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CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) — Jodi Ewart Shadoff started out Friday as hot as she finished the day before at the LPGA Mediheal Championship. She finally hit a few bumps, but not before expanding her lead with a 3-under 69.

Ewart Shadoff opened with a 64 at The Saticoy Club by making four straight birdies over her last five holes. The 34-year-old from England added three birdies in her opening four holes and looked to be on her way.

She sprinkled in enough bogeys to slow her progress and still wound up with a four-shot lead over Paula Reto going into the weekend.

“Hit it really close on 4, so 3 under through four holes is a very quick start,” Ewart Shadoff said. “The wind started to pick up a little bit on the back nine, which is a little bit tricky, but, I played really well again today, and hopefully do the same at the weekend.”

Ewart Shadoff, who was at 11-under 133, is winless over 245 starts that covers 11 years in her LPGA career.

She isn't alone in pursuit of her first LPGA Tour title.

Xiyu Lin, the 26-year-old from China who goes by Janet, had another 69 and was part of the large group five shots behind.

Lin is coming off a a runner-up finish at The Ascendant LPGA in Texas last week, the third time this year she has finished second. This one had her wiping away tears. Another week on a tough course in California has her feeling more optimistic.

“I’ve been very motivated,” Lin said. "Last couple tournament, I mean, of course I wish I got the win, but I think I'm in a really good position. I'm not under any pressure. I just try to perform, be aggressive, learn from this.

“Right now I think all the good weeks gave me lots of confidence and I just know I can get it done,” she said. “Just a matter of time.”

Reto won her first title in Canada last month. Joining Lin in the group at 6-under 138 is Eun-Hee Ji, who has six LPGA title including a U.S. Women's Open in 2009.

Atthaya Thitikul, the 19-year-old Thai who is closing in on No. 1 in the women's world ranking, had a double bogey late in her round and had to settle for a 72. She was six shots back.

It all starts with Ewart Shadoff, who played college golf at New Mexico and has played on three Solheim Cup teams for Europe. All that's missing is a victory, and Shadoff did well to make progress. She didn't want to fall into the trap of trying to live up to a 64.

“Shooting such a low number yesterday, you can’t expect to go out there and do that, shoot another 8, 9 under again,” she said. “So I think I just played very similar today. Couple putts here and there just didn’t fall. Overall, I’m striking the ball well, hitting a lot of fairways, which I think is key out here.”

Danielle Kang, who went to college over the foothills at Pepperdine, was looking forward to playing in the afternoon before more fans. It didn't work out that way inside the ropes when she had three bogeys in four holes. Kang salvaged her round with three straight birdies for a 73 that left her seven shots behind.

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She sprinkled in enough bogeys to slow her progress and still wound up with a four-shot lead over Paula Reto going into the weekend.

Ewart Shadoff, who was at 11-under 133, is winless over 245 starts that covers 11 years in her LPGA career.

She isn't alone in pursuit of her first LPGA Tour title.

Xiyu Lin, the 26-year-old from China who goes by Janet, had another 69 and was part of the large group five shots behind.

“Right now I think all the good weeks gave me lots of confidence and I just know I can get it done,” she said. “Just a matter of time.”

Reto won her first title in Canada last month. Joining Lin in the group at 6-under 138 is Eun-Hee Ji, who has six LPGA title including a U.S. Women's Open in 2009.

Atthaya Thitikul, the 19-year-old Thai who is closing in on No. 1 in the women's world ranking, had a double bogey late in her round and had to settle for a 72. She was six shots back.

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CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) — Jodi Ewart Shadoff went on a run of four straight birdies late in her round Thursday for an 8-under 64, taking a two-shot lead in the LPGA Mediheal Championship.

Ewart Shadoff has played 245 times on the LPGA Tour without winning, and she got off to a strong start in hopes of ending more than a decade in search of an elusive title.

“I just felt really relaxed today,” she said. “Everything was just kind of flowing. I was just rolling it really well with the putter. Just helps when everything is just gelling together.”

Alison Lee and Ruixin Liu of China were at 66, while the group at 67 included California native Danielle Kang and Atthaya Thitikul, the 19-year-old Thai who is on the fast track toward reaching No. 1 in the world.

Thitikul won two weeks ago in Arkansas and could have gone to No. 1 by winning last week in Texas, but she stalled and finished fourth.

Thitikul showed no signs of slowing on The Saticoy Club, a century-old course in Ventura County designed by William Bell.

“I do like the challenging things in golf,” Thitikul said. “When challenge come to you it’s like it’s another test. It’s another experience that (you're) going to get. And then if you play in challenging course then you know how your game is.”

Ewart Shadoff, a 34-year-old from England who played college golf at New Mexico, began her round on the par-3 10th with a birdie. She was going along steadily until a 3-wood to 10 feet for eagle on the par-5 14th hole.

“That eagle really kick-started my round,” Ewart Shadoff said. “Then just kind of got hot from there.”

Her lone bogey came on the first hole with a poorly struck 7-iron, and then she poured it on with birdies down the stretch, two of them on par 5s.

Shadoff is in good shape to reach the season-ending CME Group Tour Championship in November at No. 44 in the points race. The top 60 make it to the final event, and this is a big week for Liu, who is at No. 97.

This is the final domestic event for a month on the LPGA, with two tournaments in Asia before returning for the final two events in Florida.

“Being able to shoot a low round like today definitely helps to boost my confidence and going forward,” Liu said.

Kang went to school at Pepperdine and her gallery included her brother, Alex Kang, who plays on the Korn Ferry Tour. Kang revealed this summer at the U.S. Women's Open that she has a tumor on her spine, though she has not talked about the treatment.

She returned after being out for more than two months, and showed flashes in Arkansas two weeks ago with a runner-up finish. Now she is just over the foothills from where she went to college and has a good feel for the course.

“I gave myself a lot of opportunities all day today, and I could read these greens pretty well. I’ve been around here,” Kang said. “So there is a lot of double breakers, a lot of putts that break more than two, three cups. I was just trying to go with my feel.”

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