Ai Miyazato, Angela Stanford Co-Leaders After 2nd Round Of 2011 CN Canadian Women’s Open; Defending Champ Michelle Wie 3 Shots Back, Seon Hwa Lee Surging

Seon Hwa Lee

It’s a shooting gallery through two rounds of the 2011 CN Canadian Women’s Open. For an idea of how low you need to go, Peanut (Mi Hyun Kim) was tied for 4th at 5-under after the first round. She shot a solid 1-under par 71 on day two to go to 6-under. Unfortunately for Peanut, her 1-under round had her going in reverse 12 spots to a tie for 16th. Did they take the Evian Masters course and move it to Quebec? If you want to make a big move up the leaderboard in this tournament, you might just need to shoot around 65 to do so. And speaking of shooting 65, welcome back to the front page of the leaderboard, Seon Hwa Lee. The 2006 LPGA Rookie of the Year and 2005 Futures Tour Player of the Year had a clean 7 birdie round to vault into a tie for 4th at 8-under overall. Seon Hwa is a player I’ve been hoping would rediscover her winning ways. She won 4 times in her first three years, with 4 runners-up and 3 third place finishes. The last couple of years she has been win-less. Maybe this tournament can serve as a turnaround.

Ai Miyazato

One player who has had no problems winning the last year and a half is Ai Miyazato. After the first round, she was tied with Pernilla Lindberg for first place. Ai-chan is still tied for first, but has a new neighbor in Angela Stanford at 11-under. Miyazato had a 5 birdie, 1 bogey 68 to stay perched atop the leaderboard. Her great round included a nice 15-foot birdie putt on 14 and a terrific tee shot on the par 3 15th that led to another birdie. Her only hiccup was on 16, her first bogey of the tournament.

Michelle Wie

Defending champion Michelle Wie backed up her opening round 67 with a second round 69 to keep her in touch with co-leaders Miyazato and Stanford, 3 shots back at 8-under. Michelle stumbled out of the gate a bit going 1-over on the front 9. She turned it around in a hurry on the back 9. 4 foot birdie putt on 10? No problem. Nice tee shot and 10 foot birdie putt on 11? Dropped it in softly, the putt dying right into the hole. Laying up with the second shot on the par 5 14th, chipping from 50 yards out to 3 feet for another birdie putt? Count it. A laser shot off the tee to 2 feet of the hole on 15 for her fourth birdie in six holes? You had better believe it. Suddenly, a 1-over round was a 3-under round. She has to keep this up, though. Everybody seems to be collecting red numbers this week.

I would also like to salute Sherri Steinhauer, who finished the last round of her LPGA career. She is an 8 time LPGA winner, including 2 Majors, the 1992 du Maurier Classic and 2006 Women’s British Open. She is the assistant captain for the 2011 United States Solheim Cup team. Best wishes in all future endeavors! 🙂

