Rose leads by 1 in Indonesia
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Justin Rose completed the final two holes of his second round early today for a 3-under 69 and a onestroke lead at the Indonesian Masters.
Rose, who had a firstround 62, was among a quarter of the field forced off the Royale Jakarta Golf Club course after weather delays on Friday.
The Englishman, who bogeyed his last hole, had a two-round total of 13-under 131.
Kiradech Aphibarnrat, who completed his 64 on Friday, was in second place.
Brandt Snedeker withdrew with apparent heat exhaustion on Friday on the 11th hole of the second round. Ranked 51st in the world, he flew to Jakarta looking to move inside the top 50 by the end of the year and ensure a spot in next year's Masters. — continuing to deliver strong playing opportunities both in North America and around the world, while growing overall purse levels every year,” LPGA Commissioner Mike Whan said this week in a news release.
The new California events will be held in the Los Angeles area and at Lake Merced in San Francisco. The Los Angeles event is the Hugel-JTBC Championship on April 19-22, with the host club to be announced early next year.
South Korea-based L&P Cosmetic will be the title sponsor of the San Francisco event a week later at Lake Merced. Still to be determined is the name of the tournament. The LPGA Tour was at Lake Merced for three years through 2016 until the title sponsor, Swinging Skirts, moved the event to Taiwan.
The other addition is a tournament in Shanghai. The LPGA said it would disclose the name of the event and the course next year. That will be played Oct. 18-21 as part of a seven-tournament swing through Asia. One of those events is the UL International Crown, held every other year and featuring four-player teams from the top eight countries. It will be played at the Jack Nicklaus Golf Club Korea in Incheon, South Korea, where the 2015 Presidents Cup was held.
The New Zealand Women's Open will return in 2019 with a spring date. While the LPGA Tour will visit 14 countries, there is a distinct flow between domestic and international events. The season starts in the Bahamas on Jan. 25-28.