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Matthew remained atop the Airbus LPGA Classic leaderboard Friday, birdieing four
of the last seven holes to take a one-stroke advantage over Charley Hull into
the weekend. The 44-year-old Matthew had a 5-under 67 to reach 13-under 131 on
the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trails Crossings Course. The 18-year-old Hull also
shot 67. Matthew had six birdies and a bogey -- on the par-4 ninth -- in her
afternoon round. "I played actually probably pretty well today," said Matthew,
who opened with a 64 on Thursday. "I hit 17 greens, so I gave myself a lot of
chances. I didnt hole many on the front nine, but then the putter got going a
little bit on the back nine." The Scot won the last of her four LPGA Tour titles
in 2011. "Obviously, theres still 36 holes to go," Matthew said. "If its
anything like the first two days, were going to have to keep making birdies."
Hull also dropped a stroke on No. 9, her final hole of the day. The English
player birdied Nos. 6-8 and had five birdies in a seven-hole stretch before
closing with her lone bogey of the week. "Hitting it pretty straight," Hull
said. "Hit my irons good and holing some good putts. Missing a few putts, but
youre always going to miss a few putts when youre playing well. But Im just
excited about this golf course. I quite like it." Hull won a Ladies European
Tour event in Morocco in March a week before her 18th birthday. She closed with
a 9-under 62 and won on the first hole of a playoff. The teen is comfortable in
the warm conditions in Mobile. "The weathers been pretty hot, but I quite like
it," Hull said. "I think its a great place and its very green and a bit
different than I expected. The trees are a lot different, but I enjoy it a lot."
Anna Nordqvist, Jessica Korda and Hee Young Park were 10 under. Nordqvist, the
winner in Thailand and Carlsbad, had a 66. Korda, the Bahamas champion, shot 67,
and Park had a 66. "I got the ball close and was able to kind of make a couple
putts on my front nine, which was the back nine," Korda said "Hopefully, I can
keep that momentum going." Park, playing alongside Matthew, eagled the par-5
16th for the second straight day. Kraft Nabisco winner Lexi Thompson and Jenny
Shin were 9 under. Thompson had a 65, and Shin shot 68. Second-ranked Stacy
Lewis, No. 4 Suzann Pettersen and three-time Mobile winner Se Ri Park topped the
group at 8 under. Lewis, the 2012 champion who won the North Texas LPGA Shootout
three weeks ago, matched Pettersen with a 70. Pak, the 2010 winner who also won
the Tournament of Champions at the course in 2001 and 2002, had a 69. Michelle
Wie, the winner in Hawaii, was 7 under. She followed her opening 71 with a 66.
Top-ranked Inbee Park missed the cut with rounds of 74 and 76, ending her cuts
streak at 22. She had 34 putts in the second round and played her final nine in
4-over 40. The South Korean star is winless in nine tour starts this season
after sweeping the first three majors last year and finishing the season with
six victories. She last missed a cut last May in the Bahamas.
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Even by the Detroit Pistons recent standards, this was an abrupt change. Detroit
fired coach Maurice Cheeks on Sunday after less than a year as coach, with the
Pistons languishing well below .500 despite off-season moves aimed at putting
the struggling franchise back in contention. Detroit is 21-29, and although the
Pistons still have a decent chance to make the playoffs in the Eastern
Conference, their new roster has performed erratically. "This was a difficult
decision for the organization to make but we needed to make a change," team
president Joe Dumars said in a statement. "We have great respect for Maurice and
appreciate his hard work." A person with knowledge of Detroits plans said
assistant John Loyer will take over as interim coach. The person spoke on
condition of anonymity because the team had not announced an interim coach yet.
The Pistons havent made the playoffs since being swept in the first round in
2009 -- in Michael Currys only season as their coach. Since then, Detroit has
gone through two seasons under John Kuester and two under Lawrence Frank. After
neither of them could make any real progress, Cheeks was brought in as Detroits
ninth coach since the 1999-2000 season. In addition to hiring Cheeks last
off-season, Detroit signed forward Josh Smith and traded for point guard
Brandon Jennings, trying to bolster a roster that already included young big men
Andre Drummond and Greg Monroe. But the mix has been uninspiring for the most
part. The Pistons have had problems defensively and have struggled to close out
games in the fourth quarter. The poor attendance thats become commonplace at The
Palace hasnt really improved -- and Detroits 11-15 home record hasnt helped.
"Our record does not reflect our talent and we simply need a change," Pistons
owner Tom Gores said Sunday. "We have not made the kind of progress that we
should have over the first half of the season. This is a young team and we knew
there would be growing pains, but we can be patient only as long as there is
progress." Detroit is only a half-game out of the final playoff spot in the
East, but thats largely because so many teams in the conference are having
similar problems. The Pistons are only three games better than they were after
50 games last season. Cheeks became the first coach to leave or be fired after
50 games or fewer with an NBA team since Bob Weiss, who coached only 30 games
forr Seattle in 2005-06, according to STATS.
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include interim coaches. "The responsibility does not fall squarely on any one
individual, but right now this change is a necessary step toward turning this
thing around," Gores said. "I still have a lot of hope for this season and I
expect our players to step up. I respect and appreciate Maurice Cheeks and thank
him for his efforts; we just require a different approach." The Pistons have won
four of six, including back-to-back blowouts at home against Brooklyn and Denver
on Friday and Saturday. They host San Antonio on Monday night, and the team has
not made any announcement about who will coach that game. Cheeks previously
coached Portland and Philadelphia, a team he won an NBA title with as a point
guard. The Pistons gave him his third shot to be an NBA head coach in June.
Gores was in attendance at a recent game and said he thought the team was better
than its record. "Im not satisfied. Our job is to make sure that our players are
at their maximum," Gores said after that Feb. 1 game against Philadelphia. "Im
not satisfied with the job Im doing. Im not satisfied with the job anyone is
doing." At that point, speculation centred around the upcoming trade deadline
and the possibility that Detroit might shake up its roster again. Now, the
Pistons are hoping another coaching change can improve the franchises outlook.
Detroit made the conference finals six straight years from 2003-08, but the
teams fall was swift after that, and rebuilding has been difficult. This year
marks the 10th anniversary of the Pistons championship in 2004 -- and the
atmosphere at The Palace could hardly be more different. "Were focused on how to
make our players the best," Gores said earlier this month. "I dont think weve
done our best job of making sure they are at their best. They are working at 100
per cent, but these are young men who need a lot of preparation." The Pistons
became the third major pro team in Detroit to make a coaching or managerial
change in the past six months. Jim Leyland of the Tigers stepped down and was
replaced by Brad Ausmus after last season, and the Lions fired Jim Schwartz in
late December, eventually replacing him with Jim Caldwell. So Ausmus, who has
yet to manage a game, is now the second-longest tenured manager or coach of the
citys four major pro teams. Yahoo Sports first reported Cheeks firing.
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