MICHELLE WIE

AI MIYAZATO

ANGELA STANFORD

JENNY SHIN

SEON HWA LEE

SONG HEE KIM

CATRIONA MATTHEW

PERNILLA LINDBERG

BECKY MORGAN

PAULA CREAMER

SOPHIE GUSTAFSON

BRITTANY LINCICOME

MARIA HJORTH

POS	START	CNTRY	PLAYER	TO PAR	THRU	TODAY	R1	R2	R3	R4	TOTAL
	T1	T4		STANFORD, Angela	-11	F	-6	67	66			133
	T1	T1		MIYAZATO, Ai	-11	F	-4	65	68			133
	3	T4		KIM, Song-Hee	-9	F	-4	67	68			135
	T4	T41		LEE, Seon Hwa	-8	F	-7	71	65			136
	T4	T31		PILLER, Gerina	-8	F	-6	70	66			136
	T4	T19		MORGAN, Becky	-8	F	-5	69	67			136
	T4	T9		LINCICOME, Brittany	-8	F	-4	68	68			136
	T4	T9		CREAMER, Paula	-8	F	-4	68	68			136
	T4	T9		GUSTAFSON, Sophie	-8	F	-4	68	68			136
	T4	T4		WIE, Michelle	-8	F	-3	67	69			136
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	T4	T1		LINDBERG, Pernilla	-8	F	-1	65	71			136
	T12	T31		SHIN, Jiyai	-7	F	-5	70	67			137
	T12	T19		KERR, Cristie	-7	F	-4	69	68			137
	T12	T9		CHOI, Na Yeon	-7	F	-3	68	69			137
	T12	T4		SHIN, Jenny	-7	F	-2	67	70			137
	T16	T31		KANG, Jimin	-6	F	-4	70	68			138
	T16	T9		YOO, Sun Young	-6	F	-2	68	70			138
	T16	T9		KIM, I.K.	-6	F	-2	68	70			138
	T16	T4		KIM, Mi Hyun	-6	F	-1	67	71			138
	T20	T63		JOHNSON, Jennifer	-5	F	-5	72	67			139
	T20	T63		TAMULIS, Kris	-5	F	-5	72	67			139
	T20	T41		LANG, Brittany	-5	F	-4	71	68			139
	T20	T41		MATTHEW, Catriona	-5	F	-4	71	68			139
	T20	T31		JOH, Tiffany	-5	F	-3	70	69			139
	T20	T31		STUPPLES, Karen	-5	F	-3	70	69			139
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	T20	T19		HEDWALL, Caroline	-5	F	-2	69	70			139
	T20	T9		PARK, Hee Young	-5	F	-1	68	71			139
	T20	T9		HJORTH, Maria	-5	F	-1	68	71			139
	T20	3		RICHDALE, Samantha	-5	F	+1	66	73			139
	T30	T112		LEE, Meena	-4	F	-6	74	66			140
	T30	T89		HARIGAE, Mina	-4	F	-5	73	67			140
	T30	T41		BLUMENHERST, Amanda	-4	F	-3	71	69			140
	T30	T41		MELDRUM, Lisa	-4	F	-3	71	69			140
	T30	T19		MIN, Na On	-4	F	-1	69	71			140
	T30	T19		FUTCHER, Katie	-4	F	-1	69	71			140
	T30	T19		LEWIS, Stacy	-4	F	-1	69	71			140
	T37	T89		SWEENEY, Jaclyn	-3	F	-4	73	68			141
	T37	T41		UEDA, Momoko	-3	F	-2	71	70			141
	T37	T41		PHATLUM, Pornanong	-3	F	-2	71	70			141
	T37	T41		NORDQVIST, Anna	-3	F	-2	71	70			141
	T37	T41		GULBIS, Natalie	-3	F	-2	71	70			141
	T37	T41		*BECK, Laetitia	-3	F	-2	71	70			141
	T37	T31		LEBLANC, Maude-Aimee	-3	F	-1	70	71			141
	T37	T19		LEE, Jeehae	-3	F	E	69	72			141
	T37	T19		MIYAZATO, Mika	-3	F	E	69	72			141
	T46	T112		DUNN, Moira	-2	F	-4	74	68			142
	T46	T89		LEWIS, Amelia	-2	F	-3	73	69			142
