Il-Hee Lee Leads At Midway Point Of 2013 Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia; Lexi Thompson 1 Shot Back, Amy Yang Shoots Tournament Record 62

Il-Hee Lee (click to enlarge)

Il-Hee Lee continues to lead the 2013 Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia after 2 rounds. The 24-year old South Korean is chasing her second LPGA tournament victory to go along with her win at the 2013 Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic. Lee fired a second round 6-under 65 (par is 71 here) to extend to 13-under overall. She did have it down to 14-under at one point before suffering her first bogey of the tournament on the par 5 16th to drop her one shot back. Hot on her heels is American Lexi Thompson, who sits 1 shot behind Lee at 12-under overall. Lexi’s 8-under round was highlighted by an eagle on the par 4 14th. As brilliant as Thompson’s day was, the round of the day belonged to South Korea’s Amy Yang who notched 10 birdies against a lone bogey for a tournament record 9-under 62. That was good enough to vault her from 48th after round 1 into a tie for 6th after round 2 at 8-under overall.

BIRDIES

Shanshan Feng is in fine form after her win in Beijing last week. The Chinese star is 3 shots back at 10-under.

So Yeon Ryu is lurking after a 2nd round 6 under 65 left her at 7-under overall, tied for 8th.

Veterans Paula Creamer, Cristie Kerr and Suzann Pettersen continue to lurk near the top of the leaderboard. Il-Hee, Lexi and Shanshan are still within striking distance.

