SPOT OF BAD LUCK: Despite bouncing an unlucky shot off a sprinkler into a hazard, Tony Finau surged ahead to take the lead in Shanghai, while C.T. Pan slipped behind
Taipei Times
Date: Oct 27, 2018
By: AP, TAOYUAN
Hsu Wei-ling yesterday rode the support of her home crowd to shoot a five-under 67 and
Hsu Wei-ling of Taiwan lines up a putt during the Swinging Skirts LPGA Taiwan Championship in Taoyuan yesterday. Photo: EPA, Ritchie B. Tongo
take a one-stroke lead after two rounds of the Swinging Skirts LPGA Taiwan Championship.
Hsu had a two-round total of nine-under 135 at the Ta Shee Golf and Country Club, one ahead of first-round leader Jodi Ewart Shadoff, who shot 71 yesterday.
“That was probably the most people I had around me, I felt a lot of support,” Hsu said. “It also helped that I didn’t look around much or check the scoreboards.”
If she had, she would have seen that former world No. 1 Lydia Ko was the big mover with a round-of-the-day 66 to move into third place and within two strokes of her lead.
The South Korean-born New Zealander had five birdies on her front nine, then stalled somewhat on the back nine until an approach to 30cm on the par-four 17th, a shot she called “one of the best of my career,” resulted in a birdie.
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