HAENAM, South Korea — Sei Young Kim adopted up her opening 10-under 62 with a 66 Friday to take a one-stroke lead into the weekend on the BMW Girls Championship.
Kim had a two-round whole of 16-under 128 on the Pine Seaside Golf Hyperlinks. She had a bogey and 7 birdies, together with three in a row on the entrance 9.
“There’s lots of strain on the third and fourth day, nevertheless it’s not simply me. Everybody may have the identical strain,” Kim stated Friday. “However I simply need to settle for the actual fact and luxuriate in the remainder of the event.”
American Brooke Matthews was in second place after a 64, the low spherical of the day. Hyo Joo Kim had a 68 and was tied for third with Rio Takeda (66), three behind Kim.
The bogey-free spherical by Matthews, a former College of Arkansas participant, included birdies on her opening two holes and on 17 and 18.
“It is form of humorous, I did not really feel very snug coming into this week, enjoying China final week, did not actually have my finest stuff,” Matthews stated. “However (it) made me go on the market and play it shot-by-shot, decrease expectations and I really feel like I simply managed it rather well. Simply form of stayed within the second, and ended up making some putts and racking up some good scores.”
Australia’s Minjee Lee shot 66 and was tied for sixth, six strokes behind Kim. Canadian Brooke Henderson shot 68 and was seven off the lead whereas defending champion Hannah Green had a 69 and was 9 strokes behind Kim.
That is the primary of consecutive LPGA tournaments in South Korea, with the Worldwide Crown workforce occasion scheduled for subsequent week.
Jeeno Thitikul final week grew to become the primary a number of winner on the LPGA this season with a five-hole playoff win in Shanghai over Minami Katsu. Thitikul just isn’t enjoying this week however shall be a part of Thailand’s workforce within the Worldwide Crown subsequent week.
After the Worldwide Crown, two extra LPGA occasions are scheduled on the five-event Asian swing — at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and in Japan.
