Pagdanganan among 4 tied for the LPGA lead in Mexico
PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico — Bianca Pagdanganan felt right at home in the stifling heat and humidity Thursday on the Yucatan Peninsula, using her power to set up a two-putt birdie on the par-5 18th for a 4-under 68 and a four-way share of the lead in the Mexico Riviera Maya Open.
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