Cognizant Founders Cup R2

Minjee Lee takes 3-shot lead into the weekend

Founders Cup 2022 R2

May 12-15
Upper Montclair Country Club, Clifton, New Jersey
$3,000,000
Round 1, Round 3, Round 4

Estimated reading time: 7 minutes


Minjee Lee fired a 9-under 63 to take the lead at 14-under in the Cognizant Founders Cup. She holds the 36-hole lead/co-lead for the eighth time in her LPGA Tour career and tied her career-low round, which she has already recorded twice in 2022, in the fourth round of the HSBC Women’s World Championship and the first round of the Palos Verdes Championship presented by Bank of America.


Founders Cup 2022 R2

“Hitting it close really helps you, like I said before, really just frees you up. Even with the short putts it’s just like a little more confidence boost, I think. And I did hole a few long birdie putts as well, so that was nice, to keep the momentum going.”

Lee made the turn in 32 thanks to four birdies in her first six holes then went birdie-birdie-eagle from the 10th. She carded two straight birdies from the 14th before dropping a shot with a bogey on the 16th.


Founders Cup 2022 R2

The Australian, whose season average for putts per round is 29.63, only needed 23 putts to get through Upper Montclair.

“I’m really dialed in. That has always been my strength, my iron play, so I think in that aspect I was pretty confident before anyway, but I’ve been trying to work on my putting a little bit,” said Lee. “I know the numbers dropped a little bit there so I have a little bit more work to do, but been going pretty good this week.”


Founders Cup 2022 R2

Americans Lexi Thompson and Ally Ewing both shot 69 and are tied in second place at 11-under alongside overnight leader Madelene Sagstrom of Sweden who carded a 70.

Thompson’s bogey-free 66 ties her lowest 18 holes of the season. “I put in the work back at home, put in the hours and the practice, so just coming out here and believing in myself and letting that show. It’s taken a lot of pressure off just going out there and relaxing. So going into the weekend, play how I have the last two days and see what that brings.”

Sagstrom fought back after bogeys on her second and fifth holes and carded four birdies to stay in contention.

“It feels good coming back under par. I was 2-over through eight holes, so, ‘I was like, okay, goal now, let’s get back to even par for today. I’m still in this,’ ” said Sagstrom. “I shot a really good round yesterday, but you don’t want to fall too far back in the pack. So just trying to get back and then if I can get a couple under, that would be perfect.”

LPGA Tour rookie Sanna Nuutinen carded a 4-under 68 to sit in solo fifth at 9-under.


