Na Yeon Choi (click to enlarge)
In all three of Inbee Park’s Major wins this year, she trailed after the first round. So it’s no big deal that she was 3 shots back after Thursday. However, as fate would have it, Inbee was stuck in some windy conditions on Friday and managed only a 1-over 73. Meanwhile, several players were charging up the leaderboard. Chief among them was Na Yeon Choi, who shot into the lead by overcoming the gusty conditions to shoot an impressive 5-under 67 round, highlighted by 6 birdies. For sheer exhilaration though, nobody could beat Miki Saiki. The 7-time JLPGA winner holed out from the fairway for eagle twice in the 2nd round, on holes 4 and 7. On the 7th, there were so few people around the green, she didn’t know she holed out until she reached the green, putter in hand, and was told by the handful of people there. There is so much golf still left to be played that I really can’t see a winner yet. I will say that Inbee is not completely out of it, but she will need a huge move on Saturday to keep the dream of a Grand Slam realistically alive.
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NA YEON CHOI
MORGAN PRESSEL
CATRIONA MATTHEW
JIYAI SHIN
SO YEON RYU
CHARLEY HULL
MICHELLE WIE
MIKI SAIKI
NATALIE GULBIS
SUZANN PETTERSEN
EUN HEE JI
CAMILLA LENNARTH
RIKAKO MORITA
PAULA CREAMER
CRISTIE KERR
BRITTANY LINCICOME
SANDRA GAL
AI MIYAZATO
MARIANNE SKARPNORD
INBEE PARK
BEATRIZ RECARI
SUN YOUNG YOO
MI JEONG JEON
JULI INKSTER
AMY BOULDEN
ANNA NORDQVIST
LYDIA KO
SAKURA YOKOMINE
JEE YOUNG LEE
JEONG JANG
CHIE ARIMURA
| Pos | Name | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Today | Thru | Total | Strokes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Na Yeon Choi | 67 | 67 | 8:40 am | – | -5 | F | -10 | 134 |
| 2 | Miki Saiki | 69 | 66 | 8:40 am | – | -6 | F | -9 | 135 |
| 3 | Morgan Pressel | 66 | 70 | 8:30 am | – | -2 | F | -8 | 136 |
| T4 | Suzann Pettersen | 70 | 67 | 8:30 am | – | -5 | F | -7 | 137 |
| T4 | Jee Young Lee | 70 | 67 | 8:20 am | – | -5 | F | -7 | 137 |
| T4 | Nicole Castrale | 67 | 70 | 8:20 am | – | -2 | F | -7 | 137 |
| 7 | Mikaela Parmlid | 69 | 69 | 8:10 am | – | -3 | F | -6 | 138 |
| T8 | So Yeon Ryu | 69 | 70 | 8:10 am | – | -2 | F | -5 | 139 |
| T8 | Mamiko Higa | 70 | 69 | 8:00 am | – | -3 | F | -5 | 139 |
| T8 | Angela Stanford | 69 | 70 | 8:00 am | – | -2 | F | -5 | 139 |
| T8 | Stacy Lewis | 67 | 72 | 7:50 am | – | E | F | -5 | 139 |
| T8 | Hee Young Park | 70 | 69 | 7:50 am | – | -3 | F | -5 | 139 |
| T13 | Ryann O’Toole | 67 | 73 | 7:40 am | – | +1 | F | -4 | 140 |
| T13 | Lizette Salas | 68 | 72 | 7:40 am | – | E | F | -4 | 140 |
| T13 | Jenny Shin | 69 | 71 | 7:30 am | – | -1 | F | -4 | 140 |
| T13 | Meena Lee | 71 | 69 | 7:30 am | – | -3 | F | -4 | 140 |
| T13 | Dori Carter | 68 | 72 | 7:20 am | – | E | F | -4 | 140 |
| T13 | Paula Creamer | 68 | 72 | 7:20 am | – | E | F | -4 | 140 |
| T13 | Xi Yu Lin | 72 | 68 | 7:10 am | – | -4 | F | -4 | 140 |
| T20 | Lee-Anne Pace | 70 | 71 | 7:10 am | – | -1 | F | -3 | 141 |
| T20 | Pernilla Lindberg | 68 | 73 | 7:00 am | – | +1 | F | -3 | 141 |
| T22 | Catriona Matthew | 68 | 74 | 7:00 am | – | +2 | F | -2 | 142 |
| T22 | Mariajo Uribe | 69 | 73 | 6:50 am | – | +1 | F | -2 | 142 |
| T22 | Candie Kung | 72 | 70 | 6:50 am | – | -2 | F | -2 | 142 |
| T22 | Sydnee Michaels | 67 | 75 | 6:40 am | – | +3 | F | -2 | 142 |
| T22 | Sun Young Yoo | 71 | 71 | 6:40 am | – | -1 | F | -2 | 142 |
| T22 | Eun-Hee Ji | 67 | 75 | 6:30 am | – | +3 | F | -2 | 142 |
| T22 | Inbee Park | 69 | 73 | 6:30 am | – | +1 | F | -2 | 142 |
| T22 | Katherine Hull-Kirk | 69 | 73 | 6:20 am | – | +1 | F | -2 | 142 |
| T30 | Florentyna Parker | 69 | 74 | 6:10 am | – | +2 | F | -1 | 143 |
| T30 | Ayako Uehara | 69 | 74 | 6:20 am | – | +2 | F | -1 | 143 |
| T30 | Georgia Hall | 68 | 75 | 6:10 am | – | +3 | F | -1 | 143 |
| T30 | Jessica Korda | 72 | 71 | 6:00 am | – | -1 | F | -1 | 143 |
| T30 | Jiyai Shin | 71 | 72 | 6:00 am | – | E | F | -1 | 143 |
| T30 | Natalie Gulbis | 71 | 72 | 5:50 am | – | E | F | -1 | 143 |
| T30 | I.K. Kim | 70 | 73 | 5:50 am | – | +1 | F | -1 | 143 |
| T30 | Holly Clyburn | 70 | 73 | 5:30 am | – | +1 | F | -1 | 143 |
| T30 | Gerina Piller | 74 | 69 | 5:30 am | – | -3 | F | -1 | 143 |
| T30 | Linda Wessberg | 70 | 73 | 5:20 am | – | +1 | F | -1 | 143 |
| T30 | Ashleigh Simon | 71 | 72 | 5:20 am | – | E | F | -1 | 143 |
| T30 | Marianne Skarpnord | 69 | 74 | 5:10 am | – | +2 | F | -1 | 143 |
