Sung Hyun Park's hot putter has propelled her to a share of the lead with Lizette Salas during the suspended second round of the Indy Women in Tech Championship.
Park shot a 9-under 63 for a share of the lead and Salas, the first-round leader, had a 69 to match Park at 13 under. Danielle Kang and Nasa Hataoka were two shots back.
"The best round of the year," the South Korean player said through an interpreter. "My putting overall was what really helped."
Salas said she put Thursday's round behind her.
"It was going to be hard to top that 62 yesterday but I stayed patient," Salas said.
"This was a completely different golf course, so I had to change my mentality a little bit and I had to forget about the 62 in a way and just go back to what I was doing."
But nothing rattled Park on a sticky, overcast day.
"I worked on my short game the most, especially measuring the distances," Park said. "It paid off."
After more rain drenched the already saturated layout in Indianapolis, the afternoon groups were forced to contend with a delay of nearly four hours.
In between the showers, Park, the world's fourth-ranked player, performed like the two-time major champion that she is.
She birdied three of the first five holes to reach 7 under, started the back nine with three straight birdies then took the lead with her ninth and final birdie of the day on the par-4 17th.
Salas took a different tack, opening with 12 consecutive pars then three straight birdies.
After her first bogey of the tournament, on the par-4 eighth, Salas closed out the round with another birdie to tie Park.
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