Catriona Matthew in joint ninth place, five off the pace
Haru Nomura moves into Swinging Skirts LPGA Classic lead; Lydia Ko four back
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The Japanese player fired a second-round 70 in windy conditions Friday at Lake Merced Golf Club, to improve to nine under par, three strokes ahead of the field.
Nomura parred her first 11 holes on the day before birdieing 12 and 13 to move to 9 under.
A bogey at 16 was recouped by a birdie at the next, leading to the score of 70. Nomura’s victory, her first on the LPGA, came at the ISPS Handa Women’s Australian Open in February, and while she’s been patient on the golf course this week, her appetite for wins is a bit ravenous.
“I’d like to have as many as I can, so the second win is pretty much a big deal,” Nomura said.
Of course, with 36 holes to go in San Francisco, it’s still many players’ game. It can’t be comforting for Nomura to look at the leaderboard right behind her. Minjee Lee, who at 19 earned her second LPGA win last week, fired a flawless 7-under 65 to move from a tie for 59th all the way to a tie for second at 6 under. She posted the score thanks to four birdies in her final seven holes, a day after bogeying three of her last four.
Lee still managed a 65 despite just one birdie Friday on the four par 5s. It seems like something has clicked of late for the Australian, as evidenced by the recent win, but she would suggest otherwise.
“(Have I found anything?), not really,” Lee said. “I think I had (that win) in me, just haven’t really brought it every week.”
Two others, Na Yeon Choi and So Yeon Ryu, share Lee’s spot at 6 under – Ryu after posting a 75 that jetted her from a two-shot lead to three behind. But a certain World No. 1 one back of that trio might be the scariest proposition.
Lydia Ko, who turns 19 on Sunday, birdied three of her first holes Friday and looked well on her way to chasing down the lead. But she cooled off from there, posting 10 straight pars before two late bogeys sunk her back to 5 under and a tie for fifth.
The accolades for the young star are enormous: two-time major champion, 12-time LPGA winner, and two victories this year already.Not to mention that she’s the two-time defending champion at this event.
In fact, we’ve compiled a list of her record-breaking accomplishments to date.
All of this is to say is she wasn’t sweating too much about her finish.
“I think the first nine holes, I struck the ball really well and gave myself quite a few good looks for birdies,” Ko said. “I kind of hit a few wayward shots, so that kind of made me bogey, but overall, I played pretty solidly. My ball-striking wasn’t too good on my back nine, but hopefully we can get that sorted and be positive and play well on the weekend.”
Americans Gerina Piller and Brittany Lang also find themselves tied with Ko at 5 under. Lexi Thompson is 11 back at 2 over, while Stacy Lewis made the cut on the number at 4 over.
Paula Creamer missed the cut after a second-day 78 dropped he to 6 over.
Catriona Matthew is lying tied ninth on 140, five off the pace, after rounds of 68 and 72.
SECOND-ROUND SCOREBOARD
par 144
1 | Haru Nomura | 65 | 70 | 135 | |||||
T2 | Minjee Lee | 73 | 65 | 138 | |||||
T2 | So Yeon Ryu | 63 | 75 | 138 | |||||