| T30 | Malene Jorgensen | 69 | 74 | 5:10 am | – | +2 | F | -1 | 143 |
| T30 | Brittany Lincicome | 70 | 73 | 5:00 am | – | +1 | F | -1 | 143 |
| T30 | Sandra Gal | 69 | 74 | 5:00 am | – | +2 | F | -1 | 143 |
| T30 | Liz Young | 68 | 75 | 4:50 am | – | +3 | F | -1 | 143 |
| T30 | Line Vedel Hansen | 72 | 71 | 4:50 am | – | -1 | F | -1 | 143 |
| T30 | Christel Boeljon | 72 | 71 | 4:40 am | – | -1 | F | -1 | 143 |
| T30 | Danielle Kang | 68 | 75 | 4:40 am | – | +3 | F | -1 | 143 |
| T49 | Michelle Wie | 74 | 70 | 4:30 am | – | -2 | F | E | 144 |
| T49 | Karine Icher | 70 | 74 | 4:30 am | – | +2 | F | E | 144 |
| T49 | Se Ri Pak | 71 | 73 | 4:20 am | – | +1 | F | E | 144 |
| T49 | Dewi Claire Schreefel | 73 | 71 | 4:20 am | – | -1 | F | E | 144 |
| T49 | Lindsey Wright | 70 | 74 | 4:10 am | – | +2 | F | E | 144 |
| T49 | Emily Taylor | 70 | 74 | 4:10 am | – | +2 | F | E | 144 |
| T49 | M.J. Hur | 72 | 72 | 4:00 am | – | E | F | E | 144 |
| T49 | Anna Nordqvist | 70 | 74 | 4:00 am | – | +2 | F | E | 144 |
| T49 | Sarah Kemp | 73 | 71 | 3:50 am | – | -1 | F | E | 144 |
| T49 | Celine Boutier | 72 | 72 | 3:50 am | – | E | F | E | 144 |
| T59 | Hee Kyung Seo | 69 | 76 | 3:40 am | – | +4 | F | +1 | 145 |
| T59 | Thidapa Suwannapura | 71 | 74 | 3:40 am | – | +2 | F | +1 | 145 |
| T59 | Cristie Kerr | 71 | 74 | 3:30 am | – | +2 | F | +1 | 145 |
| T59 | Rikako Morita | 70 | 75 | 3:30 am | – | +3 | F | +1 | 145 |
| T59 | Mika Miyazato | 74 | 71 | 3:20 am | – | -1 | F | +1 | 145 |
| T59 | Lydia Ko | 69 | 76 | 3:20 am | – | +4 | F | +1 | 145 |
| T59 | Gwladys Nocera | 74 | 71 | 3:10 am | – | -1 | F | +1 | 145 |
| T59 | Moira Dunn | 71 | 74 | 3:10 am | – | +2 | F | +1 | 145 |
| T59 | Shanshan Feng | 69 | 76 | 3:00 am | – | +4 | F | +1 | 145 |
| T59 | Moriya Jutanugarn | 72 | 73 | 3:00 am | – | +1 | F | +1 | 145 |
| T59 | Minea Blomqvist | 71 | 74 | 2:50 am | – | +2 | F | +1 | 145 |
| T70 | Yani Tseng | 72 | 74 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 146 |
| T70 | Belen Mozo | 72 | 74 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 146 |
| T70 | Nontaya Srisawang | 71 | 75 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 146 |
| T70 | Caroline Hedwall | 69 | 77 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 146 |
| T70 | Katie Burnett | 69 | 77 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 146 |
| T70 | Brittany Lang | 70 | 76 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 146 |
| T76 | Jennifer Rosales | 73 | 74 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 147 |
| T76 | Alison Walshe | 71 | 76 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 147 |
| T76 | Amy Yang | 76 | 71 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 147 |
| T76 | Jane Park | 71 | 76 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 147 |
| T76 | Ji Young Oh | 69 | 78 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 147 |
| T76 | Jacqui Concolino | 71 | 76 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 147 |
| T76 | Mi Jeong Jeon | 67 | 80 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 147 |
| T83 | Laura Davies | 72 | 76 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 148 |
| T83 | Charley Hull | 76 | 72 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 148 |
| T83 | Azahara Munoz | 73 | 75 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 148 |
| T83 | Giulia Sergas | 76 | 72 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 148 |
| T83 | Irene Cho | 71 | 77 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 148 |
| T83 | Camilla Lennarth | 66 | 82 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 148 |
| T83 | Margherita Rigon | 73 | 75 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 148 |
| T83 | Ai Miyazato | 69 | 79 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 148 |
| T83 | Julieta Granada | 71 | 77 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 148 |
| T83 | Chella Choi | 71 | 77 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 148 |
| T83 | Mo Martin | 75 | 73 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 148 |
| T83 | Lisa McCloskey | 76 | 72 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 148 |
| T95 | Pornanong Phatlum | 72 | 77 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 149 |
| T95 | Klara Spilkova | 73 | 76 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 149 |
| T95 | Daniela Holmqvist | 71 | 78 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 149 |