	T46	T63		LEE, Ilhee	-2	F	-2	72	70			142
	T46	T63		BOELJON, Christel	-2	F	-2	72	70			142
	T46	T63		MCPHERSON, Kristy	-2	F	-2	72	70			142
	T46	T63		MOZO, Belen	-2	F	-2	72	70			142
	T46	T41		BUNCH, Ashli	-2	F	-1	71	71			142
	T46	T41		GRZEBIEN, Anna	-2	F	-1	71	71			142
	T46	T41		LOUDEN, Stephanie	-2	F	-1	71	71			142
	T46	T41		TSENG, Yani	-2	F	-1	71	71			142
	T46	T41		KANE, Lorie	-2	F	-1	71	71			142
	T46	T41		SERGAS, Giulia	-2	F	-1	71	71			142
	T46	T31		URIBE, Mariajo	-2	F	E	70	72			142
	T46	T31		MUNOZ, Azahara	-2	F	E	70	72			142
	T46	T31		HUNG, Amy	-2	F	E	70	72			142
	T46	T19		AHN, Shi Hyun	-2	F	+1	69	73			142
	T46	T9		RECARI, Beatriz	-2	F	+2	68	74			142
	T63	T112		MOODIE, Janice	-1	F	-3	74	69			143
	T63	T112		HURST, Vicky	-1	F	-3	74	69			143
	T63	T112		DAVIES, Laura	-1	F	-3	74	69			143
	T63	T112		KIM, Christina	-1	F	-3	74	69			143
	T63	T89		SHEPLEY, Jessica	-1	F	-2	73	70			143
	T63	T89		PRAMMANASUDH, Stacy	-1	F	-2	73	70			143
	T63	T63		WRIGHT, Lindsey	-1	F	-1	72	71			143
	T63	T63		HAN, Hee-Won	-1	F	-1	72	71			143
	T63	T63		PRESSEL, Morgan	-1	F	-1	72	71			143
	T63	T63		SCHREEFEL, Dewi Claire	-1	F	-1	72	71			143
	T63	T63		*KEEL, Jisoo	-1	F	-1	72	71			143
	T63	T41		SONG, Jennifer	-1	F	E	71	72			143
	T63	T41		FANKHAUSER, Mollie	-1	F	E	71	72			143
	T63	T41		STAHLE, Louise	-1	F	E	71	72			143
	T63	T31		WEBB, Karrie	-1	F	+1	70	73			143
	T63	T9		CAVALLERI, Silvia	-1	F	+3	68	75			143
Projected Cut Line: Top 70 and ties will make the cut.
	T79	T112		KIM, Mindy	E	F	-2	74	70			144
	T79	T112		YANG, Amy	E	F	-2	74	70			144
	T79	T112		JI, Eun-Hee	E	F	-2	74	70			144
	T79	T89		BOWIE YOUNG, Heather	E	F	-1	73	71			144
	T79	T89		GRANADA, Julieta	E	F	-1	73	71			144
	T79	T89		PARK, Inbee	E	F	-1	73	71			144
	T79	T89		BORDNER, Danah	E	F	-1	73	71			144
	T79	T63		PARK, Grace	E	F	E	72	72			144
	T79	T63		KUNG, Candie	E	F	E	72	72			144
	T79	T63		RANKIN, Reilley	E	F	E	72	72			144
	T79	T41		NOCERA, Gwladys	E	F	+1	71	73			144
	T79	T41		FRANCELLA, Meaghan	E	F	+1	71	73			144
	T79	T19		HANNA, Allison	E	F	+3	69	75			144
	T79	T19		WHITE, Adrienne	E	F	+3	69	75			144
	T93	T137		KORDA, Jessica	+1	F	-3	76	69			145
	T93	T112		SMITH, Sarah Jane	+1	F	-1	74	71			145
	T93	T112		OH, Ji Young	+1	F	-1	74	71			145
	T93	T112		THOMPSON, Lexi	+1	F	-1	74	71			145
	T93	T89		LINDLEY, Leta	+1	F	E	73	72			145
	T93	T89		WARD, Wendy	+1	F	E	73	72			145
	T93	T89		SEO, Hee Kyung	+1	F	E	73	72			145
	T93	T89		CHOI, Chella	+1	F	E	73	72			145
	T93	T89		SUH, Jenny	+1	F	E	73	72			145
	T93	T63		BLOMQVIST, Minea	+1	F	+1	72	73			145
