With wind and rain attacking the Ironhorse course all weekend, Sunday’s sunshine was a welcome surprise. Leading by two strokes in the morning, Stacy Prammanasudh took control of the Franklin American Mortgage Championship and never gave it back.
Challenging Stacy throughout the final round was Lorena Ochoa, who received her first LPGA victory at this event last year. The Mexican sensation could not compete with Stacy, who hit all but four fairways this entire week, also hitting over 90% of greens in regulation. Returning to Tennessee after a 3rd place finish at last year’s event, Stacy managed back-to-back birdies on six and seven and again at the 16th and 17th holes with only one early bogey to finish with a 3-under 69.
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Ernie Els must wait until Monday morning to claim (most likely) his third victory of the year at the BMW Asian Open. A three and a half hour delay on Sunday morning due to the threat of thunderstorms left 24 players on the course and in Shanghai for another day.
After rain delayed play for much of the day the Zurich Classic got off the ground at 3:30 ET and continued until dark halted play part way through round three at TPC Louisiana. Officials gave credit to recently upgraded drainage for good playing conditions despite the weather.
The India-born Arjun Atwal fired another solid round Friday in New Orleans to put himself in great position to win his first PGA Tour event. He had six birdies and two bogeys en route to his 68. Atwal was tied for the lead after the first round with Chris DiMarco but now finds himself atop the leaderboard all on his own. He leads J.J. Henry by one shot heading into the weekend, and DiMarco and Tim Clark are three shots back at eight under par. Lucas Glover sits at -7 and rounds out the top five going into Saturday’s action. 
“Mom-on-Tour” and leader Kris Tschetter is sitting pretty in the clubhouse tonight after firing a 3-under 69 battling wind and rain. When asked if she considers herself a good player in tough conditions, Kris stated, “I don’t really mind playing in bad weather. I figure it’s the same for everyone, so you just have to stay patient. But for the last few years with my back, it was hard because my back gets so stiff, it’s hard to keep swinging. I just try not to let it bother me. I think a lot of players show up, ‘Oh, this is going to be a long day,’ and their attitude gets bad right away.”
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