Narin An Takes 2-Shot Lead in Canadian Pacific Women’s Open

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Narin An shot a 6-under 65 on Friday to top the list.
Competitors Friday in the suspended second round.
Of the Canadian Pacific Women’s Open.

Narin An had her subsequent straight intruder free round at Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club in the wake of opening with a 64 on Thursday.

A LPGA Tour new kid on the block subsequent to winning two times in South Korea, the 26-year-old A had a 13-under 129 aggregate.

“I do have some experience in Korea, so it’s a not an unfamiliar feeling right now,” An said. “I hope to put up good results the next two days just like I did yesterday and today.”

Minutes before haziness constrained the suspension of play in the round deferred for two hours toward the beginning of the day as a result of weighty downpour and lightning, Nelly Korda shut with a birdie on the standard 5 10th for a 63 and a tie for second.

“I was just hitting it really well,” Korda said. “I capitalized on pretty much all the par 5s. A lot were moved up, so for a long-hitter. we have shorter clubs in and we can kind of take advantage of that. Just played some solid golf.”

The third-positioned Korda was 11 under with Hye-Jin Choi of South Korea and first-round pioneer Paula Reto of South Africa.

Korda is falling off her most memorable win of the year in the Aramco Series on the Ladies European Tour, where she mobilized from seven shots back against sister Jessica.

Choi had two hawks in a 68, and Reto followed her course-record 62 with a 69. An and Choi, likewise a newbie, joined to complete 6th in July at the Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational.

Lizette Salas was 10 under after a 64, birdieing the standard 5 eighteenth not long before play was halted. Danielle Kang (66), Nasa Hataoka (67) and Sarah Schmelzel (64) were 9 under.

Maddie Szeryk was the top Canadian, shooting a 68 to get to 7 under. She’s without intruder for the initial two rounds.

“I don’t think I’ve ever done that before,” Szeryk said. “I just played really solid. I hit a bunch of greens and putted it OK.

Canadian star Brooke Henderson, the 2018 victor at Wascana in Regina, Saskatchewan, was 5 under after a 68.

“I feel like I’m hitting the ball really well, so I’m excited for the weekend,” Henderson said.

Three-time competition champion Lydia Ko likewise was 5 under after a 68, playing close by Henderson and Jennifer Kupcho. Kupcho was 7 under after a 68.

Lexi Thompson shot a 68 to get to 4 under. She played in a couple with Korda after second-positioned Minjee Lee pulled out Thursday.

Highest level Jin Young Ko, the champ at Magna outside Toronto in 2019 when the occasion was last played, missed the cut with rounds of 68 and 73.

Lorie Kane, the 57-year-old Canadian showing up in the occasion, was a far off last at 28 over after rounds of 84 and 86.

Narin An Takes 2-Shot Lead in Canadian Pacific Women’s Open

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