Ireland’s Leona Maguire fired a bogey-free seven-under-par 65 to share the lead with American Ma-rina Alex after Friday’s second round of the LPGA Drive On Championship.
Maguire, chasing her first LPGA victory, stood alongside Alex, who shoot 66, on 13-under 131 after 36 holes of the 54-hole event at Crown Colony in Fort Myers, Florida.
Alex and Maguire owned a four-stroke edge on the third-place trio of Americans Stacy Lewis and Brittany Altomare and Sweden’s Linnea Johansson.
Sharing sixth on 136 were Thailand’s Patty Ta-vatanakit, American Lexi Thompson and South Korean Lee6 Jeong-eun.—AFP
