Perrine Delacour hangs on to a one-stroke lead on the midway level of the Portland Basic; the 29-year-old is one shot forward of Sweden’s Linn Grant and two up on final week’s winner, Megan Khang; Each Grant and Khang shot 66 on Friday to shut in on Delacour.
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Perrine Delacour celebrates along with her caddy after staying bogey-free for the second day straight
Perrine Delacour shot a five-under 67 on Friday to hold on to a one-stroke lead on the Portland Basic after the second spherical in Portland, Ore.
At 14-under, the 29-year-old from France is one shot forward of Sweden’s Linn Grant and two up on final week’s winner, Megan Khang. Each Grant and Khang shot 66 to shut in on Delacour.
After a gradual begin within the afternoon, with only one birdie on the again 9 at Columbia Edgewater Nation Membership, Delacour reached 14 beneath by getting birdies on the third, fifth, sixth and seventh holes.
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She stayed bogey-free for the second straight day and has shot 10-under on the entrance 9 over two days – regardless of needing 5 extra putts than she did throughout Thursday’s spherical of 63 that gave her the lead.
Delacour, who has only one top-10 end this season, is looking for her first title in a decade-plus on the LPGA Tour.
“I’ll attempt not to consider it as a result of that is once I’m the sort of particular person to overthink, so the purpose is I’ll do some stuff to maintain my head busy and never take into consideration golf,” she stated.
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Grant continued a sizzling run of kind by racking up seven birdies and only one bogey. Grant gained her first LPGA match July on the Dana Open and has 4 straight top-20 finishes since then.
“I feel I am total very strong,” stated Grant, 24. “Like regardless that I’ve an off day, like I do not put an excessive amount of stress on myself. I’d get up tomorrow and never have a swing, however I simply must exit and make it work, and I feel I am fairly good at making work even on the times I do not really feel like I acquired it.”
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