Evian leader up by 1

USA’s Lincicome surges after 65

American Brittany Lincicome had six birdies in a 6-under 65 Friday to take a one-shot lead from Hyo-Joo Kim of South Korea at the halfway stage of the Evian Championship in Evian-Les-Bains, France. Lincicome, 28, has won a major before, the Kraft Nabisco in 2009, but clinched the most recent of her five LPGA titles in 2011 at the Canadian Women’s Open. “Even when I felt like I didn’t hit a good shot today I kind of got away with it,” she said. “Golf isn’t always a perfect game and hitting great shots.” She finished second behind South Korea’s Inbee Park at the LPGA Championship earlier this year, when she also led after 36 holes. Park, meanwhile, is tied for 20th at 1 under and drifting out of contention for a sixth major. The day after making history with the lowest score in a women’s or men’s major with a 10-under 61, Kim had four bogeys and rescued her round with three birdies on the back nine — including a 35-footer on the last hole. Other tournaments KLM Open: Pablo Larrazabal of Spain broke the course record at Kennemer Golf & Country Club, shooting an 8-under 62 to take the lead at 10 under at the halfway stage in Zandvoort, Netherlands. Larrazabal got off to a blistering start, with birdies on his first six holes, and did not drop a shot until a bogey on his 17th hole of the day, the par-3 eighth. Romain Wattel of France also got off to a strong start on the back nine with four birdies on his way to a five under 65 to take him into second place, level with Edoardo Molinari, who recorded his second consecutive round of 66 to put him two shots behind Larrazabal. World Amateur Team Championship: SMU junior Bryson DeChambeau shot a tournament-record 10-under 61 in Karuizawa, Japan, birdieing the final six holes to help the United States open a three-stroke lead. Virginia senior Denny McCarthy added a 67 and the 14-time champion Americans set records for best team round at 14-under 128 and three-round total at 31-under 397. Sweden was second. Texas Tech sophomore Hannes Ronneblad had a 64, and Marcus Kinhult shot 67.