Sara Byrne was on course to make the weekend before a four-over-par three-hole stretch meant a missed cut at the Epson Tour’s Hartford HealthCare Women’s Championship.
Byrne was level par for the day and one-over-par total through 14, before a bogey on the par-five 15th was followed by a double-bogey and another bogey to fall two shots outside the cut, and a birdie on the last wasn’t enough to make the weekend.
Despite an unsteady finish, Gina Kim carded a three-under-par 69, moving her to 11-under total to remain at the top of the leaderboard after the second round of the Hartford HealthCare Women’s Championship.
Kim expressed after her round; “Yeah, I mean, obviously not as exciting as yesterday, but still had a lot of good shots, a lot a good putts, a little bit of a shaky finish, but I think overall today I’ve made some really good decisions and played the course well, and so I’m excited for the next few days.”
Kim was striving for a course record when she teed off in the morning, starting off strong with a three-under-par 33 on her first nine holes. She chipped in for a birdie on her first hole of the day, the par-4 10th, followed by birdies on 14, 15, and 17. The North Carolina native added to her birdie count on her second nine with birdies on holes one and four.
Yue Ren, Yana Wilson, and Amari Avery sit two shots out of second place heading into moving day. Avery matched Kim’s 18-hole tournament record from round one with an eight-under-par 64 in round two. The 21-year-old maneuvered around Great River Golf Club bogey-free, adding four birdies on each nine and matching her career low round on the Epson Tour.
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