Post a Free Blog

Submit A Press Release

Friday, March 29, 2024
Generic selectors
Exact matches only
Search in title
Search in content
Post Type Selectors
Filter by Categories
Action
Animation
ATP Tour (ATP)
Auto Racing
Baseball
Basketball
Boxing
Breaking News
Business
Business
Business Newsletter
Call of Duty (CALLOFDUTY)
Canadian Football League (CFL)
Car
Celebrity
Champions Tour (CHAMP)
Comedy
CONCACAF
Counter Strike Global Offensive (CSGO)
Crime
Defense of the Ancients (DOTA)
Documentary and Foreign
Drama
eSports
European Tour (EPGA)
Fashion
FIFA
FIFA Women’s World Cup (WWC)
FIFA World Cup (FIFA)
Fighting
Football
Formula 1 (F1)
Fortnite
Golf
Health
Hockey
Horror
IndyCar Series (INDY)
International Friendly (FRIENDLY)
Kids & Family
League of Legends (LOL)
LPGA
Madden
Major League Baseball (MLB)
Mixed Martial Arts (MMA)
MLS
Movie and Music
Movie Trailers
Mystery
NASCAR Cup Series (NAS)
National Basketball Association (NBA)
National Football League (NFL)
National Hockey League (NHL)
National Women's Soccer (NWSL)
NBA Development League (NBAGL)
NBA2K
NCAA Baseball (NCAABBL)
NCAA Basketball (NCAAB)
NCAA Football (NCAAF)
NCAA Hockey (NCAAH)
Olympic Mens (OLYHKYM)
Other
Other Sports
Overwatch
PGA
Politics
Premier League (PREM)
Romance
Sci-Fi
Science
Soccer
Sports
Sports
Technology
Tennis
Truck Series (TRUCK)
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC)
Uncategorized
US
Valorant
Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA)
Women’s NCAA Basketball (WNCAAB)
World
World Cup Qualifier (WORLDCUP)
WTA Tour (WTA)
Xfinity (XFT)
XFL
-- Advertisement --spot_img
HomeSportsGolfJin Young Ko, Nasa Hataoka share LA Open lead

Jin Young Ko, Nasa Hataoka share LA Open lead


South Korea’s Jin Young Ko had a string of four consecutive birdies, and Japan’s Nasa Hataoka closed her round with three straight birdies on Friday to leave the two tied for first place at the LA Open.

Ko shot a 7-under-par 64 at Wilshire Country Club, leaving her at 7-under 135, level with Hataoka, who carded a 3-under 67 on Friday.

Australia’s Hannah Green is two strokes back at 5 under after a 67 in the second round.

South Korea’s Haeji Kang (second-round 69) and Australia’s Minjee Lee (68) share fourth place at 4 under.

Lizette Salas (70), China’s Yu Liu (68), South Korea’s Inbee Park (67) and Denmark’s Emily Kristine Pedersen (72) are tied for sixth at 3 under.

First-round leader Alison Lee stumbled to a 74 and is tied for 10th at 2 under.

Eighteen players did not complete the second round before play was suspended due to darkness.

Ko, who earned her 13th career LPGA win last month in the HSBC Women’s World Championship, recorded eight birdies and one bogey on Friday. Her big move came with four birdies from No. 11 to No. 14.

“My putting was so good today,” Ko said. “I wasn’t expecting to play really well today because in the afternoon it’s always hard to play this course, but my putting was good, so I’m happy with it.”

Hataoka, a five-time tour winner, started her round on the back nine and had three bogeys and one birdie through six holes. The rest of the way, she had six birdies and one bogey.

“I feel like I have really good momentum right now, so I want to keep that going and play good the next two days,” Hataoka said.

Green enjoyed a bogey-free round, highlighted by a stretch of three birdies in five holes on the back nine.

“I’m very pleased,” Green said. “I guess today’s round kind of felt like even more under par than what it was. I was pretty solid with my putting all day today, which was nice because yesterday I had a couple three-putts. But it was nice to get done in the morning and not have to worry about coming back early tomorrow to finish a round.”

Defending champion Brooke M. Henderson of Canada will miss the cut after following up a 5-over 76 with a 1-over 72.

–Field Level Media

Subscribe to get Latest News Updates

Latest News Articles

You may like more
more

PGA News: Wyndham Clark (back) ‘trending in the right direction’

Wyndham Clark is optimistic that he will be able...

PGA News: Scottie Scheffler chases rare achievement in Houston

Scottie Scheffler will chase PGA Tour history this weekend...

PGA News: Golf Glance: Scottie Scheffler seeks rare trifecta in Houston

Field Level Media's Golf Glance provides weekly news and...