Watney keeps rolling, has share of lead after 36 holes

PALM HARBOR, Fla. " Nick Watney, coming off a wrenching one-shot loss to Phil Mickelson at Doral, kept right on rolling Friday with a 4-under 67 at the Transitions Championship to share the 36-hole lead with Steve Stricker.

It will be the third straight weekend round that Watney will be in the final group. He played with Mickelson the last two rounds at the CA Championship, and it might not get any easier at Innisbrook.

Stricker, who also had a bogey-free 67, is playing quite well this year, too.

Take away one bad patch " a 77 in the last round to lose the Bob Hope Classic, followed by a missed cut in Phoenix " and Stricker has shot par or better in every round this year. This was his 10th straight sub-par round.

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HUXQUILUCAN, Mexico " Lorena Ochoa is back home in Mexico and leading the Mastercard Classic.

The LPGA's No. 1 player shot a 7-under 65 on on the hilly BosqueReal course outside Mexico City that has often gotten the best of her.

She sailed through the difficult course with five birdies and an eagle on the 541-yard ninth hole. She held a two-stroke lead over Na Yeon Choi.

Brittany Lang and Yani Tseng shot 68s and were tied for third.

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