100,000 The International at Concord
BEAVER MEADOW GOLF COURSE, CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE
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SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
Par 144 (2x72). Yardage 6,260.
1 Saehee Son (Seoul, South Korea) 65-71 -
136
2 Misun Cho (Cheongju, South Korea) 73-64 -
137
Hanna Kang (Seoul, South Korea) 72-65 -
137
Jessica Shepley (Oakville, Ontario) 67-70 -
137
5 Min Seo Kwak (Seoul, South Korea) 70-68 -
138
Mo Martin (Altadena, Calif.) 69-69 -
138
Lauren Doughtie (Suffolk, Va.) 71-67 -
138
8 Sydnee Michaels (Temecula, Calif.) 72-68 -
140
Meredith Duncan (Shreveport, La.) 71-69 -
140
Carrie Riordan (Spring Valley, Ill.) 70-70 -
140
11 Jackie Barenborg (Vero Beach, Fla.) 73-68 -
141
Miriam Nagl (Berlin, Germany) 72-69 -
141
Veronica Felibert (Caracas, Venezuela) 68-73 -
141
Jennie Lee (Henderson, Nev.) 72-69 -
141
15 Jenny Suh (Fairfax, Va.) 70-72 -
142
Stephanie Connelly (Pasadena, Md.) 71-71 -
142
Nicole Smith (Riverside, Calif.) 72-70 -
142
Amy Eneroth (Spokane, Wash.) 74-68 -
142
Sophia Sheridan (Guadalajara, Mexico) 74-68 -
142
Leah Wigger (Louisville, Ky.) 74-68 -
142
21 Laura Kueny (Whitehall, Mich.) 77-66 -
143
Jessi Gebhardt (Chandler, Ariz.) 73-70 -
143
Ashley Prange (Noblesville, Ind.) 73-70 -
143
Gloriana Soto (San Jose, Costa Rica) 72-71 -
143
Tracy Stanford (Midland, Texas) 72-71 -
143
Juliana Murcia Ortiz (Bogota, Colombia) 71-72 -
143
27 Valentine Derrey (Paris, France) 75-69 -
144
Yu-Ling Hsieh (Chinese Taipei) 75-69 -
144
Seul Ki Park (Northbrook, Ill.) 73-71 -
144
Jenny Gleason (Clearwater, Fla.) 72-72 -
144
Janine Fellows (Houston, Texas) 67-77 -
144
Victoria Elizabeth (Dayton, Ohio) 71-73 -
144
Jane Rah (Torrance, Calif.) 72-72 -
144
Cara Freeman (San Tan Valley, Ariz.) 74-70 -
144
Stacey Miller (Bloomington, Ill.) 75-69 -
144
36 Karlin Beck (Pike Road, Ala.) 77-68 -
145
Stephanie Louden (Las Vegas, Nev.) 74-71 -
145
Kendall Dye (Edmond, Okla.) 73-72 -
145
Elisa Serramia (Barcelona, Spain) 73-72 -
145
Cathryn Bristow (Auckland, New Zealand) 71-74 -
145
Blair O'Neal (Tempe, Ariz.) 69-76 -
145
Courtney Mahon (Lee's Summit, Mo.) 72-73 -
145
Paz Echeverria (Santiago, Chile) 73-72 -
145
Eileen Vargas (Ibague, Colombia) 74-71 -
145
45 Mallory Fraiche (New Orleans, La.) 76-70 -
146
Sue Kim (Langley, British Columbia) 75-71 -
146
Rachel Connor (Manchester, England) 74-72 -
146
Tzu-Chi Lin (Chinese Taipei) 74-72 -
146
Sarah Brown (Lopatcong, N.J.) 74-72 -
146
Mallory Blackwelder (Versailles, Ky.) 73-73 -
146
Molly Aronsson (Shelburne, Vt.) 73-73 -
146
Lisa Ferrero (Lodi, Calif.) 72-74 -
146
Hannah Yun (Bradenton, Fla.) 72-74 -
146
Ayaka Kaneko (Honolulu, Hawaii) 69-77 -
146
Kylene Pulley (Kokomo, Ind.) 70-76 -
146
Ashley Knoll (The Woodlands, Texas) 72-74 -
146
Jamie Hullett (Mesquite, Texas) 73-73 -
146
58 Sara Maude Juneau (Quebec, Canada) 76-71 -
147
Victoria Park (Irvine, Calif.) 76-71 -
147
Ashley Sholer (Hamilton, Ontario) 75-72 -
147
Dawn Shockley (Estes Park, Colo.) 74-73 -
147
Christina Jones (Jensen Beach, Fla.) 74-73 -
147
Katie Kempter (Albuquerque, N.M.) 74-73 -
147
Whitney Neuhauser (Charlottesville, Va.) 72-75 -
147
Brittany Johnston (Akron, Ohio) 73-74 -
147
Natalie Sheary (West Hartford, Conn.) 72-75 -
147
Britney Choy (Wahiawa, Hawaii) 72-75 -
147
