LPGA Tour: Jodi Ewart Shadoff of England holds the half-way lead at the LPGA Mediheal Championship | Golf News

Jodi Ewart Shadoff will start the weekend on 11th and 4th clear of South Africa’s Paula Reto; Northern Ireland’s Stephanie Meadow is in third place while Georgia Hall is in 10th – watch live this weekend on Sky Sports Golf YouTube channel

Jodi Ewart Shadoff (right) is congratulated by Narin An (left) after the second round in California

Jodi Ewart Shadoff has bolstered her hopes of applying for a long-awaited LPGA Tour maiden victory by boosting her lead to four shots in the middle leg of the LPGA Mediheal Championship.

The British woman followed an opening round of 64 with three under 69 on Friday at the Saticoy Club in California, combining six birds with three birds to move to 11 under and hold a commanding advantage over the challenger nearest Paula Reto.

Ewart Shadoff fulfilled her dream of starting her second round with three birdies in her four openings and progressing further as he took advantage of the sixth par 5, before canceling a bogey on the next. followed by picking a shot on par-ninth for a turn at 32.

The British woman responded to bogey in the 13th par-three by hitting the next par-five birdie to drop back to bottom 12, only to beat her penultimate hole in wind reinforcement to reduce the advantage. Her 36 holes.

“I feel really good,” said Ewart Shadoff, who is looking to become the second British winner on the LPGA Tour in weeks after Charley Hull’s success at The Ascendant LPGA.

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“Playing really consistently and I feel really in control of my game. Just maintaining my routine and hitting some good shots, rolling in the putes, so everything seems to be going. goes well.

Reto was crowned two under 70s for a second solo spot against a group of seven over six that included Northern Ireland’s Stephanie Meadow, who made four birdies in a seven-hole stretch en route to the ring. second 70 .

Meadow moved closer to the top spot until two bogeys in six finals dropped her to third, along with Pauline Roussin, Eun-Hee Ji, Haeji Kang, Xiyu Lin, Ruixin Liu and Gaby Lopez , all decelerated five.

Georgia Hall was also in the top 10 after a four-under 68 boost lifted her to the bottom five, while American Danielle Kang dropped to seventh with a score of 73 in the second round and Scotland’s Gemma Dryburgh advanced into the weekend in second place. 34th thanks to the third point. – under 69.

“It’s amazing,” Hall said of Ewart Shadoff’s lead and Hull’s win last week. “There aren’t many of us [English]maybe like four, five people on tour, so when we’re doing well, it’s nice to watch.

“Also coming from such a small country. Jodi is also playing great halfway through, and let’s see what happens.”

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