Lexi Thompson shares lead with Alison Lee 

and Lizette Salas in LPGA Classic
 
FROM CBS SPORTS.COM

BELMONT, Michigan -- Lexi Thompson birdied six of the first eight holes and wanted more.
''I wanted to make more birdies on the back nine, but it is what it is,'' she said.
Thompson did add one more birdie Friday for a season-best 7-under 64 and a share of the Meijer LPGA Classic lead with Alison Lee and Lizette Salas.
''I hit it in the rough on a few holes on the back nine where I needed to hit it in the fairway to be able to make birdies,'' Thompson said. ''But I'm very happy with my round, don't get me wrong.''
The 20-year-old Thompson matched Lee and Salas at 9-under 133 at Blythefield Country Club.
Lee, the 20-year-old former UCLA player in her first season on the tour, had a 66, and playing partner Salas, a former University of Southern California star, shot a 69.
Kris Tamulis closed with a bogey on the par-4 ninth to drop into a tie for fourth at 8 under with Gerina Piller, Jaye Marie Green, Wei-Ling Hsu and Q Baek. Tamulis shot 68, Piller 65, Baek 68, and Green and Hsu 69.
Top-ranked Inbee Park, a play-off loser last year in the inaugural event, was tied for 18th at 4 under after a 68. She has a tour-high three victories this season.
Thompson, winless since taking the then-Kraft Nabisco last year for her first major title, took advantage of early windless scoring conditions. Thompson birdied Nos. 1-2, 4-6, 8 and 15.
''The greens were rolling really well out there early in the morning, so it was nice,'' Thompson said. ''Playing in the morning without the wind and the greens are a little bit softer in the morning so it's easier to just control the way your irons are going to bounce out into the green. It was a lot easier to control than (Thursday) afternoon.''
Lee, who is still working on her degree at UCLA, said she was inspired by Salas shooting 64 in the first round.
''We kind of pushed each other through the day,'' Lee said. ''I was fired up today going into the round and wanted to shoot a low number. It's great to be in contention. I mean, this is my rookie year and I'm still learning.''
Salas said playing in the afternoon in the second round was a sharp contrast to the first round.
''The wind definitely kicked in this afternoon and you have to be really precise to your targets,'' she said.
She said she hasn't been on top of the leaderboard in a while, and she is excited.
''We have 36 more to go and I'm going to try to be patient and stay calm and just be committed to every shot,'' she said.
Park said being five shots off the lead was fine, but it is more important to have good results this week to give her confidence going into the Women's British Open next week.
''The most important thing is just work on my game so it's ready to go next week,'' she said. ''You know, make sure that your ball striking, your swing feels good, make sure you're feeling good on the greens. This is the last chance to try it on. I'm trying to get my game to the level I want. It's not quite there, but trying to get there.''

