He hit six of 14 fairways and 15 of 18 greens in regulation.
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Chun took a two-shot advantage Friday at the halfway stage of the Evian Championship, the fifth and final major tournament of the women’s season.
“I just seemed to hit a lot of good wedge shots today and hit a lot of good putts, ” said Johnston, coming off a 28th-place tie last week in OH in the DAP Championship. “The greens are getting softer this year”.
Olympic bronze medallist Shanshan Feng and America’s Annie Park are their closest challengers on seven under, while Charley Hull stuttered to a level-par 71 after dropping four shots over the closing stretch.
Two-time major victor Brittany Lincicome is a shot behind her in a tie for sixth with South Korean Eun-Hee Ji. “And her putting is really good, also”. Her score could have been lower if not for a double bogey on the ninth hole.
American Michelle Wie won it in 2014 and Park was last year’s victor.
For the first time in USGA championship history, the stroke-play, co-host course was used in a 36-hole championship match.
Also in contention this year are women’s PGA champion Brooke Henderson, U.S. Open victor Brittany Lang, and British Open champion Ariya Jutanugarn.
The United States also won by 21 strokes in 1998.
Potter played at the University of Missouri and is the director of marketing for the Indiana Golf Office.
So the three young guns – Ko and Henderson are 19 and Jutanugarn is 20 – are all set for an end of season battle for the LPGA honors, including Player of the Year. “It was a good thing my wedge shots or chip shots were good enough where I was able to get off with par”. Thomsen had a 67 on the Iberostar Playa Paraiso layout.
Switzerland was second. Metraux had a 69, sister and Florida State teammate Morgane Metraux shot 76, and Azelia Meichtry had an 82. The sisters are teammates at Florida State. The United States was seventh at 4 over. Katelyn Dambaugh had a 72, and Mariel Galdiano and Andrea Lee each shot 73. He’s one shot ahead of Masters champion and fellow Englishman Danny Willett.
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Rory Sabbatini Ryan Brehm, Brett Drewitt and Hiroshi Iwata shot 65, and Stuart Appleby, Scott Stallings, Andrew Johnston, Ollie Schniederjans, Trey Mullinax, Xander Schauffele, Julian Etulain, Matt Jones, Rob Oppenheim and Luke Guthrie were at 66.
