Lydia Ko shares second-round lead at CN Canadian Women's Open 2012
Amateur Lydia Ko surprised rivals and spectators on the second day of CN Canadian Women’s Open 2012 as she shot a 68 to share the lead with South Korean Chella Choi.
Ko does not rank among the hot favourite players for the CN Canadian Women’s Open 2012, but she was more than thrilled after she moved into contention and grabbed the second-round lead.
Hailing from New Zealand, the young star boasts a successful amateur career and has also proved her mettle in a number of professional tournaments.
The CN Canadian Women’s Open 2012 is featuring a strong field loaded with most of top-ranked stars such as current world number one Yani Tseng, Suzann Pettersen, Mika Miyazato, Stacy Lewis, Paula Creamer, Inbee
Park, Vicky Hurst, Angela Stanford, Jessica Korda, Azahara Munoz, Karrie Webb, Nicole Castrale, Brittany Lincicome, Natalie Gulbis, So Yeon Park and Shanshan Feng.
Ko kicked off the first round of LPGA tournament with plenty of confidence, but she could not make any birdie, parring all the holes on the front nine. However, on the back nine, she picked up pace and scored
well, strengthening her position on the leaderboard.
The Kiwi golfer received a big round of applause from the Canadian spectators after she reeled off three straight birdies on the difficult par-3 12th, 13th and 14th hole. She
then parred the next two holes and shot another birdie on the 17th.
Analysts said that Ko grabbed much of the attention on Friday, as she was one of the most prominent stars because of her accomplishments in women’s golf.
Speaking to the media at the end of the second round, Ko said that she is glad she was able to make it to the top of the leaderboard, but was keen to point out the next rounds will be tougher.
“Well, today I didn't make any bogeys, and that was really helpful because sometimes a bogey in the middle of your round can make your confidence go a little down,” young prodigy said. “So it was good. I played
pretty consistent, and I made all putts on the front nine, and it's not an easy nine so even score is not that bad”.
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