Popov, Feng win LPGA Match-Play marathon knockout openers
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29/05/2021 - 23:04 Germany s Sophia Popov beat South Korean Park In-bee in 20 holes on Saturday to advance at the LPGA Match Play tournament in Las Vegas JED JACOBSOHN GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/AFP 3 min
Los Angeles (AFP)
Germany s Sophia Popov ousted world number two Park In-bee after 20 holes while China s Feng Shanshan advanced after 22 holes in Saturday s LPGA Match Play knockout round openers.
Four of the eight matches in the round of 16 needed extra holes to decide a winner, with Popov making a birdie to close out her match and Feng eliminating American Brittany Altomare with an eagle on the fourth extra hole.
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MIAMI (AFP) – Austin Ernst fired a bogey-free five-under par 67 yesterday to maintain a share of the lead alongside Jennifer Kupcho at the halfway stage of the US LPGA Drive On Championship in Ocala, Florida.
Kupcho, who started the day tied for the lead with Ernst and Nelly Korda, had six birdies and a bogey in her second-round 67 to join Ernst on 10-under 134 – two shots clear of Spain’s Carlota Ciganda who fired an impressive bogey-free round of seven-under 65 for an eight-under total of 136.
Korda, coming off a victory at the Gainbridge LPGA last week, stayed in touch with the leaders with a two-under 70 that left her alone in fourth on 137, two strokes in front of American Jenny Coleman (69).