	T93	T63		SHERLOCK, Stephanie	+1	F	+1	72	73			145
	T93	T63		GAL, Sandra	+1	F	+1	72	73			145
	T93	T63		PAK, Se Ri	+1	F	+1	72	73			145
	T93	T63		JUNEAU, Sara Maude	+1	F	+1	72	73			145
	T93	T41		PAK, Jin Young	+1	F	+2	71	74			145
	T108	T112		SONG, Christine	+2	F	E	74	72			146
	T108	T112		*JAMES, Augusta	+2	F	E	74	72			146
	T108	T89		HART, Marcy	+2	F	+1	73	73			146
	T108	T89		PETTERSEN, Suzann	+2	F	+1	73	73			146
	T108	T63		*SHON, Kelly	+2	F	+2	72	74			146
	T108	T63		KIM, Hye-Min	+2	F	+2	72	74			146
	T108	T63		HURST, Pat	+2	F	+2	72	74			146
	T108	T63		LACROSSE, Cindy	+2	F	+2	72	74			146
	T116	T137		LEE, Jee Young	+3	F	-1	76	71			147
	T116	T137		INKSTER, Juli	+3	F	-1	76	71			147
	T116	T137		KEMP, Sarah	+3	F	-1	76	71			147
	T116	T89		MILLS, Danielle	+3	F	+2	73	74			147
	T116	T89		FOUCH, Allison	+3	F	+2	73	74			147
	T116	T89		DREHER, Kirby	+3	F	+2	73	74			147
	T116	T89		LEE, Jennie	+3	F	+2	73	74			147
	T116	T63		BROWN, Sara	+3	F	+3	72	75			147
	T116	T19		FENG, Shanshan	+3	F	+6	69	78			147
	T125	T147		SHARP, Alena	+4	F	-1	77	71			148
	T125	T137		DIAZ, Laura	+4	F	E	76	72			148
	T125	T137		LEON, Taylor	+4	F	E	76	72			148
	T125	T130		CARTER, Dori	+4	F	+1	75	73			148
	T125	T130		FRIBERG, Louise	+4	F	+1	75	73			148
	T125	T112		BAVAIRD, Laura	+4	F	+2	74	74			148
	T125	T112		MACKENZIE, Paige	+4	F	+2	74	74			148
	T125	T89		BADER, Beth	+4	F	+3	73	75			148
	T125	T63		WALSHE, Alison	+4	F	+4	72	76			148
	T125	T63		*WALLACE, Jessica	+4	F	+4	72	76			148
	T135	T154		BAE, Kyeong	+5	F	-2	79	70			149
	T135	T147		*KIM, Anna	+5	F	E	77	72			149
	T135	T137		HAGE, Nicole	+5	F	+1	76	73			149
	T135	T137		OH, Angela	+5	F	+1	76	73			149
	T139	T154		STEINHAUER, Sherri	+6	F	-1	79	71			150
	T139	T151		HARRIS, Katy	+6	F	E	78	72			150
	T139	T147		*VANDERMADE, Nicole	+6	F	+1	77	73			150
	T139	T130		JEONG, Jimin	+6	F	+3	75	75			150
	T139	T112		*LEE-BENTHAM, Rebecca	+6	F	+4	74	76			150
	T139	T89		NOMURA, Haru	+6	F	+5	73	77			150
	T145	T151		HULL, Katherine	+7	F	+1	78	73			151
	T145	T137		MORENO, Paola	+7	F	+3	76	75			151
	T145	T130		BEISIEGEL, Isabelle	+7	F	+4	75	76			151
	T145	T89		SJODIN, Karin	+7	F	+6	73	78			151
	T149	T137		KIM, Kimberly	+8	F	+4	76	76			152
	T149	T130		KIM, Birdie	+8	F	+5	75	77			152
	T149	T112		ROSALES, Jennifer	+8	F	+6	74	78			152
	152	T130		KANG, Haeji	+9	F	+6	75	78			153
	T153	T151		PARK, Jane	+10	F	+4	78	76			154
	T153	T147		REYNOLDS, Jean	+10	F	+5	77	77			154
	T153	T130		O’TOOLE, Ryann	+10	F	+7	75	79			154
	WD			HUR, M.J.