Founders Cup 2022 R2

Pos.PlayerTo ParScoresTotal
1Minjee Lee-1467-63130
T2Ally Ewing-1167-66133
T2Lexi Thompson-1167-66133
T2Madelene Sagstrom-1163-70133
5Sanna Nuutinen-967-68135
T6Paula Reto-869-67136
T6Carlota Ciganda-867-69136
T6Megan Khang-864-72136
T9Angel Yin-770-67137
T9Sophia Popov-768-69137
T9Gina Kim-768-69137
T9Frida Kinhult-767-70137
T13Lauren Stephenson-672-66138
T13Brittany Altomare-670-68138
T13Mina Harigae-670-68138
T13Cheyenne Knight-669-69138
T13A Lim Kim-669-69138
T13Jiwon Jeon-668-70138
T13Chella Choi-668-70138
T13Sung Hyun Park-668-70138
T13Nasa Hataoka-665-73138
T22Jenny Shin-575-64139
T22In Gee Chun-574-65139
T22Sarah Schmelzel-572-67139
T22Atthaya Thitikul-571-68139
T22Lilia Vu-570-69139
T22Jin Young Ko-569-70139
T22Xiyu Janet Lin-569-70139
T22Hye-Jin Choi-569-70139
T22Ryann O’Toole-567-72139
T22Bianca Pagdanganan-566-73139
T32Maria Fassi-471-69140
T32Anna Davis (a)-470-70140
T32Jennifer Kupcho-470-70140
T32Pajaree Anannarukarn-468-72140
T32Amy Yang-466-74140
T37Yuka Saso-373-68141
T37Celine Boutier-373-68141
T37Katherine Perry-Hamski-372-69141
T37Alison Lee-372-69141
T37Jodi Ewart Shadoff-372-69141
T37Hee Young Park-372-69141
T37Peiyun Chien-372-69141
T37Sarah Kemp-372-69141
T37Gerina Mendoza-372-69141
T37Anna Nordqvist-371-70141
T37Isi Gabsa-371-70141
T37Kelly Tan-371-70141
T37Savannah Vilaubi-370-71141
T37Jennifer Song-369-72141
T37Giulia Molinaro-366-75141
T52Gemma Dryburgh-275-67142
T52Dana Finkelstein-274-68142
T52Lindsey Weaver-Wright-274-68142
T52Jeongeun Lee5-274-68142
T52Min Lee-273-69142
T52Ruixin Liu-270-72142
T52Georgia Hall-269-73142
T52Annie Park-269-73142
T52Jaye Marie Green-269-73142
T61Liz Nagel-174-69143
T61Lauren Coughlin-174-69143
T61Dottie Ardina-173-70143
T61Charlotte Thomas-173-70143
T61Ana Belac-173-70143
T61Matilda Castren-173-70143
T61Brittany Lang-172-71143
T61Eun-Hee Ji-172-71143
T61Ayaka Furue-172-71143
T61Caroline Inglis-172-71143
T61Albane Valenzuela-172-71143
T61Aditi Ashok-171-72143
T61Lauren Hartlage-171-72143
T61Amanda Doherty-171-72143
T61Stephanie Meadow-171-72143
T61Brittany Lincicome-171-72143
T61Weiwei Zhang-169-74143
T61Lydia Ko-169-74143
T61Na Yeon Choi-169-74143
T61Sei Young Kim-168-75143
Kaitlyn PappCUT74-70144
Maddie SzerykCUT73-71144
In Kyung KimCUT73-71144
So Yeon RyuCUT73-71144
Maude-Aimee LeblancCUT73-71144
Stephanie KyriacouCUT73-71144
Wei-Ling HsuCUT73-71144
Yu LiuCUT73-71144
Yealimi NohCUT72-72144
Nanna Koerstz MadsenCUT72-72144
Stacy LewisCUT72-72144
Robynn ReeCUT72-72144
Mariah StackhouseCUT71-73144
Alana UriellCUT71-73144
Cydney ClantonCUT71-73144
Andrea LeeCUT71-73144
Jasmine SuwannapuraCUT71-73144
Yu-Sang HouCUT69-75144
Mariajo UribeCUT68-76144
Jennifer ChangCUT75-70145
Amy OlsonCUT75-70145
Ashleigh BuhaiCUT73-72145
Lakareber AbeCUT72-73145
Haeji KangCUT72-73145
Pauline Roussin-BouchardCUT71-74145
Leona MaguireCUT69-76145
Marina AlexCUT74-72146
Dewi WeberCUT74-72146
Ruoning YinCUT74-72146
Pornanong PhatlumCUT73-73146
Muni HeCUT72-74146
Fatima Fernandez CanoCUT72-74146
Rachel RohannaCUT75-72147
Christina KimCUT74-73147
Jenny ColemanCUT73-74147
Brooke MatthewsCUT72-75147
Allison EmreyCUT71-76147
Caroline MassonCUT74-74148
Pernilla LindbergCUT73-75148
Allisen CorpuzCUT73-75148
Mel ReidCUT73-75148
Linnea JohanssonCUT73-75148
Casey DanielsonCUT72-76148
Yaeeun HongCUT72-76148
Haylee Rae HarfordCUT71-77148
Sarah Jane SmithCUT71-77148
Katie YooCUT78-71149
Lauren KimCUT74-75149
Agathe LaisneCUT73-76149
Emma TalleyCUT73-76149
Esther HenseleitCUT70-79149
Sophia SchubertCUT73-77150
Jessica PengCUT72-78150
Katherine KirkCUT70-80150
Lizette SalasCUT76-75151
Wichanee MeechaiCUT74-77151
Youngin ChunCUT79-73152
Janie JacksonCUT77-75152
Morgane MetrauxCUT77-75152
Vivian HouCUT75-77152
Marissa SteenCUT75-77152
Na Rin AnCUT74-80154
Laura DaviesCUT82-82164
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Updated: October 6, 2022