Sweden’s Linn Grant shook off a gap bogey to card eight birdies in a seven-under par 63 and seize a share of the second-round lead within the LPGA Annika at Pelican event alongside Australia’s Grace Kim.
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Kim had 5 birdies and a bogey in her 66 to affix Grant on nine-under 131.
Grant, a six-time winner on the Girls European Tour, is chasing a second LPGA title to go along with her 2023 Dana Open crown.
She stated her miscue at her opening gap, the par-four tenth, really helped her settle in.
“Typically bogey on the primary sort of helps you chill out a bit bit, simply to get extra motivated,” she stated. “And I feel that was what it was as we speak. I didn’t maintain on too tight in my putter. I simply felt extra relaxed.”
It confirmed as Grant promptly birdied 11, 12 and 13. She added two extra birdies at 16 and 18 and one other three coming in.
Kim had 5 birdies in her first 11 holes, together with three in a row from the ninth by way of to the eleventh, earlier than her lone bogey on the par-five 14th.
“It’s good to have the ability to sort of put some shut and make the birdie putts,” stated Kim, who claimed her first main title on the Evian Championship this yr. “I feel that positively helped.”
The main duo have been one stroke in entrance of in a single day chief Ryu Hae-ran, who carded a 68, and Jennifer Kupcho, who shot 66.
Ryu had 4 birdies and two bogeys in her two-under effort. She delivered one other crisp efficiency off the tee however in contrast to on Thursday, when she signed for a 64, she was unable to capitalise on a number of birdie possibilities.
“I feel my rating is just not unhealthy for afternoon tee time however as we speak’s pictures have been so good (and) I missed numerous birdie possibilities,” the South Korean stated.
“The greens have been fairly good as we speak, however afternoon tee time it needs to be a bit bit extra bumpy greens, in order that’s why I missed putts so much as we speak.”
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Mexico’s Gaby Lopez carded a six-under par 64 to take sole possession of fifth place on 133, one stroke in entrance of a bunch headlined by world quantity two and defending champion Nelly Korda.
Korda had seven birdies in her seven-under 63, together with three straight at 16, 17 and 18.
“I feel I simply capitalised on my good pictures,” Korda stated. “I really didn’t play unhealthy yesterday in any respect. I simply went to the vary after after which to the placing inexperienced and simply sort of informed myself it’s a contemporary day and also you by no means know what’s going to occur.
“On the finish of the day, you must make the putts. I simply wasn’t doing that yesterday. I did that as we speak,” added Korda, who was tied with Auston Kim, Carlota Ciganda and Lauren Coughlin on 134.
Kai Trump, the 18-year-old granddaughter of US President Donald Trump who acquired a sponsor’s invitation to her first LPGA occasion, improved on her opening spherical by eight strokes with a five-over 75 however missed the reduce because the last-placed golfer within the subject of 108.
Trump shook off a triple bogey and bagged her first LPGA birdies, together with one on the par-three twelfth the place she almost made a gap in a single.