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McPherson leads LPGA Tour Championship

RICHMOND, Texas (AP)—Lorena Ochoa and Jiyai Shin will settle their duel forLPGA Tour player of the year on the final, frantic day of the season.

Kristy McPherson finished off a 5-under 67 in fading sunlight Sunday to moveto 8 under and take the lead in the LPGA Tour Championship before the secondround was suspended because of darkness.

Shin was one stroke back with two holes to play in her second round; Ochoawas two back with one hole left. Players will resume the second round Mondaymorning, and the top 70 and ties will immediately begin the final round.

Anna Nordqvist, of Sweden, wat… AP – Nov 22, 7:17 pm EST Kristy McPherson reacts after … AP – Nov 22, 7:14 pm EST Heather Bowie Young reacts as … AP – Nov 22, 7:13 pm EST Jiyai Shin, of South Korea, hi… AP – Nov 22, 7:08 pm EST Lorena Ochoa, of Mexico, react… AP – Nov 22, 7:08 pm EST Jiyai Shin, of South Korea, hi… AP – Nov 22, 7:07 pm EST Lorena Ochoa, of Mexico, react… AP – Nov 22, 7:06 pm EST Lorena Ochoa, of Mexico, react… AP – Nov 22, 6:56 pm EST Lorena Ochoa, of Mexico, watch… AP – Nov 22, 6:54 pm EST Lorena Ochoa, of Mexico, hits … AP – Nov 22, 6:53 pm EST Lorena Ochoa, top, of Mexico, … AP – Nov 22, 6:53 pm EST Kristy McPherson lines up a bi… AP – Nov 22, 6:50 pm EST Kristy McPherson watches her t… AP – Nov 22, 6:47 pm EST Lorena Ochoa, of Mexico, hits … AP – Nov 22, 6:42 pm EST Jiyai Shin, of South Korea, re… AP – Nov 22, 6:41 pm EST Lorena Ochoa, of Mexico, watch… AP – Nov 22, 6:39 pm EST Spectators leave the golf cour… AP – Nov 21, 2:46 pm EST Rain gathers on the ninth fair… AP – Nov 21, 2:46 pm EST Tournament volunteer Robin And… AP – Nov 21, 2:45 pm EST Rain drops fall on a roses out… AP – Nov 21, 12:11 pm EST A spectator leaves the golf co… AP – Nov 21, 12:07 pm EST Spectators leave the golf cour… AP – Nov 21, 12:07 pm EST A patron uses an umbrella to k… AP – Nov 21, 12:06 pm EST A spectator uses an umbrella … AP – Nov 21, 12:06 pm EST Haeji Kang, of South Korea, hi… AP – Nov 20, 6:15 pm EST Haeji Kang, of South Korea, re… AP – Nov 20, 6:12 pm EST Paula Creamer hits her second … AP – Nov 20, 6:12 pm EST Giulia Sergas, of Italy, watch… AP – Nov 20, 6:12 pm EST Ai Miyazato, of Japan, waits t… AP – Nov 20, 6:11 pm EST Haeji Kang, of South Korea, hi… AP – Nov 20, 6:11 pm EST Ai Miyazato, of Japan, watches… AP – Nov 20, 6:10 pm EST Ai Miyazato, of Japan, watches… AP – Nov 20, 6:09 pm EST Juli Inkster walks across a br… AP – Nov 20, 6:09 pm EST Juli Inkster reacts as she mis… AP – Nov 20, 6:08 pm EST Sophie Gustafson hits out of a… AP – Nov 20, 6:08 pm EST Haeji Kang, of South Korea, hi… AP – Nov 20, 6:06 pm EST A spectator leaves the golf co… AP – Nov 20, 11:12 am EST Michelle Wie reacts after miss… AP – Nov 19, 6:16 pm EST Ai Miyazato, of Japan, hits ou… AP – Nov 19, 5:51 pm EST Christina Kim, right, reacts a… AP – Nov 19, 5:50 pm EST Michelle Wie, left, talks with… AP – Nov 19, 5:50 pm EST Michelle Wie waits to putt on … AP – Nov 19, 5:50 pm EST Ai Miyazato, of Japan, watches… AP – Nov 19, 5:49 pm EST Michelle Wie limps down the 12… AP – Nov 19, 5:48 pm EST Michelle Wie watches her tee s… AP – Nov 19, 5:47 pm EST Michelle Wie yells after hitti… AP – Nov 19, 5:45 pm EST Michelle Wie, right, bends ove… AP – Nov 19, 5:45 pm EST Jiyai Shin reacts as she sinks… AP – Nov 19, 3:02 pm EST Lorena Ochoa, of Mexico, hits … AP – Nov 19, 3:02 pm EST Lorena Ochoa, of Mexico, hits … AP – Nov 19, 3:02 pm EST Lorena Ochoa, of Mexico, react… AP – Nov 19, 3:01 pm EST Reilley Rankin hits her second… AP – Nov 19, 3:01 pm EST Lorena Ochoa, of Mexico, hits … AP – Nov 19, 3:01 pm EST Jiyai Shin, of South Korea, bl… AP – Nov 19, 3:00 pm EST Taylor Leon hits out of the bu… AP – Nov 19, 2:53 pm EST Taylor Leon hits her tee shot … AP – Nov 19, 2:52 pm EST Reilley Rankin reacts as she m… AP – Nov 19, 2:49 pm EST Reilley Rankin hits out of a b… AP – Nov 19, 2:49 pm EST Lorena Ochoa, of Mexico, hits … AP – Nov 19, 2:48 pm EST Lorena Ochoa, of Mexico, tosse… AP – Nov 19, 2:48 pm EST Lorena Ochoa, of Mexico, watch… AP – Nov 19, 2:48 pm EST Lorena Ochoa, of Mexico, react… AP – Nov 19, 2:34 pm EST Michelle Wie signs autographs … AP – Nov 18, 3:04 pm EST Michelle Wie hits a chip shot … AP – Nov 18, 3:04 pm EST Michelle Wie watches her appro… AP – Nov 18, 1:46 pm EST Jiyai Shin, of South Korea, hi… AP – Nov 18, 1:45 pm EST Lorena Ochoa, of Mexico, hits … AP – Nov 18, 1:45 pm EST Jiyai Shin, of South Korea, wa… AP – Nov 18, 1:42 pm EST Jiyai Shin, of South Korea, wa… AP – Nov 18, 1:37 pm EST YAHOO.Sports.article_carousel_last_index = 68; 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For Ochoa to win her fourth straight player of the year title, she must winor finish no worse than third and then hope Shin places out of the top 10. Thetwo are also decimal points apart in the race for the Vare Trophy, awarded forthe season’s lowest scoring average.

