England’s Charley Hull and taking part in accomplice Michael Brennan sit one shot off the lead going into the ultimate spherical of the Grant Thornton Invitational mixed-team occasion.
American Lauren Coughlin holed a bunker shot for eagle on the par-5 seventeenth gap, as she and Andrew Novak teamed for a stout 4-under 68 in foursomes to construct a one-shot lead after two rounds.
They had been at 19-under and lead by one shot over Hull and Brennan, who had been poised to share the lead till a three-putt bogey on the ultimate gap when Hull lipped out from simply outdoors three ft.
“We played pretty steady,” Hull mentioned afterwards.
“It was a disgrace I missed that quick putt on the final, however it’s clearly a tougher format, foursomes. We performed respectable immediately.
“It’s just easy going [playing with Brennan]. “I actually, actually take pleasure in his recreation. I like the way in which he’s and his recreation’s nice. Like I am going to positively be sitting down watching the PGA Tour extra now to see how he will get on.
“He’s got all the shots, I think he’ll win more.”
Lexi Thompson and Wyndham Clark are two photographs behind the leaders after ending with eight straight pars for a 72.
The ultimate spherical is modified fourballs. Every participant tees off, then they change golf balls and keep on with that ball the remainder of the way in which, with the low rating counting.
It ought to result in decrease scoring, though the Canadian duo of Brooke Henderson and Corey Conners did their half within the tougher foursomes. They managed seven birdies and briefly shared the lead till a bogey on the 18th.
That left them three photographs behind, together with Nelly Korda and Denny McCarthy (70) and Jennifer Kupcho and Chris Gotterup (70).
The Kupcho-Gotterup and Coughlin-Novak groups every made double bogey on the par-5 14th. Coughlin helped her aspect get better when she holed out from the best bunker on the seventeenth.
What’s the Grant Thornton Invitational?
The 54-hole competitors is a mixed-team occasion that sees 16 LPGA Tour and 16 PGA Tour professionals compete collectively in a novel co-sanctioned match.
The three-day match gives three totally different codecs of staff play and permits the 32-player subject to compete for equal prize cash and visibility.
It’s the second successive 12 months the match has featured on the schedule, having been launched in 2023 as the primary co-sanctioned occasion between the LPGA Tour and PGA Tour because the JCPenney Traditional in 1999.
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