Tiffany Joh followed her opening 62 with a four-under-par 67 to lead by three on 13-under at the halfway stage at the Aberdeen Standard Investments Ladies Scottish Open.
American Tiffany Joh followed her opening 62 with a four-under-par 67 to lead by three on 13-under at the halfway stage of the Aberdeen Standard Investments Ladies Scottish Open, three ahead of Thailand’s Ariya Jutanugarn and Amy Yang from South Korea.
Joh, who is leading an LET/LPGA event for the first time, started her second round at Gullane as she finished her first – with a birdie – and she quickly added another at the par-3 third hole. There was one blemish on the par-four fifth, but after making the turn in two-under, there were more heroics on the back nine. On the downhill par-4 10th, Joh drained an 80 foot putt from off the green for birdie, adding another for good measure on the par-4 14th hole.
She said afterwards:
“I had pretty low expectations for today, to be honest. I honestly probably would have taken anything under par, but on the first hole right away we made like a 45-footer, and I just started laughing. Like I didn’t even know what to say. So yeah, it was like a really good start, and I guess I just kept rolling with it.”
Jutanugarn, who shot 65, shares the same putting coach as Joh and the Californian added that she would love to play with the world No.3, although every time she sees her name on a leader board, she hears the Jaws theme tune in her head.
The 2016 Ricoh Women’s British Open champion wasn’t overly impressed by her own putting, despite making six birdies on a flawless score card and said: “I’m a little surprised because I didn’t play golf for like two weeks. I didn’t practice at all, and I don’t really like windy or links course. So I feel like after two rounds 10-under is pretty good.”
Germany’s Caroline Masson is on nine-under, with world No 2 Sung Hyun Park a stroke further back. Park’s compatriot, world No 4 So Yeon Ryu, is alongside the Vic Open champion Minjee Lee on seven-under.
As play continued under sunny skies, Kelsey MacDonald was the leading Scot on four-over, with the others fighting to make the weekend.
Other British Scores:
Georgia Hall -3
Charley Hull -2
Mel Reid -2
Jodi Ewart Shadoff -2
Bronte Law -1
Annabel Dimmock par
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