Cheng-Hsuan Shih holds the lead at the 36-hole mark of the 2026 Wistron Ladies Open after back-to-back rounds of 66 (-6) at Sunrise Golf and Country Club.
The Chinese Taipei star, who won the inaugural edition of the Wistron Ladies Open in 2020, sat in second place after the first round.
Shih fired a round of 66 (-6) on day two, which included one bogey and birdies on the first, second, eighth, ninth, 12th, 13th and 17th holes, to lead with a score of 12-under-par.
“I had a wonderful round, but some of my approach shots and iron play I had little mistakes. Coming to Sunrise, I am more familiar with this course and I think I play better here,” said Shih.
“There’s always ups and downs. I turned pro in 2020 and then won the tournament. I learned a lot during these years and I also have been affected by other factors. This year, I have been trying to play simple and get back to my original self.”
P.K. Kongkraphan equalled the course record of 63 (-9) on the second day of action to sit in solo second place on 11-under-par.
The Thai star, who has 14 wins on the TLPGA since 2022, had 10 birdies on her scorecard with only one dropped shot.
“This morning, I was struggling on the course yesterday. This morning I just wanted to enjoy and do my best on every shot, and don’t be too stressed,” said Kongkraphan.
“This year I played on KLPGA and all the players are very competitive, and the courses are very long and narrow. It’s so stressful, so I come back to play here because it feels like my home and I feel more comfortable playing here and at Sunrise. I’m so happy.
“I was putting so well. I missed some short putts, but I still kept my mind going not to be stressed or to be mad, but to keep going with a good round. I tried to be a happy person on the course.
“I love to play golf. I don’t know why I need to stop playing. I can still make money and I still have a shot to play. Golf is my life and I enjoy. If I don’t want to play, then I will stop playing and make myself fresh and come back again. I feel I am still young. The passion is the most important thing to keep going with the golf career.”
England’s Hannah Screen is in outright third place on 10-under-par after another round of 67 (-5).
The English player began her round on the 10th tee and made birdies on 11, 13, 17 and 18 to make the turn in -4.
She then went bogey-birdie-bogey on the first three holes of the front nine before rolling in further birdies on the sixth and ninth.
“I love that you can bounce back. I went through a little wobble in the middle and turned the corner with a different wind. I managed to claw some birdies back and it was good,” said Screen.
“I’ve been hitting it quite close. When I look back over my season, when I hit it closer, my approach play is pretty good, and I tend to shoot pretty low. I’ve worked hard on my putting earlier in the year and then that combined with my approach play, to have two low rounds is nice.
“I’ve been pretty frustrated with my wedge play within 120 yards this year as it’s not been good enough. I worked with my coach the last couple of weeks on that and not being so rigid in my approach to each shot. Being a bit more free-flowing and also very accurate. That’s been working.
“I’m pleased to be contending, I have never played here before. The wind was crazy in the practice days, so we’ve had some calm days. I think tomorrow is going to be quite windy. I’m taking it one day at a time and enjoying being near the top of the leaderboard.”
Juliana Hung of Chinese Taipei and South Africa’s Casandra Alexander share fourth place on nine-under-par.
Hung made her first birdie of the day on the third before adding another on the sixth hole.
The home player then found momentum after the turn rolling in five consecutive birdies between holes 10 and 14 and ended her day with a dropped shot at the last to be T3.
“Yesterday, I feel like I missed a lot of opportunities on the par-5s. Today I wanted to take my chances at the par-5s and have a few more birdies,” said Hung. “I sank a few more putts, the greens are a bit slower than what I normally play on, so I was hitting some short. The greens are grainy, so when you hit them short, they just turn away. I was a bit more aggressive with my putting.
“It was a rough season on the Epson Tour. I had a lot more made cuts than the previous two years, but I was unable to get top 10s. I could see my game was trending well, so I was really excited to come back and see how I could play.
“This year, my approach shots weren’t good. Normally, I am really dialled in with my irons and my wedges. During the off-season and leading up to the second stage of Q-Series, I was practicing really hard with my irons and my wedges. I’m glad it’s paid off.”
Switzerland’s Chiara Tamburlini is in solo sixth place after a round of 66 (-6) on day two at Sunrise Golf and Country Club.
The 2024 Wistron Ladies Open champion began with a birdie at the first before back-to-back birdies on holes four and five.
Tamburlini saved for bogey on the seventh after finding the water and followed it with birdies on eight and nine, before adding further birdies on 13 and 17 to move into the top 10 of the leaderboard.
“I had a lot of tap-in birdies today, I think four out of my seven birdies were, three were literally tap-ins and then one was inside four or five feet,” said Tamburlini. “I hit a couple really close here with my long irons, so that was very nice.
“On the back nine, I started missing a couple of greens, but I still made some really good putts for par which was nice. The putter was definitely behaving today. My irons were a bit shaky at some point, but I made up for it with my putter.
“That bogey-save was really important to keep my momentum going because I already did it yesterday and made double bogey. I don’t know why I keep chunking it from that lie, it’s not a difficult shot. Tomorrow, I’m going to try and do better on that hole. It was a really good bogey and it felt like that got me back in it and I bounced back with two birdies after that because it was some really good momentum.”
Five players are in a tie for seventh place with Thailand’s Nook Sukapan, Chinese Taipei’s Ching Huang, Australia’s Kelsey Bennett, England’s Mimi Rhodes and American Anna Morgan all on seven-under-par.
The cut fell at -1 with 63 players making it through to the weekend. Round three will begin at 8 am (local time) with the leading group teeing off at 11.55 am (local time) at Sunrise Golf and Country Club.
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