China's Liu Takes Chevron Lead After Albatross

The Chevron Championship - second-round leaderboard

-7 Y Liu (Chn); -6 L Duncan, S Schmelzel (both US), M Saigo (Jpn), H Kim (Kor); -5 M de Roey (Bel), H Choi, H Ryu (both Kor), A Yin (US), W Zhang (Chn)

Selected: -3 G Hall (Eng); +1 N Korda (US), L Ko (NZ); +2 L Maguire (Ire), +3 G Dryburgh (Sco); +4 C Hull (Eng), L Woad (Eng)

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China's Yan Liu deed a uncommon albatross - three-under-par connected a azygous spread - connected her measurement to taking nan outright lead connected time 2 astatine nan Chevron Championship.

Liu, 27, recovered nan spread from 170 yards astatine nan par-five eighth pinch her 2nd shot, utilizing a 7 iron.

It proved captious arsenic she besides made 3 bogeys connected nan beforehand 9 earlier finishing pinch a bogey and a birdie to paper a level-par 72 and lead a group of 4 players by 1 shot.

England's Georgia Hall remains successful contention astatine nan first women's awesome of nan play aft hitting 72 to enactment 4 strokes disconnected nan lead successful Texas.

Defending champion Nelly Korda deed backmost from a first-round 77 to paper a four-under 68 and is astatine 1 complete astatine The Club astatine Carlton Woods.

Americans Lindy Duncan and Sarah Schmelzel, Japan's Mao Saigo and South Korea's Hyo Joo Kim are a changeable down Liu.

South Korea's Haeran Ryu shared nan overnight lead pinch Liu but made a 74 to gaffe backmost joint-sixth connected 5 nether for nan tournament.

China's Weiwei Zhang was besides connected 5 nether aft 15 holes of her 2nd information erstwhile play was suspended because of bad light.

American Lexi Thompson, who has retired from full-time play but continues to play definite events, is successful contention astatine 4 under.

Liu, who is chasing a first awesome and first LPGA Tour win, said she will consciousness nan unit this weekend.

"Definitely I will consciousness a small bit, because this this is simply a major," she said.

"I cognize nan people going to beryllium harder, truthful I deliberation should conscionable enactment patient, calm, because I'm a very affectional person."

Hall had an eventful information featuring 3 bogeys, 1 double bogey and 4 birdies to yet enactment successful striking region of nan lead.

However, compatriots Lottie Woad and Charley Hull slipped backmost to 4 over, pinch Scotland's Gemma Dryburgh a changeable ahead.

All 3 will miss nan cut, which is projected to beryllium astatine 2 over, pinch 9 players yet to decorativeness their 2nd round.

Korda's 68, which included six birdies and 2 bogeys, has truthful moved her wrong nan trim statement and gives nan world number 1 an extracurricular chance of mounting a singular comeback complete nan weekend.

Three-time awesome victor Lydia Ko is besides astatine 1 over.