Soyeon Ryu (32, Mediheal) tied for 9th in the second round of the Ascendant Benefiting Volunteers of America (total prize money of $1.7 million) on the LPGA Tour.
On the 1st (Korea time), So-yeon Yoo recorded a 3-under par 68 with 5 birdies and 2 bogeys in the second round of the Old American Golf Club (par 71, 6475 yards) in Colony, Texas, USA.
So-yeon Yoo, with a middle total of 5-under par 137, tied for 9th with Ariya Jutanugarn (Thailand) and Lexi Thompson (USA), raising his position by two places from the previous day.
Yoo So-yeon, who started the match on the 10th hole (par 4), made a bogey on the first hole. However, he made up for it with a birdie on the 12th hole (par 4), and added birdies on the 15th hole (par 4) and the 17th hole (par 5), reducing the first half by two strokes.
Yoo So-yeon recorded a bogey in the second half and then made up for it. So yeon Yoo, who bogeyed the 4th hole (par 4), birdied the 6th hole (par 5) and 7th hole (par 3) in a row. He finished the match with a par on the remaining hole.
After the match, Yoo So-yeon said, “It’s a tough turf to go to, but I’m doing well by focusing on giving.” “The mind is more important than the technical. You have to be confident so you don’t lack confidence,” he said.
He also said, “I recently moved after living in Dallas for about 6 years. Koreans also supported me a lot,” he laughed.
All other Korean players were outside the top 10. Anna Lin (26, Mediheal) shot 4 under par that day, moving into a tie for 15th with a middle total of 4 under par 138, and Arim Kim (27, SBI Savings Bank) was 18th with 3 less. par 139.
Lee Jeong-eun (26, Daebang Construction) and Hong Ye-eun (20, CJ OnStyle) each recorded 1-under par 141 and tied for 28th.
Kim Se-young (29, Mediheal), who suffered greatly with an 8-over par on the first day, made up for it with a 4-under par in the second round, but missed the cut due to a lineside break with a mediocre total 4-over par 146.
On this day, Charlie Hull (England) took the lead alone with a middle total of 11 under par 131 in the second round, with 8 birdies and 7 shots less.
Hull, who won the LPGA Tour’s only CME Group Tour Championship in 2016, is aiming for her second career win in six years.
Ataya Titikun (Thailand), aiming for the championship for the second week in a row last week, tied for second place with Lin Shiyu (China) with an average shot of 9 under 133, two shots behind Hull. .
If she wins this tournament, she will be able to climb to No. 1 in women’s golf, surpassing No. 1 Ko Jin-young (27, Solaire), who is currently out of league due to injury.
Nellie Corda (USA), second in the world rankings, and Lee Min-Ji, a Korean from Australia in fourth place, missed the cut.
(Seoul = News 1)
