KYLIE AND VIKKI HAVE A GOOD DAY IN CHINA

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 South Korean Ye Na Chung fired a four under par 68 in swirling winds to take a one stroke lead into the final round of the Sanya Ladies Open at Yalong Bay Golf Club in Hainan, China.NEWS

The 25-year-old from Seoul finished the day on 12-under-par, a stroke ahead of South African Lee-Anne Pace with Chinese amateur Yu Ting Shi a shot further behind in third place.

Chung wants to win the tri-sanctioned event in order to join the Ladies European Tour and this could be her chance to visit Europe for the first time. She currently plays on the LAGT and has one win on the South Korean Dream Tour.

Pace is targeting her second win at Yalong Bay having won the inaugural event in 2010, the year she won the order of merit and five titles around the world.

However, Chinese National Team member Shi is only two strokes off the lead with the tantalising possibility of becoming the LET’s youngest tournament winner aged 15 years and seven months, as she is two months younger than Lydia Ko when she won the ISPS HANDA New Zealand Women’s Open in February this year.

On a day of contrasting wind speeds, all of the top three players were out in the more favourable afternoon conditions.

However Sweden’s Linda Wessberg set the target at nine-under early in the day with a second-round 68 in stronger winds, gusting 20 miles per hour.  

Kylie Walker’s scorecard for a 72 was also of note as she had two eagles in her second round: at the par four 4^th and par 5 13^th holes, before ending the day at four under in a tie for 12^th position.

Another Scot with reasons to be cheerful was Vikki Laing who had a nine-under-par 65, the best second round of the day.

They are joint 12th on 140 - eight strokes off the lead.

On the downside, Carly Booth missed the cut with a 151 aggregate.

Nearer the opposite end of the leader board, defending champion Cassandra Kirkland ended on six-over-par after two rounds and was disappointed to be making an early exit after winning the title at the same venue last year.

  SECOND-ROUND TOTALS

  Par 144 (2x72)

132 - Ye Na Chung (KOR)  64 68
133 - Lee-Anne Pace (RSA)  67 66

134 - Yu Ting Shi (CHN)  67 67

135 - Linda Wessberg (SWE)  67 68
136 - Mikaela Parmlid (SWE)  69 67

137 - Alison Whitaker (AUS)  68 69, Trish Johnson (ENG)  70 67

138 - Gwladys Nocera (FRA)  69 69, Kristie Smith (AUS)  69 69, Yu Yang Zhang (CHN)  69 69
139 - Laura Davies (ENG)  68 71

140 - Caroline Afonso (FRA)  72 68, Vikki Laing (SCO)  75 65, Charley Hull (ENG)  67 73, Sarah Kemp (AUS)  68 72, Xi Yu Lin (CHN)  67 73, Kylie Walker (SCO)  68 72

141 - Ziyi Wang (CHN)  70 71, Kusuma Meechai (THA)  72 69, Felicity Johnson (ENG)  69 72, Frances Bondad (AUS)  70 71, Anne-Lise Caudal (FRA)  67 74, Maria Hernandez (ESP)  72 69, Jade Schaeffer (FRA)  70 71, Wannasiri Srisampant (THA)  68 73, Beth Allen (USA)  68 73, Nikki Campbell (AUS)  63 78, Liz Young (ENG)  69 72, Joanna Klatten (FRA)  71 70

142 - Patcharajutar Kongkrapan (THA)  69 73, Na Zhang (CHN)  72 70, Sahra Hassan (WAL)  70 72, Valentine Derrey (FRA)  69 73, Stacey Keating (AUS)  71 71, Holly Aitchison (ENG)  69 73, Rungthiwa Pangjan (THA)  74 68, Line Vedel (DEN)  72 70, Veronica Zorzi (ITA)  72 70, Wei Wei Zhang (CHN)  73 69

143 - Titiya Plucksataporn (THA)  69 74, Smriti Mehra (IND)  69 74, Hannah Burke (ENG)  70 73, Cai Zhu Guo (CHN)  68 75, Saraporn Chamchoi (THA)  68 75, Sophie Giquel-bettan (FRA)  69 74, Marjet Van Der Graaff (NED)  69 74, In Ji Bae (KOR)  73 70, Hong Tian (CHN)  72 71

144 - Jing Yan (CHN)  73 71, Pan Pan Yan (CHN)  73 71, Narisara Kerdrit (THA)  70 74, Jia Yun Li (CHN)  71 73, Hannah Jun (USA)  70 74, Nontaya Srisawang (THA)  69 75, Holly Clyburn (ENG)  71 73, Stephanie Na (AUS)  76 68, Xin Wang (CHN)  73 71, Hsuan-Ping Chang (TPE)  74 70

145 - Tania Elosegui (ESP)  69 76, Connie Chen (RSA)  70 75, Numa Gulyanamitta (THA)  70 75, Ajira Nualraksa (THA)  71 74, Ann-Kathrin Lindner (GER)  69 76, Ashleigh Simon (RSA)  71 74, Leigh Whittaker (GER)  73 72

MISSED THE CUT

146 - Margherita Rigon (ITA)  71 75, Becky Brewerton (WAL)  74 72, Tanaporn Kongkiatkrai (THA)  73 73, Yu Hsin Chang (TPE)  73 73, Wichanee Meechai (THA)  71 75, Zheng Lv (CHN)  69 77, Stacy Lee Bregman (RSA)  70 76

147 - Rebecca Hudson (ENG)  74 73, Marianne Skarpnord (NOR)  74 73, Maha Haddioui (MAR)  73 74, Bree Arthur (AUS)  74 73, Yue Xia Lu (CHN)  72 75
148 - Florentyna Parker (ENG)  73 75, Ya Lan Shi (CHN)  73 75, Christine Song (USA)  73 75, Ziqi Ye (CHN)  72 76, Pennapa Pulsawath (THA)  76 72, Nikki Garrett (AUS)  72 76, Stefania Croce (ITA)  75 73, Tzu Chi Lin (TPE)  73 75, Jaruporn Palakawong Na Ayutthaya (THA)  73 75
149 - Danielle Montgomery (ENG)  74 75, Julie Greciet (FRA)  71 78, Yun Yan Bai (CHN)  73 76, Li Qing Chen (CHN)  73 76, Anais Maggetti (SUI)  75 74, Ainil Bakar (MYS)  76 73, Ursula Wikstrom (FIN)  74 75, Walailak Satarak (THA)  74 75, Sophie Walker (ENG)  73 76, Dan Li (CHN)  72 77
150 - Aunchisa Utama (THA)  71 79, Rebecca Artis (AUS)  76 74, Cassandra Kirkland (FRA)  76 74, Hai Ying Zhang (CHN)  76 74, Yuan Ru Yin (CHN)  72 78

151 - Hsin Ning Yeh (TPE)  75 76, Carly Booth (SCO)  76 75, Tiffany Tavee (USA)  79 72, Lucie Andre (FRA)  74 77, Henni Zuel (ENG)  75 76

152 - Ashlee Dewhurst (AUS)  75 77, Chang Yu Qiao (CHN)  72 80, Panuma Vitayakonkomol (THA)  74 78, Ying Yu (CHN)  74 78, Supakchaya Pattaranakrueang (THA)  75 77

153 - Qi Feng Xiao (CHN)  76 77, Tiranan Yoopan (THA)  75 78, Jin Hee Park (KOR)  76 77, Ying Hua Wang (CHN)  74 79

154 - Thi Nhung Tang (VNM)  78 76

156 - Qiu Feng Pan (CHN)  73 83

158 - Tiana Gwenn Lau (HKG)  72 86

164 - Valerie Tan (BRN)  79 85