Hull & Rose fall six shots off lead in mixed event

Justin Rose and Charley Hull
-20 J Day (Aus) & L Ko (NZ); -18 N Korda & T Finau (US), L Maguire (Ire) & L Glover (US); -16 L Thompson & R Fowler (US)
Selected others:-14 C Hull & J Rose (Eng); -10 R Henley (US) M Reid (Eng)
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England’s Charley Hull and Justin Rose carded a second round of 72 as they fell six shots off the lead in the Grant Thornton Invitational in Florida.

The duo hit one birdie and one bogey as they went round in level par to stay on 14 under at the PGA & LPGA Tour mixed event.

New Zealand’s Lydia Ko and Australia’s Jason Day moved into the lead on 20 under by carding a second round 66.

America’s overnight leaders Nelly Korda and Tony Finau (70) are on 18 under.

Ireland’s Leona Maguire and American partner Lucas Glover are also on 18 under after they shot a second round of 69.

Lexi Thompson made a hole in one at the par-three 16th as she and fellow American Rickie Fowler shot 68 to go to 16 under.

Staged over three rounds at the Tiburon Golf Club from 8-10 December for a shared £3.5m ($4m) purse, the event features 16 mixed pairs.

The last mixed team event held by the PGA Tour and LPGA Tour was the 1999 JC Penney Classic.