{"id":25189,"date":"2025-10-18T01:35:57","date_gmt":"2025-10-18T05:35:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/10\/18\/kim-sei-young-maintains-lead-after-two-rounds-at-lpga-korea\/"},"modified":"2025-10-18T01:35:57","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T05:35:57","slug":"kim-sei-young-maintains-lead-after-two-rounds-at-lpga-korea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/10\/18\/kim-sei-young-maintains-lead-after-two-rounds-at-lpga-korea\/","title":{"rendered":"Kim Sei-young maintains lead after two rounds at LPGA Korea"},"content":{"rendered":"
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HAINAN, South Korea — At the BMW Ladies Championship, Sei-young Kim shot a 66 on Friday to take a one-shot lead on a weekend that started with a 10-under 62.<\/p>\n

Kim shot a two-round total of 16 under par and 128 at Pine Beach Golf Links. He made one bogey and seven birdies, including three in a row on the front nine.<\/p>\n

“There’s a lot of pressure on the third and fourth day, and it’s not just me. Everyone will feel the same pressure,” Kim said Friday. \u201cBut I just want to accept the facts and enjoy the rest of the tournament.\u201d<\/p>\n

American Brooke Matthews took second place with a 64, her lowest round of the day. Kim Hyo-joo scored a 68 and tied for third place with Rio Takeda (66), three spots behind Kim.<\/p>\n

Matthews, a former University of Arkansas player, had a bogey-free round with birdies on the first two holes and Nos. 17 and 18.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s funny, but we played against China last week and didn\u2019t feel very comfortable this week and didn\u2019t have a lot of our best stuff,\u201d Matthews said. “But (it) allowed me to go out there and play shot by shot. I felt like my expectations were lower and I was in really good control. I was able to just stay in the moment and end up making some putts and getting some good scores.”<\/p>\n

Australia’s Minjee Lee shot a 66 to tie for sixth place, six strokes behind Kim. Canada’s Brooke Henderson shot a 68 to move within seven strokes of the lead, and defending champion Hannah Green shot a 69 to move within nine strokes of Kim.<\/p>\n

This is the first of back-to-back LPGA tournaments in South Korea, with an International Crown Team event scheduled for next week.<\/p>\n

Gino Titicle became the first multiple winner on the LPGA this season when he won a five-hole playoff over Minami Katsu in Shanghai last week. Titikul will not play this week but will be part of Thailand’s squad for next week’s International Crown.<\/p>\n

After the International Crown, the five-tournament Asian Swing will feature two more LPGA events in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and Japan.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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