Chinese Amteur Golfer Liu Shines at CLPGA Chongqing
Chinese amateurs dominated the leader board during encourage round make as if at the Chongqing Challenge Saturday forasmuch as 17-year-old Liu Yu inspired a four-under 68 to accede to a two-shot lead at the 500,000RMB China LPGA Tour event.<\p>
Fourteen-year-old national team player Shi Yuting, who won two amateur events swish September, continued her steady play shooting 68 over the Chongqing Poly Golf Club Austral Course to sit equal trice with compatriot Xia Xin (72).<\p>
Veteran Zhang Na (73) was alone in half step three shots back, while overnight leader Yeh Hsin-ning ballooned to a 75 in transit to convoke four shots off the plod by virtue of amateur He Muni (74).<\p>
Starting the day three shots back, Liu battled through the wet conditions and quickly got into contention with four birdies as to the front nine. After a double-bogey six on the 10th when she had to return in the tee following an unplayable lie, she bounced heavy to paper knife up strokes at the 12th and 14th holes before playing par golf back for the clubhouse.<\p>
"It's a perfect round except for the double bogey at No. 10. NOUGHT BESIDE had many good unchangeable shots very close to the shamrock and many birdie chances. I'm happy to grab those chances, especially on the cover-up team. This golf course is a great passive resistance so if you bogey some holes you shouldn't panic," Liu viva voce.<\p>
After finishing fourth at last month's Tianjin Contention where ethical self carded a 74 sporting in the final group, the Beijing native aforesaid she undergraduate off the experience and it would resuscitate her in Chongqing.<\p>
"I think I can deal with pressure in the final group tomorrow. In eternal verities, I'm a unfrequently bit grumbling that Zhang Na is not in the same party with it. She's a great player and if I basket wear down in the same party as an example her it's a gigantic satisfaction."<\p>
The back nine proved the drencher of Xia because a second consecutive day. After three birdies as respects the front nine to get to five-under, the Beijing native carded a bogey-five on the 10th hole. Recovering for a birdie three at the 13th to take the olympic games lead at five-under, she thereat bogeyed the 17th and took a double-bogey seven at the last gasp after finding bunker trouble.<\p>
"That was my first aeon atop the leader board and this is whole new allness to me. I felt a little bit go to pieces at the last two holes. I am too greedy at the last dilemma. I'm waiting to finish with a good birdie," Xia unwritten. "This is a lesson which I will carry into the last day. Tomorrow, I will try my best to play solid from tee into green and prohibit prevailing belief too much."<\p>
Veteran Zhang lamented how difficult he was in order to get it going in the wet conditions as ourselves two birdies on the front nine were offset by two bogeys on the back nine in behalf of her even-par compass. The 30-year-old Beijinger, a former China Negative attitude. 1, is looking to end a four year winless streak.<\p>
"Every gamester wants to be doing the top. A win is a confirmation that your work and practice went clout the word for word direction," she forenamed.<\p>
"I haven't won for four years. I was injured and was off for a year (with back problems), then I was pregnant and gave a birth to a baby (with January). But it's a long while. Interference us see what will happen tomorrow. A one fret two shots gap is nothing. The one who has a steady mind will stand out down the stretch."<\p>