Sorenstam’s Birdie Binge Good for $80,000 in Skins

Annika Sorenstam, the leading money winner on the women’s tour this year, continued that trend Saturday on the first nine holes of the JCPenney LPGA Skins Game at Frisco, Texas.

Sorenstam won four skins and birdied five of the first nine holes to earn $80,000. Karrie Webb, the No. 2 money winner, won one skin and $20,000 at Stonebriar Country Club.

Laura Davies and Dottie Pepper failed to win a skin.

Four skins worth $110,000 will carry over into today’s 10th hole, where $140,000 will be at stake.

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Tammie Green shot a five-under-par 67 and took a two-stroke lead over Michele Redman after three rounds in the $650,000 LPGA Corning (N.Y.) Classic. Green had an eagle and three birdies in moving to eight-under 208 with her third subpar round of the tournament. . . . Bob Eastwood, looking for his first Senior PGA Tour victory, moved a step closer with a one-under 69 that kept him in the lead after two rounds of the $1-million Bell Atlantic Classic at Malvern, Pa. Eastwood started the round with a one-shot lead and kept it with a five-under 135 total, one stroke ahead of Bob E. Smith, who shot the low round of the day, a 67, and South African John Bland, who had a 69. . . . Former Masters champion Ian Woosnam shot a four-under 68 for a 135 total and a two-stroke lead in the Volvo PGA Championship at Virginia Water, England. Nick Faldo had a 67 for a share of second place with David Gilford. . . . Arizona State won its fourth team title in the last five years and Texas’ Heather Bowie--who transferred after playing on two of those Sun Devil squads--won medalist honors at the NCAA Division I women’s tournament at Upper Arlington, Ohio.