Fan-favourite Choi remains jittery in second round at Incheon
South Korean Na Yeon Choi remained jittery in the second round of LPGA Hana Bank Championship 2012 as she shot a 73 to stand tied for the 28th position.
Choi, who came close to winning the last edition of the LPGA (Ladies Professional Golf Association) tournament as she finished second, could not get off to a solid start as she posted a 70
on Friday to take the share of the 28th position.
Commentators said that Choi is being regarded as the hot favourite for the tournament as much of the crowd support is on her side, giving her much-needed confidence while she faces other South
Korean and American rivals.
Due to a sluggish start by the LPGA titan whose fans were expecting her to shine in the first two rounds, the crowd reaction remained largely muted.
However, to fill the void, other South Korean stars made all-out efforts and did their best, although the first position is still being held by a European—Norwegian Suzann Pettersen.
“It was nice and quiet there on the back. Starting off with 10 in Korea, we were kind of laughing about that. Got off to a good start, had the feel of the greens this morning, worked really
hard to kind of feel the speed yesterday,” Pettersen said at the end of the first round.
So Yeon Ryu, who is one of the rising golfers in South Korea, impressed the spectators in the first two rounds, as she has posted an overall 136 to take the second position. In addition, another
local Se Ri Pak was also seen displaying a decent performance, which helped her shoot a total score of 137, standing tied for the third position along with German Sandra Gal and the defending champion Yani Tseng.
The second round was the scene of a tough battle that saw Choi falter on most of the holes. She parred the first two holes and managed to shoot a birdie on the difficult par-3 third.
Tainting her scorecard, the rising star carded a double bogey on the par-4 6th, but tried to put her back on track by draining a seemingly difficult birdie-putt on the 7th
hole.
On the back nine, Choi further dented her position after she registered a bogey on the difficult par-3 17th.
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