Charley Hull and Corridor of Famer Lydia Ko moved into competition after two rounds of the HSBC Ladies’s World Championship.
Olympic gold medallist Ko moved to inside a shot of the lead with a five-under 67.
Englishwoman Hull, who carded three birdies in her opening-round 69, is tied for third with Hyo Joo Kim (66), two photographs off the lead.
Ko, the South Korean-born New Zealander, had a two-round complete of six-under 138 on the Tanjong course at Sentosa Golf Membership. First-round chief A Lim Kim held the lead after 36 holes with a 69 on Friday.
The regular Ko hit 11 of 14 fairways and 16 of 17 greens in regulation in her bogey-free spherical.
“I do not assume I sometimes play very well on this golf course and I assumed this yr can be a very good yr to type of flip that round,” Ko mentioned.
“The scores have not actually been that low these previous couple days. I am simply making an attempt to give attention to me and hopefully simply preserve climbing up the leaderboard.”
Defending champion Hannah Inexperienced shot 69 and was on even-par 144, degree with Angel Yin, who received the LPGA Thailand occasion final week.
The Singapore discipline options 9 of the highest 10 gamers on the planet rating – and 13 of the highest 15 – minus solely top-ranked Nelly Korda and Rose Zhang.
The ultimate occasion of the LPGA’s three-tournament early Asian Swing shall be performed subsequent week at Hainan Island, China.
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