Florida
Kim Sei-young fired a five-under-par 65 to take a one-shot lead at the halfway stage of the LPGA Tour’s Pelican Women’s Championship in Florida on Friday.
The 27-year-old world number two from South Korea produced a bogey-free round at the Pelican Golf Club layout, notching five birdies and 13 pars to head into the weekend on eight under for the tournament.
Kim, brimming with confidence after her maiden major triumph at the Women’s PGA Championship last month, was in the groove from the first tee, bagging back-to-back birdies on the opening two holes.
Another pair of birdies on the sixth and seventh holes took her to seven under at the turn before her fifth and final birdie of the day on the 14th hole.
Ally McDonald of the United States is one behind Kim in second place after shooting a four-under-par 66.
McDonald, who is chasing her second tour victory after winning the LPGA Drive On Championship in October, teed off on the back nine and reeled off consecutive birdies on her eighth, ninth and 10th holes to move to seven under.
There was a brief stumble with a bogey five on the par-four second, McDonald’s 11th hole, but the 28-year-old from Mississippi recovered to pick up her fifth birdie on the par-five seventh.—AP
