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On fire in Florida.
A brilliant second round has thrown Lydia Ko into contention in the season-ending LPGA event at Tiburon Golf Club.
The New Zealand golfer shot a staggering seven under 65 to be five under par after the first two rounds, four strokes behind CME Group Tour Championship Jin Young Ko.
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Starting the day tied for 59th, Lydia Ko made five birdies in the last nine before adding two more in the first nine during a bogey-free second round to improve a whopping 49 places in the standings.
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Lydia Ko on how to break the tournament drought and return to New Zealand.
They are now tied 3-way for 10th place and are in pursuit of a championship they last won in 2014.
“Much better than yesterday so I hope there is a good momentum going into the weekend,” Ko said.
