The Associated Press

WILMINGTON, Del. - Annika Sorenstam didn't make the cut at the Colonial, which is not to say her two days on the PGA Tour were a total loss.

One reason she played against the best in the world was to elevate her game for the major championships on the LPGA Tour.

"So far, so good," she said Friday. That's bad news for everyone trying to catch her.

Sorenstam flirted with a record score in a major and settled for a 7-under 64 on a tough DuPont Country Club course to take a two-stroke lead at the LPGA Championship.

"I worked really hard this year to improve certain parts of my game," she said. "That was in preparation for Colonial, but mostly for the majors. So, here I come."

And there she goes.

Hee-Won Han shot a 2-under 69 in the morning and was five strokes clear of Sorenstam. That didn't last very long.

With a brilliant display of accuracy, a few key putts, a great par save from the bunker and a game that has made her the No. 1 woman in golf by a mile, Sorenstam blew past Han and into the lead for the first time at the McDonald's LPGA Championship.

She was at 8-under 134.

"I have not had four good rounds on this golf course, and there's no reason for me not to do it," said Sorenstam, who was at 134. "Now I've got to take care of business."

Three times she ran off three straight birdies, and afterward she didn't even realize it.

Nor was she aware standing on the 18th tee, already 8 under for her round, that a birdie would give her a 62. No man or woman has ever shot lower than 63 in a major.

Her 4-wood sailed into the right rough, and Sorenstam had to pitch back to the fairway, short of the creek. She reached the front of the green and had a long two-putt for bogey.

That hardly put a damper on the day. "It was flawless," Sorenstam said. "It's definitely a top-10 performance for me at a major."

• Sorenstam was amused by a PGA Tour journeyman who challenged her to an 18-hole match for $1 million. But John Riegger will have to prove his point to someone else. "I'm not interested," she said.

PGA TOUR: Breaking out of a 1 1/2-year slump that had critics questioning his desire, David Duval shot a course-record 62 to move into a tie for second place at the FBR Capital Open in Potomac, Md.

"It goes without saying I haven't played particularly well for a year or so," Duval said. "However, contrary to what people want to say, I have been working quite hard and haven't been able to put it together through an entire round."

Duval's nine-birdie round moved him from 3 over to 6 under at the halfway point, two shots behind leader Rory Sabbatini. Sabbatini shot a 66 for a two-day total of 134, while Notah Begay, Tom Gillis and Niclas Fasth joined Duval at 136.

Duval missed the cut in nine of 12 previous tournaments this year. This was only the sixth time in 31 rounds that he has shot in the 60s. He was the PGA Tour's top money-winner in 1998, but he plummeted to 80th on the list last year and has been working with David Leadbetter to turn his game around.

SENIOR PGA CHAMPIONSHIP: Gil Morgan tied the course record with a 4-under-par 66 Friday to grab a share of the lead with Allen Doyle after the second round at Newtown Square, Pa.

Morgan needed only 28 putts, including a 3-foot birdie putt on the final hole, to tie the course record, which also was matched by Seiji Ebihara of Japan.

Doyle, who won the Senior PGA title in 1999, shot a 67 on an up-and-down afternoon at Aronimink Golf Club. He had seven birdies and four bogeys.

Friday's scores

PGA Tour: FBR Capital Open

At TPC at Avenel; Potomac, Md.

