MUIRFIELD, Scotland (AP) — In Gee Chun is making one other robust run at a serious.
The South Korean golfer took the midway lead on the Women’s British Open after a 5-under 66 within the second spherical on Friday, placing her in place to problem for a second main title of the 12 months, and fourth total.
Chun had an 8-under complete of 134, placing her one shot forward of South Africa’s Ashleigh Buhai and Sweden’s Madelene Sagstrom, who each shot 65.
Seven-time main winner Inbee Park, additionally of South Korea, was a shot additional again after a 67.
Chun, who received the Women’s PGA Championship at Congressional in June regardless of consecutive weekend rounds of 75, carded six birdies and a solitary bogey in her spherical at Muirfield.
Sunday’s winner will earn greater than $1 million however Chun mentioned she was additionally motivated by a barely smaller money prize on supply.
“Before the start of the tournament my caddie Dean and I talked about the course and after that we had a little bit of betting,” Chun mentioned. “If I make a bogey-free round he’s said he’s going to buy me dinner and pay me 100 dollars each day. So before each round it’s like setting another goal. That mindset helped a lot on the course. I had two bogeys over the last two days but I want to keep trying to make a bogey-free round.”
Of Chun’s 4 LPGA Tour victories, three have come at majors, together with the 2016 Evian Championship and 2015 U.S. Women’s Open.
On Friday, she even obtained some assist from one of many gusts of wind that make Scottish hyperlinks golf so difficult.
“I have a great reason to love the Scottish wind now,” Chun mentioned. “My ball was around the edge of the hole today, and after like three seconds it dropped. So now I can enjoy more the Scottish wind.”
Buhai regarded on the right track to assert the midway lead when she made an eagle and 4 birdies to race to the flip in 30, however after selecting up one other shot on the eleventh she couldn’t make any additional beneficial properties and dropped her solely shot of the day on the final.
Overnight chief Hinako Shibuno adopted her opening 65 with a 73 to fall 4 pictures off the tempo.
Jessica Korda, who was second after the primary spherical, settled for a 74 and was in a tie for seventeenth.
Four-time main winner Laura Davies, making her forty second look on the occasion on the age of 58, missed the lower after an 81 which included a ten on the 18th.
Tom Kim going locations in a rush, amongst leaders at Wyndham
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Joohyung “Tom” Kim started the Wyndham Championship with a quadruple bogey on his first gap and wasn’t in the least bothered. The child appears to be going locations in a rush.
Already assured a PGA Tour card for subsequent season, Kim overcame his tough begin with a 6-under 64 on Friday that gave him a share of the early lead with Brandon Wu and Ryan Moore within the ultimate PGA Tour occasion of the common season.
Kim, a 20-year-old South Korean, has to win at Sedgefield Country Club to qualify for the FedEx Cup playoffs as a result of he won’t be thought of a PGA Tour member till September when the brand new season begins. Only a victory provides him instantaneous membership.
He doesn’t really feel additional stress to get it executed. Considering the place he was a month in the past, Kim is comfortable to be the place he’s.
Kim — he goes by “Tom” due to his fascination as a child with Thomas the Tank Engine within the TV collection “Thomas & Friends” — completed third within the Scottish Open, made the lower within the British Open and 3M Open, after which completed seventh final week within the Rocket Mortgage Classic.
That gave him sufficient factors to be assured of a card subsequent 12 months. And as he has proven in two days, it takes rather a lot to cease this prepare.
He took eight pictures for his first gap on Thursday. Since then, Kim has made 14 birdies and reached 9-under 131 together with Wu (67) and Moore (67).
John Huh, who opened with a 61, was amongst those that performed within the afternoon.
“If you would have told me after the first hole yesterday where I’d be after two days, I definitely would have taken it, so pretty happy,” Kim mentioned.
“It’s just one bad hole,” he mentioned, “Told myself, ‘You know what? I’ve got plenty of holes to bring it back if I just play well on my next 35 holes.’ And that’s exactly what I did. I played better than I thought I was going to, so it’s a bonus.”
Moore wants a giant weekend, too. Coming off a persistent again damage, nothing wanting a solo second can be sufficient for Moore to regain his full card for subsequent season.
He’s not serious about that as a lot as taking day off to relaxation and get his again in form. He mentioned there’s deterioration the place the rib joint meets the backbone, and swinging a golf membership isn’t essentially the most effective remedy. But he can see the end line, and a fantastic end result this week would assist along with his standing and confidence going ahead.
As for the highest 125 who qualify for the postseason?
“I’m so far out of it, it doesn’t even matter at this point,” he mentioned. “I’ve been dealing with this injury for a while. I know what’s wrong now. I just need time to deal with it. So right now it’s just trying to find a little form, a little confidence to spring me into this fall.”
Rickie Fowler seems to be to be getting day off he doesn’t need. He had three straight bogeys early in his second spherical and rallied for a 69. That left him at even par for the match and unlikely to make the lower. Fowler is the equal of No. 123 and almost definitely would fall out of the highest 125, lacking the postseason for the second straight 12 months.
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