JTBC Classic R2

JTBC Classic 2022 R2

March 24-27
Aviara Golf Club, Carlsbad, California
$1,500,000
Round 1, Round 3, Round 4

Estimated reading time: 7 minutes

Denmark’s Nanna Koerstz Madsen carded a 5-under 67 on Friday, featuring seven birdies and two bogeys.

JTBC Classic 2022 R2

“I figured (Aviara Golf Club) out this year; I haven’t figured out the other years. I’m definitely playing better this year than I’ve done previous years I played. In the beginning, I hit a lot of shots really close so there were a couple of easy birdies. I have confidence out there winning two weeks ago. It just changes you a little bit I guess having a win off your back, especially so recently. Definitely took some pressure off.”

JTBC Classic 2022 R2

Koerstz Madsen is making birdie or better on 37% of holes played in her last seven LPGA rounds, according to KPMG Performance Insights. This is the first time she has held the lead or co-led after 36 holes and she is feeling confident and positive.

“The last year and a half I’ve worked a lot with my mental coach back in Denmark,” she said. “Everything is about being positive, having good energy out there, trying to smile as much as you can. If you are smiling, it’s really impossible actually be mad. I need to stay a little bit more positive than I’ve done today. Try not to get too emotional out there, then I’ll be fine.”

JTBC Classic 2022 R2

Rookie Hye-Jin Choi and Rolex Rankings No. 3 Lydia Ko are tied in second place at 9-under. This is Choi’s third start of her first season as an official Tour Member and she already has a top-10 finish – a T8 at the Gainbridge LPGA Boca Rio. Ko, who won the event in South Florida, signed for a 67, making six birdies and only needing 25 putts to get the job done.

“I gave myself a few more opportunities for birdies today,” she said. “The front nine yesterday I struggled to get my club selection on and that just set up a lot of mid-to-long range putts. I was able to get the hang of things when the temperature got warmer. Unless I had missed the green due to a poor shot, I think that was much better. I felt like I left a few putts out there. At the same time, it’s not easy. I think I played pretty solid the last couple days and hopefully that’s good momentum into the weekend.”

JTBC Classic 2022 R2

Three players are tied for fourth at 8-under. Canada’s Maude-Aimee Leblanc carded a bogey-free, 4-under 68, and Korean rookie Na Rin An fired a 5-under 67. Rolex Rankings No. 1 Jin Young Ko continued her under-par streak with a 71 to make it 32 straight rounds, though her official consecutive rounds in the 60s streak ended at 16, the Tour record.

“I tried to hit it 60s, but I couldn’t,” said Ko, whose bogeys on the 2nd and 3rd was her first back-to-back recorded bogeys in 526 holes. “I don’t know what happened. But greens are a little tricky to me so I missed a lot of putts, so the reason why I couldn’t hit it 60s today. Before the tee off I really don’t want to play golf. I don’t know what happened to me, but like I really want to go on the beach. I lose focus a little bit and it happens sometimes so it will be fine.”

