HSBC Women’s World Championship R2

Womens World 2021 R2
April 29 – May 02
Sentosa Golf Club, Tanjong Course, Singapore
$1,600,000
Round 1, Round 3, Round 4

Estimated reading time: 5 minutes

Hee Young Park and Inbee Park hold a two-stroke lead over the field at the HSBC Women’s World Championship at 11-under. Inbee, who has hit 27 of 28 fairways through the first two days, struggled from the start, which was highlighted by a bogey at the 3rd. When she made her first birdie of the day at the 7th, Park said she felt relived.

Womens World 2021 R2

“It was a little betrayal of my putter today,” said Park. “Misread a few putts, but I still feel like I fought pretty well, especially the front nine, 1 through 6 was pretty tough with a lot of opportunities given but nothing was going in. I was just trying to get my momentum going, and No. 7 definitely did it and from there, the round was a bit easier. A little rough start.”

Park went on to birdie the next two before making the turn. “I really wanted to make it happen and having birdies on 7, 8 and 9 was a big help,” said Park after closing with a 69. “Obviously there was a lot of opportunities on the back nine as well but it wasn’t my great putting day today. Hopefully better days to come next two days.”

Womens World 2021 R2

Park said she’ll work on her putting stroke from her hotel room before Saturday, trying to avoid the heat. But the focus for her will be to get a better feel for the greens on the New Tanjong Course.

“I’m just trying to get the rhythm going again. It was mostly not the best stroke today, it was mostly the read and the putts were very confusing today,” said Park. “One moment it was looking like it was going to break but it didn’t and yeah, it was very tough. I think I was just pacing myself, like those ridges where is it going to break or not and like in between, yeah. It’s really tough to judge after just one day but I think I made a lot yesterday and obviously today made up for it a little bit I guess.”

Womens World 2021 R2

Hee Young made four birdies and a bogey, carding a 68 to share the lead with her fellow countrywoman Inbee. Park said she feels even with her consistent day on Friday, there will be even more chances to go low this weekend.

“I believe a lot of birdies out there. So even I missed a couple shots because with the heat and the conditions getting tougher, longer and a little bit of windy afternoon, but I leave a lot of birdies out there. So just keep think about, okay, even I missed a couple shots but it’s coming some birdies out there.”

Womens World 2021 R2

Xiyu Lin and Hyo Joo Kim sit in a tie for third at 9-under, with Carlota Ciganda and So Yeon Ryu rounding out the top five at 8-under. Five players sit in a tie for seventh, including major champion Hannah Green, who is making her HSBC Women’s World Championship debut this week.

“It was really nice being first group out. Things were just flowing really well and was putting better strokes on putts and just trying to ride that wave, I guess,” said Green, whose 66 tied the low round of the day in Singapore. “Missed a few greens on the back nine and short-sided myself a couple times, so made a good bogey on the par 5, which is unfortunate. But still very happy with today’s round.”

Womens World 2021 R2

Pos.	Player	To Par	Scores	Total
T1	Hee Young Park	-11	65-68	133
T1	Inbee Park	-11	64-69	133
T3	Xiyu Lin	-9	67-68	135
T3	Hyo Joo Kim	-9	67-68	135
T5	Carlota Ciganda	-8	69-67	136
T5	So Yeon Ryu	-8	67-69	136
T7	Hannah Green	-7	71-66	137
T7	Lydia Ko	-7	69-68	137
T7	Amy Yang	-7	68-69	137
T7	Sophia Popov	-7	67-70	137
T7	Caroline Masson	-7	67-70	137
T12	Ally Ewing	-6	72-66	138
T12	Jodi Ewart Shadoff	-6	70-68	138
T12	Bronte Law	-6	70-68	138
T12	Shanshan Feng	-6	68-70	138
T16	Gerina Piller	-5	72-67	139
T16	Annie Park	-5	71-68	139
T16	Madelene Sagstrom	-5	69-70	139
T16	Gaby Lopez	-5	68-71	139
T16	Brittany Altomare	-5	68-71	139
T21	In Gee Chun	-4	71-69	140
T21	Mel Reid	-4	70-70	140
T21	Patty Tavatanakit	-4	70-70	140
T21	Pornanong Phatlum	-4	69-71	140
T21	Katherine Kirk	-4	69-71	140
T21	Su Oh	-4	68-72	140
T27	Brittany Lincicome	-3	74-67	141
T27	Megan Khang	-3	72-69	141
T27	Nicole Broch Larsen	-3	72-69	141
T27	Emily Kristine Pedersen	-3	71-70	141
T27	Moriya Jutanugarn	-3	71-70	141
T27	Amy Olson	-3	71-70	141
T27	Chella Choi	-3	71-70	141
T27	Jasmine Suwannapura	-3	71-70	141
T27	Charley Hull	-3	69-72	141
T27	Marina Alex	-3	69-72	141
T37	Celine Boutier	-2	73-69	142
T37	Wei-Ling Hsu	-2	71-71	142
T37	Minjee Lee	-2	69-73	142
T37	Jeongeun Lee6	-2	68-74	142
T41	A Lim Kim	E	74-70	144
T41	Angela Stanford	E	74-70	144
T41	Azahara Munoz	E	73-71	144
T41	Jing Yan	E	72-72	144
T41	Angel Yin	E	71-73	144
T41	Cheyenne Knight	E	70-74	144
T41	Sarah Schmelzel	E	70-74	144
T48	Jenny Shin	1	76-69	145
T48	Lizette Salas	1	73-72	145
T48	Alena Sharp	1	73-72	145
T48	In Kyung Kim	1	73-72	145
T48	Danielle Kang	1	72-73	145
T53	Mi Hyang Lee	2	75-71	146
T53	Cydney Clanton	2	75-71	146
T53	Nasa Hataoka	2	74-72	146
T53	Georgia Hall	2	73-73	146
T53	Nanna Koerstz Madsen	2	72-74	146
T58	Yu Liu	3	74-73	147
T58	Anna Nordqvist	3	74-73	147
T58	Jin Young Ko	3	71-76	147
T61	Jaye Marie Green	4	75-73	148
T61	Ariya Jutanugarn	4	74-74	148
T61	Eun-Hee Ji	4	73-75	148
T61	Ashleigh Buhai	4	72-76	148
T61	Mirim Lee	4	71-77	148
T66	Sung Hyun Park	5	78-71	149
T66	Hinako Shibuno	5	76-73	149
T66	Kristen Gillman	5	74-75	149
69	Amanda Tan	8	76-76	152