South Korea's Se Ri Pak shot a one-under 71 on Friday to take a narrow one-shot lead after round two of the Wegmans LPGA Championship.
The LPGA Hall of Famer is playing in her first tournament since injuring her left shoulder in early April and leads by one over Inbee Park (70), Paula Creamer (72), Mika Miyazato (72), and Sandra Gal (71).
"I'm happy to be back in this seat," Pak said. "Before I teed off, I knew it was tougher because of the wind. It was very difficult. I tried not to make big mistakes. I'm very happy about the finish. I got a couple of great up and downs."
Scoring was indeed tough at Locust Hill Country Club, with swirling winds adding more than enough challenge at the major tournament. Only 12 players on the day managed to break par.
Just ask defending champion and World No 1 Yani Tseng, who followed her opening 76 with a 75 to finish the two rounds at seven over par - just barely good enough to make it into the weekend. Her back nine was particularly bad, with five bogeys on her card.
"I did my best," Tseng said. "I hung in there."
"I play so good the front nine. Didn't make any putts. It could be so much a better score today."
Tseng was playing alongside Paula Creamer and Stacy Lewis, and neither were used to seeing the Taiwanese star play like she did.
"I was shocked," Lewis said. "It's probably the worst I've seen Yani play over two days straight. Usually, if she has a bad day, she bounces back the next day. It wasn't the usual Yani."
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