Kia Classic R2

Kia Classic 2021 R2
March 25-28
Aviara Golf Club, Carlsbad, California
$1,800,000
Round 1, Round 3, Round 4

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Inbee Park followed a first-round 66 with a 3-under 69 on Friday to lead by one shot at 9-under in Carlsbad.

Kia Classic 2021 R2

“I think I will be warming up for probably the next couple of weeks,” said Park. “I haven’t played tournament golf in three months and after not touching the golf clubs that much, it’s different coming out here trying to contact the ball. It sometimes looks weird. I feel like I’m doing it very well [though].”

She pointed out her struggle with putting which she thinks will have a heavy impact on her game this weekend

“I hit good shots and it’s just weird on these greens because I hit the shots really close and I didn’t make the birdie putts, but I hit it to 15, 20 feet and I made those birdie putts,” said Park. “The holes I made today was pretty much 10- to 20-footers. Coming in, the last three holes I missed from probably inside 5, 6 feet. Really need patience.”

Kia Classic 2021 R2

Sophia Popov is 8-under at the halfway point. She and Park will be joined in Saturday’s final grouping by Mel Reid, in third place at 6-under following a bogey-free 70.

“I’m obviously going to have to play well to get the job done over the weekend having a couple of major champions ahead of me,” said Reid. “Inbee, arguably one of the best golfers that has ever played our game. Good friends with Sophia. Should be a fun weekend, I’m looking forward to it.”

Hyo Joo Kim signed for an even-par 72 to stay at 5-under, while Wei-Ling Hsu managed a 3-under 69 after a rocky start.

In Gee Chun was disqualified following her round for failing to certify her scorecard. Failure to certify hole scores is a breach of Rule 3.3b(2), which states it is the player’s responsibility to certify their scores.

