KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — First-round chief Jasmine Suwannapura trailed on the leaderboard for many of the day Friday however emerged with a one-stroke lead going into the third spherical of the Maybank Championship on the LPGA Tour.
Suwannapura shot a 3-under 69 within the second spherical for a two-round whole of 12-under 132 on the Kuala Lumpur Golf and Nation Membership course.
Rose Zhang of the USA was in second place after a 68. She was adopted by Celine Boutier of France, who had the spherical of the day with a 64 and was two strokes behind Suwannapura and tied for third with Australia’s Hannah Inexperienced (70) and Peiyun Chien of Taiwan, who shot a 69.
Zhang began the day with six pars earlier than a bogey on the seventh, however she however made up for it with birdies on Nos. 8, 9 and 10.
“While you’re out right here, you actually should be throwing darts and firing on all cylinders,” Zhang mentioned. “While you make a mistake it is the way you keep composed and are available again to it. So I am actually glad how I fought, and I felt prefer it was a extremely good option to end.”
Brooke Henderson had a 67 and was at 8 underneath, 4 strokes behind, and Nelly Korda shot a 69 and was at 6 underneath.
That is the third of 4 LPGA occasions on the tour’s Asian swing. Minjee Lee of Australia received final week’s cease in South Korea in a playoff, and the ultimate match is subsequent week’s Toto Basic in Japan.
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