Lydia Ko joins Hyo Joo Kim at top of 

Marathon Classic leaderboard

By Golfweek Staff

Lydia Ko (Getty Images)

Surprise, surprise. Lydia Ko is on top of the leaderboard at another LPGA Tour event.
Ko, the No. 1 player in the world is tied with Hyo Joo Kim at 8 under at the halfway mark of the Marathon Classic at Highland Meadows Golf Club in Sylvania, Ohio.
Ko followed up her first-round 68 with a 5-under 66 to tie Kim, who shared the lead after 18 holes with Mirim Lee and Haru Nomura.
Ko, who won this event in 2014, is looking to become the first four-time winner on the LPGA Tour this season, and is coming off a T-3 at the U.S. Women’s Open and a win at the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship in her last two starts. A win would give the 19-year-old Kiwi 14 for her career.
She made one bogey, which prevented her from tying her best career score at Highland Meadows.
“I think I had few more looks for birdies and a few that decided to drop,” Ko said. “Even today I had a few that were so close to going in and didn’t drop. I felt like I did leave a few out there. In this wind and in the conditions I feel like my score is a pretty solid one this morning.”
Kim, looking for her fourth career victory, made four birdies in her round, with her lone bogey coming at No. 11.
Alison Lee and Ha Na Jang are joint second at 7 under. Lee Lopez, Ariya Jutanugarn and Mirim Lee are one shot back of those two, and Stacy Lewis and Nomura headline a group of five at 5 under.
Lee has been playing through a shoulder injury for the past four months, and has struggled to find her form, missing seven of 15 cuts this season. If she can keep up this play, it will serve a big boost to the 37th-ranked player in the world.
“For the past four months, I was injured and I struggled mentally,” Lee said. “I missed a lot of cuts and I had a lot of high hopes for myself this year. So definitely that really set me back the last few months. It feels great now again to be in contention and playing well.”
SCOREBOARD
par 72. yardage 6,506
 

