Nelly Korda ignited the Olympic golf with a second round 62 in sapping heat on Thursday to put the United States top of the leaderboard by four strokes as a storm forecast threatened to cut the tournament short.
With the temperature topping 30 degrees Celsius , world number one Korda caught fire at the Kasumigaseki Country Club, flirting with the magical 59 after nine birdies and an eagle heading up the 18th.
Korda's 13-under total of 129 left her four ahead of Danish duo Nanna Koerstz Madsen and Emily Kristine Pedersen , and India's surprise package Aditi Ashok . "We continue to track the tropical storm which is expected to affect our area beginning Saturday through Sunday," the International Golf Federation said in a statement.
After opening with four straight pars, Korda set the course ablaze from the fifth, notching four birdies and an eagle on the sixth to round the turn at 30. Her third shot found a greenside bunker and she slid a bogey putt past the hole to give her rivals a better chance of catching her on Friday.
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