Annika 2026: Three players share lead after 36 holes
Carlota Ciganda, Lindy Duncan, and Hye-Jin Choi are co-leaders after two rounds at Pelican Golf Club. Here's how they each got to 12 under at The Annika on Friday.
Belleair, Fla. — Hye-Jin Choi kicked off her round with two bogeys, pulled ahead with a 15-foot eagle putt late and finished with a 3-under 67 on Friday to share the lead at The Annika, bringing her another chance to win for the first time in 127 attempts on the LPGA Tour. Nelly Korda, the top-ranked player, finished at 3-over 69 and trailed by four shots.
Solheim Cup star Carlota Ciganda birdied her last four holes for a 63 and joined Choi and Lindy Duncan (66) at 12-under 128. Mao Saigo (65) and Minami Katsu (69) trailed by two strokes. Choi, playing in the group with Korda in the first two rounds, believes this has tested her enough to calm her nerves for the weekend. She recovered from a bogey-bogey start and bogey on the par-5 14th to birdie the par-5 seventh, sinking an approach that rolled out to just under 15 feet for eagle.
Choi has been an LPGA member for five years and this chase for her first victory has been a puzzling one, especially since she had a late lead in the 2017 U.S. Women’s Open at 17, only to finish as a runner-up.
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