In Gee Chun is chasing her fourth main title after claiming a slender lead after the second day of the AIG Ladies’s Open at Muirfield. In blustery situations over the East Lothian hyperlinks, the Korean signed for a five-under 66 and a 36-hole complete of eight-under-par.
The 27-year-old, who gained the Ladies’s PGA Championship in June so as to add to her 2015 US Ladies’s Open and 2016 Evian Championship titles, racked up 4 birdies in a superb again 9 of 31.
Chun has a one-shot benefit over South African Ashleigh Buhai and Swede Madelene Sagstrom because the worldwide area chase the distinguished title within the first-ever staging of the Championship at Muirfield. Inbee Park, the 2015 champion, sits a stroke additional again at six-under alone in fourth place, with Australian Hannah Inexperienced and Miyuu Yamashita from Japan on five-under.
Sagstrom, who shared the runner-up spot on the AIG Ladies’s Open at Carnoustie final 12 months, once more discovered hyperlinks golf to her liking. The 29-year-old recorded eight birdies in a glowing spherical of six-under-par 65 that included back-to-back birdies to complete.
Buhai briefly led the sector after three birdies and an eagle on the par-5 fifth in her opening six holes. A bogey on the final noticed the 33-year-old drop right into a tie for second with Sagstrom. Park is well-placed after her 67 on day two. 5 birdies, together with one on the 18th, have been offset with only one bogey for the 34-year-old Korean.
France’s Celine Boutier is in a share of seventh place on four-under alongside Australian pair Minjee Lee and Steph Kyriacou, in addition to first spherical chief Hinako Shibuno, who added a disappointing 74 to her opening 65.
Scotland’s Louise Duncan, two strokes behind in a single day, signed for a two-over-par 73. Three dropped photographs in-a-row from the sixth broken her hopes, however the 22-year-old continues to be well-placed contained in the top-20. Duncan and Eire’s Leona Maguire are the main gamers from Nice Britain and Eire within the area, each on two-under-par.
The minimize for the highest 65 gamers and ties fell at three-over-par, with precisely 65 progressing. Defending champion Anna Nordqvist was amongst these to overlook out at four-over-par, as did the 2020 winner Sophia Popov on the identical rating. Native favorite and previous champion Catriona Matthew additionally didn’t progress to the weekend after ending on seven-over.
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