NZ in battle for second at Queen Sirikit Cup

New Zealand is in a dogfight for the runner-up spot in today's final round of the Queen Sirikit Cup, the Asia Pacific women's amateur golf championship, in Singapore. While defending champions Korea, who are looking for the sixth win in a row, raced away from the field in the second round yesterday, New Zealand will start the final round in fourth place on seven-over par 295, only three shots behind second placed Australia. Kim Hyo-Joo fired a seven-under 65 to push Korea to a superb nine-under par total for the two best counting scores today to move to 11-under par after two rounds. They are now 15 shots ahead of Australia, who in turn are two shots ahead of Philippines with New Zealand one shot further back. World No 1 ranked Lydia Ko leads the way for New Zealand, with a one-over par 73 yesterday to be on two-under 142 after 36 holes. She is in a share of second place on the individual rankings with Australian Whitney Hillier.