Purse: $4.5 million; Yardage: 6,987; Par 71

Rory Sabbatini	68-66-134
Notah Begay III	67-69-136
Tom Gillis	68-68-136
David Duval	74-62-136
Niclas Fasth	68-68-136
Hal Sutton	68-69-137
Rich Beem	67-70-137
Patrick Sheehan	68-69-137
Bernhard Langer	70-68-138
John Maginnes	72-66-138
Woody Austin	71-67-138
J.L. Lewis	71-67-138
Glen Hnatiuk	68-70-138
Charles Howell III	69-69-138
Brent Schwarzrock	71-67-138
Scott Laycock	71-67-138
Duffy Waldorf	71-68-139
Hidemichi Tanaka	69-70-139
Danny Ellis	70-69-139
Joe Durant	69-70-139
Paul Lawrie	68-71-139
Chris DiMarco	71-68-139
Cliff Kresge	70-69-139
Joel Edwards	69-71-140
Marco Dawson	72-68-140
Troy Matteson	69-71-140
Andrew Magee	70-70-140
Fred Funk	70-70-140
Robert Gamez	66-74-140
Padraig Harrington	70-70-140
Darron Stiles	69-71-140
Steven Alker	69-71-140
Brett Quigley	74-67-141
John Huston	69-72-141
Aaron Barber	71-70-141
Todd Fischer	73-68-141
Jay Don Blake	69-72-141
Brad Elder	72-69-141
Kirk Triplett	70-71-141
Davis Love III	70-71-141
Craig Parry	70-71-141
Jose Maria Olazabal	72-69-141
Carlos Franco	71-70-141
Tim Herron	73-69-142
Harrison Frazar	70-72-142
Craig Barlow	72-70-142
Jason Gore	70-72-142
Bob Estes	72-70-142
Jonathan Kaye	72-70-142
Richard Johnson	70-72-142
Andy Miller	74-68-142
Scott Simpson	71-72-143
Joey Sindelar	71-72-143
Per-Ulrik Johansson	73-70-143
Briny Baird	70-73-143
Mark O'Meara	73-70-143
Cameron Beckman	76-67-143
Mike Sposa	71-72-143
Alex Cejka	69-74-143
Bob Burns	71-72-143
Frank Lickliter II	73-70-143
Todd Barranger	71-72-143
Pat Bates	71-73-144
Stuart Appleby	74-70-144
Dan Forsman	72-72-144
John Riegger	71-73-144
Jonathan Byrd	74-70-144
Garrett Willis	69-75-144
Robert Allenby	71-73-144
Brandt Jobe	74-70-144
John Senden	74-70-144
Mike Grob	70-74-144
Chip Sullivan	72-72-144
David Peoples	74-70-144
Bill Glasson	75-69-144
Matt Kuchar	73-71-144
Tim Clark	75-69-144
Kenneth Staton	75-69-144

LPGA: McDonald's Championship

At DuPont Country Club; Wilmington, Del.

Purse: $1.6 million; Yardage: 6,408; Par 71

Annika Sorenstam	70-64-134
Hee-Won Han	67-69-136
Wendy Ward	68-69-137
Rachel Teske	69-70-139
Akiko Fukushima	72-68-140
Natalie Gulbis	71-69-140
Rosie Jones	73-68-141
Suzann Pettersen	70-71-141
Grace Park	69-72-141
Joanne Mills	68-73-141
Jennifer Rosales	74-68-142
Hilary Lunke	72-70-142
Kate Golden	72-70-142
Beth Daniel	71-71-142
Dorothy Delasin	71-71-142
Cristie Kerr	74-69-143
Meg Mallon	74-69-143
Michelle Ellis	73-70-143
Donna Andrews	73-70-143
Becky Morgan	73-70-143
Laura Diaz	73-70-143
Juli Inkster	71-72-143
Young Kim	70-73-143
Patricia Meunier-Lebouc	75-69-144
Michele Redman	74-70-144
Jackie Gallagher-Smith	72-72-144
Mi-Hyun Kim	72-72-144
Karrie Webb	72-72-144
Lorena Ochoa	72-72-144
Tina Barrett	76-69-145
Kim Williams	73-72-145
Giulia Sergas	73-72-145
Angela Jerman	73-72-145
Leslie Spalding	72-73-145
Catriona Matthew	72-73-145
Angela Stanford	72-73-145
Jeong Jang	72-73-145
Jung Yeon Lee	76-70-146
Deb Richard	75-71-146
Marnie McGuire	74-72-146
Joanne Morley	74-72-146
Jan Stephenson	74-72-146
Danielle Ammaccapane	74-72-146
Karen Stupples	73-73-146
Kelli Kuehne	73-73-146
Pat Hurst	73-73-146
Kim Saiki	72-74-146
Se Ri Pak	72-74-146
Marcy Hart	71-75-146
Jane Crafter	70-76-146
Kathryn Marshall	77-70-147
Brandie Burton	77-70-147
Terry-Jo Myers	74-73-147
Liselotte Neumann	74-73-147
Heather Bowie	74-73-147
Young-A Yang	73-74-147
Mitzi Edge	73-74-147
Fiona Pike	73-74-147
Dottie Pepper	73-74-147
Vicki Goetze-Ackerman	73-74-147
Marisa Baena	73-74-147
Lorie Kane	72-75-147
Wendy Doolan	72-75-147
Moira Dunn	78-70-148
Jill McGill	76-72-148
Dawn Coe-Jones	74-74-148
Yu Ping Lin	74-74-148
Marilyn Lovander	74-74-148
Michelle McGann	72-76-148
Tracy Hanson	71-77-148

