A brief eagle putt helped Xiyu Lin of China shoot an even-par 71 and maintain the lead halfway by way of the second spherical of the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship on Friday in Springfield, N.J.
Lin stood at 4-under 138 after opening with a 67 at Baltusrol Golf Club. She was alone on the prime after first-round chief Lee-Anne Pace of South Africa made three bogeys over her remaining seven holes to drop to three underneath.
Pace carded a 73, as did Lin’s countrywoman Ruoning Yin, who was a part of a tie for third at 2 underneath after the morning wave of golfers completed up.
Lin is ranked No. 14 on this planet however has but to win on the LPGA Tour. She began her day on the again 9 and was 2 over by way of eight holes when she got here to the par-5 18th — the place she reached the inexperienced in two photographs and had simply 6 toes for her eagle.
That introduced her to even for the day, and he or she had one birdie and one bogey to complete the spherical.
World No. 1 Jin Young Ko of South Korea birdied 4 of her first seven holes to shoot up the leaderboard to three underneath. She completed with a 2-under 69 and stood at 1-under 141 by way of two rounds.
Golfers simply beginning their rounds within the afternoon wave included Ayaka Furue of Japan (2 underneath by way of one spherical), Leona Maguire of Ireland (2 underneath), Rose Zhang (1 underneath) and defending champion In Gee Chun of South Korea (3 over). The prime 70 and ties will make the minimize.
–Field Level Media