ALL THE SECOND-ROUND TOTALS

T1	Lexi Thompson	69	64	.	.		-	-9	133
T1	Alison Lee*	67	66				-	-9	133
T1	Lizette Salas*	64	69				-	-9	133
T4	Wei-Ling Hsu*	65	69				-	-8	134
T4	Jaye Marie Green*	65	69				-	-8	134
T4	Gerina Piller*	69	65				-	-8	134
T4	Q Baek	66	68				-	-8	134
T4	Kris Tamulis*	66	68				-	-8	134
9	Kim Kaufman*	68	67				-	-7	135
T10	Lisa Ferrero	70	66				-	-6	136
T10	Pernilla Lindberg	70	66				-	-6	136
T10	Katy Harris	68	68				-	-6	136
T13	Katie Burnett*	69	68				-	-5	137
T13	Morgan Pressel	71	66				-	-5	137
T13	Dori Carter*	64	73				-	-5	137
T13	Ilhee Lee	66	71				-	-5	137
T13	Katherine Kirk	64	73				-	-5	137
T18	Danah Bordner*	70	68				-	-4	138
T18	Caroline Masson*	69	69				-	-4	138
T18	Min Seo Kwak*	73	65				-	-4	138
T18	Inbee Park	70	68				-	-4	138
T18	Minjee Lee	70	68				-	-4	138
T18	Amy Anderson	68	70				-	-4	138
T18	Sarah Kemp*	67	71				-	-4	138
T18	Jane Rah	66	72				-	-4	138
T18	Brittany Lincicome*	70	68				-	-4	138
T18	Cristie Kerr*	73	65				-	-4	138
T18	So Yeon Ryu*	70	68				-	-4	138
T18	Brittany Lang*	69	69				-	-4	138
T18	Alena Sharp*	68	70			-1	-	-4	138
T18	Jodi Ewart Shadoff*	70	68			-3	-	-4	138
T18	Sarah Jane Smith	68	70			-1	-	-4	138
T33	Eun-Hee Ji*	70	69			-2	-	-3	139
T33	Pat Hurst*	68	71			E	-	-3	139
T33	Ha Na Jang	71	68			-3	-	-3	139
T33	Sun Young Yoo*	73	66			-5	-	-3	139
T33	Julieta Granada	71	68			-3	-	-3	139
T33	Becky Morgan*	71	68			-3	-	-3	139
T33	Jeong Eun Lee	71	68			-3	-	-3	139
T33	Azahara Munoz*	70	69			-2	-	-3	139
T33	Hee Young Park	70	69			-2	-	-3	139
T33	Brooke Pancake	68	71			E	-	-3	139
T43	Chella Choi	71	69			-2	-	-2	140
T43	Juli Inkster	69	71			E	-	-2	140
T43	Lee-Anne Pace*	71	69			-2	-	-2	140
T43	Mi Hyang Lee*	69	71			E	-	-2	140
T43	Sadena Parks	73	67			-4	-	-2	140
T43	Ju Young Park	72	68			-3	-	-2	140
T43	Demi Runas*	70	70			-1	-	-2	140
T43	Jee Young Lee	69	71			E	-	-2	140
T43	Austin Ernst*	70	70			-1	-	-2	140
T43	Nannette Hill	70	70			-1	-	-2	140
T53	Xiyu Lin	71	70			-1	-	-1	141
T53	Sydnee Michaels*	71	70			-1	-	-1	141
T53	Min Lee*	70	71			E	-	-1	141
T53	Mariajo Uribe	72	69			-2	-	-1	141
T53	Joanna Klatten	70	71			E	-	-1	141
T53	Laura Diaz*	73	68			-3	-	-1	141
T53	Caroline Westrup	69	72			+1	-	-1	141
T53	Karine Icher	70	71			E	-	-1	141
T53	Anna Nordqvist*	72	69			-2	-	-1	141
T53	Sakura Yokomine	72	69			-2	-	-1	141
T53	Beatriz Recari	73	68			-3	-	-1	141
T53	Laetitia Beck*	68	73			+2	-	-1	141
T53	Giulia Sergas	70	71			E	-	-1	141
T66	Tiffany Joh	75	67			-4	-	E	142
T66	Haru Nomura	72	70			-1	-	E	142
T66	Jennifer Gleason	70	72			+1	-	E	142
T66	SooBin Kim	70	72			+1	-	E	142
T66	P.K. Kongkraphan	73	69		.		-	E	142
T66	Natalie Gulbis	75	67				-	E	142
T66	Jennifer Rosales*	70	72				-	E	142
T66	Danielle Kang*	70	72				-	E	142
T66	Christina Kim	72	70				-	E	142
T66	Meena Lee*	72	70				-	E	142
T66	Simin Feng	72	70				-	E	142
T66	Amelia Lewis	73	69				-	E	142
T66	Ji Young Oh*	68	74				-	E	142
T66	Belen Mozo*	68	74				-	E	142
T66	Sandra Gal*	73	69				-	E	142
T66	Amy Yang	70	72				-	E	142
T66	Jane Park	71	71				-	E	142
