Park In-bi continued to advance toward 21 wins in her career, keeping the lead for the second day in the US LPGA Tour Tournament, where she participated for the first time this year.
Park In-Bee grabbed 4 birdies in the 2nd round of the KIA Classic at Aviara Golf Club in Carlsbad, California, and hit a 3-under-par 69 with one bogie.
Park In-bi, who took the lead with a 6-under par without first round viewing, reduced the number of strokes and recorded 135 strokes in the middle of the 9-under par, maintaining the sole lead with Germany’s second place Zofia Popov.
Park In-bi, who skipped the three previous tournaments this year and started the season with this tournament, took a turn at the forefront and had a chance to win in more than a year since the Australian Women’s Open in February last year.
If he wins this tournament, Inbi Park will win 21 victories on the LPGA Tour.
Park In-bi, who started from hole 10, caught a birdie in hole 12 (par 4), reducing one stroke in the first half, and stepping through holes 1 (par 4), 3 (par 3), and 5 (par 5) in the second half. Raised the momentum with a leg buddy.
However, after that, he couldn’t reduce the number of strokes any more, and he only scored on the 7th hole (par 4).
Kim Hyo-joo, who took part in the LPGA Tour Tournament after 1 year and 4 months, and took 2nd place in the 1st round, swapped 3 buddies and 3 bogies, unable to reduce the number of strokes and fell to 4th place by recording a 5 under par.
It took place by 4 strokes with Park Inbi.
Ko Jin-young, the world’s No. 1 player, reduced one stroke and climbed to 10th place with Mi-jung Heo and 2 under par.
Last year’s LPGA Tour Player of the Year, Kim Se-young, who was second in the world rankings, was eliminated from the cut by staying at 77th place with a four-over par with Lee Jung-eun and Park Sung-hyun.
Kang Hye-ji made a hole-in-one in the 11th hole, but lost two shots and was tied for 96th place (6 over par 150 shots), so she could not pass the cut.
Michelle Wie West, a Korean-American who came before returning after 1 year and 9 months, failed to advance to the 3rd round with 155 strokes over 11 in the middle and tied for 136th.
Jeonin-in reduced one stroke in the second round to record 139 in the middle of the 5th under par, which is the fourth place, but was disqualified for submitting without signing the scorecard.
Having competed in all three competitions this year and placed in the top 10, he missed the opportunity to continue the uptrend.
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