INCHEON, South Korea (AP) – Brittany Lang hit driver for a tap-in eagle on the par-4 15th and birdied the last for a 7-under 65 and the second-round lead Friday in the LPGA KEB HanaBank Championship.
A day after Se Ri Pak ended her Hall of Fame career in front of her home fans, Lang nearly aced the 275-yard 15th, her ball hopping onto the green, curling right toward the pin and stopping a foot away.
On the par-5 18th, the U.S. Women’s Open champion rattled the flagstick on the first hop with a wedge, leaving a putt a couple of inches longer than the one on 15.
Lang had a 10-under 134 total at Sky 72 after opening with a 69 on Thursday. The 31-year-old American won the U.S. Women’s Open in July at CordeValle in California, beating Anna Nordqvist in a playoff.
Solheim Cup teammate Alison Lee, the first-round leader after a 65, had a 70 to fall a stroke back. She chipped in for eagle on 15 to match Lang, then bogeyed 18. The 21-year-old UCLA student drove in the left rough and hit her third over the green, leaving a downhill flop that raced 7 feet past.