Hyo Joo Kim and Hye-Jin Choi lead the Dow Championship after a challenging round Saturday
and Hye-Jin Choi handled a swirling wind Saturday and made enough birdies to be among only six teams who broke par, posting a 1-under 69 in foursomes to build a one-shot lead in the Dow Championship.will need another big showing in Sunday fourballs if they want a chance to catch them.
They made only one birdie, had bogey on both par 5s at Midland Country Club and shot 76 to fall six shots behind. Kim and Choi, the South Korean duo who are both among the top 20 in the women's world ranking, were at 10-under 200.
“The wind was obviously very strong today so that was a big factor that was different than the first round,” Kim said. They also shot 69 in foursomes in the opening round.managed a birdie on the par-3 closing hole, which was playing downwind to a front pin over the water. That gave them a 70 and left them one shot back.
, former teammates at UCLA, had the lead until they made a triple bogey on the 16th hole when Vu hit the tee shot out-of-bounds. They had to settle for a 69 and were in third place at 8-under 202.
“It’s a pretty meaty hole. I’ve been kind of leaking my drives out right so just wanted to make sure I had a draw but it was a pulled draw instead,” Vu said. , who at 66 became the oldest player in LPGA history to make the cut in an official event, teamed withFOX SPORTS™, SPEED™, SPEED. COM™ & © 2026 Fox Media LLC and Fox Sports Interactive Media, LLC.
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