Meijer LPGA Classic R1

Meijer Classic 2021 R1
June 17-20
Blythefield Country Club, Grand Rapids, Michigan
$2,300,000
Round 2, Round 3, Round 4

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Lauren Stephenson, Leona Maguire, Charley Hull and Nasa Hataoka are tied for the lead at 7-under in the Meijer LPGA Classic for Simply Give.

“On the first nine, it felt like my ball had a magnet to the hole. It was like I couldn’t miss,” said Stephenson of her bogey-free front nine (the back nine). “I probably made a 35-foot putt on one of the par-3s, which is super abnormal for me. Felt like everything was going my way so I took advantage of that today.”

Meijer Classic 2021 R1

Maguire, who held the lead last week in the first round of the Mediheal Championship, continued the trend and stayed bogey-free on Thursday.

“It [Blythefield Country Club] reminds me a lot of home, a lot of golf courses that I grew up playing,” said Maguire. “Very green, some trees. Drove the ball well and just sort of suits my eye quite well. Tried to build on that momentum I had last week in San Francisco.”

Meijer Classic 2021 R1

Hataoka also managed to stay bogey-free, keeping her mistakes to a minimum.

“There was a couple holes where I actually thought I had a bogey chance, but was able to get up and down for par. This course, usually everyone hits low scores, so it is really important for me to play four good rounds. Hoping to continue that tomorrow.”

Meijer Classic 2021 R1

Behind them at 6-under Ariya Jutanugarn is tied alongside Min Lee. Both of them have been on form recently with Jutanugarn winning her 11th career LPGA Tour title in her native country at the Honda LPGA Thailand as well as recording two top-10s since.

Lee won the Mission Inn Resort & Club Championship on the Symetra Tour last month and was runner-up last week in the Mediheal Championship.

“I have played this course a couple times before, so I kind of know this course a little bit,” said Lee. “The first few holes, I was still adjusting to the greens speed because it is so much different compared to last week [at Lake Merced]. At the beginning, I didn’t get a chance to make it [any birdie putts], but it started to roll after a couple holes. I think my putting is pretty good and also my iron shots. That helped give me a lot of birdies.”

