BELMONT, MI — Jin Yan shot a 6-under 66 on Friday to take the second-round lead on the Meyer LPGA Traditional, the ultimate occasion earlier than the key KPMG Ladies’s PGA Championship in Hazeltine subsequent week.
Yang improved to 10 below par with a bogey-free afternoon spherical at Brisefield Nation Membership in a lightweight breeze. The 30-year-old American is winless on the LPGA Tour.
“I felt like I shot the final two rounds fairly nicely,” Yang stated. “And I made a very good putt, so I suppose that led to the birdie.”
England’s Lottie Ward and Australia’s Kathy Porter got here again with a one-shot distinction. Ward shot a 66 and Porter shot a 68.
“It is positively difficult,” Ward stated. “The wind wasn’t as unhealthy as yesterday, but it surely was nonetheless positively there. So I feel the pins may have been somewhat bit trickier, so we needed to play good with among the pins.”
First spherical chief Yang Liu (China) was tied with Kang Minji (South Korea) at 8 below. Liu scored 70 factors and Kang scored 68 factors.
Two-time winner Brooke Henderson turned in a 66 and went out with a 73 to complete at 5 below. Defending champion Carlota Ciganda shot a 69 to complete at 3 below.
Second place Gino Titicle missed the lower with a shot of 74-70.
College of Oregon star Chiara Romero additionally misplaced in rounds of 72 and 73. She is the No. 1 beginner on this planet and tied for sixth place as a low beginner on the U.S. Ladies’s Open.
