Matthew aces Open field

Catriona Matthew's hole-in-one at the 15th and six birdies gaveher the lead Friday at the halfway point of the Women's British Openin Sunningdale, England.

Matthew hit a 7-wood at the 215-yard hole that took a huge bounceat the front of the green and rolled in. The Scot birdied No.18,landing a 7-iron 3 feet from the pin, for a 7-under 65.

At 9 under par, she held a two-stroke lead over South Korea's MiHyun Kim (65), England's Trish Johnson (67) and Scotland's JaniceMoodie (70).

"I just got a good bounce and it popped into the hole," saidMatthew, winner of this year's Hawaiian Ladies Open. "At the time Irealized I had taken the lead, but I was not thinking that. …