Kang takes major step toward 1st win
Danielle Kang won backto-back majors as an amateur yet she’s never cracked the winner’s circle in her half-dozen years as a pro. The 24-year-old Californian took a big step in the right direction, grabbing a share of the second-round lead in the morning wave yesterday at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship in Olympia Fields, Ill. Her biggest hurdle could well be co-leader Sei Young Kim, the LPGA Tour’s 2015 Rookie of the Year and already a sixtime winner on tour.
Kang and Kim each shot 5-under 66 to reach 7-under 135. First-round leader Amy
Yang (71), Chella Choi (70), Brittany Lincicome (66), Jodi Ewart Shadoff (66) and Mi Hyang Lee (67) were another stroke back. So Yeon Ryu (68), who climbed to No. 1 in the world ranking after a victory last week, was at 5-under, along with defending champion Brooke Henderson (69), Moriya Jutanugarn (68) and Sarah Jane Smith (67). Lydia Ko shot 68 to put herself back in contention at 4-under. Michelle Wie also was 4-under, following her opening 68 with a 70.
First-round leader Amy Yang (71) and Jodi Ewart Shadoff (66) were another stroke back.
lingmerth 65 redux
David Lingmerth knows he won’t have to shoot 20-under par for the week to win at tricky TPC Potomac (Md.). After two near-flawless rounds in the Quicken Loans National, he was halfway there.
The 29-year-old Swede, the winner of a Web.com Tour event on the punishing Washington-area layout in 2012, shot his second straight 5-under 65 to extend his lead to 2 shots over Geoff Ogilvy. Daniel Summerhays shot 68 and was alone in third, 4 shots back. Sung Kang, who shot 69 amid tougher conditions in the afternoon, was 5 shots back along with
Arjun Atwal (67).
uihlein shares lead
Spaniard Adrian Otaegui and Peter Uihlein of New Bedford shared the lead at 8-under after rain disrupt- ed play in the second round of the French Open in Guyancourt, France.
Otaegui shot a 5-under 66 before storms halted play for more than two hours. Uihlein joined him later atop the leaderboard with a 67 — matching his first-round score.