the new zealand My Lydia shot a 6-under 66 to open a five-shot lead in front of CME Group Tour ChampionshipLPGA Tour tournament taking place in Naples (Florida).
I he led after the first round and again posted the lowest lap on Friday, making six birdies and no bogeys at Tiburon Golf Club to shoot 131, 13-under through two rounds. Its closest competitor is Korean Hyo Joo Kim from South Korea, whose 69 brought him to an overall -8.
A win will give I25, a treble of awards: the season-long points race that determines the Rolex Player of the Year, the biggest prize money of the entire season and the Vare Trophy for the highest scoring of the season.
“I knew going into the day that it could be tricky. But at the same time, because I played really solid on the back nine, I knew that if I made any mistakes, there would be an option to birdie,” Ko said. . “That’s the goal. for me this week: not to let a hole or a shot faze me,” he added.
Ko made his first two birdies this Friday on the sixth (par 5) and seventh (par 4) holes. He then added four more on the back nine, including two par 5s, 14 and 17.
For his part, Kim he registered four birdies and one bogey on Friday, with back-to-back birdies on the par 3 16th and the par 5 17th helping him lead the fight for second place.
The Japanese is tied for third at 7 under par in the making (67 on Friday), the Swedish Anna Nordqvist (69), Nelly Korda (69) and the Scottish Gemma Dryburgh (70). Korda, the former world number 1, made four birdies and a bogey in the first half of his round before the final nine holes.
Source: La Verdad
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