Ashley Medders (Alma, Ga.) 71-76 -
147
Nikki Hadd (Crestview, Fla.) 71-76 -
147
Pamela Ontiveros (Gomez Palacio, Mexico) 72-75 -
147
Benedikte Grotvedt (Nesbru, Norway) 72-75 -
147
Sandra Changkija (Orlando, Fla.) 73-74 -
147
Jodi Ewart (North Yorkshire, England) 72-75 -
147
Candace Schepperle (Birmingham, Ala.) 76-71 -
147
Lili Alvarez (Durango, Mexico) 77-70 -
147
Kathleen Ekey (Sharon Township, Ohio) 78-69 -
147
MISSED THE CUT
Danielle Mills (Pointe-Claire, Quebec) 77-71 - 148
Michelle Jarman (Wilmington, N.C.) 75-73 - 148
Inhong Lim (Seoul, South Korea) 75-73 - 148
Aimee Neff (Carmel, Ind.) 72-76 - 148
Stephanie Na (Adelaide, Australia) 73-75 - 148
Tanya Dergal (Durango, Mexico) 73-75 - 148
Stephanie Kim (Bayside, N.Y.) 73-75 - 148
Alison Whitaker (Melbourne, Australia) 74-74 - 148
Tiffany Tavee (Tempe, Ariz.) 75-73 - 148
Susan Choi (Natick, Mass.) 76-72 - 148
Marcela Leon (Monterrey, Mexico) 78-71 - 149
Susan Nam (Edmonton, Alberta) 78-71 - 149
Vanessa Vela (Bogota, Colombia) 79-70 - 149
Nicole Jeray (Berwyn, Ill.) 76-73 - 149
Lene Krog (Lier, Norway) 76-73 - 149
Laura Crawford (Lancaster, S.C.) 74-75 - 149
Olivia Jordan-Higgins (Channel Islands, UK) 74-75 - 149
Angela Oh (Maple Shade, N.J.) 73-76 - 149
Annie Brophy (Spokane, Wash.) 71-78 - 149
Daniela Iacobelli (Viera, Fla.) 73-76 - 149
Renee Skidmore (Everett, Wash.) 73-76 - 149
Lisa Maunu (St. Thomas, Ontario) 74-75 - 149
Elizabeth Dotson (White Bluff, Tenn.) 74-75 - 149
Laura Bavaird (Grosse Ile, Mich.) 76-73 - 149
Whitney Wade (Glasgow, Ky.) 76-73 - 149
Blair Lamb (Flat Rock, N.C.) 77-72 - 149
Maria Laura Elvira (Buenos Aires, Argentina) 77-72 - 149
Alexandra Casi (East Palestine, Ohio) 77-72 - 149
Cydney Clanton (Concord, N.C.) 79-70 - 149
Emma Jandel (Dayton, Ohio) 78-72 - 150
Kim Augusta (Rumford, R.I.) 75-75 - 150
Jutta Degerman (Kaunianinen, Finland) 74-76 - 150
Rachael Schmidt (Elk River, Minn.) 74-76 - 150
Macarena Silva (Santiago, Chile) 75-75 - 150
Briana Vega (Andover, Mass.) 77-73 - 150
Erica Moston (Belmont, Calif.) 78-73 - 151
Laura Nochta-Martin (Cortland, Ohio) 77-74 - 151
Melissa Eaton-Jackson (Port Shepstone, South Africa) 77-74 - 151
Marina Choi (Los Angeles, Calif.) 76-75 - 151
Kelly Lagedrost (Brooksville, Fla.) 75-76 - 151
Sofi Toccafondi (Del Viso, Argentina) 74-77 - 151
Heather Angell (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 75-76 - 151
Megan McChrystal (Stuart, Fla.) 75-76 - 151
Kelly Froelich (Raizeux, France) 74-77 - 151
Jenny Kim (Los Angeles, Calif.) 75-76 - 151
Tara Goedeken (Dodge City, Kan.) 77-74 - 151
Alexandria Buelow (a) (Palm City, Fla.) 77-74 - 151
Kirby Dreher (Fort St. John, Canada) 81-71 - 152
Kristen Simpson (Norfolk, Va.) 79-73 - 152
Carling Coffing (Middletown, Ohio) 75-77 - 152
Marlowe Boukis (Lutherville, Md.) 74-78 - 152
Stefanie Kenoyer (Lighthouse Point, Fla.) 80-72 - 152
Brittany Kelly (Fishers, Ind.) 76-77 - 153
Kimberly Kim (Hilo, Hawaii) 76-77 - 153
Noon Huachai (Bangkok, Thailand) 78-76 - 154
Lauren Hunt (Little River, S.C.) 76-78 - 154
Adrienne White (Red Deer, Alberta) 74-80 - 154
Xyra Suyetsugu (Honolulu, Hawaii) 76-78 - 154
Yi-Yu Cheng (Chinese Taipei) 75-80 - 155
Elise Swartout (Ann Arbor, Mich.) 78-77 - 155
Jean Bartholomew (Garden City, N.Y.) 78-77 - 155
Jean Chua (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) 81-74 - 155
