MISSISSAUGA, Ontario — Akie Iwai took a three-stroke lead into the weekend within the CPKC Ladies’s Open in her bid to win for the second straight week.
Iwai adopted her opening 7-under 64 with a 69 on Friday to get to 9-under 133 at Mississaugua Golf and Nation Membership.
The 23-year-old Japanese participant gained the Customary Portland Basic on Sunday to hitch twin sister Chisato as a rookie LPGA Tour champion. She’s making an attempt to maintain it easy and never get forward of herself.
“No change thoughts. No change swing. Simply focus my golf,” she stated.
Jeeno Thitikul, the Thai star making her first begin since taking the No. 1 spot on the planet from Nelly Korda, had a 70 for a share of second place with Minjee Lee (67) and Leona Maguire (70).
Slumping Canadian star Brooke Henderson rebounded from a gap 71 with a 66 to get to five beneath. The 2018 champion gained the final of her 13 LPGA Tour titles in January 2023.
“I’m proper there,” Henderson stated. “Simply acquired to maintain going, put two extra stable rounds collectively.”
She performed alongside Thitikul and Lottie Woad, the Ladies’s Scottish Open winner who shot 75-69 to overlook the minimize by a stroke. Defending champion Lauren Coughlin additionally dropped out, capturing 74-70. She gained final yr in Calgary.
Akie Iwai, a six-time winner on the JLPGA Tour, is enjoying in Canada for the primary time. On Friday on the tree-lined course, she performed the entrance 9 in even par with two birdies and two bogeys. She birdied the par-5 thirteenth and par-4 seventeenth on the second 9.
“At present, additionally I gave many birdie possibilities, however I simply didn’t get,” she stated. “I left putts brief.”
Chisato Iwai, the winner at Mayakoba in Could in Mexico, additionally missed the minimize by a stroke with rounds of 75 and 69.
Korda was 4 beneath after her second 69. She had a double bogey on the par-3 third.
Aphrodite Deng, the 15-year-old Canadian newbie who was tied for second after a gap 66, shot 73 to drop right into a tie for fifteenth at 3 beneath.
