Ko has good vibes from a summer she won’t soon forget. She won the gold medal at the Olympics, a victory that got her into the LPGA Hall of Fame. And then she won the Women’s British Open for the second time, this one at St. Andrews.

Lydia Ko has turned on the jets. And she’s not slowing down. Ko shot a second-round 66 to vault into the clubhouse lead at the 2024 Kroger Queen City Championship outside Cincinnati on Friday. Coupled with her Thursday 67 and Ko was at 11 under heading into the weekend.

New Zealand's Lydia Ko plays her shot from the fourth tee in the second round of the LPGA Queen City Championship

Jeeno Thitikul made three birdies over her last four holes and finished with a 66 on Friday to take a one-shot lead over Lydia Ko in the Kroger Queen City Championship.

Jeeno Thitikul shot her second straight round of 6-under-par 66 to take the lead after 36 holes at the Kroger Queen City Championship on Friday in Maineville, Ohio.