Gainbridge LPGA R2

Gainbridge LPGA 2022 R2
January 27-30
Boca Rio Golf Club, Boca Raton, Florida
$2,000,000
Round 1, Round 3, Round 4

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Danielle Kang carded a 4-under par 68 on Friday in Boca Raton to climb into a share of the lead at 11-under alongside overnight leader Lydia Ko at the halfway point of the Gainbridge LPGA at Boca Rio.

Gainbridge LPGA 2022 R2

“I’m just proud of the process. It’s not just about repeating the same thing I did last week. It’s being able to keep the consistency up,” said Kang. “I really wanted to get to double digits [under par]. That was my goal today, so I was happy to do that.”

Gainbridge LPGA 2022 R2

Ko recorded four birdies for a 2-under 70 in the second round. This is the ninth total time in Ko’s illustrious career that she has held or shared the 36-hole advantage. The most recent occurrence happened at the 2021 Gainbridge LPGA hosted by Lake Nona Golf & Country Club in Orlando, where Ko finished in a tie for second.

“More of a grind than yesterday. I don’t think I played as solid compared to yesterday, and I don’t think I could have played much better than the first round,” said Ko. “When you get off to a hot start, I think you do put a little bit of pressure [on yourself]. Even though you’re a couple under par, you don’t feel like it was as good because you keep comparing. But I tried not to do that and be committed over each shot, play the best golf I could today.”

Gainbridge LPGA 2022 R2

Two players are four shots back of Kang and Ko at 7-under including Jodi Ewart Shadoff (69), who will round out Saturday’s final grouping. The other is Yuka Saso (70), the 2021 U.S. Women’s Open champion. Saso has not missed a cut on Tour since accepting LPGA Tour Membership after that victory.

“For me, [the start of the season] it is more about getting the feel back of the competition because we had been off for a month and a half. I think be more relaxed, go for the pin, and try to be aggressive,” Saso said. “I think that helped my game for the past two weeks. I’m already happy that I’m able to play here on the LPGA, so make a lot of cuts and play all the majors.”

A group of five individuals share fifth at 6-under overall. Rolex Rankings No. 1 and defending Gainbridge LPGA champion Nelly Korda shot even par on Friday to join Delray Beach resident Lexi Thompson (70) in a tie for 17th on 4-under.

