October 17-20
Qizhong Garden Golf Club, Shanghai, China
$2,100,000
Round 1, Round 3, Round 4
Birdie 🐦
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Birdie 🐦
Birdie 🐦@BrookeHenderson is on 🔥 and at 9-under in Shanghai! pic.twitter.com/5e8Yexhmg6
On the strength of a hole-in-one at No. 2, Brooke Henderson tied the tournament scoring record with a second-round 64 and pushed to the top of the leaderboard at -11 heading to the weekend at the Buick LPGA Shanghai. The 22-year-old from Smiths Falls, Ontario, Canada, aced the second hole, from 144 yards with an 8-iron.
โI didn't see it at all, and then Olly (Brett), one of the caddies in our group (for Danielle Kang), turned and said, โThat went in,โโ said Henderson, who added it was her seventh career hole-in-one. โWe were like "What, really!" That was pretty cool. It definitely got my day started in the right direction.โ
Henderson cruised around Qizhong Garden Golf Club on Friday, tying her low round of the season thanks to that ace, seven birdies and just one bogey.
The second round of the @BuickLpga set up an exciting weekend in Shanghai.
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โI really like this golf course. I feel like it does suit my game really well,โ said Henderson, who tied for 26th at the 2018 tournament. โYou really have to stay patient and pay attention to the wind conditions. It's important to hit a lot of fairways and the greens are so large that you're doing to hit a lot of greens, but the proximity to the hole is really important.โ
Americans Jessica Korda and Danielle Kang both shot 5-under 67s on Friday to sit second at -9 and third at -8, respectively, and join Henderson in Saturdayโs final group. Korda, playing in her first individual event in six weeks, survived a rollercoaster opening nine that put four birdies and two bogeys on her card. Her back nine was highlighted by an eagle at the par-5 13th.
Kang carded an eagle of her own on Friday, pitching in from 30 yards out on the fairway at No. 9. Kang, the defending Buick LPGA Shanghai champion, knows that sheโs in a prime position heading into the last two days of competition.
โI definitely know that birdies are out there and it's a pretty tough golf course. It's not easy to shoot low,โ said Kang. โThere were a lot of good scores out there today and I know how well these girls can play, so I just got to keep chipping away and keep on trying to make those birdies and see what happens at the end.โ
Marina Alex and first-round co-leader Amy Yang are tied for fourth at -6. Nasa Hataoka, who joined Yang atop the leaderboard after the first round, stumbled to a 1-under 73 on Friday and fell into a tie for ninth at -4.
Pos. |
Player | To Par |
R1 |
R2 |
Total |
1 |
Brooke M. Henderson | -11 |
69 |
64 |
133 |
2 |
Jessica Korda | -9 |
68 |
67 |
135 |
3 |
Danielle Kang | -8 |
69 |
67 |
136 |
T4 |
Marina Alex | -6 |
71 |
67 |
138 |
T4 |
Amy Yang | -6 |
67 |
71 |
138 |
T6 |
Kristen Gillman | -5 |
73 |
66 |
139 |
T6 |
Brittany Altomare | -5 |
70 |
69 |
139 |
T6 |