Meijer Classic 2021 R1

Pos.	Player	To Par	R1
T1	Leona Maguire	-7	65
T1	Charley Hull	-7	65
T1	Nasa Hataoka	-7	65
T1	Lauren Stephenson	-7	65
T5	Ariya Jutanugarn	-6	66
T5	Min Lee	-6	66
T7	Marina Alex	-5	67
T7	Pajaree Anannarukarn	-5	67
T7	Chella Choi	-5	67
T7	Alison Lee	-5	67
T7	Xiyu Lin	-5	67
T7	Sarah Schmelzel	-5	67
T7	Gabriela Ruffels *	-5	67
T7	Anna Nordqvist	-5	67
T7	Amy Olson	-5	67
T7	Sophia Popov	-5	67
T7	Su Oh	-5	67
T18	Brittany Altomare	-4	68
T18	Sarah Burnham	-4	68
T18	Megan Khang	-4	68
T18	Inbee Park	-4	68
T18	Lizette Salas	-4	68
T18	Georgia Hall	-4	68
T18	Moriya Jutanugarn	-4	68
T18	In Gee Chun	-4	68
T18	Jennifer Kupcho	-4	68
T18	Giulia Molinaro	-4	68
T18	Lindy Duncan	-4	68
T18	Gaby Lopez	-4	68
T18	Madelene Sagstrom	-4	68
T18	Lexi Thompson	-4	68
T18	Ally Ewing	-4	68
T18	Jessica Korda	-4	68
T18	Nelly Korda	-4	68
T18	Mina Harigae	-4	68
T18	Esther Henseleit	-4	68
T18	Christina Kim	-4	68
T38	Caroline Masson	-3	69
T38	Austin Ernst	-3	69
T38	Mi Jung Hur	-3	69
T38	Cristie Kerr	-3	69
T38	Carlota Ciganda	-3	69
T38	Ashleigh Buhai	-3	69
T38	Dana Finkelstein	-3	69
T38	Jeongeun Lee	-3	69
T38	Jin Young Ko	-3	69
T38	Jodi Ewart Shadoff	-3	69
T38	Esther Lee	-3	69
T49	Clariss Guce	-2	70
T49	Lee Lopez	-2	70
T49	Muni He	-2	70
T49	Na Yeon Choi	-2	70
T49	Cydney Clanton	-2	70
T49	Marissa Steen	-2	70
T49	Alena Sharp	-2	70
T49	Mind Muangkhumsakul	-2	70
T49	Samantha Troyanovich	-2	70
T49	Janie Jackson	-2	70
T49	Jennifer Chang	-2	70
T49	Wichanee Meechai	-2	70
T49	Ssu-Chia Cheng	-2	70
T49	Gerina Piller	-2	70
T49	Laura Davies	-2	70
T49	Hannah Green	-2	70
T49	Brittany Lincicome	-2	70
T49	Katherine Kirk	-2	70
T49	Albane Valenzuela	-2	70
T49	Bianca Pagdanganan	-2	70
T49	Brittany Lang	-2	70
T49	Klara Spilkova	-2	70
T71	Cheyenne Knight	-1	71
T71	Jenny Coleman	-1	71
T71	Elizabeth Szokol	-1	71
T71	Dottie Ardina	-1	71
T71	Jiwon Jeon	-1	71
T71	Ruixin Liu	-1	71
T71	In Kyung Kim	-1	71
T71	Juli Inkster	-1	71
T71	Lydia Ko	-1	71
T71	Stacy Lewis	-1	71
T71	Lauren Coughlin	-1	71
T71	Jennifer Song	-1	71
T71	Perrine Delacour	-1	71
T71	Maria Fernanda Torres	-1	71
T71	Min Seo Kwak	-1	71
T86	Liz Nagel	E	72
T86	Valery Plata (a) *	E	72
T86	Benyapa Niphatsophon	E	72
T86	Mirim Lee	E	72
T86	Jasmine Suwannapura	E	72
T86	Angel Yin	E	72
T86	Pornanong Phatlum	E	72
T86	Azahara Munoz	E	72
T86	Kris Tamulis *	E	72
T86	Dani Holmqvist	E	72
T86	Pavarisa Yoktuan	E	72
T86	Kyung Kim	E	72
T86	Jaclyn Lee	E	72
T86	Linnea Strom	E	72
T86	Kelly Tan	E	72
T86	A Lim Kim	E	72
T86	Sung Hyun Park	E	72
T103	Tiffany Joh	+1	73
T103	Mariah Stackhouse	+1	73
T103	Daniela Darquea	+1	73
T103	Jillian Hollis	+1	73
T103	Alana Uriell	+1	73
T103	Kristen Gillman	+1	73
T103	Mo Martin	+1	73
T103	Stephanie Meadow	+1	73
T103	Sarah Kemp	+1	73
T103	Bronte Law	+1	73
T103	Jeongeun Lee6	+1	73
T103	Annie Park	+1	73
T103	Jane Park	+1	73
T103	Sarah Jane Smith	+1	73
T103	Andrea Lee	+1	73
T103	Haley Moore	+1	73
T103	Lindsey Weaver	+1	73
T103	Paula Creamer	+1	73
T103	Tiffany Chan	+1	73
T103	Haeji Kang	+1	73
T123	Ana Belac	+2	74
T123	Ryann O’Toole	+2	74
T123	Ayako Uehara	+2	74
T123	Brianna Do	+2	74
T123	Luna Sobron Galmes	+2	74
T128	Maria Fassi	+3	75
T128	Caroline Inglis	+3	75
T128	Pernilla Lindberg	+3	75
T128	Jing Yan	+3	75
T128	Louise Ridderstrom	+3	75
T128	Brooke M. Henderson	+3	75
T128	Julieta Granada	+3	75
T135	Anne van Dam	+4	76
T135	Jaye Marie Green	+4	76
T135	Yealimi Noh	+4	76
T135	Emma Talley	+4	76
T135	Paula Reto	+4	76
T140	Yani Tseng	+5	77
T140	Aditi Ashok	+5	77
T142	Kristy McPherson	+6	78
T142	Maia Schechter	+6	78
WD	Mel Reid