Youmin Hwang shot a course record Thursday, 10 under normal, and she holds a three-stroke lead halfway through the Lotte championship in Ewa Beach, Hawaii.
The 22-year-old South Korean took the opening hole in the second round to the Hoakalei Country Club. She added nine birdies and a bogey the rest of the path, leaving it at 15-there 129.
Jessica Porvasnik and the first round chief Akie Iwai in Japan are equal to the second row at 12 years old. Porvasnik obtained a 65 Thursday and Iwai fired a 68.
Australia Gabriela Ruffels and Nasa Hataoka from Japan, which each produced a 69 in the second round, share fourth place at 10 sous.
Brooke Matthews (second round 67) and Pornanong Phatlum (69) in Thailand are 9 sous, equal to sixth row. N ° 1 in the world Nelly Korda (67), Ina Yoon (65) from South Korea, the Chisato Iwai from Japan (66) and Peiyun Dog (71) of Taiwan are equally for the eighth at 8 years.
Hwang followed her eagle with a birdie at n ° 2, then carded her only Bogey in Par-3 n ° 4. She went around 4-mine 32 for the Tour, then was even better on the nine rear, pulling 6-mine 30.
“First of all, I broke my best score,” said Hwang through a translator. “At the same time, I broke the course record, so I feel very good.”
Hwang won two career victories on the LPGA of Korea Tour, and she won a Taiwan LPGA Tour event this year.
Invited to play in his homeland against playing in the United States, Hwang said: “I feel very different from the course, first, in particular the type of grass. It is very different for Korea and (playing) in LPGA Korea. So I feel like I can play more freely and everything I want to play, I just feel like I do.”
Porvasnik finished a Bogey without Bogey with his seventh birdie of the day in the 18th hole par-5.
“I just struck a lot of fairways, a lot of greens, I gave myself a lot of beautiful looks and I made a few,” she said.
Akie Iwai was built on her advance when she sorted out her first three holes on Friday. However, her momentum was interrupted by a bogey at n ° 4, then she added only two other birdies in the rest of her round.
Korda went up in the top 10 with a day without Bogey.
“I would say that the main difference between today and yesterday was only the putts fell,” Korda said. “It was a bit gustier today against yesterday, so it was fun to play, in a way to show my creative side. But overall, satisfied with the first two days.”
– field level media
