Scott’s 62 could have been better

Adam Scott flirted with perfection Friday at Muirfield Village, missing four putts inside 12 feet and still shooting a 10-under-par 62 in the second round of the Memorial at Dublin, Ohio.

Scott was at 12-under 132, one shot ahead of fellow Australian Rod Pampling, who played bogey-free for a 68. Bubba Watson had a chance to tie for the lead until he went long on the 18th for a bogey for a 68, leaving him at 10-under 134 with another Aussie, Aaron Baddeley (68).

Three-time Memorial champion Tiger Woods hit the ball decently enough, but couldn’t make anything outside six feet until he rolled in a 10-foot birdie on the final hole for a 72, leaving him 10 shots behind.

“You look at a lot of guys up there, they’re making a bunch of putts, and not just from six, seven, eight feet. They’re making them from 20 feet,” Woods said. “I just haven’t done that.”

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Phil Mickelson’s left wrist is inflamed, but not broken, a specialist in San Diego found Friday after an examination that included an MRI and a CT scan. Mickelson withdrew from the Memorial after 11 holes Thursday.

Mickelson, who still might play at Memphis next week, will begin therapy Monday. He said he doesn’t want to risk further injury that would prevent him from playing in the U.S. Open, which begins June 14.

-- Thomas Bonk

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Lorena Ochoa showed who’s the LPGA Tour’s true star attraction at the Ginn Tribute at Mount Pleasant, S.C.

Ochoa shot a five-under 67 to move to nine under through two rounds, three shots ahead of first-day leader Angela Park (72) and four in front of Paula Creamer (71).

The world’s No. 1 player and already a two-time LPGA Tour winner this season, Ochoa took control at RiverTowne Country Club with her bogey-free round, her sixth straight under 70.

“I’m just trying to enjoy it as much as I can,” Ochoa said.

Tournament host Annika Sorenstam shot a 71 and is well back at one under.

MacKinzie Kline said she wouldn’t change a thing about her first LPGA Tour event, even though her score will keep her from receiving another invitation until next year.

Kline, the 15-year-old from California who was allowed to use a cart and oxygen because of a congenital heart defect, closed the Ginn Tribute with an 89, one over the LPGA’s “88 rule” that Michelle Wie flirted with Thursday before dropping out.

Kline, the first player in LPGA history to ride a cart during her rounds because of a medical condition, was officially removed from the tournament because she scored 88 or more. She wouldn’t have made the cut at 31-over par after scores of 86-89, and now she can’t play in a tour event for the rest of the year.

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Tom Purtzer and Eduardo Romero took advantage of perfect scoring conditions in the Boeing Championship at Destin, Fla., matching the course record with bogey-free, nine-under 62s to share the first-round lead.

Jim Thorpe and Jay Haas opened with 64s in the Champions Tour event.