England’s Georgia Corridor is simply 4 strokes off the lead whereas Nelly Korda moved contained in the minimize after two rounds of the Chevron Championship.
Corridor adopted her opening 69 with a 72 to sit down 4 strokes off the lead, however Charley Hull dropped to four-over par, one behind Scotland’s Gemma Dryburgh.
The minimize is projected to come back at two-over with 9 gamers nonetheless to complete their second rounds after thick fog delayed the beginning of play.
World No 1 Nelly Korda, the defending champion, moved contained in the minimize line with a 68 – 9 strokes higher than her opening spherical after altering her putter.
Yan Liu struck an albatross to offset three front-nine bogeys and rebounded from a late bogey for an even-par 72 and a one-stroke lead on the first girls’s main match of the 12 months.
Liu holed her second shot on the par 5 eighth. She mentioned: “I take my seven-iron and I see the ball (went) in, in order that’s a extremely cool factor. However I believe (the TV crew would not) have video for that gap.
“I believe I bounce twice on the golf green. Simply very joyful and so excited. Gamers in (my) group mentioned congrats to me, in order that’s very good.”
Her solely birdie of the day on the final gave her the lead on seven-under-par after 4 bogeys in a spherical of 72.
Yan Liu recorded a uncommon albatross in The Woodlands, Texas
She leads by one stroke from Individuals Sarah Schmelzel and Lindy Duncan, who carded a greatest spherical of the day 66, Japan’s Mao Saigo and Hyo Joo Kim of South Korea.
The 27-year-old Liu, who has but to win an LPGA occasion, admitted she is going to really feel some strain getting into the weekend because the chief.
“I believe undoubtedly I’ll really feel a little bit bit, as a result of this – properly, that is main,” she mentioned. “I do know the course going to be more durable, more durable, so I believe simply I simply keep… affected person, calm. As a result of I am very emotional particular person, sure.”
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