Stanford shoots 64

Angela Stanford had eight birdies in a bogey-free round of 64 Thursday that matched the lowest round in the history of the Canadian Women’s Open at London, Ontario.

The 64 in ideal conditions on the tree-lined London Hunt and Country Club course tied the record set by JoAnne Carner in 1978 at par-73 St. George’s in Toronto when the national championship was called the Peter Jackson Classic. Ten other players have shot 64s in the event, with Nancy Scranton doing it twice and Dawn Coe-Jones accomplishing the feat at the Hunt Club in 1993.

Cristie Kerr, coming off a second-place tie Sunday in the Women’s British Open, matched Vicki Goetze-Ackerman and Jee Young Lee at 67, and Canadian star Lorie Kane was another stroke back along with defending champion Meena Lee and Il Mi Chung.

Stanford, the former Texas Christian University star who followed her 2003 Shoprite Classic victory with a memorable playoff loss to Hilary Lunke in the U.S. Women’s Open, hit 17 of 18 greens in regulation and 12 of 14 fairways. She hit 289- and 278-yard drives on the two measuring holes and had 28 putts in her round.

Wendy Ward of Edwall, Wash., shot a 2-under 70 and is tied for 10th. Tracy Hanson, Rathdrum, Idaho, shot 71.

PGA

Mathia Gronberg scored 13 points under the modified Stableford scoring system at the International in Castle Rock, Colo., to lead Stuart Appleby, Stewart Cink and 2001 champion Tom Pernice Jr. by two and Danny Ellis, Jeff Brehaut and Patrick Sheehan by three.

Kirk Triplett, formerly of Pullman, scored four points.

Women’s amateur

Duke golfer Jennie Lee, 19, of Huntington Beach, Calif., defeated Curtis Cup teammate Paige Mackenzie, 23, of Yakima, 4 and 3, in the second round of match play in the U.S. Women’s Amateur at Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club in North Plains, Ore.