Stanford's 62 leads Arizona LPGA event

Angela Stanford shot a career-best 10-under 62 on Thursday to break the Prospector Course record and take a 3-stroke lead over defending champion Lorena Ochoa in the Safeway International at Superstition Mountain, Ariz..

Stanford, the 2003 ShopRite LPGA Tour Classic winner, had a bogey-free round at Superstition Mountain Golf and Country Club. She had 6 birdies in a front-nine 30 and birdied the final two holes for a back-nine 32.

The 30-year-old Texan broke the course record of 63 set by Cristie Kerr in 2004, and topped her previous career best of 64 in the first round of the 2006 Canadian Open.

Ochoa, the Mexican star who won the tournament last year for the first of her eight 2007 titles, had nine birdies and two bogeys. She won the HSBC Champions on March 2 in Singapore for her 18th LPGA Tour title.

Sherri Steinhauer was third after a 66, and Karen Stupples, Jee Young Lee and Yani Tseng and Heather Young shot 67s. Annika Sorenstam birdied the final two holes to match Paula Creamer with a 69.

Zurich Classic: Refreshed after a couple of weeks off, Dean Wilson birdied three of the last four holes in windy conditions for a 6-under 66 and a 1-stroke lead after the first round of the PGA Tour's Zurich Classic at TPC Louisiana in Avondale, La.

Wilson played eight straight tournaments before taking the break.

Briny Baird, Peter Lonard and Chez Reavie opened with 67s. Baird eagled the par-4 sixth hole, holing out from 208 yards with a 5-wood.

Steve Elkington, Vaughn Taylor, Jay Williamson, Cameron Beckman and John Mallinger had 68s, Woody Austin topped a group at 69.

Andalucia Open: Defending champion Lee Westwood shot a 7-under 65 to take a the first-round lead in the European tour's Andalucia Open at Puerto Banus, Spain.

The Englishman had a 1-stroke lead over 20-year-old amateur Danny Willett, also from England, and Norway's Jan-Are Larsen on the Aloha Golf Club course.