“Tomorrow, everything will be answered,” Ochoa said. “I am very excited,yes.”

Shin is trying to become the first player since Nancy Lopez in 1978 to sweepthe money title, rookie and player of the year and the Vare Trophy.

“I have a good shot at it,” Shin said. “It’s going to be very close. Itwill be the most important day of my life.”

The 28-year-old McPherson is just looking for her first LPGA Tour victory.She picked up five birdies without a bogey in her second round after a 69 onThursday.

She’s one of the few players who completed two rounds without interruption.

“Our goal was to get in before the sun went down, so we were happy to dothat,” she said. “We were fortunate to get through.”

So far, the weather has been the major story of the tournament.

Heavy rain swamped the Houstonian Golf and Country Club on Friday andSaturday, forcing organizers to cut the event to 54 holes. The fairways werestill water-logged Sunday, so players were allowed to lift, clean and place.

Shin was four shots behind Ochoa after the first round, but picked up fourbirdies in a seven-hole stretch on Sunday to tie her. She holed a birdie putt onthe par-5 16th, her last shot of the day, to move one shot ahead of her rival.

“The course conditions was really wet, the greens were really soft,” Shinsaid. “That was a big help to us, we could be more aggressive. There was nowind. The conditions were perfect.”

Ochoa hit the first shot of her second round a full 72 hours after sinking a15-foot birdie to wrap up a first-round 66 on Thursday. She dropped a shot onher front nine, then birdied 14 and 16 to move to 7 under.

Ochoa hit a greenside bunker with her tee shot to the par-3 17th hole, justbefore the horn sounded. She decided to finish, took a bogey and then headedstraight to the practice green.

As the rain lingered over the weekend, players raised concerns about theavailability of flights leaving Houston with Thanksgiving approaching. MichelleWie dropped out on Thursday because of a sprained left ankle after shooting a72, and five others withdrew between Friday and Sunday.

Some of the remaining players grumbled about the size of the field enteredin the season-ending event. A total of 120 players started.

Cristie Kerr, who still has a mathematical chance to win the player of theyear title, thought the event should’ve been more exclusive from the beginning.

“Your season-ending tournament should be your creme de la creme,” saidKerr, 3 under after two rounds. “They said there are tour cards to keep, thereare awards to give out. You shouldn’t be worrying about keeping tour cards atthis point in the year, with one tournament. Nothing against those people, Iwish them well. But that’s kind of the way it is.”

The players who didn’t finish their second rounds Sunday were due to resumeat 7 a.m. on Monday. Those who make the cut will start their final rounds withno break in between as tournament officials race to finish before sunset.

“After so many days, the patience is just out,” said Suzann Pettersen, 4under through two rounds. “You just go out whenever you get the green light.”

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