South Korea’s Hur leads LPGA Indy event by two strokes

LOS ANGELES: South Korea’s Hur Mi-jung fired a flawless nine-under par 63 on Thursday (Friday in Manila) to take a two-shot lead over a chasing trio in the LPGA Tour’s Indy Women in Tech Championship.

Hur, who ended a five-year title drought with a triumph in the Scottish Open in August, had nine birdies without a bogey on the Brickyard Crossing course, a par-72 layout that includes four holes on the infield of the famed 2.5 mile (4 kilometer) oval race track where France’s Simon Pagenaud won the Indianapolis 500 in May.