Lorena Ochoa takes a two-shot lead into the second round of the Women's British Open this morning. Which is all fine and dandy.

But if Ochoa wants to end her 0-for-23 steak in the majors and make her No. 1 world ranking mean something, she needs to stretch this advantage to five shots by Saturday night. Minimum.

Sergio Garcia blew a three-shot final round advantage at Carnoustie when everyone was handing him the Claret Jug already and Ochoa is more than capable of doing him one better at St. Andrews.

As talented as Ochoa is, she is even more fragile when the pressure rackets up.

She needs to blow away the field in vintage Tiger Woods runaway fashion to win her first major. Maybe then, she'll chill out and be able to win a close one. But she's not there yet.

Ochoa must finish the third round and go to sleep on Saturday night with at least a five-shot edge. Anything less and she'll find a way to clunk several shots, to rush her swing so much that she looks like TravelGolf.com's own Tim McDonald on one of his speed benders, and kick away the tournament.

It would be great to see Ochoa win the British Open at St. Andrews. If only to throw it in the face of all those club manufactuers who snubbed her for dominating while Mexican for so long.

But it's not going to happen unless Ochoa builds a huge lead, a final round cushion for the ages, for herself.

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