IRVINE, Scotland — American Megan Khang birdied her last gap to shoot 4-under 68 Friday and be part of Minjee Lee of Australia in a share of the lead on the Ladies’s Scottish Open.
Each gamers have been 8 beneath par general and in search of their first wins of 2024.
They have been two pictures away from three gamers — Olympic gold medalist Lydia Ko (69), Charley Hull of England (68) and Lauren Coughlin of the US (69).
Hull shot 68 on Friday to maneuver into competition on the Ladies’s Scottish Open.
Khang made six birdies, together with a chip-in. The final of them got here within the last minutes of the day’s play at Dundonald Hyperlinks, with Lee already within the clubhouse after capturing 69 to comply with up her 67 that gave her the first-round lead.
Lee made birdie at Nos. 17 and 18, having picked up her different pictures at Nos. 2 and three.
The 2-time main champion’s final win was in October on the BMW Girls Championship. Khang’s got here two months earlier than that, which means she is sort of a 12 months with no title.
The highest 5 have pulled away from the remainder of the sector, with Mary Liu of China and Esther Henseleit — the silver-medalist on the Paris Video games — tied for sixth place at 3 beneath, 5 off the lead.
The Scottish Open is the ultimate cease earlier than the AIG Ladies’s Open subsequent week at St. Andrews.