JTBC Classic 2022 R2

Pos.	Player	To Par	Scores	Total
1	Nanna Koerstz Madsen	-11	66-67	133
T2	Lydia Ko	-9	68-67	135
T2	Hye-Jin Choi	-9	67-68	135
T4	Na Rin An	-8	69-67	136
T4	Maude-Aimee Leblanc	-8	68-68	136
T4	Jin Young Ko	-8	65-71	136
7	Pajaree Anannarukarn	-7	68-69	137
8	Janie Jackson	-6	70-68	138
T9	Inbee Park	-5	71-68	139
T9	Brittany Altomare	-5	71-68	139
T9	Nasa Hataoka	-5	70-69	139
T9	Jessica Korda	-5	69-70	139
T9	Leona Maguire	-5	69-70	139
T9	Atthaya Thitikul	-5	69-70	139
T9	Charley Hull	-5	69-70	139
T16	Hyo Joo Kim	-4	73-67	140
T16	Yealimi Noh	-4	71-69	140
T16	Minjee Lee	-4	69-71	140
T16	Cheyenne Knight	-4	67-73	140
T20	Pernilla Lindberg	-3	73-68	141
T20	Amy Yang	-3	72-69	141
T20	Haylee Rae Harford	-3	71-70	141
T20	Jasmine Suwannapura	-3	71-70	141
T20	Madelene Sagstrom	-3	71-70	141
T20	Emily Kristine Pedersen	-3	71-70	141
T20	Lauren Coughlin	-3	71-70	141
T20	Xiyu Janet Lin	-3	70-71	141
T20	Muni He	-3	70-71	141
T20	Moriya Jutanugarn	-3	69-72	141
T20	In Gee Chun	-3	69-72	141
T20	Alison Lee	-3	69-72	141
T20	Stephanie Meadow	-3	69-72	141
T33	Stephanie Kyriacou	-2	73-69	142
T33	Hannah Green	-2	73-69	142
T33	Kelly Tan	-2	72-70	142
T33	Chella Choi	-2	72-70	142
T33	Jenny Coleman	-2	72-70	142
T33	Annie Park	-2	72-70	142
T33	Anna Nordqvist	-2	71-71	142
T33	Lilia Vu	-2	71-71	142
T33	Gerina Mendoza	-2	70-72	142
T33	Sarah Schmelzel	-2	70-72	142
T33	Alana Uriell	-2	69-73	142
T33	In Kyung Kim	-2	69-73	142
T33	Mo Martin	-2	68-74	142
T46	Sanna Nuutinen	-1	73-70	143
T46	Hee Jeong Lim	-1	73-70	143
T46	Lexi Thompson	-1	73-70	143
T46	Mina Harigae	-1	73-70	143
T46	Sophia Popov	-1	73-70	143
T46	Austin Ernst	-1	72-71	143
T46	Ayaka Furue	-1	72-71	143
T46	Paula Reto	-1	72-71	143
T46	Allison Emrey	-1	72-71	143
T46	Hinako Shibuno	-1	71-72	143
T46	Jaye Marie Green	-1	71-72	143
T46	Jeongeun Lee5	-1	71-72	143
T46	Morgane Metraux	-1	71-72	143
T46	Eun-Hee Ji	-1	70-73	143
T46	Stacy Lewis	-1	70-73	143
T46	Emma Talley	-1	69-74	143
T46	Danielle Kang	-1	69-74	143
T46	Ryann O’Toole	-1	68-75	143
T46	Gemma Dryburgh	-1	67-76	143
T65	Kaitlyn Papp	Par	77-67	144
T65	Jiwon Jeon	Par	76-68	144
T65	Jenny Shin	Par	76-68	144
T65	A Lim Kim	Par	75-69	144
T65	Marina Alex	Par	73-71	144
T65	Isi Gabsa	Par	72-72	144
T65	Lizette Salas	Par	72-72	144
T65	Cristie Kerr	Par	72-72	144
T65	Pornanong Phatlum	Par	72-72	144
T65	Jennifer Song	Par	72-72	144
T65	Frida Kinhult	Par	71-73	144
T65	Katherine Perry-Hamski	Par	71-73	144
T65	Dewi Weber	Par	71-73	144
T65	Katherine Kirk	Par	71-73	144
T65	Yaeeun Hong	Par	71-73	144
T65	Jeongeun Lee6	Par	70-74	144
T65	Ariya Jutanugarn	Par	69-75	144
	Bianca Pagdanganan	CUT	76-69	145
	Lauren Hartlage	CUT	74-71	145
	Sophia Schubert	CUT	74-71	145
	Jennifer Kupcho	CUT	73-72	145
	Dana Finkelstein	CUT	71-74	145
	Brittany Lincicome	CUT	71-74	145
	Maria Fassi	CUT	70-75	145
	Albane Valenzuela	CUT	70-75	145
	Charlotte Thomas	CUT	75-71	146
	Ruoning Yin	CUT	75-71	146
	Allisen Corpuz	CUT	74-72	146
	Jodi Ewart Shadoff	CUT	74-72	146
	Matilda Castren	CUT	73-73	146
	Linnea Johansson	CUT	73-73	146
	Jennifer Chang	CUT	72-74	146
	Sung Hyun Park	CUT	72-74	146
	Gaby Lopez	CUT	72-74	146
	Min Lee	CUT	71-75	146
	Cydney Clanton	CUT	71-75	146
	Pannarat Thanapolboonyaras	CUT	70-76	146
	Mirim Lee	CUT	70-76	146
	Esther Henseleit	CUT	76-71	147
	Giulia Molinaro	CUT	75-72	147
	Rachel Rohanna	CUT	74-73	147
	Ally Ewing	CUT	74-73	147
	Megan Khang	CUT	73-74	147
	Amy Olson	CUT	73-74	147
	Christina Kim	CUT	72-75	147
	Pauline Roussin-Bouchard	CUT	72-75	147
	Olivia Cowan	CUT	71-76	147
	Jillian Hollis #	CUT	70-77	147
	Sei Young Kim	CUT	76-72	148
	Hee Young Park	CUT	76-72	148
	Na Yeon Choi	CUT	75-73	148
	Aditi Ashok	CUT	75-73	148
	Marissa Steen	CUT	74-74	148
	Lindsey Weaver-Wright	CUT	74-74	148
	Casey Danielson	CUT	73-75	148
	Perrine Delacour	CUT	73-75	148
	Caroline Masson	CUT	73-75	148
	Ruixin Liu	CUT	71-77	148
	Brooke Matthews	CUT	78-71	149
	Yu Liu	CUT	78-71	149
	Sarah Kemp	CUT	76-73	149
	Brittany Lang	CUT	76-73	149
	Yu-Sang Hou	CUT	73-76	149
	Ana Belac	CUT	76-74	150
	Fatima Fernandez Cano	CUT	76-74	150
	Lauren Stephenson	CUT	74-76	150
	Maddie Szeryk	CUT	72-78	150
	Agathe Laisne	CUT	70-80	150
	Haeji Kang	CUT	69-81	150
	Bronte Law	CUT	79-72	151
	Wichanee Meechai	CUT	79-72	151
	Amanda Doherty	CUT	76-75	151
	Peiyun Chien	CUT	74-78	152
	Lauren Kim	CUT	80-73	153
	Liz Nagel	CUT	78-75	153
	Wei-Ling Hsu	CUT	75-78	153
	Savannah Vilaubi	CUT	75-79	154
	Juli Inkster	CUT	81-75	156
	Vivian Hou	CUT	80-76	156
	Mel Reid	WD	76