SINGAPORE — Olympic gold medalist and LPGA Corridor of Famer Lydia Ko moved to inside a shot of the lead with a 5-under 67 Friday after two rounds of the HSBC Girls’s World Championship.
The South Korean-born New Zealander had a two-round complete of 6-under 138 on the Tanjong course at Sentosa Golf Membership. First-round chief A Lim Kim held the lead after 36 holes with a 69 on Friday.
The regular Ko hit 11 of 14 fairways and 16 of 17 greens in regulation in her bogey-free spherical. When she received the gold medal in Paris final 12 months, the 27-year-old Ko turned the youngest participant to enter the LPGA’s Corridor of Fame.
“I do not suppose I sometimes play very well on this golf course and I believed this 12 months could be a superb 12 months to sort of flip that round,” Ko stated. “The scores have not actually been that low these previous couple days. I am simply making an attempt to give attention to me and hopefully simply preserve climbing up the leaderboard.”
Charley Hull of England (70) was tied for third with Hyo Joo Kim (66), two photographs off the lead.
Defending champion Hannah Inexperienced had a 69 Friday and was on even-par 144, stage with Angel Yin, who received the LPGA Thailand occasion final week and shot 68.
The Singapore discipline options 9 of the highest 10 gamers on this planet rating — and 13 of the highest 15 — minus solely top-ranked Nelly Korda and Rose Zhang.
The ultimate occasion of the LPGA’s three-tournament early Asian Swing can be performed subsequent week at Hainan Island, China.
