21.   She had started the final trek six strokes behind overnight leader Ayako Okamoto.

22.   Starting two strokes behind Watts, an overnight leader, Ozaki started with two birdies in a row.

23.   The French rider gained a four-second advantage in the overall standings, displacing overnight leader Gabriele Missaglia of Italy.

24.   The Swedish yacht made up more than six miles on overnight leader Silk Cut.

25.   Two Swedish stars, Annika Sorenstam and overnight leader Helen Alfredsson, were three shots behind at the halfway point of the Ladies European Tour event.

26.   With playing partner and overnight leader Parnevik only able to par the first two holes, the Spaniard regained the tournament lead after being one behind overnight.

27.   Fuzzy Zoeller, the joint overnight leader, flourished intermittently, but failed to improve on his overnight nine under par.

28.   Fukushima, who started the day three strokes off the pace, took a four-stroke lead over Japanese overnight leader Natsuko Noro.

29.   Hamilton started the day trailing fellow American and overnight leader Brian Watts by two strokes.

30.   Allenby actually began with a double-bogey six as did overnight joint leader Mark Roe.