Diana D’Alessio of the United States and Jin-joo Hong of South Korea share a three-stroke lead after the second round of the Evian Masters in Evian-Les-Bains, France.

Michelle Wie, the 17-year-old from Hawaii, rebounded with a 1-under 71 for a 144 total and made the cut. She had gone 24 consecutive rounds without breaking par.

"I’m very happy," Wie said. "That’s my first round under par this year. It’s a bit of a breakthrough."

D’Alessio shot a 68, while Hong had four birdies and two bogeys in her round of 70 as both totaled 7-under 137.

They were followed by Annika Sorenstam of Sweden (69), Jang Jeong of South Korea (71) and Brittany Lincicome of the United States (74).

"I played pretty solidly and hit the ball well," said D’Alessio, who birdied the first, fifth, 11th and 15th holes in her first Evian tournament.

"I missed from 4 feet at the last because I hit the putt through the break. The greens are quite tricky."

Hong said she was not nervous and hoped to keep under control through tomorrow.

"I want to make it right. I want to play on the weekend really, really well," she said.

Juli Inkster of the United States, who won in 2003, shot five birdies in the first seven holes for a 68 to be in a large group at 141.

The group included Laura Davies, champion in 1995 and 1996, and Momoko Ueda of Japan. Davies three-putted the last hole for a 70, while Ueda had seven birdies in a 67, the best score of the day.

Karrie Webb, the defending champion from Australia, was 2-under 142 after a 72.

Lorena Ochoa from Mexico was also at 2 under after she shot a 70.

● PGA: In Markham, Ontario, Vijay Singh shot a 6-under 65 to move one stroke behind leaders Steve Allan and John Mallinger after the second round of the Canadian Open.

Allan added a 68 to his opening 64 to match Mallinger (66) at 10-under 132 on Angus Glen’s North Course. Allan birdied the par-3 17th, hitting his tee shot within inches on the 206-yard hole, and saved par on the par-4 18th with a 10-foot putt. Mallinger had five birdies in his bogey-free round.

Tripp Isenhour (68) joined Singh at 9-under.

● Champions: In Gullane, Scotland, Tom Watson missed a 5-foot putt at the last hole and tossed away a share of the lead at the Senior British Open, while overnight leader Nick Faldo lost his putting touch and slipped to sixth.

Watson finished with a par 71 and handed the lead to Des Smyth, who shot 70 and held the clubhouse lead with a 2-under 140 total for more than six hours at windswept Muirfield. No player broke 70 in the second round.

● U.S. Junior Amateur: In Augusta, Mo., Anthony Paolucci and Cory Whitsett won the U.S. Junior Amateur Championship semifinals to set up an all-Texas title match.

Paolucci, 14, of Dallas, won the final two holes in regulation of his semifinal match against Sean Brannan before winning the second playoff hole to advance to the final. Brannan missed putts of less than 5 feet on each of the final four holes to provide Paolucci the chance needed to set up the youngest final in three years.

Whitsett, 15, of Houston, had no problem advancing past Wesley Graham in the other semifinal 6-and-5.

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