Ulster teenager Tom McKibbin very much in the mix at weather-marred Joburg Open
Ireland's Leona Maguire: the 27-year-old Co Cavan player added a 69 to her opening 68 for a midway total of nine-under-par 137.
Solheim Cup star Maguire, ranked 11th on the Rolex World Rankings, is the headline act in the field and added the LET’s finale onto her schedule after a hugely impressive season on the LPGA Tour where she closed out with a runner-up finish to Lydia Ko in last weekend’s Tour Championship. A bogey-free round of 69 enabled Maguire to be well positioned heading into the weekend, with 17-year-old amateur Fernandez – a member of Europe’s winning Ping Junior Solheim Cup team last year – including a hattrick of birdies from the 11th in her impressive 65 for 135 to hold a one-stroke lead over LET order of merit leader Linn Grant.
Grant is involved in a duel with compatriot Marja Stark for the LET’s order of merit title, with Stark among those in tied fourth and still very much in the hunt for the tournament itself and also that two-player battle for the order of merit.
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