The South Korean carded a bogey-free 7-under par, 66 on Friday to take a two-stroke lead at the Yokohama Tire LPGA Classic.
“Actually even yesterday my shot was really great, but I couldn’t make a lot of putts, but today I pretty much made everything,” Ryu said. “It was a bit windy, but we played with a lot of wind the last few weeks, so it wasn’t really like, you know, really big difference. I think I was good at reading the wind as well, especially happy with having a bogey free round and having seven birdies under my belt really feels good.”
Ryu is currently ranked No. 10 in the latest Rolex Women’s Golf World Rankings and has been finding herself near the top of the leaderboard lately and taking advantage of windy conditions at the past few events.
“I’ve been working on my long game really hard and actually having a better ball trajectory since I’m working with my new coach, so I think even when I’m playing with the really strong wind I think it’s less effective than before, so I feel more comfortable to play in the wind,” Ryu said. “I think just trust. I know I practiced hard, I know I prepared well, so just, you know, trust you and believe you. That’s the big key when you play with the wind.”
Ryu holds a two-shot lead over Ryann O’Toole, Morgan Pressel and Minjee Lee heading into the weekend in Alabama.
Click here for complete scores from round two of the Yokohama Tire LPGA Classic.
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