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IL-HEE LEE

JODI EWART SHADOFF

LEXI THOMPSON

JENNY SHIN

PAULA CREAMER

CRISTIE KERR

CHIE ARIMURA

JESSICA KORDA

MICHELLE WIE

AMY YANG

BRITTANY LANG

ANNA NORDQVIST

SUN YOUNG YOO

EUN-HEE JI

JENNIFER JOHNSON

JIYAI SHIN

SHANSHAN FENG

PORNANONG PHATLUM

YANI TSENG

AZAHARA MUNOZ

MIKA MIYAZATO

BEATRIZ RECARI

IN KYUNG KIM

SUZANN PETTERSEN

Pos	Start	Player	ToPar	Thru	Today	R2	R3
	1	1	LEE, Ilhee	-13	10:01 AM	64	65	129
	2	2	THOMPSON, Lexi	-12	10:01 AM	67	63	130
	3	3	FENG, Shanshan	-10	10:01 AM	67	65	132
	T4	T4	KIM, I.K.	-9	9:50 AM	67	66	133
	T4	T4	CREAMER, Paula	-9	9:50 AM	66	67	133
	T6	T6	YANG, Amy	-8	9:50 AM	72	62	134
	T6	T6	HIGA, Mamiko	-8	9:39 AM	68	66	134
	T8	T8	RYU, So Yeon	-7	9:39 AM	70	65	135
	T8	T8	KERR, Cristie	-7	9:39 AM	67	68	135
	T8	T8	PETTERSEN, Suzann	-7	9:28 AM	67	68	135
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	T11	T11	ICHER, Karine	-6	9:28 AM	70	66	136
	T11	T11	PILLER, Gerina	-6	9:28 AM	70	66	136
	T11	T11	PARK, Hee Young	-6	9:17 AM	69	67	136
	T11	T11	EWART SHADOFF, Jodi	-6	9:17 AM	66	70	136
	T11	T11	LANG, Brittany	-6	9:17 AM	65	71	136
	T16	T16	PHATLUM, Pornanong	-5	9:06 AM	71	66	137
	T16	T16	SHIN, Jiyai	-5	9:06 AM	71	66	137
	T16	T16	WIE, Michelle	-5	9:06 AM	71	66	137
	T16	T16	LEWIS, Stacy	-5	8:55 AM	69	68	137
	T16	T16	HEDWALL, Caroline	-5	8:55 AM	68	69	137
	T16	T16	MASSON, Caroline	-5	8:55 AM	67	70	137
	T16	T16	RECARI, Beatriz	-5	8:44 AM	66	71	137
	T23	T23	CHOI, Chella	-4	8:44 AM	72	66	138
	T23	T23	YOO, Sun Young	-4	8:44 AM	70	68	138
	T23	T23	PARK, Jane	-4	8:33 AM	69	69	138
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	T23	T23	KORDA, Jessica	-4	8:33 AM	68	70	138
	T23	T23	WALSHE, Alison	-4	8:33 AM	67	71	138
	T23	T23	JI, Eun-Hee	-4	8:22 AM	66	72	138
	T29	T29	LEE, Meena	-3	8:22 AM	70	69	139
	T29	T29	LINDBERG, Pernilla	-3	8:22 AM	70	69	139
	T29	T29	GAL, Sandra	-3	8:11 AM	69	70	139
	T29	T29	NORDQVIST, Anna	-3	8:11 AM	68	71	139
	T29	T29	LINCICOME, Brittany	-3	8:11 AM	67	72	139
	T34	T34	MUNOZ, Azahara	-2	8:00 AM	72	68	140
	T34	T34	CIGANDA, Carlota	-2	8:00 AM	71	69	140
	T34	T34	MIYAZATO, Ai	-2	8:00 AM	69	71	140
	T34	T34	HARIGAE, Mina	-2	8:00 AM*	68	72	140
	T34	T34	PRESSEL, Morgan	-2	8:00 AM*	68	72	140
	T39	T39	MIYAZATO, Mika	-1	8:00 AM*	72	69	141
	T39	T39	JOHNSON, Jennifer	-1	8:11 AM*	71	70	141
	T39	T39	PARK, Inbee	-1	8:22 AM*	70	71	141
	T39	T39	CHIEN, Pei-Yun	-1	8:11 AM*	70	71	141
	T39	T39	KUNG, Candie	-1	8:11 AM*	70	71	141
	T39	T39	GULBIS, Natalie	-1	8:22 AM*	69	72	141
	T45	T45	HULL-KIRK, Katherine	E	8:22 AM*	74	68	142
	T45	T45	PAK, Se Ri	E	8:33 AM*	72	70	142
	T45	T45	GRANADA, Julieta	E	8:33 AM*	69	73	142
	T48	T48	URIBE, Mariajo	+1	8:33 AM*	73	70	143
	T48	T48	KANG, Haeji	+1	8:44 AM*	72	71	143
	T48	T48	WEBB, Karrie	+1	8:55 AM*	71	72	143
	T48	T48	MARTIN, Mo	+1	8:44 AM*	71	72	143
	T48	T48	TSENG, Yani	+1	8:44 AM*	71	72	143
	T53	T53	CHOI, Na Yeon	+2	8:55 AM*	76	68	144
	T53	T53	LEE, Jee Young	+2	8:55 AM*	74	70	144
	T53	T53	KANG, Danielle	+2	9:06 AM*	70	74	144
	T56	T56	SALAS, Lizette	+3	9:06 AM*	75	70	145
	T56	T56	JUTANUGARN, Moriya	+3	9:17 AM*	74	71	145
	T56	T56	*SHI, Yuting	+3	9:06 AM*	74	71	145
	T56	T56	HULL, Charley	+3	9:17 AM*	73	72	145
	T56	T56	SHIN, Jenny	+3	9:17 AM*	72	73	145
	61	61	*KOH, Michelle	+4	9:28 AM*	70	76	146
	T62	T62	ARIMURA, Chie	+5	9:28 AM*	76	71	147
	T62	T62	SCHREEFEL, Dewi Claire	+5	9:28 AM*	76	71	147
	T64	T64	PAN, Aretha	+6	9:39 AM*	77	71	148
	T64	T64	ROSALES, Jennifer	+6	9:39 AM*	76	72	148
	T64	T64	SERGAS, Giulia	+6	9:39 AM*	71	77	148
	67	67	CHO, Irene	+7	9:50 AM*	73	76	149
	68	68	LEE-PRIDGEN, Cindy	+9	9:50 AM*	74	77	151
	69	69	CONCOLINO, Jacqui	+12	9:50 AM*	76	78	154
	70	70	JOHANI, Ainil	+17	10:01 AM*	86	73	159
	71	71	BOOTH, Carly	+22	10:01 AM*	77	87	164
	72	72	*CHANG, Yu Hsin	+27	10:01 AM*	82	87	169