| T95 | Jodi Ewart Shadoff | 76 | 73 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 149 |
| T95 | Sophie Gustafson | 72 | 77 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 149 |
| T95 | Trish Johnson | 72 | 77 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 149 |
| T95 | Cindy LaCrosse | 72 | 77 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 149 |
| T95 | Ilhee Lee | 76 | 73 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 149 |
| T95 | Louise Larsson | 74 | 75 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 149 |
| T104 | Marta Silva | 74 | 76 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 150 |
| T104 | Karrie Webb | 74 | 76 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 150 |
| T104 | Karen Stupples | 74 | 76 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 150 |
| T104 | Sakura Yokomine | 74 | 76 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 150 |
| T104 | Jeong Jang | 72 | 78 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 150 |
| T104 | Katie Futcher | 72 | 78 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 150 |
| T104 | Beth Allen | 74 | 76 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 150 |
| T104 | Mina Harigae | 71 | 79 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 150 |
| T104 | Amy Boulden | 70 | 80 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 150 |
| T104 | Juli Inkster | 73 | 77 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 150 |
| T104 | Haeji Kang | 73 | 77 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 150 |
| T104 | Austin Ernst | 74 | 76 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 150 |
| T104 | Caroline Masson | 76 | 74 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 150 |
| T104 | Bree Arthur | 75 | 75 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 150 |
| T104 | Kristy McPherson | 73 | 77 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 150 |
| T119 | Momoko Ueda | 75 | 76 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 151 |
| T119 | Carly Booth | 78 | 73 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 151 |
| T119 | Sarah Jane Smith | 75 | 76 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 151 |
| T119 | Nikki Campbell | 75 | 76 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 151 |
| T119 | Laura Diaz | 71 | 80 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 151 |
| T119 | Jennifer Johnson | 74 | 77 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 151 |
| T119 | Stacey Keating | 74 | 77 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 151 |
| T119 | Paola Moreno | 72 | 79 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 151 |
| T119 | Nicole Hage | 75 | 76 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 151 |
| T128 | Lexi Thompson | 75 | 77 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 152 |
| T128 | Amelia Lewis | 74 | 78 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 152 |
| T128 | Whitney Hillier | 75 | 77 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 152 |
| T128 | Mindy Kim | 73 | 79 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 152 |
| T128 | Christina Kim | 75 | 77 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 152 |
| T133 | Chie Arimura | 75 | 78 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 153 |
| T133 | Felicity Johnson | 76 | 77 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 153 |
| T135 | Sahra Hassan | 74 | 80 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 154 |
| T135 | Tania Elosegui | 75 | 79 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 154 |
| T135 | Beatriz Recari | 78 | 76 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 154 |
| T135 | Becky Morgan | 76 | 78 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 154 |
| T139 | Veronica Zorzi | 73 | 82 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 155 |
| T139 | Carlota Ciganda | 74 | 81 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 155 |
| T139 | Helen Alfredsson | 73 | 82 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 155 |
| 142 | Gabriella Cowley | 75 | 81 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 156 |
| T143 | Vicky Hurst | 77 | 82 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 159 |
| T143 | Sarah-Jane Boyd | 77 | 82 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 159 |
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