SYLVANIA, Ohio — In the quiet of the locker room after missing the cut a year ago, a disgusted Paula Creamer swore she'd get even with Highland Meadows Golf Club.

Making good on that vow, she followed a course-record 60 with a 6-under 65 yesterday to build a six-stroke lead through two rounds of the Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic.

"That Friday I was sitting in the locker room packing up my things to go home," Creamer said after shattering the tournament's 36-hole record by six shots. "That was not a good feeling."

She promised her sponsors — also the tournament's title sponsor — that she'd get payback.

"I was telling them, 'I'm coming back. I'm going to come back and play this golf course well,' " said Creamer, who stands at 17-under 125 — the lowest 36-hole total on the LPGA Tour this year by five strokes.

First, she flirted with a magical 59 — the lowest competitive round ever on the PGA or LPGA tours — in the first round. Then the 21-year-old needed a birdie on one of the two closing par-5 holes yesterday to tie the tour record for fewest shots taken through two rounds. Instead, she parred both holes, missing a short birdie putt and then saving a par on the 18th after missing the green with her approach.

"She has been incredible and her score is unbelievable," said Eun-Hee Ji, the only player within 10 shots of her. Ji has rounds of 65 and 66 and still trails by a half dozen strokes.

"She's so far ahead, you're almost playing for second," said Stacy Lewis, who shot a 66 and lost ground after starting the day 10 shots back.

Se Ri Pak, trying to become the first LPGA player to win the same event six times, shot a 69 and was 12 shots behind at 137.

Hawai'i's Michelle Wie shot a 1-over 72 and made the cut for weekend play at 142.

"I feel like it's getting better," Wie said of her game. "It's frustrating because my score doesn't really show it. My ball-striking was pretty good today. I just need to be able to score better."

Wie flirted with the cut line all day and made a big par save from a greenside bunker on her last hole. She splashed the ball out to two feet and pumped her fist when she made the putt.

"Definitely the juices were flowing on that putt," Wie said. "But I pulled it off and I'm really excited to play on the weekend."

PGA TOUR

MACKENZIE TOPS DEERE; WILSON IN HUNT, AGAIN

SILVIS, Ill. — Kenny Perry again sizzled following a sluggish start and was two strokes off the lead after the second round of the PGA Tour's John Deere Classic yesterday.

Playing as well as anyone on the PGA Tour the past two months, the 47-year-old Perry birdied six of his final 10 holes while shooting 5-under 66. That put him in a three-way tie for second place at 11-under 131 with first-round co-leader Charlie Wi (67) and Eric Axley (66).

The strong finish wasn't enough to move past Will MacKenzie (64), who jumped to the top of the leaderboard earlier in the day and is 13-under 130, but it kept Perry in contention for his third victory in five starts.

"Awesome round," Perry said. "Very proud of this round."

Perry has been on the go for about two months. The run started with a playoff loss at the AT&T Classic in May and continued with wins at the Memorial and Buick Open last month.

"It was kind of disappointing when I showed up this morning," Perry said. "I got on the first tee and I'm seven behind. I knew I had a lot of work to do."

MacKenzie had made just four cuts in 12 events and missed two months because of a knee injury. His body was a mess, his game was a mess and his mind was a mess so he also saw a sports psychologist. The problems on the course aside, life has been good for him lately.

He got married in February, and a baby is due in August.

"I know I'm on the right track," he said. "I've just got to get committed to the process of hitting shots and not worrying about (it) — putting the past in the past. That's what I'm trying to do, put the past in the past and believe in my own ability."

Two Hawai'i Tour players made the cut. Dean Wilson, a Castle High alum, fired a 67 and was tied with 13 others for 12th place at 7-under 135. Punahou alum Parker McLachlin shot a 67 for a 3-under 139 total, the cutoff score.

PGA EUROPEAN

CABRERA LEADS SCOTTISH OPEN; LEFTY HAS AN ACE

LUSS, Scotland — Phil Mickelson had a hole-in-one at the Scottish Open yesterday to make the cut and go into the weekend five strokes behind leader Angel Cabrera.

After missing a succession of makable putts, Mickelson's 5-iron at his 14th hole, the 190-yard fifth, headed straight for the pin, landed 12 feet short, bounced once and rolled in.

"I was struggling to get the ball in the hole with the putter so I needed to hole from off the green," he joked, adding that he's had 15 to 20 aces as a professional."

Mickelson shot a 4-under 67 for the day and picked up one stroke on Cabrera, who had a 68 for a 9-under 133.

Cabrera bogeyed two of the last four, including the 18th, where he missed the green. "That was a shame but I'm happy with my putting and my swing," the Argentine said.

At 4-under 138, Mickelson was two inside the 36-hole cutoff.