Meijer LPGA Classic R2

Meijer LPGA Classic 2022 R2

June 16-19
Blythefield Country Club, Belmont, Michigan
$2,500,000
Round 1, Round 3, Round 4

Estimated reading time: 6 minutes

Jennifer Kupcho started her round with eight consecutive pars from the 10th before firing five birdies to close with a bogey-free 67.

Meijer LPGA Classic 2022 R2

The American hit 8 of 13 fairways and 13 of 18 greens with just 27 putts to retain her lead at 14-under in the Meijer LPGA Classic.

“I started out not hitting it great so was just trying to stay patient and on a couple of holes save par, so I actually got out of the holes pretty well. I didn’t really expect a whole lot coming out here today. Set a pretty low bar for myself, so to come out and play well, it was nice to see. I kept telling myself that yesterday was so easy and golf really seemed like it was the best I could do yesterday, so I kind of came out with the mindset that not everything is going to go my way today, and it certainly didn’t on the first eight holes.”

Meijer LPGA Classic 2022 R2

Fellow American Nelly Korda moved up the leaderboard in spite of the wind after carding a bogey-free 7-under 65 that featured her holing out for eagle on the par-5 14th. She hit 9 of 13 fairways and 15 of 18 greens to move into second place at 12-under.

“Golf is a game of creativity,” said Korda. “There is so much you can do in the game of golf, and that makes it really exciting. Playing in the wind is definitely a little bit more exhausting. You have to be way more into it when it comes to numbers, where you’re starting the ball. It’s not like you go hit a ball and you’ll see it going straight. You have to play a bit more with it, but I think that’s what makes it a lot of fun. When you have that attitude, I think it doesn’t drain you as much.”

Meijer LPGA Classic 2022 R2

Spain’s Carlota Ciganda closed with a 65 having eagled the par-5s 8th and 18th. She has made birdie or better on 8 of the 10 par-5s she’s played this week.

“I think two, three of (the par-5s), they are almost like par-4s,” she said. “Yesterday I hit driver, pitching wedge, driver, 50 on 8, and today two 9-irons. So if I hit a good driver I have a good chance of making a three or four.”

Canadian Brooke Henderson, American Lexi Thompson and Swede Madelene Sagstrom are tied for fourth at 10-under with Germany’s Caroline Masson and Swede Anna Nordqvist in a tie for seventh at 9-under.