Senior PGA Championship

At Aronimink Golf Club; Newtown Square, Pa.

Purse: $2 million; Yardage: 6,928; Par 70

x-PGA Club Pro

Gil Morgan	70-66-136
Allen Doyle	69-67-136
John Jacobs	68-69-137
Seiji Ebihara	72-66-138
Tom Kite	70-68-138
x-Mike San Filippo	68-70-138
Wayne Levi	70-69-139
Craig Stadler	70-69-139
Jose Maria Canizares	71-68-139
Fuzzy Zoeller	69-70-139
Bobby Wadkins	68-72-140
Vicente Fernandez	69-71-140
Morris Hatalsky	69-71-140
Des Smyth	71-70-141
Jay Sigel	73-68-141
Dana Quigley	71-70-141
Dick Mast	73-68-141
Dave Barr	70-71-141
John Chillas	71-70-141
Doug Tewell	69-73-142
Tom Jenkins	71-71-142
Bruce Fleisher	71-71-142
Bruce Lietzke	75-67-142
Mark McCumber	71-71-142
Tommy Aaron	72-70-142
Mark Hayes	73-69-142
John Bland	72-71-143
Delroy Cambridge	71-72-143
Andy Bean	70-73-143
Dave Stockton	76-67-143
Denis Durnian	71-72-143
Bill Rogers	72-71-143
Bobby Walzel	74-69-143
D.A. Weibring	74-69-143
Ray Floyd	71-72-143
Larry Nelson	69-74-143
Mike McCullough	71-72-143
x-Wally Young	72-71-143
John Harris	69-74-143
x-Ed Sabo	76-68-144
Hugh Baiocchi	73-71-144
Jim Colbert	72-72-144
Tom Watson	71-73-144
Leonard Thompson	73-71-144
Bob Gilder	77-67-144
Ted Goin	71-73-144
David Eger	74-70-144
Pat McDonald	73-72-145
Christy O'Connor Jr.	74-71-145
Stewart Ginn	71-74-145
x-Roy Vucinich	72-73-145
Eamonn Darcy	76-69-145
Danny Edwards	72-73-145
John Schroeder	73-72-145
Tom Wargo	75-70-145
x-Tommy Price	73-72-145
x-Bob Ralston	75-70-145
Bob Murphy	74-72-146
Andy North	74-72-146
Gary McCord	73-73-146
Hale Irwin	73-73-146
x-Bobby Heins	73-73-146
Ed Dougherty	70-76-146
John Morgan	70-76-146
Jim Dent	76-70-146
Dave Eichelberger	73-73-146
Lanny Wadkins	72-75-147
Terry Gale	79-68-147
Jim Thorpe	71-76-147
David Graham	73-74-147
Takaaki Fukuzawa	72-75-147

European Tour: British Masters

At Marriott Forest of Arden; Meriden, England

Purse: $2.77 million; Yardage: 7,213; Par: 72

Greg Owen, England	68-68-136
Richard Green, Australia	70-66-136
Marcel Siem, Germany	66-71-137
David Lynn, England	66-71-137
Darren Fichardt, South Africa	72-66-138
Matthew Blackey, England	70-68-138
Mikael Lundberg, Sweden	69-69-138
Ignacio Garrido, Spain	67-72-139
Stephen Gallacher, Scotland	69-71-140