Lindblad Joins Buhai Atop The Leaderboard In The Lpga Tour's Jm Eagle La Championship

Ingrid Lindblad took a share of the lead into the weekend at El Caballero Country Club in only the fourth start of her rookie season on the LPGA Tour.

Lindblad shot a career-best 9-under 63 in cool conditions Friday afternoon to join Ashleigh Buhai atop the leaderboard at 13-under 131 in the JM Eagle LA Championship.

"I feel like if you put the work in, like eventually it's going to show up," said Lindblad, the 25-year-old former LSU star from Sweden. "Obviously, it's hard to tell exactly when it's going to show up, but, obviously, I feel like I've been working on good things in my golf game that I need to get better at. After a day like this, it shows that it paid off."

With the temperature only climbing into the low 60s on an overcast day, Lindblad had 10 birdies and a bogey on the first 14 holes. She parred the final four.

"I thought I read the greens really well," Lindblad said. "It wasn't just like tap-ins for par. It was 10-footers, 17-footers. I read the greens really well. Thought I had good speed on the greens. Really just one putt that ran away from me and I three-putted it."