Meijer LPGA Classic 2022 R2

Pos.	Player	To Par	Scores	Total
1	Jennifer Kupcho	-14	63-67	130
2	Nelly Korda	-12	67-65	132
3	Carlota Ciganda	-11	68-65	133
T4	Brooke M. Henderson	-10	68-66	134
T4	Madelene Sagstrom	-10	65-69	134
T4	Lexi Thompson	-10	65-69	134
T7	Caroline Masson	-9	67-68	135
T7	Anna Nordqvist	-9	65-70	135
T9	Paula Reto	-8	71-65	136
T9	Jessica Korda	-8	68-68	136
T9	Gerina Mendoza	-8	64-72	136
T12	Xiyu Janet Lin	-7	70-67	137
T12	Leona Maguire	-7	69-68	137
T12	Minjee Lee	-7	68-69	137
T12	Atthaya Thitikul	-7	68-69	137
T12	Andrea Lee	-7	66-71	137
T17	Robynn Ree	-6	71-67	138
T17	Nasa Hataoka	-6	71-67	138
T17	Hannah Green	–	70-68	138
T17	Lydia Ko	-6	70-68	138
T17	Brittany Lincicome	-6	69-69	138
T17	Stacy Lewis	-6	67-71	138
T17	Ruixin Liu	-6	67-71	138
T24	Brittany Altomare	-5	72-67	139
T24	Gina Kim	-5	71-68	139
T24	Sarah Schmelzel	-5	71-68	139
T24	Jeongeun Lee5	-5	70-69	139
T24	Tiffany Chan	-5	70-69	139
T24	Celine Boutier	-5	70-69	139
T24	Wei-Ling Hsu	-5	70-69	139
T24	Lindsey Weaver-Wright	-5	69-70	139
T24	Mirim Lee	-5	69-70	139
T24	Amy Olson	-5	69-70	139
T24	Allisen Corpuz	-5	69-70	139
T24	Katherine Kirk	-5	68-71	139
T24	Wichanee Meechai	-5	68-71	139
T24	So Yeon Ryu	-5	68-71	139
T24	Lilia Vu	-5	68-71	139
T24	Bianca Pagdanganan	-5	67-72	139
T24	Megan Khang	-5	67-72	139
T24	Ryann O’Toole	-5	67-72	139
T42	Su Oh	-4	73-67	140
T42	Peiyun Chien	-4	72-68	140
T42	Dana Finkelstein	-4	71-69	140
T42	A Lim Kim	-4	70-70	140
T42	Charlotte Thomas	-4	70-70	140
T42	Yealimi Noh	-4	70-70	140
T42	Cydney Clanton	–	69-71	140
T42	Na Yeon Choi	-4	69-71	140
T42	Kaitlyn Papp	-4	69-71	140
T42	In Gee Chun	-4	68-72	140
T42	Morgane Metraux	-4	68-72	140
T42	Isi Gabsa	-4	68-72	140
T42	Na Rin An	-4	67-73	140
T55	Angel Yin	-3	74-67	141
T55	Gemma Dryburgh	-3	73-68	141
T55	Haru Nomura	-3	71-70	141
T55	Sophia Schubert	-3	71-70	141
T55	Yu Liu	-3	71-70	141
T55	Jaye Marie Green	-3	71-70	141
T55	Frida Kinhult	-3	71-70	141
T55	Alison Lee	-3	70-71	141
T55	Brittany Lang	-3	69-72	141
T55	Cristie Kerr	-3	69-72	141
T55	Pajaree Anannarukarn	-3	69-72	141
T55	Jasmine Suwannapura	-3	68-73	141
T67	Jodi Ewart Shadoff	-2	73-69	142
T67	Eun-Hee Ji	-2	73-69	142
T67	Alena Sharp	-2	72-70	142
T67	Ayaka Furue	-2	72-70	142
T67	Hyo Joo Kim	-2	72-70	142
T67	Pornanong Phatlum	-2	71-71	142
T67	Albane Valenzuela	-2	70-72	142
T67	Hye-Jin Choi	-2	70-72	142
T67	Allison Emrey	-2	70-72	142
T67	Maude-Aimee Leblanc	-2	70-72	142
T67	Pernilla Lindberg	-2	69-73	142
T67	Chella Choi	-2	68-74	142
	Dottie Ardina	CUT	74-69	143
	Patty Tavatanakit	CUT	73-70	143
	Jennifer Song	CUT	72-71	143
	Sarah Jane Smith	CUT	71-72	143
	Ally Ewing	CUT	71-72	143
	Sei Young Kim	CUT	71-72	143
	Amy Yang	CUT	71-72	143
	Stephanie Kyriacou	CUT	71-72	143
	Mi Hyang Lee	CUT	70-73	143
	Lauren Coughlin	CUT	70-73	143
	Elizabeth Szokol	CUT	70-73	143
	Linnea Johansson	CUT	68-75	143
	Aditi Ashok	CUT	75-69	144
	Alana Uriell	CUT	75-69	144
	Gaby Lopez	CUT	74-70	144
	Maria Fassi	CUT	74-70	144
	Emma Talley	CUT	73-71	144
	Katherine Perry-Hamski	CUT	73-71	144
	Lizette Salas	CUT	73-71	144
	Yuka Saso	CUT	72-72	144
	Cheyenne Knight	CUT	72-72	144
	Stephanie Meadow	CUT	70-74	144
	Natasha Andrea Oon	CUT	76-69	145
	Amanda Doherty	CUT	75-70	145
	Lauren Stephenson	CUT	74-71	145
	Haeji Kang	CUT	73-72	145
	Jenny Coleman	CUT	73-72	145
	Haylee Rae Harford	CUT	72-73	145
	Sarah Kemp	CUT	72-73	145
	Emily Kristine Pedersen	CUT	72-73	145
	Brooke Matthews	CUT	72-73	145
	Ashleigh Buhai	CUT	71-74	145
	Fatima Fernandez Cano	CUT	70-75	145
	Jenny Shin	CUT	70-75	145
	Sanna Nuutinen	CUT	80-66	146
	Yaeeun Hong	CUT	77-69	146
	Sung Hyun Park	CUT	75-71	146
	Dewi Weber	CUT	74-72	146
	Min Lee	CUT	74-72	146
	Inbee Park	CUT	73-73	146
	Muni He	CUT	73-73	146
	Kelly Tan	CUT	73-73	146
	Moriya Jutanugarn	CUT	71-75	146
	Ana Belac	CUT	75-72	147
	Jennifer Chang	CUT	75-72	147
	Brianna Do	CUT	75-72	147
	Perrine Delacour	CUT	73-74	147
	Liz Nagel	CUT	72-75	147
	Esther Henseleit	CUT	71-76	147
	Valery Plata (a)	CUT	69-78	147
	Mel Reid	CUT	76-72	148
	Hinako Shibuno	CUT	75-73	148
	Sophia Popov	CUT	73-75	148
	Sadena Parks	CUT	72-76	148
	Caroline Inglis	CUT	71-77	148
	Giulia Molinaro	CUT	71-77	148
	Janie Jackson	CUT	71-77	148
	Casey Danielson	CUT	77-72	149
	Annie Park	CUT	77-72	149
	Mariajo Uribe	CUT	75-74	149
	Ruoning Yin	CUT	75-74	149
	Rachel Rohanna	CUT	74-75	149
	Angela Stanford	CUT	75-75	150
	Marissa Steen	CUT	69-81	150
	Agathe Laisne	CUT	74-77	151
	Christina Kim	CUT	76-78	154