T2 | Na Yeon Choi* | 68 | 70 | 138 | |||||
T5 | Lydia Ko | 68 | 71 | 139 | |||||
T5 | Gerina Piller | 70 | 69 | 139 | |||||
T5 | Brittany Lang* | 69 | 70 | 139 | |||||
T5 | Karine Icher | 71 | 68 | 139 | |||||
T9 | Lee-Anne Pace* | 71 | 69 | 140 | |||||
T9 | Catriona Matthew | 68 | 72 | 140 | |||||
T9 | Julie Yang* | 72 | 68 | 140 | |||||
T9 | Mi Hyang Lee | 69 | 71 | 140 | |||||
T13 | Su-Hyun Oh* | 70 | 71 | 141 | |||||
T13 | Danielle Kang* | 69 | 72 | 141 | |||||
T13 | Angel Yin | 70 | 71 | 141 | |||||
T16 | Azahara Munoz | 70 | 72 | 142 | |||||
T16 | Kelly Tan | 70 | 72 | 142 | |||||
T16 | Ryann O'Toole | 69 | 73 | 142 | |||||
T16 | Christel Boeljon | 67 | 75 | 142 | |||||
T16 | Xi Yu Lin | 67 | 75 | 142 | |||||
T16 | Brooke M Henderson | 71 | 71 | 142 | |||||
T16 | Carlota Ciganda* | 74 | 68 | 142 | |||||
T23 | Shanshan Feng | 74 | 69 | 143 | |||||
T23 | Moriya Jutanugarn | 69 | 74 | 143 | |||||
T23 | Amy Yang | 72 | 71 | 143 | |||||
T23 | Morgan Pressel | 72 | 71 | 143 | |||||
T23 | Tiffany Joh | 70 | 73 | 143 | |||||
T23 | Mika Miyazato | 73 | 70 | 143 | |||||
T23 | Christina Kim | 72 | 71 | 143 | |||||
T30 | Katherine Kirk | 70 | 74 | 144 | |||||
T30 | Candie Kung | 65 | 79 | 144 | |||||
T30 | Wei-Ling Hsu | 69 | 75 | 144 | |||||
T30 | Mi Jung Hur | 72 | 72 | 144 | |||||
T30 | Cristie Kerr | 71 | 73 | 144 | |||||
T30 | Hee Young Park | 74 | 70 | 144 | |||||
T30 | Mariajo Uribe* | 71 | 73 | 144 | |||||
T37 | Tzu-Chi Lin | 72 | 73 | 145 | |||||
T37 | Jaye Marie Green | 72 | 73 | 145 | |||||
T37 | Sakura Yokomine | 73 | 72 | 145 | |||||
T37 | Kelly Shon | 76 | 69 | 145 | |||||
T37 | Ariya Jutanugarn | 71 | 74 | 145 | |||||
T37 | Jessica Korda | 72 | 73 | 145 | |||||
T37 | Jenny Shin | 72 | 73 | 145 | |||||
T37 | Min Lee* | 71 | 74 | 145 | |||||
T37 | In Gee Chun | 71 | 74 | 145 | |||||
T37 | Brittany Lincicome | 71 | 74 | 145 | |||||
T37 | Julieta Granada | 70 | 75 | 145 | |||||
T48 | Michelle Wie | 73 | 73 | 146 | |||||
T48 | Lexi Thompson | 72 | 74 | 146 | |||||
T48 | Caroline Masson | 72 | 74 | 146 | |||||
T48 | Jodi Ewart Shadoff | 73 | 73 | 146 | |||||
T48 | Lindy Duncan | 73 | 73 | 146 | |||||
T48 | Lee Lopez | 72 | 74 | 146 | |||||
T48 | Ssu-Chia Cheng | 73 | 73 | 146 | |||||
T48 | Rachel Rohanna* | 68 | 78 | 146 | |||||
T48 | Chella Choi* | 73 | 73 | 146 | |||||
T48 | Nasa Hataoka | 73 | 73 | 146 | |||||
T58 | Anna Nordqvist | 73 | 74 | 147 | |||||
T58 | Pannarat Thanapolboonyar* | 72 | 75 | 147 | |||||
T58 | Sadena Parks | 73 | 74 | 147 | |||||
T58 | Alena Sharp | 73 | 74 | 147 | |||||
T58 | Austin Ernst* | 73 | 74 | 147 | |||||
T58 | Gaby Lopez* | 73 | 74 | 147 | |||||
T58 | Sandra Changkija* | 72 | 75 | 147 | |||||
T65 | Kim Kaufman | 71 | 77 | 148 | |||||
T65 | Mo Martin | 76 | 72 | 148 | |||||
T65 | Juli Inkster | 74 | 74 | 148 | |||||
T65 | Mina Harigae | 76 | 72 | 148 | |||||
T65 | Ashlan Ramsey | 73 | 75 | 148 | |||||
T65 | Vicky Hurst* | 74 | 74 | 148 | |||||
T65 | Marina Alex | 72 | 76 | 148 | |||||
T65 | Grace Na* | 74 | 74 | 148 | |||||
T65 | Ya-Chun Chang | 71 | 77 | 148 | |||||
T65 | Bertine Strauss | 76 | 72 | 148 | |||||
T65 | Cheyenne Woods | 73 | 75 | 148 | |||||
T65 | Stacy Lewis | 72 | 76 | 148 | |||||
T65 | Pornanong Phatlum* | 76 | 72 | 148 | |||||
T65 | Eun-Hee Ji | 70 | 78 | 148 | |||||
