So-yeon Ryu (32) slightly raised her ranking to tied for 9th in the second round of the Ascendant LPGA (total prize of $1.7 million) on the LPGA Tour.
In the second round of the tournament held at Old American Golf Club (par 71, 6,475 yards) in The Colony, Texas, USA on the 1st (Korean time) on the 1st (Korean time), Yoo So-yeon tied five birdies and two bogeys to hit 3-under-par 68.
So-yeon Yoo, who was tied for 11th with 2 under par in the first round, recorded a total of 5 under par 137 for two days, leaping to tie ninth with Lexi Thompson (USA) and Celine Boutier (France).
He is six strokes behind Charlie Hull (England, 11-under 131), who took the lead.
So-yeon Yoo, who has won six on the LPGA Tour, is the only one to enter the top 10 this season, tied for 8th at the Amundi Evian Championship in July.
Last week, he missed the cut at the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship, but this week, the first and second rounds all rose to the highest ranking among Korean players and are doing well.
Yoo So-yeon said, “I lived in Dallas (Texas) for about 6 years and recently moved.
It’s very fun to come back because the neighborhood is familiar,” he said.
“I was struggling a lot with putting, so I focused a lot, but that part is coming out well,” he said, self-confidence.
I want to be able to play without a lack of confidence,” he added.
After Inji Jeon (28) won the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship at the end of June, Korean players have failed to reach the top of the LPGA Tour for the last 10 consecutive tournaments. left a challenge.
Anna Lin (26) reduced four strokes to a tie for 15th (4 under par 138), and Arim Kim (27) finished the second round with a tie for 18th (3 under par 139) by reducing three strokes.
Lee Jeong-eun (26) and Hong Ye-eun (20) are tied for 28th (1 under par 141).
Kim Se-young (29) cut four strokes on the day, but she was tied for 81st with a 4-over par 146 in the interim, and was eliminated from the cut.
By the second round, he passed the cut to a total of 3 over par.
Hull, who had the only LPGA Tour championship win at the CME Group Tour Championship in November 2016, drove a 7-under par on that day alone, beating Ataya Titikun (Thailand) and Lin Siyu (China) by two strokes to take the lead and challenge for the title. .
Lindy Duncan (USA) ranked 4th (8-under 134), Jessica Coda (USA) tied 5th (7-under 135), and Lydia Ko (New Zealand) was 8th (6-under 136).
World No. 2 Nelly Corda (USA) was tied for 90th (5 over par 147) and did not pass the cut.
Choi Hye-jin (23), who competes for this season’s Rookie of the Year award with the tee-kun, withdrew after the first round.
In this season’s Rookie of the Year award points category, T-ti Kun is 1st and Choi Hye-jin is 2nd.
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