Minjee Lee leads Loreno Ochoa Invitational as Inbee Park drops back
Saturday 14 November 2015 16:22, UK
Minjee Lee carded a second successive round of 69 to claim a one-shot lead at the halfway stage of the LPGA's Lorena Ochoa Invitational.
The Australian teenager, who only turned professional last year, reached six under and put herself in position to add to victory in May's Kingsmill Championship.
"It was definitely playing longer. My drives weren't going as far as yesterday (so) I just hit longer clubs into the greens and had little longer putts," she said.
Four players are one shot adrift of the 19-year-old, including former world No 1 Inbee Park, who is looking for a good result in Mexico to put pressure on current rankings leader Lydia Ko, not playing this week because of fatigue.
Park led after the opening round at the Club de Golf Mexico, but she was unable to match her scoring from Thursday and a one-under 71 left her in a tie for second.
"I made many mistakes but I was able to make few putts to come in. It's a good sign," Park said.
Angela Stanford joined Park on five under, thanks to a 70, with the other two players on that score having come from way off the pace with joint-best rounds of the day.
Defending champion Christina Kim and Sei Young Kim both finished off rounds of 66 to close within touching distance of the leader.
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A strong European challenge in the penultimate LPGA event of the year is led by Norway's Suzann Pettersen on four under, one shot ahead of Solheim Cup team-mate Carlota Ciganda and Sweden's Pernilla Lindberg.
