Celine Borge of Norway and Polly Mack of Germany surged to the top of the leaderboard at the halfway point of the Dow Championship as they collaborated for a 10-under-par 60 score during the second round of the Dow Championship on Friday at Midland Country Club.<\/p>\n
Cavan’s Leona Maguire, playing alongside American Lindy Duncan, and Kildare\u2019s Lauren Walsh with partner Celine Herbin from France, made the cut on three under.<\/p>\n
Both teams are tied for 25th.<\/p>\n
Borge and Mack began the day a stroke back after a two-under opening round in in Michigan.<\/p>\n
They took major advantage of the four-ball format – considered the easier of the two for the team event – for the second round, combining for a bogey-free showing to sit at 12-under 128 through two rounds.<\/p>\n
Japanese pair Ayaka Furue and Yuna Nishimura (61) are a stroke back at 11 under while world number one Nelly Korda and her German teammate Olivia Cowan (60) are next at 10 under.<\/p>\n
The LPGA’s lone team event features 72 two-woman teams.<\/p>\n
They played foursomes (alternate shot) on Thursday and four-ball (best ball) on Friday.<\/p>\n
The 34 teams that made the 36-hole cut play foursomes on Saturday and four-ball on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Furue and Nishimura delivered six of their nine birdies in succession as they wrapped around the back nine to the front.<\/p>\n
It was a clean day for both, with the pair only scoring two bogeys in the entire round – neither of which counted as the team’s score on the hole.<\/p>\n