WD	Jenny Shin	WD	WD			WD	-	WD	WD
T83	M.J. Hur*	73	70	MC	MC	-	-	-	143
T83	Angela Stanford	74	69	MC	MC	-	-	-	143
T83	Karlin Beck	74	69	MC	MC	-	-	-	143
T83	Julie Yang*	71	72	MC	MC	-	-	-	143
T83	Dewi Claire Schreefel*	71	72	MC	MC	-	-	-	143
T83	Christine Meier	71	72	MC	MC	-	-	-	143
T83	Cydney Clanton*	73	70	MC	MC	-	-	-	143
T83	Sandra Changkija*	68	75	MC	MC	-	-	-	143
T83	Paz Echeverria	72	71	MC	MC	-	-	-	143
T83	Moriya Jutanugarn	69	74	MC	MC	-	-	-	143
T83	Ryann O'Toole	70	73	MC	MC	-	-	-	143
T83	Therese Koelbaek	73	70	MC	MC	-	-	-	143
T95	Jacqui Concolino*	73	71	MC	MC	-	-	-	144
T95	Maria Hernandez*	73	71	MC	MC	-	-	-	144
T95	Jennifer Kirby	73	71	MC	MC	-	-	-	144
T95	Elizabeth Nagel	71	73	MC	MC	-	-	-	144
T95	Pornanong Phatlum*	70	74	MC	MC	-	-	-	144
T95	Paula Reto*	75	69	MC	MC	-	-	-	144
T95	Candie Kung	73	71	MC	MC	-	-	-	144
T95	Marta Sanz Barrio*	73	71	MC	MC	-	-	-	144
T95	Ayako Uehara	71	73	MC	MC	-	-	-	144
T95	Lisa McCloskey*	71	73	MC	MC	-	-	-	144
T95	Ai Miyazato	73	71	MC	MC	-	-	-	144
T95	Nontaya Srisawang*	69	75	MC	MC	-	-	-	144
T95	Birdie Kim	71	73	MC	MC	-	-	-	144
T95	Yueer Cindy Feng*	73	71	MC	MC	-	-	-	144
T95	Paola Moreno*	69	75	MC	MC	-	-	-	144
T110	Louise Stahle*	73	72	MC	MC	-	-	-	145
T110	Nicole Jeray	73	72	MC	MC	-	-	-	145
T110	Jenny Suh*	75	70	MC	MC	-	-	-	145
T110	Heather Bowie Young*	72	73	MC	MC	-	-	-	145
T110	Garrett Phillips	73	72	MC	MC	-	-	-	145
T110	Kelly Shon*	72	73	MC	MC	-	-	-	145
T110	Moira Dunn*	73	72	MC	MC	-	-	-	145
T110	Victoria Elizabeth	71	74	MC	MC	-	-	-	145
T110	Marina Alex*	72	73	MC	MC	-	-	-	145
T110	Jackie Stoelting	75	70	MC	MC	-	-	-	145
T120	Mallory Blackwelder	75	71	MC	MC	-	-	-	146
T120	Chie Arimura	69	77	MC	MC	-	-	-	146
T120	Kelly Tan*	76	70	MC	MC	-	-	-	146
T120	Ariya Jutanugarn	72	74	MC	MC	-	-	-	146
T120	Kendall Dye	71	75	MC	MC	-	-	-	146
T125	Marissa Steen	71	76	MC	MC	-	-	-	147
T125	Mina Harigae*	69	78	MC	MC	-	-	-	147
T127	Rebecca Lee-Bentham*	76	72	MC	MC	-	-	-	148
T127	Lorie Kane	73	75	MC	MC	-	-	-	148
T127	Kaitlin Park*	74	74	MC	MC	-	-	-	148
T130	Felicity Johnson*	73	76	MC	MC	-	-	-	149
T130	Stephanie Meadow*	76	73	MC	MC	-	-	-	149
T130	Kristy McPherson	72	77	MC	MC	-	-	-	149
T130	Thidapa Suwannapura*	71	78	MC	MC	-	-	-	149
T130	Ashleigh Simon*	76	73	MC	MC	-	-	-	149
T130	Wendy Doolan	76	73	MC	MC	-	-	-	149
136	Jennifer Song*	75	75	MC	MC	-	-	-	150
137	Alison Walshe*	76	75	MC	MC	-	-	-	151
138	Sophia Popov	80	72	MC	MC	-	-	-	152
T139	Cat Peters	79	75	MC	MC	-	-	-	154
T139	Kim Williams*	77	77	MC	MC	-	-	-	154
141	Kelli Pry	78	77	MC	MC	-	-	-	155
142	Jing Yan*	76	WD	WD	WD	-	-	-	76
-	Mirim Lee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Reilley Rankin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Sherman Santhiwiwatthan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Haeji Kang	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Michelle McGann	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Karin Sjodin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Line Vedel	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
* player started on back nine.