DALY CITY, Calif. – Cold slaps in the face didn’t slow Minjee Lee’s steady march up the leaderboard Friday at the Swinging Skirts Classic.
That’s what it felt like playing through spells of the second round, with bone-chilling winds blowing rain sideways across Lake Merced Golf Club. Gray, somber skies rolled low across the Bay area all morning, sweeping away smiles and uncertain shots.
Lee, though, kept riding all the momentum she built coming here.
Her round of 7-under-par 65 was four shots better than anyone else in the morning wave. Just eight players broke par in the morning while six players shot in the 80s.