Posted at 11:26 a.m., Sunday, May 27, 2007
Kimberly Kim shoots 72, extends lead in junior event
Advertiser Staff
Former Big Island resident Kimberly Kim bogeyed two of the first three holes but rallied to birdie two of the last three to shoot an even-par 72 today to maintain the lead after two rounds of the Thunderbird International Junior at Scottsdale, Ariz.The tournament that annually attracts the top junior golfers in the world is for players 14- to 18-years old. The event ends tomorrow (Monday).
Kim's two-round total of 5-under 139 on the 6,271-yard Grayhawk Golf Club Raptor Course is four shots better than second-place Joanne Lee of San Carlos, Calif. Lee tied for the day's low rounds of 1-under-par 71.
Starting on the back, Kim bogeyed the par-4 Nos. 10 and 12 and made the turn at 2-over 38. But she birdied Nos. 4, 7 and 8 while bogeying No. 6 to close at 2-under for the back nine.
Honolulu's Ayaka Kaneko, a Sacred Hearts Academy student who shared second at 2-under with Vicky Hurst of Melbourne, Fla., to start the day, shot a 4-over 76 and is tied for fifth. Her two-round total is 2-over 146. She bogeyed her first three holes and her last two. She had two birdies and a bogey inbetween.
Stephanie Kono, a Punahou School student, shot a second-round 77 and is tied for 28th in the 36-player field. She had four bogeys, a double-bogey and a birdie in shooting 5-over.
