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Le Khanh Hung secures the lead at Lexus Challenge 2023 after 36 holes

In the second round of Lexus Challenge 2023, Le Khanh Hung maintained his performance and continued to lead the men's group with a 5-stroke difference compared to Truong Chi Quan and Anh Minh in T2.

Today, The Bluffs Ho Tram continues to witness Le Khanh Hung's peak performance when young golfers continuously have excellent performances. Only in the first 6 holes of round 2, Khanh Hung scored 2 birdies, 1 eagle in hole 5, only 1 bogey. Thereby raising the gap with the top 2 up to 5 strokes. The golfer born in 2007 then added 1 bogey on hole 15 and 1 birdie on hole 18 to complete the round of 69 strokes, setting a total score of -6 after 36 holes.

 Le Khanh Hung keeps his form in The second round of Lexus Challenge 2023

Meanwhile, the 3 golfers who shared the top 2 positions in the first round Nguyen Anh Minh, Truong Chi Quan and Nguyen Tuan Kiet had a bad day. Truong Chi Quan and Nguyen Anh Minh both could only finish their round with a record of 72 strokes +1. Both still shared 2nd position after 36 holes.

With a big advantage of 5 strokes, Le Khanh Hung can completely reach the first VGA Tour title in his career.

Nguyen Anh Minh hit 72 strokes in 2nd round

Nguyen Tuan Kiet caught 4 bogey in a row on holes 2, 3, 4, 5, then could only score 1 birdie on hole 10 before getting 1 more bogey on hole 18. Tuan Kiet finished the second round with a score of 75 +4, dropping to 8th place.

In this round, there are 4 golfers sharing T4 namely Tran Le Duy Nhat, Park Sang Ho, Tran Lam and Nguyen Tuan Anh with a total score of +1 over 2 rounds.

Tran Lam and Nguyen Tuan Anh are two young golfers with a good pace in round 2. After the first 9 holes, Tuan Anh scored 4 birdie points in a row, despite having 1 bogey and 1 double bogey, maintaining the total score of -1 at the end of the round. Tran Lam also played stably with 2 birdies and 1 bogey to achieve the same 70 -1 result as Tuan Anh. This result brought 2 golfers to T4 with Duy Nhat and Sang Ho.

Nguyen Thao My lost a lot of advantages in round 2

In the women's group, Nguyen Thao My lost a lot of her previous advantage when she could only finish round 2 with 77 strokes +6. Despite scoring up to 7 birdies in a day, the golfer born in 1998 ended the 2nd par 3 with 9 strokes, 1 triple bogey on the 8th hole, as well as 4 bogey points. The total score of +5 still helps Thao My to top the rankings, but only has a 2-stroke advantage over Lina Kim and Ngo Bao Nghi.

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