Janice Moodie misses cut in LPGA Tour event
Jiyai Shin jumps into three-shot
lead at weather-hit Wegmans
Women's British Open champion Jiyai Shin from South Korea, seeking her fifth win in 11 months, shot a four-under-par second-round 68 to lead by one shot from Morgan Pressel at the end of a weather-delayed Wegmans LPGA at Rochester, New York State.
“I really am happy with my putter — it’s really good,” the 21-year-old Shin said after moving to 11-under 133, a record low at the demanding Locust Hill course in suburban Rochester.
“I would like to keep this feeling through tomorrow and the final round.”
Play was interrupted by thunderstorms for nearly five hours, then called off at 8:37 p.m. Friday night local time as darkness fell.
In all, 71 players completed their second rounds early Saturday morning, including Tiger Woods’ niece, Cheyenne, who failed to make th cut.
First-round leader Sandra Gal of Germany, blaming tiredness for a string of wayward tee shots on the back nine, shot a 1-over 73 to drop to 7 under.
Last year, Shin became the first non-LPGA member to win three events. She reeled in the Women’s British Open last August, then followed with late-season wins in the Mizuno Classic and ADT Championship.
In March, she captured the HSBC Women’s Champions in Singapore for her first victory as a tour member.
Her dead-eye accuracy off the tee box and the fairways got her within 3 feet for early birdies on Nos. 3 and 4. Her only bogey came when she caught a greenside bunker at No. 10. As Gal faltered, the South Korea star took the lead with an 8-foot birdie putt on No. 14 and widened the gap atop the leaderboard when she birdied from 6 feet at the par-5 17th.
How's this for dedication to improvement? On Tuesday afternoon this past week, Shin spent nearly five hours practicing her putting at Locust Hill, a traditional, tree-lined course with compact, undulating greens.
“So it was easy play with my putter,” she said with a shy smile.
Gal, 24, who grew up near Cologne, was a two-time all-American in her three seasons at the University of Florida and the top-ranked European amateur in 2007. In her second year on tour, her best finish was a tie for fifth at last month’s LPGA Corning Classic.
“I’m in the hunt for the weekend, so I can’t complain,” she said. “I just accept it as it is and move forward.”
From the 12th hole onward, “I started hitting a few drives crooked, maybe it was tiredness,” she said. After knocking in a 15-foot birdie putt on No. 11, she got caught in heavy rough for bogeys on Nos. 12 and 14 and double-bogeyed No. 16, when she fluffed a chip, landed in a bunker and then missed a 7-foot putt.
Morgan Pressel was one of the early-morning brigade but it seemed to inspire her. She shot a 66 for 134 to be only one shot off the pace. And Stacy Lewis, who only last year was playing for the United States in the Curtis Cup at St Andrews, also completed a good early-morning round, a 67, to be lying third on 135.
Woods, making her first start on the professional tour by way of a sponsor exemption, was at one over par through 10 holes. But the 18-year-old couldn't hold it together over the closing holes and had a 74 for 149 - four shots too many to survive the cut.
Defending champion Eun-Hee Ji was toiling at six over par after 13 holes and eventually missed the cut by five shots with a 36-hole tally of 150.
Scot Janice Moodie missed the cut by two shots with scores 74 and 73 for 147.
The $2 million tournament drew 18 of the season’s top 20 money winners, including No. 1 Cristie Kerr, who was at 1 under through 12 holes. Absent is Lorena Ochoa, the world’s top-ranked player, and Suzann Pettersen, the runner-up here last June.
SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
Par 144 (2x72) 6365yd
133 Ji-Yai Shin (Kor) 65 68
134 Morgan Pressel 68 66
135 Stacy Lewis 68 67
136 Kristy McPherson 67 69
137 Mindy Kim 69 68, Michelle Wie 69 68, Sandra Gal (Ger) 64 73
138 Jennifer Rosales (Phi) 69 69, Sun Young Yoo (Kor) 71 67
139 Lindsey Wright (Aus) 71 68, Meaghan Francella 71 68, Sarah Kemp (Aus) 69 70, Brittany Lang 73 66
140 Se Ri Pak (Kor) 69 71, Cristie Kerr 75 65, Alena Sharp (Can) 70 70
141 Mika Miyazato (Jpn) 69 72, Karen Stupples (Eng) 69 72, Reilley Rankin 69 72, Anna Grzebien 70 71, Michele Redman 67 74, Ai Miyazato (Jpn) 72 69, Ji-Young Oh (Kor) 69 72, Na Yeon Choi (Kor) 69 72, Carri Wood 71 70, Mi Jung Hur (Kor) 68 73, Amanda Blumenherst 70 71
142 Joo Mi Kim (Kor) 72 70, Giulia Sergas (Ita) 73 69, Stacy Prammanasudh 71 71, In Kyung Kim (Kor) 71 71, Amy Yang 69 73, Wendy Ward 70 72, In-Bee Park (Kor) 74 68, Helen Alfredsson (Swe) 69 73, Jee Young Lee (Kor) 73 69, Ya-Ni Tseng (Tai) 73 69, Hye Jung Choi (Kor) 70 72
143 Irene Cho 71 72, Karrie Webb (Aus) 72 71, Jin Joo Hong (Kor) 70 73, Haeji Kang (Kor) 68 75, Brandi Jackson 68 75, Jimin Kang (Kor) 73 70, Natalie Gulbis 71 72, Kyeong Bae (Kor) 74 69
144 Minea Blomqvist (Fin) 70 74, Chella Choi (Kor) 75 69, Beth Bader 71 73, Young Kim (Kor) 74 70, Lorie Kane (Can) 73 71, Diana D'Alessio 68 76, Kris Tamulis 74 70, Aree Song (Kor) 71 73, Becky Morgan (Wal) 71 73, Allison Fouch 72 72
145 Brittany Lincicome 70 75, Julieta Granada (Par) 76 69, Pat Hurst 70 75, Katie Futcher 72 73, Karine Icher (Fra) 75 70, Marisa Baena 73 72, Vicky Hurst 74 71, Silvia Cavalleri (Ita) 74 71, Soo-Yun Kang (Kor) 73 72, Jimin Jeong 72 73, Hwa seon Lee (Kor) 75 70, Shi Hyun Ahn (Kor) 74 71, Sarah Lee 72 73, Jane Park 73 72, Johanna Mundy (Eng) 74 71, Anna Nordqvist (Swe) 72 73, Lisa Strom 73 72, Karin Sjodin (Swe) 72 73
MISSED THE CUT
146 Anja Monke (Ger) 73 73, Jill McGill 75 71, Il Mi Chung (Kor) 72 74, Paige Mackenzie 75 71, Heather Bowie young 71 75, Meena Lee (Kor) 72 74, Brandie Burton 73 73, Louise Stahle (Swe) 72 74, Song-Hee Kim (Kor) 77 69, Jeehae Lee (Kor) 71 75, Stephanie Louden 72 74, Laurie Brower 73 73, Ashleigh Simon (Rsa) 73 73, Mi-Hyun Kim (Kor) 74 72, Allison Hanna-Williams 71 75
147 Taylor Leon 71 76, Young-A Yang (Kor) 75 72, Christina Kim 75 72, Candie Kung (Tai) 72 75, Russy Gulyanamitta (Tha) 72 75, Anna Rawson (Aus) 73 74, Leta Lindley 73 74, Michelle Ellis 73 74, Carolina Llano 75 72, Momoko Ueda (Jpn) 73 74, Meg Mallon 72 75, Audra Burks 72 75, Hee Young Park (Kor) 71 76, Shanshan Feng (Chn) 72 75, Janice Moodie (Sco) 74 73
148 Michelle McGann 74 74, Mikaela Parmlid (Swe) 75 73, Hee-Won Han (Kor) 75 73, Amy Hung (Tha) 73 75, Laura Diaz 70 78, Erica Blasberg 76 72, Jeong Jang (Kor) 75 73, Katherine Hull (Aus) 71 77
149 Cheyenne Woods 75 74, Becky Iverson 75 74, Leah Wigger 76 73, Teresa Lu (Tai) 75 74, Louise Friberg (Swe) 76 73, Rachel Hetherington (Aus) 73 76, Jin young Pak (Kor) 72 77, Eva Dahllof (Swe) 74 75, Birdie Kim (Kor) 76 73, Kris Tschetter 70 79, Nicole Castrale 71 78
150 Jeanne Cho-Hunicke 75 75, Maggie Will 77 73, Eunjung Yi (Kor) 76 74, Na Ri Kim (Kor) 75 75
151 Eun Hee Ji (Kor) 80 71, Young Jo (Kor) 78 73, Moira Dunn 77 74
152 Jackie Gallagher-Smith 78 74, Jamie Hullett 77 75
154 Sung Ah Yim (Kor) 81 73, Kim Hall 78 76, Meredith Duncan 77 77, Marcy Hart 77 77
155 Cindy Rarick 77 78, Vicki Goetze-Ackerman 79 76
156 Sarah-jane Smith (Aus) 80 76
158 Mollie Fankhauser 81 77, Dorothy Delasin 76 82
WD: Paula Creamer 73, Charlotte Mayorkas 80
DQ: 142 Becky Lucidi 66 76
lead at weather-hit Wegmans
Women's British Open champion Jiyai Shin from South Korea, seeking her fifth win in 11 months, shot a four-under-par second-round 68 to lead by one shot from Morgan Pressel at the end of a weather-delayed Wegmans LPGA at Rochester, New York State.
