Creamer opens big lead

Paula Creamer made a big move Friday at Magnolia Grove in an effort to join Lorena Ochoa and Suzann Pettersen as the LPGA Tour's only multiple winners this year.

After birdieing the final seven holes Thursday for a share of the lead in the Tournament of Champions in Mobile, Ala., Creamer shot a bogey-free, 7-under 65 on Friday to open a 5-stroke advantage at 12-under 132.

The 21-year-old Californian, the SBS Open winner in February for her lone victory of the season and third in three years, birdied three of the final four holes on The Crossings Course, rolling in a 35-footer on the par-4 18th.

Jin Joo Hong was second at 7 under after a 67. Annika Sorenstam (67) and Pat Hurst (69) were 6 under, and Karen Stupples (67) was another stroke back in the event limited to tournament winners from 2004-07 and active Hall of Famers.

Pettersen was 4 under after a 71 that included 2 penalty strokes. She's coming off consecutive victories in South Korea and Thailand and has won three of her last four starts to raise her season victory total to five.

Ochoa, the defending champion, was 1 under after a 69.

HSBC Champions: Phil Mickelson shot a 6-under 66 to move within 1 stroke of leader Kevin Stadler after the second round of the HSBC Champions in Shanghai, China.

Stadler shot a 69 to reach 11-under 133 on the Sheshan International course. Mickelson birdied four of the last five holes.

England's Ross Fisher (68) and Scotland's Simon Yates (66) were 8 under, and Fiji Singh (70) was another stroke back along with South Africa's Andrew McLardy (69).