KAPOLEI, Hawaii – Eun-Hee Ji rebounded from a bogey on the par-4 18th with a pitch-in eagle on the par-5 first and shot a 7-under 65 to take a two-stroke lead over Nelly Korda on Thursday in the Lotte Championship.
Ji had a 15-under 129 total to break the tournament 36-hole record by five strokes.
''I think it was lucky (today),'' Ji said. ''I had to chip it in three times. Makes a lot of difference for me.''
She played her final nine in the afternoon at Ko Olina in 6-under 30, following the eagle with birdies on four of the next seven holes.