Following the second round of the Maybank Championship, Swede Maja Stark finds herself in the lead after recording her second consecutive round of 66 at Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club. Players starting in the afternoon battled the rain as a two-hour weather delay plagued Friday’s round.
Teeing off on No. 1, Stark opened with a birdie on the first hole to begin her day on a nice start. She proceeded to make birdies on the next two par 5s, holes 3 and 5, and was three-under through the first five holes. A bogey on the par-3 8th brought her down a shot and Stark carded a 34 on the front nine. The highlight of Stark’s round would then come on the next four holes, where she made four consecutive birdies from No. 10 to 13. The birdies jumped her into the lead, and there were no players that were able to reach her from then on. She parred her remaining five holes on Friday to card another six-under 66 and have a one-shot lead going into Saturday.
“It went very well. I think I was pretty solid off the tee,” said Stark. “Had a lot of short irons. Then it was -- I've been struggling a bit with my putting this whole year, but I feel like I really had an easier time seeing the lines here than I usually do.”
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