At the end of round two, scores were all over the place today as players scored as low as 5-under-par 67 and as high as 14-over-par 86, and yesterday’s top scorer German Sandra Gal found herself in the red with 8-over-par 80 which took her from first (3-under-par 69) to tied for 25th. Another top ten player that has dropped to 25th place was Michelle Wie at 5-over-par 149. Though it may have seemed she might have been on course to possibly win her first major, you can never tell after just one round.
Currently occupying the leaderboard are Scotland’s Catriona Matthew, who carded two consecutive eagles, and Italy’s Giulia Sergas, tied for first with 3-under-par 141. Both shot 5-under par today. Yani Tseng who lost out to Jiyai Shin by three strokes last year for the championship has moved into 5th place, tied wtih Christina Kim and Kyeong Bae at even-par 144. Recent Evian Masters winner Ai Miyazato is currently tied for 11th with Angela Stanford and Jane Park at 2-over-par 146. Last year’s champion Jiyai Shin is currently tied for 17th at 4-over-par 148. And Team VTech’s Becky Morgan is tied for 42nd with 7-over-par 151.(2004 champion Karen Stupples posted a five-over-par 77 and was 15-over-par, unable to move forward.)
Seventy-one players made the cut and we’ll watch how the weather and the players do this last major of the 2009 season plays out. Keep it here on VTech: Inside the Ropes.