Bethany Wu
REUNION, Fla.— Bethany Wu of Diamond Bar,
Calif.,
matched her opening 68 with another 4-under-
par round,
bringing her two-day total to 8-under-par 136.
The
defending champion will head into the final
round with a
five-stroke lead, three shots better than her
2013 36-hole
lead.
Conducted by the American Junior Golf
Association, the
ANNIKA Invitational is a 54-hole stroke play
competition
featuring 72 girls, ages 14-18, from 15 foreign
countries,
17 states and Puerto Rico. The par-72 Watson
Course at
Reunion Resort is playing 6,347 yards.
Wu, who went bogey-free through 32 holes,
continued her
strong putting, carding five birdies on the day.
She was 3-
under-par when she made the turn.
“I want to play like it’s just another round,”
Wu said. I got
a little nervous, but I just wanted to trust
myself and keep
calm.”
Two of her birdies – Nos. 2 and 17 – dropped
after she
stuck her approach to four feet. The UCLA
verbal commit
heads into the final round with a five-shot
lead. A second
win would make Wu the first repeat winner of
the ANNIKA
Invitational.
“My goal for tomorrow is 4-under,” Wu said.
“My goal for
my junior career was to win one Invitational
so to win two
would be great.”
Japan’s Yuting Shi of Beijing, China, fired a 3-
under-par 69
for a two-day total of 3-under-par 141. This
marks the
first AJGA appearance for Shi.
“The point of this week is to learn as much as
I can from
Annika and from the event,” Shi said. “I want
to see how
my game matches up with the top junior
golfers in the
world.”
In third is Ziyi Wang of Beijing, China, at 1-
under-par 143.
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ABOUT THE ANNIKA Invitational
Conducted by the American Junior Golf
Association, the ANNIKA Invitational is a 54-hole
stroke play competition featuring 72 girls, ages
14-18.
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