“I really am happy with my putter — it’s really good,” the 21-year-old Shin said after moving to 11-under 133, a record low at the demanding Locust Hill course in suburban Rochester.
“I would like to keep this feeling through tomorrow and the final round.”
Play was interrupted by thunderstorms for nearly five hours, then called off at 8:37 p.m. Friday night local time as darkness fell.
In all, 71 players completed their second rounds early Saturday morning, including Tiger Woods’ niece, Cheyenne, who failed to make th cut.
First-round leader Sandra Gal of Germany, blaming tiredness for a string of wayward tee shots on the back nine, shot a 1-over 73 to drop to 7 under.
Last year, Shin became the first non-LPGA member to win three events. She reeled in the Women’s British Open last August, then followed with late-season wins in the Mizuno Classic and ADT Championship.
In March, she captured the HSBC Women’s Champions in Singapore for her first victory as a tour member.
Her dead-eye accuracy off the tee box and the fairways got her within 3 feet for early birdies on Nos. 3 and 4. Her only bogey came when she caught a greenside bunker at No. 10. As Gal faltered, the South Korea star took the lead with an 8-foot birdie putt on No. 14 and widened the gap atop the leaderboard when she birdied from 6 feet at the par-5 17th.
How's this for dedication to improvement? On Tuesday afternoon this past week, Shin spent nearly five hours practicing her putting at Locust Hill, a traditional, tree-lined course with compact, undulating greens.
“So it was easy play with my putter,” she said with a shy smile.
Gal, 24, who grew up near Cologne, was a two-time all-American in her three seasons at the University of Florida and the top-ranked European amateur in 2007. In her second year on tour, her best finish was a tie for fifth at last month’s LPGA Corning Classic.
“I’m in the hunt for the weekend, so I can’t complain,” she said. “I just accept it as it is and move forward.”
From the 12th hole onward, “I started hitting a few drives crooked, maybe it was tiredness,” she said. After knocking in a 15-foot birdie putt on No. 11, she got caught in heavy rough for bogeys on Nos. 12 and 14 and double-bogeyed No. 16, when she fluffed a chip, landed in a bunker and then missed a 7-foot putt.
Morgan Pressel was one of the early-morning brigade but it seemed to inspire her. She shot a 66 for 134 to be only one shot off the pace. And Stacy Lewis, who only last year was playing for the United States in the Curtis Cup at St Andrews, also completed a good early-morning round, a 67, to be lying third on 135.
Woods, making her first start on the professional tour by way of a sponsor exemption, was at one over par through 10 holes. But the 18-year-old couldn't hold it together over the closing holes and had a 74 for 149 - four shots too many to survive the cut.
Defending champion Eun-Hee Ji was toiling at six over par after 13 holes and eventually missed the cut by five shots with a 36-hole tally of 150.
Scot Janice Moodie missed the cut by two shots with scores 74 and 73 for 147.
The $2 million tournament drew 18 of the season’s top 20 money winners, including No. 1 Cristie Kerr, who was at 1 under through 12 holes. Absent is Lorena Ochoa, the world’s top-ranked player, and Suzann Pettersen, the runner-up here last June.
SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
Par 144 (2x72) 6365yd
133 Ji-Yai Shin (Kor) 65 68
134 Morgan Pressel 68 66
135 Stacy Lewis 68 67
136 Kristy McPherson 67 69
137 Mindy Kim 69 68, Michelle Wie 69 68, Sandra Gal (Ger) 64 73
138 Jennifer Rosales (Phi) 69 69, Sun Young Yoo (Kor) 71 67
139 Lindsey Wright (Aus) 71 68, Meaghan Francella 71 68, Sarah Kemp (Aus) 69 70, Brittany Lang 73 66
140 Se Ri Pak (Kor) 69 71, Cristie Kerr 75 65, Alena Sharp (Can) 70 70
141 Mika Miyazato (Jpn) 69 72, Karen Stupples (Eng) 69 72, Reilley Rankin 69 72, Anna Grzebien 70 71, Michele Redman 67 74, Ai Miyazato (Jpn) 72 69, Ji-Young Oh (Kor) 69 72, Na Yeon Choi (Kor) 69 72, Carri Wood 71 70, Mi Jung Hur (Kor) 68 73, Amanda Blumenherst 70 71
142 Joo Mi Kim (Kor) 72 70, Giulia Sergas (Ita) 73 69, Stacy Prammanasudh 71 71, In Kyung Kim (Kor) 71 71, Amy Yang 69 73, Wendy Ward 70 72, In-Bee Park (Kor) 74 68, Helen Alfredsson (Swe) 69 73, Jee Young Lee (Kor) 73 69, Ya-Ni Tseng (Tai) 73 69, Hye Jung Choi (Kor) 70 72
143 Irene Cho 71 72, Karrie Webb (Aus) 72 71, Jin Joo Hong (Kor) 70 73, Haeji Kang (Kor) 68 75, Brandi Jackson 68 75, Jimin Kang (Kor) 73 70, Natalie Gulbis 71 72, Kyeong Bae (Kor) 74 69
144 Minea Blomqvist (Fin) 70 74, Chella Choi (Kor) 75 69, Beth Bader 71 73, Young Kim (Kor) 74 70, Lorie Kane (Can) 73 71, Diana D'Alessio 68 76, Kris Tamulis 74 70, Aree Song (Kor) 71 73, Becky Morgan (Wal) 71 73, Allison Fouch 72 72
145 Brittany Lincicome 70 75, Julieta Granada (Par) 76 69, Pat Hurst 70 75, Katie Futcher 72 73, Karine Icher (Fra) 75 70, Marisa Baena 73 72, Vicky Hurst 74 71, Silvia Cavalleri (Ita) 74 71, Soo-Yun Kang (Kor) 73 72, Jimin Jeong 72 73, Hwa seon Lee (Kor) 75 70, Shi Hyun Ahn (Kor) 74 71, Sarah Lee 72 73, Jane Park 73 72, Johanna Mundy (Eng) 74 71, Anna Nordqvist (Swe) 72 73, Lisa Strom 73 72, Karin Sjodin (Swe) 72 73
MISSED THE CUT
146 Anja Monke (Ger) 73 73, Jill McGill 75 71, Il Mi Chung (Kor) 72 74, Paige Mackenzie 75 71, Heather Bowie young 71 75, Meena Lee (Kor) 72 74, Brandie Burton 73 73, Louise Stahle (Swe) 72 74, Song-Hee Kim (Kor) 77 69, Jeehae Lee (Kor) 71 75, Stephanie Louden 72 74, Laurie Brower 73 73, Ashleigh Simon (Rsa) 73 73, Mi-Hyun Kim (Kor) 74 72, Allison Hanna-Williams 71 75
147 Taylor Leon 71 76, Young-A Yang (Kor) 75 72, Christina Kim 75 72, Candie Kung (Tai) 72 75, Russy Gulyanamitta (Tha) 72 75, Anna Rawson (Aus) 73 74, Leta Lindley 73 74, Michelle Ellis 73 74, Carolina Llano 75 72, Momoko Ueda (Jpn) 73 74, Meg Mallon 72 75, Audra Burks 72 75, Hee Young Park (Kor) 71 76, Shanshan Feng (Chn) 72 75, Janice Moodie (Sco) 74 73
148 Michelle McGann 74 74, Mikaela Parmlid (Swe) 75 73, Hee-Won Han (Kor) 75 73, Amy Hung (Tha) 73 75, Laura Diaz 70 78, Erica Blasberg 76 72, Jeong Jang (Kor) 75 73, Katherine Hull (Aus) 71 77
149 Cheyenne Woods 75 74, Becky Iverson 75 74, Leah Wigger 76 73, Teresa Lu (Tai) 75 74, Louise Friberg (Swe) 76 73, Rachel Hetherington (Aus) 73 76, Jin young Pak (Kor) 72 77, Eva Dahllof (Swe) 74 75, Birdie Kim (Kor) 76 73, Kris Tschetter 70 79, Nicole Castrale 71 78
150 Jeanne Cho-Hunicke 75 75, Maggie Will 77 73, Eunjung Yi (Kor) 76 74, Na Ri Kim (Kor) 75 75
151 Eun Hee Ji (Kor) 80 71, Young Jo (Kor) 78 73, Moira Dunn 77 74
152 Jackie Gallagher-Smith 78 74, Jamie Hullett 77 75
154 Sung Ah Yim (Kor) 81 73, Kim Hall 78 76, Meredith Duncan 77 77, Marcy Hart 77 77
155 Cindy Rarick 77 78, Vicki Goetze-Ackerman 79 76
156 Sarah-jane Smith (Aus) 80 76
158 Mollie Fankhauser 81 77, Dorothy Delasin 76 82
WD: Paula Creamer 73, Charlotte Mayorkas 80
DQ: 142 Becky Lucidi 66 76
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