Queensland’s Karis Davidson has share of LPGA Tour event lead
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Scottish-born Queenslander Karis Davidson has a share of the halfway lead at the LPGA Tour’s Meijer LPGA Classic in Michigan, the 26-year-old former JLPGA Tour player finding her feet at this level after first joining the tour in 2022.
Davidson, whose best finish to date in 46 LPGA Tour starts has been when 8th at in Shanghai in 2023, added s second round of 70 to her opening 66 to share the halfway lead with Hye Jin Choi, Carlotta Ciganda and Celine Boutier, the group one ahead of six players one shot back including Davidson’s fellow Australian Min Jee Lee.
Another shot back are other Australians, Stephanie Kyriacou, Cassie Porter, Gabi Ruffels and Grace Kim.
A rather candid Davidson described a day when she was struggling physically but gave praise to her caddy for keeping her mind of the job.
“Well, honestly, if I’m being honest, my time of the month was really bad today. My cramps have been really sore, so my caddie was kind of my cheerleader for the day. He was keeping me going with lots of snacks and PowerAdes and things.
“So we just really hung in there today. Was a bit of a grind, and nice to get the couple birdies at the end. Yeah, had a really fun group. Yeah, it was a really good day.
“I think this is the first time I’ve been tied first in an LPGA event after two rounds, so, yeah, I’m just really excited that I wasn’t fighting for the cut. You know, it was a bit of a different feeling out there.”
Davidson talked about the number of Australians in contention.
“Yeah, we’re really lucky. We’re all really good friends and we’ve got each other’s backs, which is pretty unique. I think we all really get along.
Yeah, the golf in Australia is very supportive, and I think it just shows that we’re a real country going forward, yeah. We’ve been lucky.”
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