CME Group Tour Championship: Carlota Ciganda claims share of lead
Friday 21 November 2014 22:39, UK
Spain's Carlota Ciganda moved into a share of the lead at the LPGA season-ending CME Group Tour Championship in Florida.
Ciganda carded a second-round 67 at the Tiburon Golf Club in Naples to reach halfway at seven-under and join first-round leader Julieta Granada at the top of the leaderboard.
The 2013 Solheim Cup star, who played well on Thursday but for two double bogeys, avoided any mistakes in her second 18 holes, with three birdies on the front nine and two more coming home.
Friday proved more of a struggle for Granada, who opened with a 66, as she mixed in three bogeys with her four bogeys in a one-under 71.
America's Morgan Pressel was another player to make a big move as her six-birdie round of 66 took her into third place, one shot ahead of compatriot Michelle Wie, Australia's Sarah Jane Smith and Sandra Gal of Germany, who are all on five-under at halfway.
Wie was one of the outsiders for the $1m Race for the CME Globe prize, but her round leapfrogged her into contention with 36 holes remaining.
She still needs plenty of help but does at least lead the three players ahead of her in the season-long ranking; world No 1 Stacy Lewis, Inbee Park and Lydia Ko.
Ko is three shots adrift of Wie on two-under, Lewis is on one-under after a second round 74 and Park is struggling badly on one-over after matching Lewis' round.
