Lauren Kim led Canadians on Thursday with a 2-under 70
SINGAPORE – The Republic of Korea are back atop the leaderboard after posting a 6-under on Thursday to take a two-stroke lead through 36 holes at the 31st Women’s World Amateur Team Championship at Tanah Merah Country Club (Tampines Course) in Singapore.
Soomin Oh and A Jin Sung each finished with 3-under 69s to lead the defending champions climb on Thursday. The Republic of Korea’s team total of 13-under leads the United States of America and Spain by two-strokes in the battle for the Espirito Santo Trophy. The People’s Republic of China is fourth at 7-under, with England rounding out the top five at 6-under. Canada sits in eighth at 3-under among the 36 nations competing.
Oh, who won the 2025 Women’s Amateur Asia-Pacific Championship and both team and individual honours at the 2024 World Junior Girls Golf Championship is now tied for first individually at 7-under with Aira Nagasawa of Japan. Right behind the co-leaders are Spain’s Paula Martin Sampedro (-6) and Andrea Revuelta Goicoechea (5). Catherine Park of the United States is tied with Goicoechea for fourth.
Canada was led by Lauren Kim’s 2-under 70 and Michelle Xing’s 1-over 73 on Thursday to keep Canada in the top ten of team championship, 10 shots back of the defending champions. Kim of Surrey, B.C. sits at 1-under and is T21 individually, six back of the co-leaders. Xing of Richmond Hill, Ont. is 1-over for the tournament and is T35, with Vanessa Borovilos of Etobicoke, Ont. sitting T42 at 2-over in the 108-player field.
Individually, 18 players are within five shots or less of the co-leaders. For both the team and individual leaderboard, please click here.
The third round will tee off at 7:15 a.m. (Friday) in Singapore, 7:15 p.m. EDT (Thursday). For tee times, please click here.
