South Korean Oh Ji-young fired a five-under par 67 on Saturday to seize a two-stroke lead after the second round of the US$1.3 million-LPGA MasterCard Classic.
Oh's bogey-free round left her on nine-under par 135 after 36 holes in the 54-hole event, two strokes ahead of Taiwan's Tseng Ya-ni (
Oh hit wedge shots from more than 100 yards to set up birdies at the 13th and 15th holes and dropped a 9-iron shot from 125 yards just 2 feet from the cup at the 16th to highlight her round.
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"I feel very good. Yesterday was a nervous day. I was a little sick. But I'm fine now," Oh said.
It will be only the second time Oh has played in the final group on the last day of an LPGA event. Her earlier bid came at Portland, Oregon.
Tseng fired a 69 that included six birdies but three bogeys in the final five holes dropped her off the pace.
"I feel a little disappointed because I didn't play that good on the back nine," she said. "I played maybe too fast."
Winless in this event in three attempts, world No. 1 Lorena Ochoa bounced back from an opening 76 with a 70 but was still 11 strokes off the pace in her second outing of the season. She won two weeks ago at Singapore.
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