“I would say being in contention, it's something I expect to see myself to do, so it's nothing really surprised me. That's what I expected to come out,” said Lin, who has recorded four top-15 finishes this season. I tried to work on a swing, work on the short game, work on the putting. “I feel like I've been playing good but I haven't had one week that I do like crazy stuff. This kind of good golf is typically hard to sustain week in and week out on the LPGA Tour, but Lin can’t really say what the secret to her consistency is, just that she still hasn’t seen anything “crazy” from herself just yet. Her most recent second-place performance came at the JM Eagle LA Championship presented by Plastpro when Lin lost in a playoff to champion Hannah Green, and she came to Baltusrol Golf Club fresh off a tie for third at last week’s Meijer LPGA Classic for Simply Give. Lin has been one of the most consistent players throughout the last two seasons, only missing two cuts and recording four runner-up finishes since last year’s Honda LPGA Thailand. I think that's going to be the mindset for the next two days, too.” “Only making bogey, don't make double or anything worse, and get over it and mentally be still prepared, be aggressive, ready for birdies. I shouldn't say that but making a bogey on the first hole kind of take a little bit of that thought away because I know it's impossible to not make a mistake out here, so all I need to do is just get over it,” said Lin, who hit 12 of 14 fairways and 12 of 18 greens in the second round. “I know yesterday was phenomenal, but I know I'm eventually going to make some bogeys. In fact, the 27-year-old felt quite the opposite. It’s her first round in the 70s since the second round of the Cognizant Founders Cup, and while she wasn’t able to grind out something in the red, Lin wasn’t too fussed about the bogeys. The People’s Republic of China native carded a bogey-free, 4-under 67 to sit in a share of second on Thursday, backing up that round with an even-par 71 on Friday that saw her make four bogeys, two birdies and an eagle on the par-5 18th hole. Considering her recent form, it’s no surprise to see Xiyu Lin near the top of the leaderboard through two rounds at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship.
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