Haeran Ryu tried to keep her eyes on the fairways instead of the black lava rock framing them and it worked in her favor again Friday for a 5-under 67 that gave her a two-shot lead going into the weekend at the Black Desert Championship.

Haeran Ryu carded a bogey-free, nine-under-par 63 on Thursday to take the first-round lead at the inaugural Black Desert Championship in Ivins, Utah.

Haeran Ryu capped a front-nine run in the Chevron Championship with a chip-in birdie on the ninth hole, then held on in tricky wind conditions Saturday for a share of the third-round lead with Mao Sai