American duo Angela Stanford and Katie Futcher were locked in a three-way tie Friday with South Korea’s Jenny Shin after the second round of the HSBC Women’s Champions tournament in Singapore. Overnight leader Stanford, who had a two-shot cushion after the first 18 holes, had a two-under 70 for a total of eight-under 136 while Futcher and Shin each posted 67 in the second round. World number one and pre-tournament favourite Yani Tseng had a disappointing day and lost further ground on the leaders. The Texan Stanford expects the last two rounds to be even tougher and believes staying patient will be important if she is to go all the way on Sunday.”I think it gets harder as the tournament goes along to be patient so I am really going to try and stay focused on playing my game and taking advantage of the holes that I feel like I can take advantage of and being okay with par,” she said. “It will be tougher tomorrow and really tough on Sunday but that’s the game plan.” Futcher, who was a promising swimmer in her junior days before taking up golf, said making par at the first hole calmed her nerves for the rest of the round. AFP
