Peter Koutroumpis (@pksport)
SOUTHERN PINES, NC – Birdies were chirping at the 2022 Women’s U.S. Open on the course at Pine Needles Lodge and Golf Club on Friday.
Mina Harigae followed up her first-round 64 with a 2-under 69 during Round 2, and continued to lead the field at 9-under par.
Harigae carded five birdies and three bogeys on the day, and eventually shared the lead with Minjee Lee.
A seven-time LPGA Tour winner, Lee joined Harigae at the top of the leaderboard posting a 5-under 66.
“Since it was the morning, fairways were a little softer, greens were a little softer, so my drives weren’t going as far and I had a little longer clubs in,” Harigae said.
“The golf course can really catch up to you quickly, so just trying to take whatever I have in front of me,” Lee, a recent winner at the Cognizant Founders Cup, added.
“Whenever I have a birdie opportunity, I try to take advantage of that.”
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Low Am
The cut came at 3-over-par 145 with 66 professionals and four amateurs qualifying for the weekend.
Reigning U.S. Girls’ Junior champion and 2022 NCAA Division I individual titlist Rose Zhang, No. 1 in the Women’s World Amateur Golf Ranking, world No. 2 Ingrid Lindblad, 2022 U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball runner-up Bailey Shoemaker and Saki Baba, of Japan, were the four amateurs to make the cut.
At least one amateur has made the cut in every U.S. Women’s Open, which includes the inaugural championship in 1946 that was contested entirely at match play.
The week began with 29 amateurs in the starting field of 156.
High profile notables
2014 U.S. Women’s Open winner Michelle Wie West wrapped up her full-time LPGA Tour career with a 3-over 74, missing the cut at +5 overall.
Defending champion Yuka Saso (+9) and three-time champion Annika Sorenstam (+13) also missed the cut.
Five past champions made the cut: Sung Hyun Park (2017), Eun-Hee Ji (2009), Jeongeun Lee6 (2019), A Lim Kim (2020) and In Gee Chun (2015).
In addition to Wie West, Sorenstam and Saso, three other past winners also missed the cut, including Brittany Lang (2016), Ariya Jutanugarn (2018), and Na Yeon Choi (2012).
Five players who gained entrance into the field over the past couple of weeks as first alternates made the cut: Lindblad, Andrea Lee, Allisen Corpuz, Lilia Vu and the lone North Carolinian in the field, Allison Emrey, of Charlotte.
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Summary Results
2022 U.S. Women’s Open – Round 2
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POS,NAME,SCORES-TOTAL,STATUS T1,Mina Harigae,64-69-133,-9 T1,Minjee Lee,67-66-133,-9 T3,Hyejin Choi,71-64-135,-7 T3,Anna Nordqvist,67-68-135,-7 T5,Jin Young Ko,69-67-136,-6 T5,Ingrid Lindblad (a),65-71-136,-6 T7,Moriya Jutanugarn,69-68-137,-5 T7,Sei Young Kim,69-68-137,-5 T9,Bronte Law,69-69-138,-4 T9,Megan Khang,71-67-138,-4 T9,Ryann O’Toole,67-71-138,-4 T9,Sung Hyun Park,69-69-138,-4 T9,Andrea Lee,70-68-138,-4 T14,Nelly Korda,70-69-139,-3 T14,Eun-Hee Ji,70-69-139,-3 T14,Lexi Thompson,68-71-139,-3 T17,Xiyu Janet Lin,71-69-140,-2 T17,Leona Maguire,70-70-140,-2 T17,Lauren Hartlage,71-69-140,-2 T17,Lilia Vu,71-69-140,-2 T21,Lizette Salas,71-70-141,-1 T21,So Mi Lee,73-68-141,-1 T21,Amy Olson,69-72-141,-1 T21,Sakura Koiwai,70-71-141,-1 T21,Hannah Green,70-71-141,-1 T21,Lydia Ko,72-69-141,-1 T27,Yuna Takagi,74-68-142,E T27,Bailey Shoemaker (a),72-70-142,E T27,Celine