ORLANDO, Fla. — Lake Nona member Lydia Ko shot a 5-under 67 on Friday for a share of second-round lead with Lottie Woad within the LPGA Tour’s season-opening Hilton Grand Holidays Event of Champions.
Ko, the 2024 event winner and a Hilton Grand Holidays ambassador, is the lone participant within the 39-woman discipline with out a bogey after two days. The Corridor of Famer has 23 LPGA Tour victories.
„I’ve needed to gap some good par putts, however I actually have not put myself in that many troublesome positions as of but,“ stated Ko, from New Zealand. „I feel that is why I had the 2 bogey-free rounds. I am hoping to form of proceed that good momentum this weekend.“
Woad shot a 69 to match Ko at 8-under 136 in principally sunny situations with 12 mph wind on the most within the 70-degree afternoon.
„I regarded on the leaderboard rather a lot in the present day as a result of I used to be getting aggravated,“ Woad stated. „Appeared like there weren’t that many low scores on the market, so form of knew I used to be nonetheless in it. The pins have been most likely slightly trickier so weren’t as many birdies as yesterday.“
The 22-year-old English participant received the ISPS Handa Girls’s Scottish Open final 12 months, weeks after taking the KPMG Girls’s Irish Open as an newbie on the Women European Tour.
Nasa Hataoka, additionally a Lake Nona member, was a stroke again with Amy Yang. Hataoka had a 71, and Yang shot 69.
Defending champion A Lim Kim was 6 beneath after her second 69. Youmin Hwang (67) and Ingrid Lindblad (69) additionally have been 6 beneath.
Prime-ranked Jeeno Thitikul and Nelly Korda have been 5 beneath. Thitkul had a 72, and Korda shot 71.
„I feel the climate goes to get slightly worse so I will go to the placing inexperienced, go to the vary as a result of wasn’t hitting it the very best in the present day,“ Korda stated. „Simply going to determine some issues out forward of the weekend.“
Baseball participant Aaron Hicks topped the celeb discipline.
