SINGAPORE (AP) The distraction of a chipped tooth proved to be no problem for Danielle Kang as she shot an 8-under 64 to take a four-stroke lead at the halfway stage of the Women’s World Championship on Friday.

Kang, who won last year’s Women’s PGA Championship for her first major title, equaled the course record at the Sentosa Golf Club to lead the LPGA tournament at 12-under 132.

”Never too bad to tie a course record,” Kang said. ”That’s interesting to hear. I like that.”

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Nelly Korda, whose sister Jessica won the LPGA Tour event in Thailand last week, had a 66 to be tied for second with fellow American Alex Marina (67) while Minjee Lee (66), Cristie Kerr (67) and Chella Choi (69) were a further stroke back at 7-under.

Kang, who discovered she had broken a tooth after falling asleep while stretching before shooting a 68 in Thursday’s opening round, had eight birdies, four on the front nine and another four after rounding the turn, to post her second st..

MEXICO CITY (AP) Two of the European Tour’s hottest players brought their best golf to their first World Golf Championship.

Louis Oosthuizen, a world-class player for the better part of a decade, drilled a long iron into 4 feet for eagle on the par-5 15th and had birdies on two of the short par 4s at Chapultepec Golf Club for a 7-under 64 in the Mexico Championship on Thursday.

Right behind were two players unfamiliar to the world stage, though they sure didn’t play like it.

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Shubhankar Sharma, the 21-year-old from India and the only two-time winner on the European Tour this season, holed an eagle chip after making the turn and finished with a wedge into 2 feet for birdie and a 65.

”I was very nervous in the morning, but very happy with the way I put it all together,” Sharma said.

Chris Paisley of England, who followed his victory in the South African Open with a pair of top 5s against strong fields in the Middle East, had his name atop the leaderboard ..

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Shaq has always been a child at heart. Whether starring as a genie in some movie that shall remain nameless or rocking a Cookie Monster hat while filming himself driving to work on treacherously icy roads (pro tip: don't do that), one of Shaq's greatest assets—besides being 7-foot tall and, for a brief period in the early oughts, the most dominant player in The Association—is his goofy, innocent and ingratiating demeanor (Kobe freestyle notwithstanding). Thus it comes as little surprise that Shaq will appear on the season finale of Animal Planet's Treehouse Masters on Friday to claim to the final, ultimate childhood fantasy:
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