Helen Alfredsson shot a course-record 9-under 63 Friday to sit one shot behind leader Angela Park after the second round of the Evian Masters. Park shot a 68 in her second straight bogey-free round, giving her a 10-under total of 134. The 43-year-old Alfredsson made four birdies on the front nine and five on the back at the Evian Royal Resort to beat the old course mark of 64 held by six players. Five players are another shot back on 8-under - 2003 champion Juli Inkster, Cristie Kerr of the United States, South Korean duo Kim In-kyung and Meena Lee, and Candie Kung of Taiwan. Overnight leader Lorena Ochoa is at 6-under after shooting a 1-over 73 following her 65 on Thursday. Paula Creamer moved closer to contention at 5 under after a 69 that featured three birdies and no bogeys. Annika Sorenstam birdied the final two holes for a 69 to sit at 4-under, tied for 16th place with a group that includes defending champion Natalie Gulbis of the US. Vaughan leads Cook Bruce Vaughan shot a level-par 71 to take the halfway lead Friday in the Senior British Open and then headed straight for physiotherapy on his troublesome left knee. Vaughan has totaled 3-under 139 to lead by one stroke over John Cook of the United States (71). Bernhard Langer (71), Eduardo Romero (73) and Tom Watson (71) are one stroke further back. Vaughan, a former firefighter who was persuaded to take up golf at age 20 because his job gave him so much spare time, made two bogeys but each time rebounded with a birdie. Greg Norman, who led the British Open on Sunday with nine holes to go but wound up tied for third behind Padraig Harrington, shot a 72 - including an eagle at the 16th and a birdie at the last - to be eight strokes off the pace. Two share lead Former champion Mikael Lundberg and Jarmo Sandelin each shot an 8-under 64 to share a one-stroke lead Friday after the second round of the Russian Open as John Daly missed the cut for the second straight week. Lundberg and Sandelin are at 13-under 131 after both Swedes started the day two shots behind four first-round leaders in equal sixth among a group of 10. Robert Rock of England (64) is third. Daly, who won the 1991 PGA Championship and the 1995 British Open, had a 73 to miss the cut by one stroke after being tied for 76th place at 143. The first-round leaders had a miserable day. Joakim Backstrom of Sweden, David Carter of England and Roope Kakko of Finland all shot a 73 to be tied for 24th at 138. Fredrik Henge of Sweden (77) is a further four strokes back. Three share lead Home favorite Mike Weir and Americans Anthony Kim and Eric Axley fired six-under-par 65s to share the first-round lead at the Canadian Open on Thursday. The trio were among the few players to complete their rounds on a miserable day at a soggy Glen Abbey, avoiding torrential rain and lightning which halted play for six hours. Bidding to become the first Canadian to win the title for 54 years, Weir brightened up the stormy afternoon for the hometown fans with a bogey-free round. Weir, who came close to ending the dry spell the last time the event was staged on the Jack Nicklaus-designed layout in 2004 when he lost to Vijay Singh in a playoff, rolled in a five-footer on his final hole to go top of the leaderboard. Axley went one better, eagling the par-five 18th just before play was suspended. Kim, chasing his third title of the season, mixed seven birdies with a single bogey. Lurking two shots back in the clubhouse were Americans JP Hayes, Nicholas Thompson, Ryan Armour and Jason Allred, and Briton Richard Johnson. Twice US Open champion Retief Goosen of South Africa, back at the Canadian Open for the first time since 1995, did not enjoy his return, labouring to a two-over 73 including four birdies, four bogeys and a double-bogey seven at the 13th.
