KB Financial Star Championship 2R Sole Leader "Pin out of sight, pin out of mind"
Lee contemplates her approach to the course.
Lee Ga-young held a two-shot lead for the second day in a row on one of the toughest courses on the Korean Ladies Professional Golf (KLPGA) Tour, 토토사이트 raising hopes of a second career major title.
Lee shot a 3-under 69 in the second round of the KB Financial Star Championship (1.2 billion won), the third major of the LPGA Tour season, at Blackstone Golf Club (par-72) in Icheon, Gyeonggi Province, on Monday to take a one-shot lead at 4-under 140.
With a two-stroke lead over Park Ji-young, Lee jumped from a share of the lead the day before to sole possession of the title.
Lee won her first career title at last year's Dongbu E&C-Korea Land Trust Championship and has been looking for a second this year with four top-10 finishes, 스포츠토토 but was unable to make it happen.
She also finished runner-up at the Hi-One Resort Open, which concluded on March 20.
On a challenging course where only two players shot under par in the two rounds, Lee's performance was outstanding as she shot under par for the second consecutive day.
She is the only player in the tournament to shoot under par in both the first and second rounds.
Lee had four birdies and one bogey on the day.
The key to her two-day lead was patience.
"Bogeys can happen on a difficult course. You can't get upset when you make a bogey. You have to be patient," Lee said.
Resisting the urge to attack the pin directly is the key to Lee's "patient golf" approach.
"I played the hole around as much as I could," he says, "removing the pin from my view and hitting it, 토토 looking at the center of the green."
A long putt on a tricky green with lots of undulations and slopes is far more advantageous than missing the green and having to hit your next shot from the rough, Lee said.
"It's a course that you shouldn't get greedy with," said Lee, who was able to send the ball wherever she wanted because of her good condition and shot feeling. "Tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, I will play patiently like yesterday and today," she said, adding, "If the remaining two days go as I think they will, I'm sure there will be a good result."
After firing a daily best of 5-under 67, Park quickly emerged as the favorite with a two-under-par 142 total.
With two of her six career wins coming this year, Park is now 3-0 on the season and well on her way to her first major championship.
"I had a good feeling from the practice before today's match," Park said. "After I made a tap-in birdie on the first hole, I was so confident in my shots that I changed my strategy to be aggressive rather than conservative. The putts followed suit."
Lee, who has two wins on the season and leads the money list, is four shots back in third place (even-par 144) and will play alongside Lee and Park in the third round.
Lee shot a 1-over par 73 with two birdies and a double bogey on the day.
Kim Hee-ji and Han Ji-won were tied for fourth (1-over par 145), while Lee Da-yeon, 고스톱 who dropped two strokes, and Sung Yoo-jin, who lost three, were tied for sixth (2-over par 146).
Seo Yeon-jeong, who won her first title in 10 years on her debut the previous three days, continued her rise to tied for eighth (4-over par 148).
Defending champion Park Min-ji shot an even-par 72 to move into a tie for 18th place (6-over par 150).
One stroke off the pace, Kim Soo-ji also enters the weekend tied for 18th alongside Park.
Jeon In-ji, playing on the domestic stage for the first time in a year, struggled with a 7-over-par 79 and slipped to a tie for 35th (8-over-par 152).
Players like Bang Shin-sil, who shot 11-over-par 155, also made the cut, 스포츠토토맨 making the cut threshold one stroke lower than last year's 12-over-par 156.