Lydia Ko has posted an impressive second round at the Palos Verdes Championship to move into contention at the top of the leaderboard.
After recording an opening round 69 that included four bogeys and left her six shots behind leader Minjee Lee, Ko eventually cut down on her mistakes in her second run at the Californian course to move into a share of second, three shots off the lead.
Starting on the back nine today, Ko began in inconsistent fashion with a double bogey, birdie, bogey, birdie run over holes 13 to 16. However, she credited saves for par on 17 and 18 for ending that erratic pattern; which then set her up for a huge front nine.
"I was able to make a good comeback after every mistake, and then I made a mistake again on the next hole," Ko said.
"But then I was kind of able to stop that pattern after making up and down for par on 17, and then made a really good up and down on 18.