Gainbridge LPGA 2022 R2

Pos.	Player	To Par	Scores	Total
T1	Danielle Kang	-11	65-68	133
T1	Lydia Ko	-11	63-70	133
T3	Jodi Ewart Shadoff	-7	68-69	137
T3	Yuka Saso	-7	67-70	137
T5	Morgane Metraux	-6	72-66	138
T5	Bronte Law	-6	68-70	138
T5	Nasa Hataoka	-6	67-71	138
T5	Charley Hull	-6	67-71	138
T5	Aditi Ashok	-6	66-72	138
T10	Celine Boutier	-5	72-67	139
T10	Patty Tavatanakit	-5	71-68	139
T10	Su Oh	-5	69-70	139
T10	Brooke M. Henderson	-5	68-71	139
T10	Marina Alex	-5	68-71	139
T10	Hye-Jin Choi	-5	67-72	139
T10	Maude-Aimee Leblanc	-5	67-72	139
T17	Jessica Korda	-4	72-68	140
T17	Georgia Hall	-4	70-70	140
T17	Ryann O’Toole	-4	70-70	140
T17	Lexi Thompson	-4	70-70	140
T17	Stacy Lewis	-4	68-72	140
T17	In Gee Chun	-4	68-72	140
T17	Carlota Ciganda	-4	68-72	140
T17	Nelly Korda	-4	68-72	140
T17	Jeongeun Lee6	-4	67-73	140
T26	Na Rin An	-3	71-70	141
T26	A Lim Kim	-3	70-71	141
T26	Ayaka Furue	-3	69-72	141
T26	Perrine Delacour	-3	69-72	141
T26	Gaby Lopez	-3	68-73	141
T26	Ally Ewing	-3	68-73	141
T32	Dewi Weber	-2	71-71	142
T32	Sophia Schubert	-2	70-72	142
T32	Madelene Sagstrom	-2	70-72	142
T32	Pajaree Anannarukarn	-2	70-72	142
T32	Amanda Doherty	-2	68-74	142
T32	Amy Yang	-2	68-74	142
T38	Pauline Roussin-Bouchard	-1	73-70	143
T38	Leona Maguire	-1	73-70	143
T38	Linnea Johansson	-1	72-71	143
T38	Atthaya Thitikul	-1	72-71	143
T38	Pornanong Phatlum	-1	72-71	143
T38	Karrie Webb	-1	71-72	143
T38	Mel Reid	-1	71-72	143
T38	Yaeeun Hong	-1	70-73	143
T38	Lilia Vu	-1	70-73	143
T38	Jennifer Kupcho	-1	68-75	143
T38	Dana Finkelstein	-1	68-75	143
T49	Emma Talley	Par	76-68	144
T49	Stephanie Meadow	Par	75-69	144
T49	Kelly Tan	Par	75-69	144
T49	Xiyu Janet Lin	Par	72-72	144
T49	Wichanee Meechai	Par	72-72	144
T49	Hee Young Park	Par	72-72	144
T49	Jasmine Suwannapura	Par	71-73	144
T49	Albane Valenzuela	Par	71-73	144
T49	Sarah Schmelzel	Par	71-73	144
T49	Megan Khang	Par	70-74	144
T49	Muni He	Par	70-74	144
T49	Rachel Rohanna	Par	70-74	144
T49	Lauren Stephenson	Par	70-74	144
T49	Amy Olson	Par	69-75	144
T49	Gerina Michelle Mendoza	Par	67-77	144
T64	Cydney Clanton	+1	74-71	145
T64	Lindsey Weaver-Wright	+1	74-71	145
T64	Allison Emrey	+1	72-73	145
T64	Brittany Lincicome	+1	72-73	145
T64	Jenny Shin	+1	72-73	145
T64	Brittany Lang	+1	72-73	145
T64	Anna Nordqvist	+1	71-74	145
T64	Laura Restrep	+1	71-74	145
T64	Jaye Marie Green	+1	70-75	145
T64	Jeongeun Lee	+1	70-75	145
T64	Christina Kim	+1	70-75	145
	Fatima Fernandez Cano	CUT	74-72	146
	Esther Henseleit	CUT	74-72	146
	Janie Jackson	CUT	74-72	146
	Nanna Koerstz Madsen	CUT	74-72	146
	Brittany Altomare	CUT	73-73	146
	Moriya Jutanugarn	CUT	73-73	146
	Matilda Castren	CUT	72-74	146
	Elizabeth Szokol	CUT	72-74	146
	Inbee Park	CUT	71-75	146
	Sophia Corinne Popov	CUT	69-77	146
	Luna Sobron Galmes #	CUT	77-70	147
	Ana Belac	CUT	76-71	147
	Ariya Jutanugarn	CUT	75-72	147
	Ruixin Liu	CUT	74-73	147
	Mirim Lee	CUT	74-73	147
	Caroline Masson	CUT	72-75	147
	Casey Danielson	CUT	72-75	147
	Angela Stanford	CUT	71-76	147
	Cheyenne Knight	CUT	70-77	147
	Mina Harigae	CUT	78-70	148
	Ashleigh Buhai	CUT	74-74	148
	Paula Reto	CUT	74-74	148
	Bianca Pagdanganan	CUT	72-76	148
	Peiyun Chien	CUT	71-77	148
	Katherine Perry-Hamski	CUT	71-77	148
	Alison Lee	CUT	76-73	149
	Maria Fassi	CUT	75-74	149
	Cristie Kerr	CUT	74-75	149
	Marissa Steen	CUT	74-75	149
	Yu Liu	CUT	73-76	149
	Lauren Coughlin	CUT	71-78	149
	Yealimi Noh	CUT	78-72	150
	Austin Ernst	CUT	75-75	150
	Giulia Molinaro	CUT	73-77	150
	Annie Park	CUT	76-75	151
	Jennifer Song	CUT	74-77	151
	Katherine Kirk	CUT	76-76	152
	Jenny Coleman	CUT	74-78	152
	Pernilla Lindberg	CUT	74-78	152
	Beatriz Recari	CUT	78-76	154
	Taylor Collins *	CUT	77-77	154
	Haeji Kang	CUT	74-80	154
	Angel Yin	CUT	78-79	157
	Nishtha Madan *	CUT	77-80	157
	Na Yeon Choi	CUT	79-79	158
	Laura Davies	WD	71