Thailand’s newest Tawatana first day 2
Unfortunate cuts such as Kim A-rim and Park Sung-hyun were eliminated
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‘Golf Empress’ Park In-bi (33) and world ranking No. 1 Ko Jin-young (26) and defending champion Lee Mi-rim (31) joined together on the second day of the ANA Inspiration (total prize of $3.1 million), the first major tournament of the LPGA Tour season. It was in 6th place.
On the 3rd (Korean time) in the second round of the competition held at Mission Hills Country Club (par 72, 6,763 yards) in Rancho Mirage, CA, Park In-Bee grabbed one Eagle and two birdies and blocked the bogie with three under-par 69 strokes. Hit. With this, Park In-bi jumped from a tie of 16th in the first round to a tie of 6th with a total of 139 strokes under the par.
It’s 4 shots from Thailand’s new Patti Tawatananap (9 under par 135 shots), who is running alone.
Park In-bi, who started from the 10th hole that day, caught an eagle in the 11th hole (par 5), and then caught a birdie in the 18th hole (par 5), reducing 3 strokes only in the first half. Afterwards, he committed a bogie at the 3rd hole (par 4), but immediately recovered as a birdie at the next hole (par 4).
Park Inbi said, “I cut 3 strokes even in the midst of difficult and windy in the first half. In the second half, I made a lot of opportunities and missed some putts, but overall, I played a good game by keeping a lot of fairways and greens.”
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Ko Jin-young, who finished 8th with 3 under par in the first round, started from the 10th hole in the same group as Park In-bi on the second day, and reduced two strokes to three birdies and one body, and was named alongside Park In-bi. He slowed down at the beginning of the 13th hole (par 4), but after a continuous birdie on the 17th to 18th holes, he cut one more stroke on the 2nd hole (par 5).
Ko Jin-young said, “We had a good round and created a lot of buddy opportunities. The 17th hole buddy was special, and the 18th hole was good.”
Lee Mi-rim, who won the first major championship in this tournament last year, also tied 3 buddies and 1 bogie, reducing 2 strokes and tied for 6th, opening up the possibility of defending the title.
On the other hand, Tawatananap, who took the lead in the six-under par in the first round, continued running with one eagle, three birdies, and two bogies.
Lee Jung-eun (25) was in 20th place (3 under par 141 strokes), Huh Mi-jeong (32) was tied in 26th place (2 under par 142 strokes) with Daniel Kang (USA) and Lee Min-ji (Australia). Michelle Wie West (USA) was a tie for 96th (5 over par, 149 strokes) and was eliminated from the cut.
/ Reporter Yang Joon-ho [email protected]
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