LOTTE Championship 2022 R2

April 13-16
Hoakalei Country Club, Ewa Beach, Oahu, Hawaii
$2,000,000
Round 1, Round 3, Round 4

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South Korea’s Hyo Joo Kim carded five birdies, highlighted by a 19-foot chip-in from off the green the 6th.

LOTTE Championship 2022 R2

The four-time LPGA Tour winner is the only player to remain bogey-free through the first two rounds at Hoakalei Country Club. She heads into the weekend of the LOTTE Championship with a three-shot lead.

“I'm satisfied I played the same score and bogey-free round as yesterday, but more thing that I'm satisfied with today's play than yesterday. Of course, there was a mistake. But the reason why that I'm very satisfied is that it's a smaller mistake than yesterday.”

LOTTE Championship 2022 R2

Australian Sarah Kemp carded a bogey-free 69 on Thursday, notching her third hole-out of the week when she chipped in from just short of the green at the 14th. She also holed out at the 6th and 10th on Wednesday.

“I couldn't believe that I had another one today,” said Kemp. “My caddie sort of joked and he's like, I'll just hit you just short on most of these then.”

LOTTE Championship 2022 R2

Ariya Jutanugarn of Thailand and South Korean Haeji Kang are tied in third place at 6-under followed by South Koreans A Lim Kim and Na Rin An tied for fifth at 5-under.

First-round leader Hannah Green of Australia followed her first-round 66 with a 4-over 76 and heads to the weekend in a tie for 17th at 2-under.

Tied alongside Green is LPGA Tour rookie Allisen Corpuz, the only Hawaii native in the field.

“I'm really just trying to make the cut every event that I play in, and this one is definitely really special to be able to make the cut at home,” she said. “So it means a lot that I'll being playing the weekend this year.”

LOTTE Championship 2022 R2