TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Ji Eun-hee maintained a one-stroke lead Friday in the LPGA Taiwan Championship, overcoming a double bogey with three straight birdies.
The 29-year-old South Korean player finished with a 3-under 69 to reach 9-under 135 at Miramar. She made the double bogey on the par-5 sixth after hitting her drive left into the jungle, rallied with birdies on Nos. 9-11 and closed with seven straight pars.
Second-ranked Lydia Ko was second. Trying to regain the No. 1 spot in the world from South Korea’s Inbee Park, the 18-year-old New Zealander birdied the par-5 18th for a 67.
England’s Charley Hull and China’s Lin Xi-yu, both 19, were tied for third at 7 under. Hull shot a 69, and Lin had a 70. Hull missed a 5-foot birdie putt on 18.
