Minjee Lee stays in touch at KPMG Women’s PGA
Minjee Lee in action today – image courtesy of PGA of America
Minjee Lee remains in second place at the KitchenAid Women’s PGA Championship in Frisco in Texas, now sharing that position and three behind the lead after beginning the day just one back.
Lee added a second round of even par 72 on the demanding Fields Ranch East layout to join Japan’s Rio Takeda, the pair trailing Thailand’s Jeeno Thitikul.
Lee recovered from an outward nine of 2 over 37 with a final nine of 2 under 35 to be well placed as she chases a third major title.
“Yeah, I felt like I started a little bit shaky,” said Lee. “Turned in 2-over and I knew there were few opportunities on the front nine to make a couple birdies.
“I just tried to stay patient out there. It was really windy and quite hard to hold — even hold the greens on some of them.
“So, yeah, I just tried to, you know, stay within myself and just be smart and play to my advantages.
“I think it’s going to be windy the whole weekend, too, so I mean, it’s probably going to be similar direction, so I think we kind of know what to expect now.
“So it will be whoever has the best recovery in this heat and also who doesn’t make like soft bogeys maybe because it’s been so hot and you’ve been — it’s a really slow round, so I think you just got to try and focus as best you can and I think that’s what is really — that’s the person who is going to at the end of the week hold the trophy.”
Stephanie Kyriacou is the next best of the Australasians in a share of 25th place at 3 over and nine from the lead after a round of 75 today.
Former champion Hannah Green and Lydia Ko share 36th place at 4 over, Karis Davidson is at 5 over, while Grace Kim, Gabi Ruffels and Hira Naveed cut the number at 7 over in the US$ 12 million event.
