Creamer comfortably ahead in Alabama

American Paula Creamer retained a firm grip on the Mitchell Company Tournament of Champions as she stretched her lead to six shots with a round to play in Mobile, Alabama.

The 21-year-old chipped in from 20 feet at the last for a flawless four- under-par 68 – she has not made a bogey since the ninth hole in round one – and was comfortably ahead of her US Solheim Cup colleague, Pat Hurst.