CALGARY, Alberta — Lauren Coughlin held onto the lead Friday within the CPKC Ladies’s Open, whereas Canadian star Brooke Henderson was derailed by closing bogeys at windy and smokey Earl Gray Golf Membership.
Coughlin adopted her opening 4-under 68 on Thursday in chilly and windy situations with a 70 on Friday to get to six below, a stroke forward of Hannah Inexperienced and Haeran Ryu. The temperature made it into the 70s after barely climbing into the 60s on Thursday.
“I feel I dealt with it very well total,” Coughlin mentioned. “It was simply actually troublesome to guage how far the ball was going to go along with the wind and the crosswind and the way agency the greens received. They usually had some powerful pins, particularly contemplating the path of the wind.”
Taking part in by a smoky haze from wildfires, Henderson bogeyed the ultimate 4 holes in her afternoon spherical for a 73 that left her seven strokes again at 1 over. She gained the 2018 event.
“A lot of the day I used to be 3 below, so feeling fairly nice,” Henderson mentioned. “To stroll away 1 over, that is not the very best feeling. However all you are able to do is transfer ahead and attempt to be taught from a few of the stuff you did on the market.”
Coughlin is coming off a fourth-place end two weeks in the past in France within the main Evian Champions. The 31-year-old former College of Virginia participant is winless on the LPGA Tour.
On Friday, she had three front-none birdies and dropped a stroke on the par-4 eleventh. In two rounds, she’s 7 below on the primary 9 holes and 1 over on the second 9.
“I putted extraordinarily properly,” Coughlin mentioned. “Two-putted very well all day. Took benefit of the entrance 9, which it’s important to, after which type of maintain on on the again 9.”
Inexperienced matched Coughlin with a 70. The Australian is a two-time winner this 12 months, taking the HSBC Ladies’s World Championship in Singapore in February and the JM Eagle LA Championship in April.
“It was powerful once more on the market,” Inexperienced mentioned. “There was some fairly sturdy wind gusts, particularly our previous couple of holes, so committing to the shot you have been envisioning was type of troublesome.”
Ryu bogeyed the 18th for 69.
“The climate is admittedly unhealthy,” Ryu mentioned. “Is somewhat bit chilly and so windy.”
The 23-year-old South Korean participant gained the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship final 12 months for her first LPGA Tour title. She was second final week in Ohio within the Dana Open.
Three-time champion Lydia Ko had a 71 to hitch second-ranked Lilia Vu (70) and Jennifer Kupcho (72) at 3 below. Ko gained as an newbie in 2012 at age 15, efficiently defended her title as an newbie in 2013 and gained as an expert in 2015.
“It is not straightforward — and I feel the scores are displaying,” Ko mentioned. “Something type of below par the previous couple days is a very stable spherical. I am fairly pleased with the way in which I began this week.”
Kupcho topped the leaderboard at 8 below after birdieing 5 of the primary eight holes in her morning spherical, then was 5 over the remainder of the way in which. She had a double bogey on the par-4 sixteenth, 4 bogeys and a birdie on her remaining 9 holes.
“I am fairly upset,” Kupcho mentioned. “I feel in hindsight I nonetheless hit 15 greens. Like I used to be hitting the ball actually good. Three-putted 10 and 11 and four-putted 16. I did not play unhealthy. Simply had a pair shaky putts down the stretch — and that is going to occur.”
Lexi Thompson was within the group with Henderson tied for twenty sixth at 1 over after a 73 The American plans to play a restricted schedule after this season.
