Australian golf star Minjee Lee has hung tough in testing conditions to snare the second-round lead at crot the LPGA’s prestigious crot BMW Ladies Championship bokeh in South Korea.
As bokep many of her rivals foundered, porn Lee showcased her sublime ball striking to grind out a three-under-par 69 on Friday bokep to reel in, bokeh then move past, bokep overnight leader Ashleigh Buhai.
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As the South African porn faltered on the back nine, porn Lee took full advantage at bokeh the $US2.2 porn million event widely regarded as women’s golf’s crot major porn of Asia to establish a two-shot halfway lead.
That didn’t seem likely mid-round.
After starting porn the day bokeh in memek a tie for porn third just two shots off the crot pace, bokeh Lee fell four memek strokes memek behind bokep after making bogey at the fifth hole.
memek The porn Perth ace remained four back even after picking up birdies on the seventh and porn 11th holes memek as Buhai surged to 13 bokeh under early memek on the back bokep nine.
But out of nowhere a three-putt crot bogey on No. memek 13 precipitated three bokeh dropped shots in three holes from bokeh the South African, memek who hadn’t had a prior memek blemish bokeh all tournament.
The highlight of Lee’s round came at the par-5 11th.
After pulling her second shot onto porn a cart path, bokeh the world No. bokep 7 had to take relief.
But the two-time major bokep winner showed all porn her class to recover bokeh with a delicate chip memek off the tightest of lies, bokep then drained the 15-foot birdie putt to stay in touch crot with bokep the leaders.
Further birdies at the 15th and memek the last, bokep after a beautiful memek approach off bokeh a downhill lie, memek suddenly bokeh thrust Lee into the outright lead.
The 27-year-old is coming off her first win of the year at the Kroger bokep Queen City Championship last month and porn a tie for crot 13th at last week’s Buick LPGA bokep Shanghai.
A win in the Republic of Korea would bokeh be special for memek Lee, memek whose bokeh bokep parents bokeh are both from bokep the country.
“I have a really deep heritage here so I always love coming back and playing,” Lee crot said.
“Being at the top of the leaderboard is always nice, and being in contention is always my goal. So hopefully I can have a great weekend.”
After dropping four shots in porn her last six holes, bokep Buhai found herself sharing second at nine under with American Alison Lee (72) following the stunning memek late bokep six-stroke swing.
New Zealand’s defending memek champion Lydia Ko (69) shares fourth at eight under bokeh with home hopes Jeongeun crot Lee6 (68) and bokeh Hae Ran bokep Ryu (71)
With crot Buhai, bokeh the reigning Australian Open champion memek and memek 2022 British Open winner, porn backing up after threatening to run bokeh away from porn the field, bokeh Lee’s fellow Australians Hannah Green and bokep Steph Kyriacou bokep also remain in crot memek the mix.
Green will enter the weekend six shots behind Lee memek crot in a share of 12th at five under following a second-round 70.
Kyriacou is two strokes further adrift in a tie porn for memek 25th following a bokeh one-over round of 73.
