Sei Young Kim alone leads the KPMG Women's PGA Championship after the second round, with a card of 65 (-5). Perrine Delacour and Céline Boutier in 46th position, cross the cut nine shots from the South Korean with a card of 71 (+1).

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Korean Sei Young Kim celebrates her eagle on the 18th hole with her playing partner Morgan Pressel - © Tristan Jones - Source: LET via Flickr

The 27-year-old South Korean returned a 65 (-5) card at the end of the second round, taking sole control of the 3rd Grand Slam lifting at -4 (136) this Friday in Newtown Square (Pennsylvania). ). 7th player in the world and ten times winner of the LPGA Tour, Kim is still looking for a first title in Major.

Sei Young Kim ignored the manual leaderboards scattered around Aronimink's course as she began to make her way to the top of the leaderboard ...

“I was in a good dynamic, so I just wanted to stay in that frame of mind,” Kim said.
By the time she was done birdie after birdie on her way to a record second round, Kim could afford a quick glance at the board: her name was at the top.

“When we got into the top nine, the wind kind of slowed down so it was easier to attack with the irons,” she said.

Kim with a 136-4 total at Aronimink tied Karrie Webb (2001) and Sarah Kemp (2011) for the lowest score on nine holes of the PGA Women's Championship.

“The birdie on the 14 was very good for confidence because it was a long putt, and that's where I started a four birdie streak,” Kim said. “It really helped me to keep a good momentum and to finish strong. "

While she was tied with four competitors, which she therefore relegated to a blow. They are the Americans Jennifer Kupcho and Danielle Kang, world number 3, the Swedish Anna Nordqvist, winner of the PGA Championship 2009 and the Evian Championship 2017, and the Spanish Carlote Ciganda.

Ciganda, 30, suffered from a lengthy episode of COVID-19 earlier this year that left her in quarantine in her apartment in Arizona for at least a month. She said at least three tests during that time came back positive and she needed at least a month and a half after her first negative result to start feeling perfectly healthy. A two-time LPGA Tour winner, Ciganda suffered from memory problems, fatigue and weight loss during this event.

“I'm happy to be back in competition and feeling good again,” she said.

World No.2 Nelly Korda dropped out with a back injury after playing 71 in the first round. ANA Inspiration winner Mirim Lee has also retired due to injury.

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