{"id":930239,"date":"2026-10-16T12:18:19","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T12:18:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/930239\/"},"modified":"2026-10-16T12:18:19","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T12:18:19","slug":"good-grace-aussie-kim-tied-for-second-at-lpga-shanghai-australian-golf-digest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/930239\/","title":{"rendered":"Good Grace: Aussie Kim tied for second at LPGA Shanghai \u2013 Australian Golf Digest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Australian golf ace Grace Kim has hung tough to remain firmly in the mix at the halfway mark of the opening event of the LPGA Tour\u2019s all-important Asian swing.<\/p>\n<p>On a gusting day of rough scoring, an even-par 72 was enough to propel Kim from a tie for third after round one into equal second at four under through 36 holes at the Buick LPGA Shanghai.<\/p>\n<p>The 2025 Evian Championship winner even slashed the deficit in half from four shots to just two entering the weekend.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A sandy chip-in to secure the birdie \u203c\ufe0f https:\/\/t.co\/qbkHxxWzDs<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 LPGA (@LPGA) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/LPGA\/status\/2110995707305812421?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">October 16, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>After opening with a blazing eight-under 64, leader Hye-Jin Choi could only manage a 74 on Friday to slip back to six under for the championship.<\/p>\n<p>Fellow South Korean Amy Yang joined Kim as Choi\u2019s closest pursuer, the 2024 Women\u2019s PGA Championship winner also just two strokes back following a second-round 71.<\/p>\n<p>Rising star Erica Hara, who mixed five birdies with five bogeys in an eventual 72, fellow Japanese Rio Takeda (72) and Spaniard Carlota Ciganda (73) are one shot further back in a three-way tie for fourth.<\/p>\n<p>World No.2 and defending champion Jeeno Thitikul is lurking in joint seventh at two under with China\u2019s big home hope Ruoning Yin (74) after grinding out a second-round 73.<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1792153098_68_.jpeg\" alt=\"Choi \"\/>Hye-Jin Choi of South Korea has a two-shot lead in the Buick LPGA Shanghai. (<a href=\"https:\/\/photos.aap.com.au\/search\/20251025124033501963\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">AP PHOTO<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was so tough. It was brutal out there,\u201d the Thai said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDefinitely it\u2019s bringing out all the skills on this course. I mean, the rough was so thick and unpredictable and then the green was so firm \u2026 insane.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With a 69, German Esther Henseleit shot up 30 positions on the leaderboard to ninth at one under with the day\u2019s only round in the 60s.<\/p>\n<p>Kim struggled to find her best stuff, also battling swing issues for much of the day before a chip-in birdie from a greenside bunker on the par-4 15 vaulted her back to four under.<\/p>\n<p>The 25-year-old is precariously placed 62nd in the season-long point standings with only the top 60 to qualify for next month\u2019s $US11 million Tour Championship in Florida.<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1792153099_833_.jpeg\" alt=\"Davidson \"\/>Karis Davidson is the next best of the Australians in Shanghai in a tie for 17th. (<a href=\"https:\/\/photos.aap.com.au\/search\/20260628158437621450\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">AP PHOTO<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>A strong finish this week at Sheshan Golf Club would propel Kim comfortably inside the top 60 cut-off with three more events remaining before the showpiece finale in Naples from November 19-22.<\/p>\n<p>Karis Davidson, in 55th position in the points race, is the next-best placed Australian after a second-round 74 left her in a tie for 17th at two over.<\/p>\n<p>Triple major winner Minjee Lee, languishing in 76th spot in the season standings, is equal 47th this week at six over following successive rounds of 75.<\/p>\n<p>Comfortably sitting in 46th place in the points race, Cassie Porter is tied for 56th at eight over following two rounds of 74.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Australian golf ace Grace Kim has hung tough to remain firmly in the mix at the halfway mark&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":930240,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[566],"tags":[1724,64,63,755,405163,85,12632],"class_list":["post-930239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-asia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-golf","tag-overseas-sport","tag-sports","tag-women"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/930239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=930239"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/930239\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/930240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=930239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=930239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=930239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}