Soomin Oh takes particular person lead by two after capturing 68 on Thursday
Mississauga, Ont. – The Republic of Korea maintains the crew lead following two rounds on the 2024 World Junior Ladies Golf Championship at Credit score Valley Golf & Nation Membership in Mississauga, Ont.
The Republic of Korea (Korea) had been led by Soomin Oh who shot a 4-under 68 on Thursday to maneuver to 7-under following 36 holes and now leads the person championship. Seojin Park shot a 2-under 70 to have her rating rely towards the crew whole. Park carded 4 birdies on her first 9, then bumped into some hassle with 4 consecutive bogeys on her second 9 earlier than ending with a birdie and an eagle on her final two holes. Teammate Sumin Hong shot a 1-over 73 on Thursday. The 2 lowest scores rely in direction of the crew’s mixed rating for the day. Korea mixed to shoot 6-under to maneuver to 12-under for the match and take a four-shot lead over Crew Canada 1 heading into Friday’s third spherical.
“They performed properly however the one factor I didn’t like was in the course of the around the wind picked up and so they struggled however nonetheless they completed robust, and I attempted to encourage them immediately,” stated Korea Coach Naon Min. “Two extra days, this isn’t the tip. I’ll inform them to maintain their focus individually after which the outcomes will come.”
Defending champions, Crew Canada 1 maintain their place alone in second at 8-under. Clairey Lin of Langley, B.C. fired a 3-under 69 to assist lead her crew on Thursday. Shauna Liu of Maple, Ont. completed with an excellent par 72 to offer Canada a 3-under mixed spherical on the day. Teammate Aphrodite Deng of Calgary, Alta. shot a 3-over 75.
“They battled actually onerous, Clairey performed rather well, acquired off to a extremely good begin and that was promising, the primary six or seven holes there wasn’t a lot wind, so it was form of gettable, however the Korean crew was making a variety of birdies, so I knew we needed to maintain tempo,” stated Crew Canada 1 Coach Jeff MacDonald.
MacDonald added that transferring from the valley to move again up prime meant the gamers confronted a tricky take a look at with swirling winds on the highest 5 holes, as Canada 1 started their spherical on the again 9.
“It’s a superb begin, we’re in a superb place, Korea completed robust to get 4 forward, however something can occur, it may well swap so shortly. I keep in mind final 12 months going backwards and forwards so simply reminding them of that and simply maintain battling the entire time,” stated MacDonald.
Hong Kong, China has moved into third at 4-under, Sweden sits in fourth at 3-under with Mexico and Italy tied for fifth at even par.
Crew Canada 2 is presently tied for tenth with Chinese language Taipei and america at 3-over. Crew Canada 2 was led by 14-year-old Nobelle Park of Oakville, Ont. on Thursday (1-under 71) 15-year-old Eileen Park of Pink Deer, Alta. (2-over 74) and 17-year-old Lindsay McGrath of Oakville, Ont. (11-over 83).
The next are the standings following the second spherical of the 2024 World Junior Ladies Golf Championship:
Click on right here for the crew leaderboard following the second spherical of the 2024 World Junior Ladies Golf Championship.
Within the particular person competitors, Oh recorded two eagles and 4 birdies on her strategy to a 4-under 68 on Thursday. Oh is now at 7-under for the match and leads Ebba Lundqvist of Sweden by two. Lundqvist shot a 3-under 69 to maneuver into second.
“In the present day I managed the par fives very properly and hit tee photographs very properly and hit the greens with good positioning immediately,” stated Oh by way of her coach.
Alexis Lamadrid of Mexico and Arianna Lau of Hong Kong, China are tied for third at 4-under. Clairey Lin and Seojin Park are tied for fifth at 3-under.
The person champion will obtain an exemption into the 2025 CPKC Girls’s Open being held at Mississaugua Golf & Nation Membership in Mississauga from August 19 – 24, 2025.
Click on right here for the person leaderboard following the second spherical of the 2024 World Junior Ladies Golf Championship.
This 12 months marks the biggest discipline in match historical past, with a complete of 72 athletes comprising 24 groups and representing 23 nations competing for the crew and particular person titles.
A number of gamers who’ve competed within the World Junior Ladies Golf Championship have gone on to nice success on the LPGA Tour. Canadian Brooke Henderson, a 13-time LPGA Tour winner and Canada’s winningest skilled golfer, completed fourth within the particular person competitors on the inaugural championship in 2014.
Different notable opponents who went on to grow to be LPGA Tour winners embody Atthaya Thitikul of Thailand who gained back-to-back World Junior titles in 2018 and 2019 in addition to Yuka Saso of the Philippines who gained the 2016 World Junior title. 2023 CPKC Girls’s Open winner, Megan Khang of america competed within the inaugural match in 2014. Different former World Junior opponents who’ve gone on to win on the LPGA Tour embody Hannah Inexperienced of Australia and Maja Stark and Linn Grant of Sweden. Hye-Jin Choi from the Republic of Korea gained each the 2015 crew and particular person championship on the World Junior Ladies Golf Championship and has earned a number of prime 5 finishes on the LPGA Tour.
Groups Korea, Canada 1 and Hong Kong, China will play collectively throughout Friday’s third spherical. For spherical tee occasions and groupings, please click on right here.
