Ko second after round two of British Open

First round leader Hyo Joo Kim had warned us she didn’t like bad weather, but she managed fairly well until the 11th, standing at eight-under.

DONALD Trump flew into Scotland yesterday and declared he expects to be president of the United States. The Republican celebrity billionaire eventually watched some golf, although the leaderboard was virtually locked in by then. Considering not only Pettersen’s talent but the Solheim Cup star’s renowned competitive psyche, it borders on the absurd that she has only two majors to her name and has never been world No 1. He won the last of his eight Champions Tour titles last year in the Encompass Championship.

Michelle Wie was forced to retire from the second round after aggravating her left ankle injury.

Trump’s grand arrival at 10:30 a.m. certainly didn’t go unnoticed by the early starters on the Ailsa Course.

Right behind the leader is the New Zealander Lydia Ko (18), whose experience of golf in Scotland is more recent than Kim’s. “I would love one”.

However the Kiwi golfer regained momentum with birdies on the 14th and 15th. On No. 5, she gripped a 5-wood from 179 yards to inside 2 feet.

He also complained that it is, “so politically correct in our country that people are sick and exhausted of things not getting done”. “But now, feeling and seeing what I can do differently and how easy I can do stuff, it definitely has changed my perspective of my own career”.

Her best result at a Major was second at the 2013 Evian Championship in France as an amateur.

“Today was a very solid round of golf”, said 34-year-old Pettersen. She was one of three players in the field to be bogey-free in her first round.

Not because she holds a grudge at Trump’s derogatory remarks about Mexicans that have dominated the pre-tournament chatter at the fourth major of the year.

GAINESVILLE, Va. – Tiger Woods got back to shooting in the 60s.

“It’s just a much easier move”, Pettersen said.

Top-ranked Inbee Park shot a 73, leaving her five shots back, and still unhappy with her game in what she says is a midseason lull. “A poll came out two days ago where I am number one with the Hispanics”, Trump maintained.

MADEIRA ISLANDS – Antonio Hortal of Spain carded a 9-under 63 to take a one-shot lead in the first round of the Madeira Islands Open on Thursday.

“Mike is a nice man and apologised to me over the phone because he made a statement that was not what he meant”, Trump said.

Meanwhile fellow New Zealander Ryan Fox has slipped from third to a tie for 11th following the second round at the European Challenge tour’s latest event in Portugal.

When asked whether he was anxious if the R&A were to decide – after the uproar about his “They’re rapists” comments – not to grant another Open to Turnberry, which he purchased last year, Trump shrugged his shoulders.