TWENTY-FOUR GROUPS STILL TO FINISH ROUND 2 BEFORE CUT IS MADE

RAIN DELAYS SECOND-ROUND FINISH 

AT KINGSMILL CHAMPIONSHIP


FROM THE LPGA TOUR WEBSITE
The second round of the LPGA Tour's Kingsmill Championship at the Kingsmill Resort, Williamsburg, Virginia was suspended at approximately 7:58 p.m. local time Friday  with players finishing the hole they were on. 
The round was delayed by 3.5 hours due to weather (1” of rain) and course conditions this morning with play beginning at 11:00 a.m. and the final group teeing off at 6:01 p.m. 
Play will resume at 7:30 a.m. local time Saturday tomorrow with 24 groups still out on the course. 
After the second round is completed, the cut will be made.
Hee Young Park, on 134 (eight under par), is in the clubhouse and leads by a stroke over a group of five players, including Stacy Lewis who fired an impressive second-round 65. 
Lexi Thompson, Azahara Munoz and Lizette Salas are all at 7-under for the tournament and will finish the round on Saturday morning..
WHAT TO DO WITH THE LEAD
A nagging wrist injury hasn’t been enough to slow down Hee Young Park who followed a 5-under 66 with a 3-under 68 on Friday to vault her into the clubhouse lead at eight-under 134 on the par-71 course.
Park bogeyed her fourth hole of the day but went on to play bogey-free golf with four birdies sprinkled in over the final 14 holes to vault to the top of the leaderboard. She’s familiar with the winner’s circle with two career victories, but this is the first time this year that she’s entered Saturday with a lead.
“I feel really good. I rested the whole of last week, so I can I think focus more on the course and I’m ready,” Park said.
Park said the softer, wet ground from the morning’s rain actually helped her wrist because it wasn’t as taxing at impact on her wrist.
THE PUSH FOR NO. 1
Stacy Lewis’s push for No. 1 continued Friday with a huge 65 (-6) that vaulted her right back into contention after a 1-under 70 to open. Lewis needs a win or a second place finish – as long as Lydia Ko doesn’t win – to vault into No. 1 and snap Inbee Park’s 57-week streak at No. 1.
Ricoh Women's British Open champion Lewis has now shot 10 straight rounds of par or better at Kingsmill.
“This is definitely one of the courses that I like to play. Visually it looks really nice to play. I haven’t made quite as many birdies as I would have thought, but the greens are just tricky,” Lewis said. “It’s definitely a ball‑striker’s course. You just have to keep hitting a bunch of greens and getting a few putts here and there.”
Lewis’ bogey-free round had her just one back of Hee Young Park’s clubhouse lead when play was  suspended.
SHOWING THE HOMETOWN HER SKILLS
Brittany Lang grew up just 45 minutes down the road in Richmond, Virginia, for the first 10 years of her life, and she’s certainly seemed at home on the River Course. After an opening round 67 on Thursday, Lang got right back to where she left off with a 3-under 68 on Friday. She made her first bogey of the tournament on the 14th hole on Friday but responded right back with a birdie on 15.
“It was a beautiful day. I have a lot of friends and family here, so I’m having a lot of fun,” Lang said. “I’ve been playing really well and working really hard just trying to be confident out there and committed to my shots. Working on a few things, so good first two days.”
Lang, who moved from Richmond to Dallas when she was 10, still considers herself a Texan, but nonetheless enjoys being near the city where she learned the game.
“A lot of our family friends came down and are staying here. Both of my parents are here. It’s a fun week,” Lang said. “A bunch of our friends are down. Probably 10, 15 people, so it’s pretty cool.”
It’d be an even cooler return home if she could get her first win since the 2012 Manulife Financial LPGA Classic, which she won in a playoff.
“I’ve been up there a lot. I’ve won and I’ve had a lot of seconds and a lot of good finishes,” Lang said. 
“I’ve been working really hard on just some certain things, and if I keep working on them I’ll be happy come Sunday.”
IN DANGER OF MISSING THE CUT
Paula Creamer shot an opening round 73 and followed it with a +1 through 12 holes before play was halted due to darkness. She will restart Saturday morning  at +3 for the tournament and is T82. She is not going to beat the cut unless she improves her situation drastically, for the better, over her last six holes.
Coming into this tournament, Creamer led the LPGA tour with a streak of 75 tournaments in a row without missing a cut. The last time was August 22, 2010 at the Safeway Classic.

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