Defending-champion Jennifer Yang of Coquitlam shot a solid one-under par 71 to seize the second-round lead Wednesday at the B.C. Junior Girls Golf Championship at Eaglepoint Resort in Kamloops.
Yang, 17, carded two bogeys on the front nine but was able to rally with three birdies on the back to sit at five-under 139 for the tournament and holding a two-stroke lead.
"I'm pretty excited to be in the lead. I just wanted to enjoy the round and do my best," said Yang, who recently made it to the round of 64 at the U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links Championship.
"My plan all week is to hit as many fairways as I can and make par but I'll also try for birdies, too."
Yang vaulted to the top of the leaderboard when first-round leader Megan Osland of Kelowna faltered on the day with a three-over-75, dropping her into a second-place tie with Jisoo Keel, also of Coquitlam.
In a tie for fourth at two-under 142 for the tournament was Soo-Bin Kim, of Port Coquitlam and Stephanie Wong of Richmond.
Yang, Osland and Keel were set to tee-off Thursday in the tourney's last threesome at 9:54 a.m. (after The News' deadline).
Starting times, post-round results and a full field list for the B.C. Junior Girls Championship are available online at http://bcga.bluegolf.com.
Garofano great in N.Y.
Coquitlam's Trevor Garofano tied for fifth overall in the championship flight at the 59th International Junior Masters match-play tournament that ended last Friday at East Aurora Country Club in New York.
Garofano, 17, beat New York's Ryan Simpson 5 and 3 to make the final-eight round before running out of steam and falling 5 and 3 to Ontario's Josh Whalen.
