Kim Hyo-joo tied for fourth in the second round of the U.S. Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) Tour Ford Championship (total prize money of $2.25 million), continuing her run to her first win of the season.
In the second round of the tournament held at Seville Golf and Country Club (par 72) in Gilbert, Arizona, the U.S. on Thursday (Korea time), Kim combined seven birdies and two bogeys to score 5-under 67. Having recorded 12-under 132, Kim returned to the halfway mark by tying for fourth with Asaara Munoz of Spain.
Hannah Green (Australia), who is the lone lead with 14-under 130, reduced the score by 11 on the day. Kim Hyo-joo is two shots behind the lead, and Sarah Schmelzel (U.S.) and Jen Bei-win (Taiwan), who are tied for second with 13-under 131, are one shot behind Green.
Korean LPGA Tour players have never won a championship in six tournaments since the opening of this season. This is the first time in 10 years since 2014. Kim Hyo-joo, who is trying to break the recent slump in the Korean legion, is aiming for her seventh career win in five months since the Ascendants competition in October last year.
Kim displayed stable tee shot with 100 percent (14/14) fairway seating rate on the first day, but missed the fairway only once in the second round, and posted a 77.8 percent (14/18) accuracy rate on the green. The number of putts also showed stable performance on the green with 26 in the first round and 27 in the second round.
World No. 1 Nelly Korda of the U.S. tied for 10th (10 under par). Im Jin-hee, Kim Sei-young and Shin Ji-eun also tied for 10th. Korda, who achieved her 10th win in total at the Pur Hills Pak Se-ri Championship last week, is aiming for her second consecutive week and her third win of this season. Korean American golfer Jennifer Song, who failed to make the cut at tied for 76th (4 under par), drew attention as she made a hole-in-one at Hole 14 (par 3) for 160 yards. https://www.cmriindia.org
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