Scene and heard

First-round leader Na Yeon Choi is 3 over for her second round through 11 holes, and now trails the three players at 2 under par by two strokes. Those three -- Cristie Kerr, Lorena Ochoa, and Jean Reynolds -- all have afternoon tee times.

Scoring will again be difficult; half the field is on the golf course now, and only five are under par for their rounds, so everybody is falling back. How tough is it? Shrewsbury amateur Brittany Altomare hasn't started her second round yet, and she's already jumped 13 spots on the leaderboard.

A few observations:

Teresa Lu was standing over a 3-foot putt for par on the par-4 eighth hole, ready to draw the putter back, when someone's cellphone went off. Lu backed away, restarted her routine, then made her putt.

Sandra Gal's golf ball was literally 2 inches off the back of the green and resting on the fringe on the long par-3 ninth, which is playing 214 yards today. Surprisingly, she chose to chip it, and sent it 10 feet past the hole. Unnerved, she calmly sank the par putt. Gal is one of the five players under par for their second round; she's 1 under today through 12 holes, and 3 over for the tournament.

Not everyone who has a ticket is interested in watching the golf. A young woman was sitting to the left of the second fairway, sketchbook in her lap, using a pencil to draw a nature scene.