Two days into the U.S. Women’s Open at CordeValle in San Martin, California, Koreans are dominating the top-5 rankings, with Sung Hyun Park in the lead.
The 22-year-old Park, who debuted in the LGPA with a second-place win at the KEB-HanaBank Championship in Korea last year, shot 70 on Thursday and 66 on Friday.
Mirim Lee, who exploded onto the course Thursday with a record-tying eight-under-par 64, follows Park on the leaderboard; then Amy Yang, a top-10 veteran who started with a 67 Thursday and who finished with a 71 Friday; current world No. 1 Lydia Ko, the Korean-born New Zealander who had a first-round score of 73 and a second-round 66; and Eun-Hee Ji, the 2009 title winner who shot 69 in round one and 71 in round two.
“I didn’t even think about winning because this is the first time for me,” Park told ABC News, through an interpreter. “I would like more experience with the USGA, LPGA. But I’m trying to enjoy this tournament. That’s why I am just more comfortable, don’t even think about the winning, I just enjoy the play. That’s why it happened today.”
The tournament, the oldest of the LPGA Tour’s championships, and which has been won by a Korean or Korean American golfer every year since 2011, ends Sunday.
