BAD WEATHER IN CALIFORNIA DELAYS LPGA TOUR EVENT
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Rolex Rankings No. 2 Jiyai Shin leads by four shots after shooting a nine-under 64 in the second round of the Kia Classic, which was suspended for darkness at 7:03 p.m. with 72 players still on the California course.
Shin carded nine birdies during play at Industry Hills Golf Club at Pacific Palms on Friday and is 14-under par over her last 26 holes. Shin’s 9-under ties the low round in relation to par on Tour this season. I.K. Kim shot a 9-under 63 during the Honda LPGA Thailand in February. A eight-time winner on the LPGA Tour, Shin is seeking her first victory of the season at the Kia Classic.
Sandra Gal is chasing the leader Shin by two strokes, having gone 2-under through nine holes on Friday to bring her to 8-under for the tournament. Gal, who was in second place after the first round of play, will finish up the back nine of her second round on Saturday morning when play resumes.
First-round leader Amanda Blumenhurst is sitting six strokes behind Shin after nine holes on Friday, and she is tied for third with Chella Choi, who shot a 5-under 68 on Friday. Three players currently sit at 5-under including Sun Young Yoo and Anna Nordqvist, who each shot a 3-under 70 in the second round.
A three-hour weather delay pushed tee times back and prevented the second round from being completed on Friday. Play will resume at 7:30 a.m. on Saturday morning.
Of Note…Yani Tseng, No. 1 in the Rolex Rankings, was even through 13 holes of her round on Friday and she is still sitting at 2-under par for the tournament.
In her quest for a third straight victory, Karrie Webb was three-over-par for the day after playing 13 holes on Friday and currently sits in a tie for 56th place at two-over-par overall with 14 other players.
Defending champion Hee Kyung Seo shot an even-par 73 on Friday and moved into a tie for 87th place… Eunjung Yi withdrew before finishing her second round.
Michelle Wie, returning to the tour after finishing finals at Stanford University, followed an opening 68 with a 75 to drop nine strokes behind Shin at 3 under. Wie bogeyed three of her final four holes.
"Just kind of didn't get a couple of holes going," Wie said. "Just kind of mishit a couple of shots and missed a couple putts and I guess that's the difference it makes. ... You have to be on the right side of the fairway, because there are trees blocking out half of the green, so it's really about management."
North Berwick's Catriona Matthew, well in the mix after a first-round 70, dropped down the board with a double-bogey 6 at the 12th in her unfinished second round. Earlier she had cancelled out bogeys at the second and seventh with birdies at the fifth and ninth.
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Rolex Rankings No. 2 Jiyai Shin leads by four shots after shooting a nine-under 64 in the second round of the Kia Classic, which was suspended for darkness at 7:03 p.m. with 72 players still on the California course.
Shin carded nine birdies during play at Industry Hills Golf Club at Pacific Palms on Friday and is 14-under par over her last 26 holes. Shin’s 9-under ties the low round in relation to par on Tour this season. I.K. Kim shot a 9-under 63 during the Honda LPGA Thailand in February. A eight-time winner on the LPGA Tour, Shin is seeking her first victory of the season at the Kia Classic.
Sandra Gal is chasing the leader Shin by two strokes, having gone 2-under through nine holes on Friday to bring her to 8-under for the tournament. Gal, who was in second place after the first round of play, will finish up the back nine of her second round on Saturday morning when play resumes.
First-round leader Amanda Blumenhurst is sitting six strokes behind Shin after nine holes on Friday, and she is tied for third with Chella Choi, who shot a 5-under 68 on Friday. Three players currently sit at 5-under including Sun Young Yoo and Anna Nordqvist, who each shot a 3-under 70 in the second round.
A three-hour weather delay pushed tee times back and prevented the second round from being completed on Friday. Play will resume at 7:30 a.m. on Saturday morning.
Of Note…Yani Tseng, No. 1 in the Rolex Rankings, was even through 13 holes of her round on Friday and she is still sitting at 2-under par for the tournament.
In her quest for a third straight victory, Karrie Webb was three-over-par for the day after playing 13 holes on Friday and currently sits in a tie for 56th place at two-over-par overall with 14 other players.
Defending champion Hee Kyung Seo shot an even-par 73 on Friday and moved into a tie for 87th place… Eunjung Yi withdrew before finishing her second round.
Michelle Wie, returning to the tour after finishing finals at Stanford University, followed an opening 68 with a 75 to drop nine strokes behind Shin at 3 under. Wie bogeyed three of her final four holes.
"Just kind of didn't get a couple of holes going," Wie said. "Just kind of mishit a couple of shots and missed a couple putts and I guess that's the difference it makes. ... You have to be on the right side of the fairway, because there are trees blocking out half of the green, so it's really about management."
North Berwick's Catriona Matthew, well in the mix after a first-round 70, dropped down the board with a double-bogey 6 at the 12th in her unfinished second round. Earlier she had cancelled out bogeys at the second and seventh with birdies at the fifth and ninth.
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