Carlota Ciganda scored 67 strokes, 5 under par, round without bogeys, para tied for the lead after the second round of the T-Mobile Match Play in Las Vegas. The first-day leader, South Korean Sei Young Kim, stumbled with a 74 on Thursday at Shadow Creek Golf Course, but continues to lead at 140 (-4). Angel Yin (68) and Rose Zhang (73) also tied for the lead.
Ireland’s Leona Maguire and Japan’s Minami Katsu, both with 69 strokes, tied for fifth place at 3 under par. England’s Jodi Ewart Shadoff (68) and Japan’s Yuka Saso (74) tied for seventh place with one under par.
Medal play (total strokes) is played on Wednesday and Thursday, with a cut for the 65 best players and a tie after 36 holes. This Friday the field will be reduced to a best of eight. On Saturday morning the match play (qualifiers) will begin; The semi-finals will take place on Saturday afternoon and the title will be decided on Sunday.
Ciganda, 33, has two career victories on the LPGA Tour, but both came in 2016. Last week she tied for third at the Ford Championship after missing two of her three previous tournaments this year.
“I played very well the last two days,” Ciganda said. “I feel like I hit a lot of greens and I think that’s the key at Shadow Creek. If you can hit the fairways and the greens and avoid those bogeys, those mistakes, I think it’s important. And , yes, my putter worked . I played very well and “I took advantage of the holes where I hit good shots. Five birdies, no bogeys, so I’m very happy with a bogey-free round,” Navarrese said.
Source: La Verdad
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