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CHASKA, Minn. \u2014 Ina Yoon stretched her lead at the Women\u2019s PGA Championship with a 3-under 69 that put her five strokes up on the second-place pack after another strong South Korean showing Friday.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Yoon, who shot a record 63 in the\u00a0first round\u00a0Thursday at Hazeltine National Golf Club, had two bogeys with one birdie on the back nine to reach 12 under. The 23-year-old is seeking her first LPGA Tour victory.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe remaining two days will obviously be nerve-racking, but being nervous is human nature, and I think I want to embrace that and focus on what I can in my shots,\u201d said Yoon, who missed the cut at the\u00a0US Women\u2019s Open\u00a0this month after tying for fourth at the first major of the season at The\u00a0Chevron Championship.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Nasa Hataoka, Brooke Henderson, A Lin Kim, and Hae Ran Ryu were tied for second. Ryu shot a 64 for the best score of the day, three strokes better than Hataoka. Henderson finished with three straight birdies for a 68. Kim shot a 70. They all left the course in good spirits, yet trying to figure out how to make up five strokes.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s halfway done. She had a great first half, so hopefully I can just have a great second half to try to make up the difference,\u201d said Henderson, the Canadian who won the Women\u2019s PGA Championship at age 18 in 2016 at Sahalee Country Club in Washington. \u201cI feel like overall the way I\u2019ve been playing the course has been really solid, so just hopefully I make a few more birdies and climb the board.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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LPGA Tour leader Nelly Korda, who opened her\u00a0bid for a third straight major\u00a0title this year with a quiet 70, had a 68 to climb into a tie for sixth place with Dongeun Lee at 6 under.<\/span><\/p>\n

After rallying from a slow start to win the US Women\u2019s Open at Riviera Country Club in Los Angeles, Korda put herself in a viable position.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt is hard to have a big lead going into the weekend. I was there at Chevron and you do feel a little bit more pressure, like everyone is hunting you down. I\u2019m just going to focus on, as boring as it is, one shot at a time and see where that takes me,\u201d Korda said. \u201cI know the wind will be higher this weekend so it\u2019s going to play probably a little bit more difficult, and I\u2019m sure that the pins will be tricked up.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Yoon, Kim, Ryu, and Lee gave South Korea four of the top seven at the midpoint of a tournament that has so far enjoyed calm, dry, and comfortable conditions with high temperatures in the mid-70s. The 36-hole average score is the lowest for this event since 2008 at Bulle Rock in Maryland.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI think I like this kind of grass, and the course fit my eye as well,\u201d Yoon said. \u201cYeah, I think I like this course.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Yoon became the fourth player in the history of the Women\u2019s PGA Championship, which dates to 1955, to lead by five or more strokes through 36 holes, following Mickey Wright (eight, 1958), In Gee Chun (six, 2022), and Cristie Kerr (five, 2010).<\/span><\/p>\n

Korda again had\u00a0hundreds of fans\u00a0following her every shot, streaming from hole to hole as she traversed the lengthy 6,700-yard course in suburban Minneapolis.<\/span><\/p>\n

After birdies on four of her first nine holes, Korda faded a bit down the stretch and finished with six straight pars as she fought a hook with her tee shots. She hit into the rough along the treeline to begin her back nine before two-putting for bogey on the first hole.<\/span><\/p>\n

Projecting confidence and humility as the sport\u2019s most dominant and popular player at the moment, Korda couldn\u2019t help but laugh with caddie Jason McDede at the difference in layouts from the last major to this one.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAt Riv it\u2019s a dead right, and now it\u2019s left,\u201d Korda said. \u201cI would\u2019ve killed for this shot at Riv. But, yeah, it\u2019s just golf. It\u2019s funny, right? It always kind of humbles you, and you\u2019re always kind of scratching your head a little bit in some ways.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

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