Sorenstam stakes early claim

Defending champion Annika Sorenstam claimed a share of the first-round lead in the Samsung World Championship in California with a five-under-par 67 at the Bighorn Golf Club.

In search of her sixth victory in the event, which would set yet another record for the world’s top-ranked player, Sorenstam is tied for the lead with Mexico’s Lorena Ochoa, who suffered a late bogey on the par-five 15th to drop into a share of the lead.