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Internationals lead Asia at Lexus Cup

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Internationals lead Asia at Lexus Cup

SINGAPORE (AP) - Sweden’s Annika Sorenstam and American teenager Paula Creamer had a five-birdie round Friday, leading the Internationals to a 4-2 lead over Asia after the hosts crumbled down the back nine on the first day of the women’s Lexus Cup team tournament.

The top two players on the U.S. LPGA money list had been two-down for most of the front nine in the fourball alternate shot match against South Koreans Jeong Jang and Meena Lee, until International captain Sorenstam made a seven-foot downhill putt to save par and eat into the lead.

‘’That just totally helped our momentum, it helped her, she did a great job on the next hole,'’ Creamer said. ‘’The first couple of holes were a little shaky out there for us, Annika hit some really good shots but I missed a couple of putts early on.'’

A hole later, Sorenstam’s second shot to the par-four ninth fell within 10 feet for Creamer to putt out to a tie that would eventually result in a 2 and 1 win.

Among the other winners for the Internationals were the pairings of Suzann Pettersen and Sophie Gustafson, the British pairing of Karen Stupples and Catriona Matthew, and Erica Blasberg and Marisa Buena.

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