Boutier,71-71-142,E T27,Na Rin An,72-70-142,E T27,Amanda Doherty,70-72-142,E T27,Ally Ewing,68-74-142,E T27,Brittany Altomare,73-69-142,E T27,Mao Saigo,70-72-142,E T27,Jessica Korda,72-70-142,E T36,Frida Kinhult,73-70-143,+1 T36,Isi Gabsa,74-69-143,+1 T36,Marissa Steen,72-71-143,+1 T36,In-Kyung Kim,71-72-143,+1 T36,Georgia Hall,72-71-143,+1 T36,Carlota Ciganda,74-69-143,+1 T36,Rose Zhang (a),72-71-143,+1 T36,Jeongeun Lee6,73-70-143,+1 T36,Charley Hull,75-68-143,+1 T36,Allisen Corpuz,69-74-143,+1 T36,Annie Park,69-74-143,+1 T36,Pia Babnik,72-71-143,+1 T36,Matilda Castren,69-74-143,+1 T36,Pajaree Anannarukarn,70-73-143,+1 T36,Nasa Hataoka,71-72-143,+1 T36,Jennifer Kupcho,72-71-143,+1 T52,Atthaya Thitikul,71-73-144,+2 T52,Allison Emrey,71-73-144,+2 T52,Alison Lee,72-72-144,+2 T52,Yealimi Noh,72-72-144,+2 T52,A Lim Kim,74-70-144,+2 T52,Linnea Johansson,71-73-144,+2 T52,Tiffany Chan,72-72-144,+2 T59,Sofia Garcia,72-73-145,+3 T59,Cheyenne Knight,74-71-145,+3 T59,Saki Baba (a),73-72-145,+3 T59,Bianca Pagdanganan,75-70-145,+3 T59,Maude-Aimee LeBlanc,72-73-145,+3 T59,In Gee Chun,72-73-145,+3 T59,Danielle Kang,71-74-145,+3 T59,Grace Kim,73-72-145,+3 T59,Caroline Masson,72-73-145,+3 T59,Marina Alex,73-72-145,+3 T59,Angel Yin,71-74-145,+3 T59,Brooke Henderson,72-73-145,+3 (Failed to Qualify) Pernilla Lindberg,75-71-146 Bohyun Park (a),73-73-146 Stephanie Meadow,72-74-146 Nanna Koerstz Madsen,74-72-146 Yuna Nishimura,73-73-146 Ami Gianchandani (a),71-75-146 Gemma Dryburgh,73-73-146 Sarah Kemp,76-70-146 Madelene Sagstrom,69-77-146 Beth Wu,71-75-146 Robynn Ree,73-74-147 Muni He,73-74-147 Michelle Wie West,73-74-147 Hyo Joo Kim,72-75-147 Britney Yada,74-73-147 Ilhee Lee,71-76-147 Catherine Park (a),74-73-147 Dottie Ardina,78-69-147 Auston Kim,78-69-147 Lauren Kim (a),75-73-148 Sara Im (a),74-74-148 Brittany Lang,76-72-148 Lucy Li,74-74-148 Smilla Sonderby,75-73-148 Nicole Garcia,73-75-148 Mariel Galdiano,75-73-148 Ariya Jutanugarn,73-75-148 Stacy Lewis,74-74-148 Gaby Lopez,72-76-148 Mayu Hamada,74-74-148 Gabriela Ruffels,74-75-149 Momoko Ueda,78-71-149 Paula Reto,74-75-149 Patty Tavatanakit,71-78-149 Ayaka Furue,74-75-149 Alicia Joo,73-76-149 Anna Morgan (a),76-73-149 Lauren Kim,70-79-149 Jensen Castle (a),74-75-149 Alexa Pano,76-74-150 Na Yeon Choi,75-75-150 Hinako Shibuno,76-74-150 Sophia Popov,71-79-150 Hae Ran Ryu,74-76-150 Amy Yang,79-71-150 Kathleen Scavo,73-77-150 Ingrid Gutierrez,73-77-150 Mel Reid,75-75-150 So Yeon Ryu,74-76-150 Daniela Darquea,74-76-150 Laney Frye (a),76-75-151 Yunxuan Michelle Zhang (a),77-74-151 Angela Stanford,75-76-151 Yuka Saso,77-74-151 Mirim Lee,75-76-151 Maja Stark,74-77-151 Pornanong Phatlum,77-74-151 Kylee Choi (a),75-76-151 Wenbo Liu,77-75-152 Yuri Onishi,75-77-152 Karen Kim,77-75-152 Jillian Hollis,74-78-152 Minsol Kim (a),76-76-152 Lauren Gomez (a),74-78-152 Anna Davis (a),81-72-153 Louise Duncan (a),75-78-153 Jaye Marie Green,75-78-153 Lydia Hall,73-81-154 Annabell Fuller (a),79-75-154 Melanie Green (a),76-78-154 Karissa Kilby (a),77-78-155 Julianne Alvarez,74-81-155 Emma McMyler (a),74-81-155 Annika Sorenstam,74-81-155 Alyaa Abdul,81-74-155 Jeonghyun Lee (a),78-78-156 Alexandra Forsterling (a),80-77-157 Natsumi Hayakawa,81-76-157 Lauren Miller (a),80-77-157 Nika Ito (a),80-78-158 Malak Bouraeda (a),79-81-160 Blakesly Brock (a),80-81-161 Bailey Davis (a),87-74-161 Pauline Roussin,81-81-162 Gabby Lemieux,82-81-163 Ai Suzuki,78-W |
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