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Ko, Jang share lead at LPGA event

Lydia Ko and Ha Na Jang have a share of the lead at the LPGA tournament in Florida.

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Ha Na Jang has a one-shot lead in the second round of the rain-delayed LPGA tournament in Florida. (AAP)

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Lydia Ko hit the ball only 22 times in a span of 11 hours Friday in the Coates Golf Championship and finished where she started - with a share of the lead, and still a long way from the finish line.

Ko three-putted from 15 feet for bogey in freezing conditions to finish the rain-delayed second round in the morning.

In the afternoon, she made one birdie in six holes to get back to seven under and share the lead with Ha Na Jang, who played 24 holes on Friday.

"Obviously, it's not the best start of the day, but I had a nap and of got over it, and it definitely got much better," Ko said.

"Who knows? It might have happened yesterday. But because it happened right first thing in the morning, it might feel worse."

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None of the 75 players who made the cut finished the third round, which was to resume on Saturday morning.

Jang played her entire second round on Friday morning.

She made 15 pars, two birdies and a double bogey for an even-par 72 and the 36-hole lead.

Jang was even par through six holes of the third round when play was halted by darkness.

Lexi Thompson was among five players who were one shot out of the lead.

Rain that soaked Golden Ocala on Thursday gave way to a cold front that chilled central Florida.

Ko, the No.1 player in women's golf who is making her 2016 debut, at least headed off to sleep confident about her game - and her score.

Players had to wear extra layers of clothing to combat the cold weather, and Jang soldiered on beautifully with a steady diet of pars to offset her lone mistake in the morning.

She started the third round with a birdie, only to drop a shot on the next hole with follow with four pars.

"Very confident right now," Jang said.


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