T65 | Hyo Joo Kim* | 73 | 75 | 148 | |||||
T65 | Nontaya Srisawang | 72 | 76 | 148 | |||||
T65 | Amy Anderson | 72 | 76 | 148 | |||||
WD | Ha Na Jang | WD | |||||||
T82 | Alejandra Llaneza | 79 | 70 | MC | UT | 149 | |||
T82 | Casey Grice | 76 | 73 | 149 | |||||
T82 | Megan Khang | 73 | 76 | 149 | |||||
T82 | Katie Burnett | 69 | 80 | 149 | |||||
T82 | Hsin-Ning Yeh* | 74 | 75 | 149 | |||||
T82 | Belen Mozo* | 73 | 76 | 149 | |||||
T82 | Jacqui Concolino* | 73 | 76 | 149 | |||||
T82 | Pernilla Lindberg* | 72 | 77 | 149 | |||||
T82 | Laetitia Beck* | 75 | 74 | 149 | |||||
T91 | Yu-Chiang Hou | 73 | 77 | 150 | |||||
T91 | I Wen Chen | 78 | 72 | 150 | |||||
T91 | Ilhee Lee | 72 | 78 | 150 | |||||
T91 | Paula Creamer | 72 | 78 | 150 | |||||
T91 | Sei Young Kim | 72 | 78 | 150 | |||||
T91 | Yueer Cindy Feng | 75 | 75 | 150 | |||||
T91 | Caroline Hedwall | 75 | 75 | 150 | |||||
T98 | Budsabakorn Sukapan | 78 | 73 | 151 | |||||
T98 | Paula Reto | 77 | 74 | 151 | |||||
T98 | Yu-Ju Chen | 78 | 73 | 151 | |||||
T98 | Dewi Claire Schreefel | 76 | 75 | 151 | |||||
T98 | Annie Park* | 75 | 76 | 151 | |||||
T98 | Beatriz Recari* | 75 | 76 | 151 | |||||
T98 | Se Ri Pak* | 74 | 77 | 151 | |||||
T98 | Ayako Uehara | 74 | 77 | 151 | |||||
T98 | Sarah Jane Smith* | 76 | 75 | 151 | |||||
T107 | Maria McBride | 75 | 77 | 152 | |||||
T107 | Benyapa Niphatsophon | 75 | 77 | 152 | |||||
T107 | Dani Holmqvist | 73 | 79 | 152 | |||||
T107 | Daniela Iacobelli | 75 | 77 | 152 | |||||
T107 | Kris Tamulis* | 75 | 77 | 152 | |||||
T107 | Alison Lee* | 77 | 75 | 152 | |||||
T107 | Jo Hua Hung* | 74 | 78 | 152 | |||||
T107 | Cyna Rodriguez* | 79 | 73 | 152 | |||||
T107 | Min Seo Kwak | 75 | 77 | 152 | |||||
T116 | Jane Park | 77 | 76 | 153 | |||||
T116 | Pei-Yun Chien | 77 | 76 | 153 | |||||
T116 | Cydney Clanton | 78 | 75 | 153 | |||||
T116 | Yu-Sang Hou | 76 | 77 | 153 | |||||
T116 | Ai Miyazato | 76 | 77 | 153 | |||||
T116 | Perrine Delacour | 78 | 75 | 153 | |||||
T116 | Tze-Han Lin | 75 | 78 | 153 | |||||
T116 | Sarah Kemp* | 80 | 73 | 153 | |||||
T116 | Laura Davies | 78 | 75 | 153 | |||||
T116 | Ai-Chen Kuo* | 79 | 74 | 153 | |||||
T126 | I.K. Kim | 77 | 77 | 154 | |||||
T126 | Thidapa Suwannapura | 79 | 75 | 154 | |||||
T126 | Meena Lee* | 77 | 77 | 154 | |||||
T126 | Han Hsuan Yu* | 79 | 75 | 154 | |||||
T130 | Yuting Shi | 76 | 79 | 155 | |||||
T130 | Sun Young Yoo | 81 | 74 | 155 | |||||
T130 | P.K. Kongkraphan* | 76 | 79 | 155 | |||||
T130 | Holly Clyburn | 78 | 77 | 155 | |||||
T130 | Giulia Molinaro* | 80 | 75 | 155 | |||||
135 | Huei-Ju Shih | 79 | 77 | 156 | |||||
136 | Yani Tseng | 77 | 80 | 157 | |||||
T137 | Jing Yan | 80 | 78 | 158 | |||||
T137 | Q Baek | 77 | 81 | 158 | |||||
T137 | Hsuan Ping Chang | 79 | 79 | 158 | |||||
140 | Alison Walshe | 80 | 79 | 159 | |||||
141 | Brianna Do | 80 | 80 | 160 | |||||
142 | Jennifer Johnson | 81 | 80 | 161 | |||||
T143 | Simin Feng | 79 | 84 | 163 | |||||
T143 | Meng Chu Chen | 81 | 82 | 163 | |||||
145 | Yi-Ling Liang | 87 | 79 | 166 | |||||
146 | Mirim Lee | 76 | WD | 76 | |||||
147 | Maude-Aimee Leblanc | 78 | WD | 78 | |||||
148 | Joanna Klatten | 79 | WD | 79 | |||||
149 | Sydnee Michaels | 81 | WD | - | 81 |
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