – Michelle Wie is tied for the lead at a tournament again.

Now she has to prove she can stay there.

Wie shot a 6-under 66 in the second round of the Evian Masters on Thursday to share the lead with Lorena Ochoa and Karrie Webb. It’s the fourth time the 16-year-old from Hawaii has had a share of the lead as a professional – though she’s still looking for her first victory.

“I just played more smart,” said Wie, who opened with a first-round 69. “You never know what might happen.”

Ochoa, the top money winner this season in women’s golf, shot a 69 to get to 9-under 135. Webb had a 68 to go with her opening round 67 on the lakeside course in the Alpine foothills where the temperature reached 94 degrees.

Wie, who has never led a tournament outright, shared the lead after the first and third rounds of the U.S. Open in 2005.

This year, she was in a tie for the lead at that tournament after the third round.

Wie described her game Thursday as “very solid.” But it could have been even better.

“I felt I left a couple of shots out there,” said Wie, who had six birdies. “Starting from the 12th hole I had so many birdie chances. I hit good putts and rolled it good but they just kind of slid by the hole. I could have made a couple more putts.”

At the 13th, she slid a 3-foot birdie chance about a foot past the hole and settled for par.

Wie’s tee shot on 18 hit a tree, but she got lucky when the ball bounced back into the fairway. But she missed a birdie putt and settled for another par.

“Today I hit driver left and was fortunate enough to get a good bounce but it was in that kind of weird lie, with weird grass,” Wie said. “I would have hit a 5-wood over the water but I didn’t think it was worth it, so I laid up.”

Ochoa had three bogeys on the back nine, but also had six birdies.

Senior British Open

TURNBERRY, Scotland – Loren Roberts shot a 5-under 65 for a share of the first-round lead in the Senior British Open with Peter Jacobsen and Craig Stadler.

Roberts, who opened the Champions Tour season with three straight victories, had the only bogey-free round of the day at Turnberry.

Defending champion Tom Watson struggled in his return to Turnberry with a 73. Watson, the winner last year at Royal Aberdeen, won the 2003 tournament at Turnberry. He also won the 1977 British Open at Turnberry for the second of his five victories in the event.

Deutsche Bank

ALVESLOHE, Germany – England’s Lee Westwood shot a course-record 9-under 63 to take the first-round lead in the Deutsche Bank Players’ Championship.

The two-time champion was a shot ahead of Retief Goosen and Robert Karlsson, and had a two-stroke margin over Ian Woosnam, Gregory Havret and Jean-Francois Remesy. John Daly opened with a 72 on the Gut Kaden course.

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