Wie West shoots 79, misses cut
RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. — Michelle Wie West tumbled out of the ANA Inspiration on a hot, breezy Friday afternoon in the desert. Patty Tavatanakit held onto the lead.
Playing for the second straight week after a 21month break, Wie West followed an opening 2under 70 with a birdie-less 79 to miss the cut in the first major championship of the year.
“Wasn’t a good day,” Wie West said. “Got a little mucky from the first hole. Was right up against a tree. … I feel like I’ve had some really good moments and some really bad moments. Definitely a lot of positives to take from and definitely have my work cut out for me.”
The long-hitting Tavatanakit took the lead with an opening 66 and shot a 69 in 97-degree afternoon heat to reach 9 under, a stroke ahead of Shanshan Feng.
“I didn’t want to take it the way that like, ‘Oh, I’m leading a major championship,’ ” Tavatanakit said. “I just wanted to look at it as it’s another round, it’s another tournament, even though it’s a big tournament.”
Tringale leads Spieth, Wallace
Cameron Tringale made a move for his first PGA Tour victory with a 3under-par 69 and a twoshot lead after two rounds of the Valero Texas Open.
Tringale, a 12-year veteran, was at 9-under 135 after a round that included five-straight birdies and leads Jordan Spieth and Englishman Matt Wallace.
Spieth continued his comeback from a threeyear winless slump and was at 7-under after a 70. Wallace shot 68. Kyle Stanley also shot 68 and was at 5-under with Brandt Snedeker (67), Kevin Stadler (70) and Erik van Rooyen (68).
First-round leader Camilo Villegas shot a 76 to fall five shots back in a group that includes Matt Kuchar.
Tringale led by as many as five strokes after he closed out his front nine with consecutive birdies on his fourth through eighth holes and then birdied his 11th.