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Loupe leads Wells Fargo; Mickelson, Fowler in hunt
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Andrew Loupe took a one-stroke lead over Roberto Castro at 8 under at the Wells Fargo Championship, while Phil Mickelson and Rickie Fowler were close behind heading into the weekend.
Loupe shot a 1-under 71 on Friday, an up-and-down round with four birdies and three bogeys. Castro had a 66 for the best round of the day. He eagled No. 18, one of the toughest closing holes on the PGA Tour.
Chesson Hadley and Mark Hubbard were two shots back. Hadley had a 67, and Hubbard shot 68.

INSPERITY INVITATIONAL
THE WOODLANDS, Texas (AP) — John Daly shot a 2-under 70 in his PGA Tour Champions debut, leaving him four strokes behind leader Mike Goodes in the Insperity Invitational.
Daly had four birdies and two bogeys at The Woodlands Country Club, playing alongside friend Fuzzy Zoeller and Peter Jacobsen. The two-time major champion turned 50 on April 28.
Daly was in a nine-man tie for 12th. He hit 13 of 14 fairways, 16 of 18 greens in regulation and topped the field with a driving average of 317.5 yards on the two measuring holes.

YOKOHAMA TIRE
 LPGA CLASSIC
PRATTVILLE, Ala. (AP) — So Yeon Ryu birdied five of her last eight holes for a bogey-free 7-under 65 and a two-stroke lead in the windy Yokohama Tire LPGA Classic.
Ranked 10th in the world but sixth in the race for the four spots on South Korea’s Olympic team, Ryu made three straight birdies on Nos. 2-4 and added two more on the par-4 sixth and par-5 eighth.

TROPHEE HASSAN II
RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Italy’s Francesco Laporta shot a 2-under 70 to take a one-shot lead in the European Tour’s Trophee Hassan II.
Laporta had a 6-under 138 total at Royal Golf Dar Es Salam. South Korea’s Wang Jeunghun (68), Spain’s Borja Virto Astudillo (70) and Australia’s Jason Scrivener (71) were tied for second.