Angel Yin | -5 |
68 |
71 |
139 |
T9 |
Sei Young Kim | -4 |
73 |
67 |
140 |
T9 |
Jeongeun Lee6 | -4 |
72 |
68 |
140 |
T9 |
Georgia Hall | -4 |
71 |
69 |
140 |
T9 |
Nanna Koerstz Madsen | -4 |
71 |
69 |
140 |
T9 |
Pajaree Anannarukarn | -4 |
70 |
70 |
140 |
T9 |
Nasa Hataoka | -4 |
67 |
73 |
140 |
T15 |
Azahara Munoz | -3 |
72 |
69 |
141 |
T15 |
Su Oh | -3 |
71 |
70 |
141 |
T15 |
Na Yeon Choi | -3 |
70 |
71 |
141 |
T15 |
Shanshan Feng | -3 |
70 |
71 |
141 |
T15 |
Mel Reid | -3 |
69 |
72 |
141 |
T15 |
Jodi Ewart Shadoff | -3 |
69 |
72 |
141 |
T21 |
Yu Liu | -2 |
76 |
66 |
142 |
T21 |
Ariya Jutanugarn | -2 |
73 |
69 |
142 |
T21 |
Jin Young Ko | -2 |
72 |
70 |
142 |
T24 |
Minjee Lee | -1 |
74 |
69 |
143 |
T24 |
Ashleigh Buhai | -1 |
72 |
71 |
143 |
T24 |
Annie Park | -1 |
71 |
72 |
143 |
T24 |
Nelly Korda | -1 |
71 |
72 |
143 |
T24 |
Lydia Ko | -1 |
69 |
74 |
143 |
T29 |
Jing Yan | E |
74 |
70 |
144 |
T29 |
Amy Olson | E |
73 |
71 |
144 |
T29 |
Xiaowen Yin (a) | E |
73 |
71 |
144 |
T29 |
Mi Hyang Lee | E |
72 |
72 |
144 |
T29 |
Alena Sharp | E |
72 |
72 |
144 |
T29 |
Jennifer Kupcho | E |
69 |
75 |
144 |
T35 |
Megan Khang | 1 |
74 |
71 |
145 |
T35 |
Jasmine Suwannapura | 1 |
74 |
71 |
145 |
T35 |
Moriya Jutanugarn | 1 |
73 |
72 |
145 |
T35 |
Gaby Lopez | 1 |
73 |
72 |
145 |
T35 |
Nicole Broch Larsen | 1 |
72 |
73 |
145 |
T35 |
Eun-Hee Ji | 1 |
72 |
73 |
145 |
T35 |
Caroline Masson | 1 |
72 |
73 |
145 |
T35 |
Carlota Ciganda | 1 |
72 |
73 |
145 |
T35 |
Katherine Kirk | 1 |
71 |
74 |
145 |
T44 |
Ruoning Yin (a) | 2 |
75 |
71 |
146 |
T44 |
Ruixin Liu | 2 |
72 |
74 |
146 |
T46 |
Mirim Lee | 3 |
77 |
70 |
147 |
T46 |
Sakura Yokomine | 3 |
75 |
72 |
147 |
T46 |
Simin Feng | 3 |
74 |
73 |
147 |
T46 |
Hyo Joo Kim | 3 |
73 |
74 |
147 |
T46 |
Sarah Schmelzel | 3 |
72 |
75 |
147 |
T51 |
Tiffany Joh | 4 |
77 |
71 |
148 |
T51 |
Jenny Shin | 4 |
76 |
72 |
148 |
T51 |
Gerina Piller | 4 |
70 |
78 |
148 |
T54 |
Lizette Salas | 5 |
76 |
73 |
149 |
T54 |
Yifan Ji | 5 |
75 |
74 |
149 |
T54 |
Wei-Ling Hsu | 5 |
75 |
74 |
149 |
T54 |
In-Kyung Kim | 5 |
74 |
75 |
149 |
T54 |
Muni He | 5 |
74 |
75 |
149 |
T59 |
Paula Creamer | 6 |
77 |
73 |
150 |
T59 |
Yanhong Pan | 6 |
77 |
73 |
150 |
T59 |
Cydney Clanton | 6 |
76 |
74 |
150 |
T59 |
Yuli Shi | 6 |
75 |
75 |
150 |
T59 |
Chella Choi | 6 |
74 |
76 |
150 |
T64 |
Jienalin Zhang | 7 |
79 |
72 |
151 |
T64 |
Xiyu Lin | 7 |
76 |
75 |
151 |
T64 |
Mi Jung Hur | 7 |
76 |
75 |
151 |
T67 |
Yunjie Zhang | 8 |
78 |
74 |
152 |
T67 |
Jaye Marie Green | 8 |
72 |
80 |
152 |
T69 |
Celine Boutier | 10 |
80 |
74 |
154 |
T69 |
Yuting Shi | 10 |
79 |
75 |
154 |
T69 |
Pornanong Phatlum | 10 |
76 |
78 |
154 |
T69 |
Cheyenne Knight | 10 |
75 |
79 |
154 |
T69 |
Xiang Sui | 10 |
75 |
79 |
154 |
74 |
Ying Luo | 11 |
78 |
77 |
155 |
T75 |
Anna Nordqvist | 12 |
79 |
77 |
156 |
T75 |
Charley Hull | 12 |
79 |
77 |
156 |
77 |
Jiaze Sun (a) | 13 |
80 |
77 |
157 |
T78 |
Yezhou Lin | 14 |
77 |
81 |
158 |
T78 |
Taoli Yang | 14 |
75 |
83 |
158 |
80 |
Huize Lian | 17 |
78 |
83 |
161 |
WD |
Bronte Law | 69 |