Park In-bi (33) has been leading the second day at the LPGA Tour Tournament, where she participated for the first time this year.
Park Inbi hit 3 under par 69 in the second round of the KIA Classic held at Aviara Golf Club (par 72), Carlsbad, California, USA on the 27th (Korean time).
In the first round, Park In-bi, who took the lead with a 6-under par without a look, recorded 135 strokes in the middle of the 9-under par, maintaining the single lead with 2nd place Zofia Popov (8 under par 136).
Park In-bi, who started the season with this tournament this year, is heading for a turning point and aims to win the championship after 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 started from the 10th hole that day and caught a birdie in the 12th hole (par 4), reducing one stroke in the first half. In the second half, he gained momentum as a stepping stone birdie with holes 1 (par 4), 3 (par 3), and 5 (par 5). After that, he couldn’t reduce the number of strokes and only scored on the 7th hole (par 4).
There were 28 putts, one more than the first round. The fairway missed three times as in the previous day, and the green hit rate dropped slightly to 72.2%.
After the game, Inbi Park said, “Overall, we played well, but Putt didn’t work together yesterday.”
Kim Hyo-joo (26), who was in second place in the first round, dropped to fourth place (5 under par 139 strokes). Ko Jin-young (26), the world’s No. 1 player, reduced one stroke and climbed to 10th place (2 under par 142) with Mi-jeong Heo (32).
Kim Se-young (28), the second place in the world rankings, was eliminated from the cut by staying in 77th place (4 over par, 148 strokes) with Lee Jung-eun (25) and Park Sung-hyun (28).