Kia Classic 2021 R2

Pos.	Player	To Par	Scores	Total
1	Inbee Park	-9	66-69	135
2	Sophia Popov	-8	68-68	136
3	Mel Reid	-6	68-70	138
4	Hyo Joo Kim	-5	67-72	139
5	Wei-Ling Hsu	-4	71-69	140
T6	Minjee Lee	-3	72-69	141
T6	Gerina Piller	-3	71-70	141
T6	Nicole Broch Larsen	-3	70-71	141
T6	Kristen Gillman	-3	70-71	141
T10	Jing Yan	-2	73-69	142
T10	Marina Alex	-2	73-69	142
T10	Mi Jung Hur	-2	71-71	142
T10	Jin Young Ko	-2	71-71	142
T10	Elizabeth Szokol	-2	71-71	142
T10	Azahara Munoz	-2	70-72	142
T10	Ashleigh Buhai	-2	70-72	142
T17	Lizette Salas	-1	75-68	143
T17	Alena Sharp	-1	75-68	143
T17	Brooke M. Henderson	-1	73-70	143
T17	Stacy Lewis	-1	73-70	143
T17	Brittany Lincicome	-1	71-72	143
T17	Bronte Law	-1	71-72	143
T17	Mina Harigae	-1	69-74	143
T17	Stephanie Meadow	-1	68-75	143
T25	Cristie Kerr	E	76-68	144
T25	Nelly Korda	E	75-69	144
T25	Xiyu Lin	E	75-69	144
T25	Amy Olson	E	75-69	144
T25	Alana Uriell	E	74-70	144
T25	Brittany Lang	E	73-71	144
T25	Cheyenne Knight	E	72-72	144
T25	Lexi Thompson	E	72-72	144
T25	Jennifer Chang	E	72-72	144
T25	Liz Nagel	E	72-72	144
T25	Anna Nordqvist	E	71-73	144
T25	Danielle Kang	E	70-74	144
T37	Tiffany Chan	1	76-69	145
T37	Carlota Ciganda	1	76-69	145
T37	Lydia Ko	1	74-71	145
T37	Brittany Altomare	1	74-71	145
T37	Cydney Clanton	1	73-72	145
T37	Hannah Green	1	73-72	145
T37	Ayako Uehara	1	72-73	145
T37	Jenny Coleman	1	72-73	145
T37	Eun-Hee Ji	1	71-74	145
T37	Jenny Shin	1	71-74	145
T37	Christina Kim	1	70-75	145
T37	Jasmine Suwannapura	1	70-75	145
T37	Amy Yang	1	69-76	145
T50	Charley Hull	2	76-70	146
T50	Haley Moore	2	75-71	146
T50	Gaby Lopez	2	75-71	146
T50	Aditi Ashok	2	74-72	146
T50	Mi Hyang Lee	2	72-74	146
T50	Madelene Sagstrom	2	72-74	146
T50	Leona Maguire	2	72-74	146
T50	Yealimi Noh	2	72-74	146
T50	Annie Park	2	72-74	146
T59	Pajaree Anannarukarn	3	79-68	147
T59	Angel Yin	3	78-69	147
T59	Ryann O’Toole	3	76-71	147
T59	Jennifer Song	3	75-72	147
T59	Dana Finkelstein	3	75-72	147
T59	Mirim Lee	3	75-72	147
T59	So Yeon Ryu	3	74-73	147
T59	Pornanong Phatlum	3	74-73	147
T59	Nanna Koerstz Madsen	3	74-73	147
T59	Esther Lee	3	73-74	147
T59	Caroline Inglis	3	73-74	147
T59	Ssu-Chia Cheng	3	73-74	147
T59	Ariya Jutanugarn	3	73-74	147
T59	Ally Ewing	3	72-75	147
T59	Sarah Kemp	3	72-75	147
T59	Sarah Schmelzel	3	72-75	147
T59	Pernilla Lindberg	3	71-76	147
T59	Celine Boutier	3	70-77	147
	Yu Liu	CUT	79-69	148
	Robynn Ree	CUT	76-72	148
	Jeongeun Lee6	CUT	75-73	148
	Jennifer Kupcho	CUT	75-73	148
	Perrine Delacour	CUT	74-74	148
	Sung Hyun Park	CUT	74-74	148
	Dani Holmqvist	CUT	73-75	148
	Haru Nomura	CUT	73-75	148
	Sei Young Kim	CUT	72-76	148
	Mo Martin	CUT	77-72	149
	Jaye Marie Green	CUT	77-72	149
	Sandra Gal	CUT	76-73	149
	Sarah Jane Smith	CUT	75-74	149
	Caroline Masson	CUT	74-75	149
	Katherine Perry-Hamski	CUT	74-75	149
	Emma Talley	CUT	73-76	149
	In Kyung Kim	CUT	73-76	149
	Yujeong Son	CUT	72-77	149
	Jiwon Jeon	CUT	72-77	149
	Kelly Tan	CUT	79-71	150
	Nasa Hataoka	CUT	79-71	150
	Georgia Hall	CUT	78-72	150
	A Lim Kim	CUT	78-72	150
	Lauren Stephenson	CUT	78-72	150
	Tiffany Joh	CUT	77-73	150
	Lindsey Weaver	CUT	77-73	150
	Sarah Burnham	CUT	76-74	150
	Jackie Stoelting	CUT	76-74	150
	Haeji Kang	CUT	76-74	150
	Wichanee Meechai	CUT	75-75	150
	Chella Choi	CUT	74-76	150
	Moriya Jutanugarn	CUT	74-76	150
	Maia Schechter	CUT	74-76	150
	Maria Fernanda Torres	CUT	73-77	150
	Giulia Molinaro	CUT	72-78	150
	Jane Park	CUT	72-78	150
	Patty Tavatanakit	CUT	71-79	150
	Na Yeon Choi	CUT	77-74	151
	Matilda Castren	CUT	76-75	151
	Maria Fassi	CUT	76-75	151
	Angela Stanford	CUT	75-76	151
	Juli Inkster	CUT	74-77	151
	Jeongeun Lee	CUT	79-73	152
	Su Oh	CUT	78-74	152
	Anne van Dam	CUT	77-75	152
	Hee Young Park	CUT	77-75	152
	Suzuka Yamaguchi	CUT	77-75	152
	Morgan Pressel	CUT	76-76	152
	Roberta Liti	CUT	74-78	152
	Andrea Lee	CUT	74-78	152
	Mariah Stackhouse	CUT	72-80	152
	Lindy Duncan	CUT	79-74	153
	Linnea Strom	CUT	77-76	153
	Megan Khang	CUT	76-77	153
	Daniela Darquea	CUT	76-77	153
	Paula Reto #	CUT	78-76	154
	Jaclyn Lee	CUT	76-78	154
	Muni He	CUT	75-79	154
	Albane Valenzuela	CUT	75-79	154
	Katherine Kirk	CUT	82-73	155
	Michelle Wie West	CUT	81-74	155
	Lauren Kim	CUT	77-78	155
	Mind Muangkhumsakul	CUT	78-78	156
	Austin Ernst	CUT	79-78	157
	Jillian Hollis	CUT	80-79	159
	Min Seo Kwak	CUT	78-82	160
	Yani Tseng	CUT	82-84	166
	In Gee Chun	DQ	68