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HOYLAKE, England—Play was called off for the day at the Womens British Open on Friday because of strong wind that disrupted the second round so badly that organizers declared early scores “null and void. Aldon Smith Black Jersey .” With wind gusting to 60 mph at Royal Liverpool, players struggled to keep the ball on the tees and greens. Play was suspended at 8:25 a.m. with 36 players on the course and the round was called off at 2 p.m. “I think its only the right thing to do,” Norwegian star Suzann Pettersen said. “The conditions were unreasonable. ... I dont think from the players perspective that there was any other outcome. It wasnt just unfair conditions. It was unplayable. ” Englands Felicity Johnson started with a quintuple-bogey 9. American Cristie Kerrs ball blew off the 12th tee three times. Co-leader So Yeon Ryu bogeyed her only hole, the 10th, before play was stopped. “It would have been unfair to those competitors not to declare play null and void and cancel all scores for the round in question,” Ladies Golf Union tournament director Susan Simpson said. “The competitors began their round in extremely adverse weather conditions and conditions subsequently worsened despite our belief that they would remain stable.” The second round is scheduled to restart early Saturday, with conditions forecast to be more playable. Organizers said the cut will be reduced from 65 and ties to 50 and ties. The final two rounds are set for Sunday with a two-tee start and no redraw between rounds. Michelle Wie, one of the tallest players in the field, saw a lighter side. “I think its one day thats really good to be short, because I felt like a flagpole out there,” she said. With strong wind forecast for Monday, officials hope the tournament will not extend to a fifth day. Ryu and fellow South Korean player Haeji Kang topped the leaderboard at 2-under 70. Australias Karrie Webb, the tournament winner in 1995, 1997 and 2002, was a stroke back along with 16-year-old English amateur Charley Hull, Jiyai Shin, Ai Miyazato, Mika Miyazato, Stacey Keating, Lydia Hall, Vicky Hurst and Kate Kutcher. Two-time defending champion Yani Tseng opened with a 72. New Zealands Lydia Ko, the 15-year-old amateur coming off a victory three weeks ago in the Canadian Womens Open, also was at 72. Wie had a 75 in the first round in relatively calm conditions, and Pettersen shot a 76. “It was a long day for sure and waiting,” Wie said. “Came to the course at 5 a.m. It was dark at that point and I was walking past the third hole and it was raining sideways. Ive never seen conditions like that in my life. Got there, stopped raining, but the wind kept blowing and blowing and kept getting worse. “It was hard to tell at the first tee because it was sheltered with a tent a little bit. But once we got out there, 11, 12, it was pretty bad.” Englands Karen Stupples, the 2004 winner at Sunningdale, teed off in the first group at 7 a.m. after shooting a 76 on Thursday. “On the third, my ball started oscillating and it wouldnt stop,” Stupples said. “It just sat there and just kept moving and I had to call for an official to come and figure out what the ruling was with that, and she said, Hit it. Even if its oscillating, you can hit it. Im like, Really? “Its quite disconcerting, because how do you hit a moving ball? Because it can wobble a little bit, and you catch it not quite where you used to. I dont know, it can affect everything, and it did. I made double bogey there. Ive seen balls roll because of a wind gust, but not a continual just blowing constant. That was just brutal.” Aldon Smith Camo Jersey . – Swedens Jonas Blixt won the Frys. 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Fiers (8-6) held the Cubs to four hits and struck out six, helping Milwaukee beat its division rival for the 13th time in 16 games this season. The Brewers have won eight of their last nine overall and moved within five games of .500 for the first time since July 21. Fiers sent down 14 straight batters at one point and won his second straight start, but Milwaukees streak of eight straight games with at least 10 strikeouts came to an end. It was the longest such streak since 1900. John Axford finished up for his 22nd save in 30 chances. Jeff Samardzija (8-12) gave up seven hits and three runs—two earned—in seven innings for the Cubs. He struck out 10 for his third double-digit strikeout game of the season. Jean Segura stroked a go-ahead single in the seventh and scored an insurance run when Chicago committed two errors after Seguras steal of second base. Norichika Aoki and Ryan Braun had two hits apiece for Milwaukee. Bryan LaHair singled and scored on Darwin Barneys fielders choice in the second for the Cubs only run. Chicago has dropped 22 of 28 and has scored two runs or less 11 times in August. Samardzija has received two runs or fewer of support while on the mound in nine of his last 10 starts, but has lasted at least seven innings in eight of those outings. The bumbling Cubs fell to 31 games under .500, their worst mark since Sept. 30, 2006, and looked the part during Milwaukees two-run rally in the seventh tthat was aided by three errors. Dwight Clark Jersey. Nyjer Morgan reached on a bunt single and went to second when Samardzijas throw sailed up the right field line. He went to third when Samardzija uncorked a wild pitch, and scored on Seguras solid single to left. Segura stole second and dashed for third when Welington Castillos throw bounced past Starlin Castro. Barney backed up the play and threw to third, but Luis Valbuena missed the ball, allowing Segura to score. Barney was initially charged with the second error on the play, but after the inning the official scorer gave the miscue to Valbuena. That allowed Barney to extend his streak of consecutive errorless games at second base to 114 games, breaking the National League record of 113 games set by San Diegos David Eckstein in 2010. The major league record is 141 games, established by Detroits Placido Polanco in 2007. NOTES: The Cubs named Brandon Hyde the clubs director of player development, promoting him from his role as minor league field co-ordinator. Hyde, 38, joined the Cubs during the off-season after spending nine years in the Marlins organization. He will assume the duties of former vice-president of player development Oneri Fleita, who was fired on Aug. 15. ... Former Cubs reliever Scott Maine was claimed off waivers by the Cleveland Indians on Wednesday. Maine was designated for assignment by the Cubs on Monday. ... LaHair entered the game hitting just .164 (12 for 73) since making the NL All-Star team for the first time. LaHair had a streak of reaching base 32 straight games from April 8 to May 15 earlier this season. ’ ’ ’
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