TUCSON, ARIZ. ? Meg Mallon fell just short of Annika Sorenstam’s record 59 and settled for a nice consolation prize — the second-lowest score in LPGA history and a comfortable three-shot lead midway through the first LPGA tournament of the season. Mallon shot a 10-under-par 60 in the second round of the Welch’s-Fry’s Championship Friday. She needed a birdie on the 18th hole to tie Sorenstam for the lowest score in tour history, but she left an 18-foot downhill putt about 31¼2 feet short.

Mallon’s 36-hole total was 16-under 124, sending first-round leader Lorie Kane, Wendy Doolan and Young Kim into second place at 127. Kane, who shot the fourth 61 in LPGA history Thursday, had a 66. Doolan shot 62 and Kim 64.

Grace Park was alone at 128, and Laura Davies and A.J. Eathorne were paired at 129. Juli Inkster, who won in 1999 and was second to Laura Diaz last year, and 1992 winner Brandie Burton were six shots out of the lead.