Korea’s In Gee Chun produced a round of 66 (-5) to climb to the top of the leaderboard at the halfway stage of the AIG Women’s Open.
The three-time Major champion made the most of the afternoon conditions making two birdies and one bogey on her front nine before rolling in four birdies on her back nine to reach a total of eight-under-par.
And Chun, who leads by one shot, has a goal for the two rounds over the weekend thanks to caddie Dean Herden which is to go bogey-free.
“Before I started the tournament, my caddie Dean and I spoke about the course and after that, we had a little bit of a bet,” she said.
“If I make the bogey-free round, he said he’s going to buy dinner and pay me like $100 for each day if I can make it. So, before I start the round, I always set another goal to make a bogey-free round. I think that mindset helped a lot on the course.
“But I hit two bogeys over the last two days. I want to keep trying to make a bogey-free round over the next two days.”
And Chun was thankful for the weather conditions on the 13th when she rolled a birdie putt to the edge of the hole and after a few seconds, it finally dropped in.
She added: “We have a big wind out there, but I have a great reason of why to love the Scottish now because my ball was sitting on the edge of the hole today, and after like three seconds it dropped in. Now I can enjoy Scottish greens.”
Sweden’s Madelene Sagström and South Africa’s Ashleigh Buhai sit one shot back in a tie for second place on seven-under-par.
It was an excellent day for three-time LET winner Buhai after she made the turn in 30 (-6) with four birdies and one eagle on her scorecard.
Another birdie rolled in on the 11th before the South African dropped a shot on her final hole of the day but has still firmly put herself into contention heading into the weekend.
“I’m super chuffed with how I played today. I stayed very patient,” she said. “I stuck with my steps and my processes, which is my goal this week, just to do those well and hopefully the outcome takes care of itself.
“I’ve been doing that pretty well the last few weeks and obviously I’m disappointed to end with a bogey. On 18, I hit it in the fairway and the divot was softer than I thought, so a little unlucky but I would have taken today’s score at the beginning of the day for sure.
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