England’s Charley Hull carded the bottom second-round rating on the Ladies’s PGA Championship as Thailand’s Jeeno Thitikul prolonged her lead on the high of the leaderboard.
Hull carded a three-under-par 69, which included 4 birdies and a bogey, in the one spherical underneath 70 on a day when solely 14 gamers broke par in scorching and windy circumstances on the Fields Ranch East course in Texas.
The 29-year-old shot 78 in her opening spherical and is on three over for the event, with chief Thitikul on six underneath.
World quantity two Thitikul has but to win a significant however put herself in a promising place after a two-under par spherical of 70, which included 4 birdies and two bogeys.
Thitikul mentioned the “wind and the tough” supplied the hardest challenges in the course of the second spherical.
She added: “I had higher tee photographs than yesterday and put myself within the positions that I’ve an opportunity.
“If not, I simply tried to make par. I feel par, it is a actually massive key right here – no birdies however 18 pars, you are taking it.”
Thitikul’s nearest challengers are Japan’s Rio Takeda, who shot a 71, and Australian Minjee Lee, who went spherical in 72, with each gamers on three underneath par. American Lexi Thompson is on two underneath following a 70.
“[It] acquired fairly windy even for the morning,” mentioned Thompson. “It was blowing greater than it did yesterday, so I knew I simply needed to decide to my traces on the market.
“It is a powerful golf course, particularly when the wind blows. For those who miss the fairways you simply must take your medication, pitch out, and attempt to save par any method you’ll be able to, make the worst rating a bogey.”
World primary Nelly Korda might solely handle a 74, which included two birdies and 4 bogeys, and the American is on two over par, whereas Eire’s Leona Maguire is on the identical rating after additionally carding a 74.
South Korea’s Amy Yang gained the event final 12 months however, after rounds of 76 and 77, missed the minimize on 9 over par.
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