T1	Lydia Ko	68	66	.					134
T1	Hyo Joo Kim	66	68						134
T3	Alison Lee	69	66						135
T3	Ha Na Jang	68	67						135
T5	Lee Lopez	70	66						136
T5	Mirim Lee	66	70						136
T5	Ariya Jutanugarn	67	69						136
T8	Stacy Lewis	69	68						137
T8	Haru Nomura	66	71						137
T8	Vicky Hurst	69	68						137
T8	Azahara Munoz	69	68						137
T8	Kelly Shon	67	70						137
T13	Lindy Duncan	73	65						138
T13	Eun-Hee Ji	68	70						138
T13	Jenny Shin	71	67						138
T16	Brittany Lang	70	69						139
T16	Alena Sharp	70	69						139
T16	Kim Kaufman	70	69	.					139
T16	Ayako Uehara	71	68						139
T16	Celine Herbin	67	72						139
T16	Moriya Jutanugarn	69	70						139
T16	Maude-Aimee Leblanc	68	71						139
T23	Virginia Elena Carta	71	69						140
T23	Ji Young Oh	73	67						140
T23	Hee Young Park	69	71						140
T23	Katherine Kirk	69	71						140
T23	Jacqui Concolino	68	72						140
T23	Brooke Mackenzie Henderson	68	72						140
T23	Paula Reto	68	72						140
T30	Katherine Perry	68	73	.					141
T30	Nontaya Srisawang	69	72						141
T30	Danielle Kang	73	68						141
T30	Mi Hyang Lee	69	72						141
T30	Gaby Lopez	71	70						141
T30	Beatriz Recari	73	68						141
T30	Dewi Claire Schreefel	73	68						141
T30	Dani Holmqvist	72	69						141
T30	Ssu-Chia Cheng	72	69						141
T30	Mo Martin	69	72	.					141
T30	Jennifer Song	69	72						141
T30	Xi Yu Lin	69	72						141
T30	Sadena Parks	70	71						141
T43	Jaye Marie Green	70	72						142
T43	Jiayi Zhou	72	70						142
T43	Jane Rah	74	68						142
T43	Anne-Catherine Tanguay	71	71						142
T43	Cheyenne Woods	72	70						142
T43	Austin Ernst	71	71						142
T43	Pornanong Phatlum	74	68						142
T43	Simin Feng	70	72	.					142
T43	Nannette Hill	70	72						142
T43	Cindy LaCrosse	71	71						142
T43	Anna Nordqvist	70	72						142
T43	Jane Park	72	70						142
T55	Karlin Beck	71	72						143
T55	Cydney Clanton	72	71						143
T55	Angela Stanford	70	73						143
T55	Jing Yan	69	74						143
T55	Becky Morgan	70	73						143
T55	Nicole Jeray	70	73						143
T55	Briana Mao	71	72	.					143
T55	Stephanie Meadow	73	70						143
T55	Sydnee Michaels	71	72						143
T55	Sakura Yokomine	68	75	.					143
T55	Rachel Rohanna	69	74						143
T66	Annie Park	73	71						144
T66	P.K. Kongkraphan	75	69						144
T66	Sarah Jane Smith	73	71						144
T66	Min Lee	72	72						144
T66	Dori Carter	73	71						144
T66	Daniela Iacobelli	74	70						144
T66	Lisa Ferrero	72	72						144
T73	Ashleigh Simon	72	73	MC	MC	-	-	-	145
T73	Marina Alex	76	69	MC	MC	-	-	-	145
T73	Samantha Richdale	75	70	MC	MC	-	-	-	145
T73	Marion Ricordeau	72	73	MC	MC	-	-	-	145
T73	Mindy Kim	73	72	MC	MC	-	-	-	145
T73	Mina Harigae	70	75	MC	MC	-	-	-	145
T73	Ryann O'Toole	76	69	MC	MC	-	-	-	145
T73	Sandra Gal	69	76	MC	MC	-	-	-	145
T73	Caroline Masson	72	73	MC	MC	-	-	-	145
T73	Sun Young Yoo	72	73	MC	MC	-	-	-	145
T83	Na Yeon Choi	73	73	MC	MC	-	-	-	146
T83	Amy Anderson	75	71	MC	MC	-	-	-	146
T83	Brittany Altomare	72	74	MC	MC	-	-	-	146
T83	Ginger Howard	73	73	MC	MC	-	-	-	146
T83	Michelle Wie	69	77	MC	MC	-	-	-	146
T83	Chella Choi	72	74	MC	MC	-	-	-	146
T83	Katie Burnett	74	72	MC	MC	-	-	-	146
T83	Tiffany Joh	72	74	MC	MC	-	-	-	146
T83	Laetitia Beck	73	73	MC	MC	-	-	-	146
T83	Heather Bowie Young	72	74	MC	MC	-	-	-	146
T83	Elizabeth Nagel	71	75	MC	MC	-	-	-	146
T94	Benyapa Niphatsophon	73	74	MC	MC	-	-	-	147
T94	Sarah Kemp	75	72	MC	MC	-	-	-	147
T94	Prima Thammaraks	75	72	MC	MC	-	-	-	147
T94	Demi Runas	77	70	MC	MC	-	-	-	147
T94	Jennifer Ha	72	75	MC	MC	-	-	-	147
T94	Alison Walshe	78	69	MC	MC	-	-	-	147
T94	Paula Creamer	77	70	MC	MC	-	-	-	147
T94	Kris Tamulis	73	74	MC	MC	-	-	-	147
T102	Budsabakorn Sukapan	74	74	MC	MC	-	-	-	148
T102	Victoria Elizabeth	75	73	MC	MC	-	-	-	148
T102	Belen Mozo	75	73	MC	MC	-	-	-	148
T102	Kelly Tan	72	76	MC	MC	-	-	-	148
T102	Brittany Lincicome	73	75	MC	MC	-	-	-	148
T102	Brianna Do	74	74	MC	MC	-	-	-	148
T102	Wei-Ling Hsu	70	78	MC	MC	-	-	-	148
T109	Lorie Kane	75	74	MC	MC	-	-	-	149
T109	Ai Miyazato	76	73	MC	MC	-	-	-	149
T109	Megan Khang	76	73	MC	MC	-	-	-	149
T109	Pannarat Thanapolboonyar	73	76	MC	MC	-	-	-	149
T109	Min Seo Kwak	76	73	MC	MC	-	-	-	149
T109	Amelia Lewis	76	73	MC	MC	-	-	-	149
T109	Kristy McPherson	76	73	MC	MC	-	-	-	149
T109	Ying Luo	71	78	MC	MC	-	-	-	149
T109	Pernilla Lindberg	75	74	MC	MC	-	-	-	149
T109	Ashli Bunch	70	79	MC	MC	-	-	-	149
T109	Hannah Collier	73	76	MC	MC	-	-	-	149
T109	Julieta Granada	74	75	MC	MC	-	-	-	149
T121	Stephanie Kono	76	74	MC	MC	-	-	-	150
T121	Sathika Ruenreong	76	74	MC	MC	-	-	-	150
T121	Sandra Changkija	74	76	MC	MC	-	-	-	150
T121	Alejandra Llaneza	76	74	MC	MC	-	-	-	150
T121	Casey Grice	71	79	MC	MC	-	-	-	150
T126	Bertine Strauss	76	75	MC	MC	-	-	-	151
T126	Christine Song	78	73	MC	MC	-	-	-	151
T126	Ashlan Ramsey	73	78	MC	MC	-	-	-	151
T126	Caroline Westrup	75	76	MC	MC	-	-	-	151
T126	Moira Dunn	76	75	MC	MC	-	-	-	151
T131	Mariajo Uribe	77	75	MC	MC	-	-	-	152
T131	Amy Hung	75	77	MC	MC	-	-	-	152
T131	Jamie Hullett	79	73	MC	MC	-	-	-	152
134	Giulia Molinaro	77	77	MC	MC	-	-	-	154
135	Grace Na	78	77	MC	MC	-	-	-	155
136	Jean Bartholomew	76	80	MC	MC	-	-	-	156
137	Jaclyn Jansen	75	82	MC	MC	-	-	-	157
T138	Jillian Hollis	76	82	MC	MC	-	-	-	158
T138	Sara Detlefsen	82	76	MC	MC	-	-	-	158
140	Christel Boeljon	79	WD	.	.
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