HAINAN, South Korea — On the BMW Girls Championship, Sei-young Kim shot a 66 on Friday to take a one-shot lead on a weekend that began with a 10-under 62.
Kim shot a two-round complete of 16 below par and 128 at Pine Seaside Golf Hyperlinks. He made one bogey and 7 birdies, together with three in a row on the entrance 9.
“There’s numerous strain on the third and fourth day, and it isn’t simply me. Everybody will really feel the identical strain,” Kim mentioned Friday. “However I simply wish to settle for the info and luxuriate in the remainder of the event.”
American Brooke Matthews completed second with a 64, her lowest spherical of the day. Kim Hyo-joo scored a 68 and tied for third place with Rio Takeda (66), three spots behind Kim.
Matthews, a former College of Arkansas participant, had a bogey-free spherical with birdies on the primary two holes and Nos. 17 and 18.
“It’s humorous, however we performed in opposition to China final week and didn’t really feel very comfy this week and didn’t have numerous our greatest stuff,” Matthews mentioned. “However (it) allowed me to go on the market and play shot by shot. I felt like my expectations have been decrease and I used to be in actually good management. I used to be in a position to simply keep within the second and find yourself making some putts and getting some good scores.”
Australia’s Minjee Lee shot a 66 to tie for sixth place, six strokes behind Kim. Canada’s Brooke Henderson shot a 68 to maneuver inside seven strokes of the lead, and defending champion Hannah Inexperienced shot a 69 to maneuver inside 9 strokes of Kim.
That is the primary of back-to-back LPGA tournaments in South Korea, with an Worldwide Crown Workforce occasion scheduled for subsequent week.
Gino Titicle turned the primary a number of winner on the LPGA this season when he received a five-hole playoff over Minami Katsu in Shanghai final week. Titikul is not going to play this week however shall be a part of Thailand’s squad for subsequent week’s Worldwide Crown.
After the Worldwide Crown, the five-tournament Asian Swing will function two extra LPGA occasions in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and Japan.
