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South Korean Sung Hyun Park was honoured at an awards banquet Thursday night as the LPGA rookie of the year and after 2 rounds of this season ending CME Group Tour Championship she is set for a historic weekend in this Race to CME Globe.
She shot a -7 65 on Friday, giving her a three-shot lead at Tiburon Golf Club and at -12 132 and is three shots clear of Caroline Masson (66) and Sarah Jane Smith (69).
She is the story so far. A win would give her the award for player of the year, the money title, and she might even catch Lexi Thomson in the race for the Vare Trophy. She could become the first rookie since Hall of Famer Nancy Lopez in 1978 to win LPGA player of the year.
To sweeten the pot even more, none of the other players in the chase for the Race to the CME Globe, or any of the other awards is within five shots of her.
The other two players who need to win the tournament to collect the $1 million bonus, Brooke Henderson fired another 70 to get to -4 and Chinese star, Shanshan Feng shot +1 73 to get to -1.
Alena Sharp is out of contention, 75 74 +5. Lydia Ko shot 71 and is at -6
So Park is in the drivers seat but there is still 2 rounds to go and she was understandably cautious with so much at stake. “I don’t think it’s quite that far of a lead, two, three shots of a lead can change at any moment. We will have to see what’s in store for this weekend"
We shall see..
Bryan Angus
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