Laura Jansone (Jurmala, Latvia) 80-76 - 156
Erika Malik (Hinsdale, Ill.) 80-77 - 157
Ashley Smith (Calgary, Alberta) 80-77 - 157
Lyndsay McBride (Elkhart, Ind.) 79-78 - 157
Selanee Henderson (Apple Valley, Calif.) 80-79 - 159
Robyn Kim (Cypress, Calif.) 82-77 - 159
Chelsea Curtis (New Seabury, Mass.) 76-83 - 159
Chelsea Demers (a) (Wilton, N.H.) 78-81 - 159
Caroline Park (Seoul, South Korea) 78-81 - 159
Jennifer Hong (Granger, Ind.) 81-78 - 159
Libby Smith (Essex Junction, Vt.) 75-85 - 160
CONCORD, New Hampshire – Saehee Son of Seoul, South Korea held on to her lead after the second round of The International at Concord in spite of carding a one-under 71.
Son (rhymes with own) hit 14 greens in regulation, but needed 31 putts in her tour around Beaver Meadow Golf Course. She holds a one-shot lead at 8-under 136 after two rounds.
“I’m a little bit frustrated,” she said. “I missed a lot of birdie chances today.”
Worse yet, the former LPGA Tour member sneaked peeks at the leaderboard and knew there were plenty of birdies dropping all around her.
Hot on her heels and moving into a tie for second at 7-under 137 were Jessica Shepley (70) of Oakville, Ontario, Hanna Kang (65) of Seoul, South Korea, and former Concord tournament winner Misun Cho (64) of Cheongju, South Korea.
Cho’s 8-under-par 64 today was as hot as the mid-90 temperatures scorching New England. The 2009 Concord tournament winner hit 16 greens in regulation and logged only 26 putts in her bogey-free round. Four of her eight birdie putts measured three feet or less.
“It felt so easy,” mused Cho, who won twice on the 2009 Futures Tour to finish third on the tour’s money list and earn full status on the 2010 LPGA Tour. “For some reason, even before I went out to play this morning, I could see myself making birdies and playing well. I have good memories here.”
Cho struggled with her health for most of 2010, not understanding why she lost 15 pounds and felt weak. Without health insurance Stateside, she waited until she went home to South Korea late last fall to get medical attention and when she did, she was diagnosed with hyperthyroidism. She also lost her LPGA Tour card, forcing her back out on the Futures Tour this season.
“It’s always your dream to play on the LPGA,” she said. “And that’s why I’m back here. Today was the first day [this season that] I felt like I played well.”
Shepley carded six birdies and two bogeys in her second solid day at Beaver Meadow. While the long hitter didn’t capitalize on the par-5s, she played the four par-3s at 3-under par and needed only 28 putts.
“I was trying to force it a little on the back nine, but I kept my cool,” said Shepley, looking for her first win south of the Canadian border. “There’s lots of golf left and I’m still definitely in contention.”
Fourth-year tour member Kang started on the back nine today and drained two birdies and an eagle-2 (on the par-4 12th hole) in her first four holes. She carded back-to-back bogeys on holes 15 and 16, but added another birdie on the 18th and then rolled in four consecutive birdies on holes 2 through 5.
Tied at 6-under 138 two shots off the lead are Lauren Doughtie (67) of Suffolk, Va., 2008 Concord tournament winner Mo Martin (69) of Altadena, Calif., and Min Seo Kwak (68) of Seoul, South Korea.
Twenty-six players are under par and 35 players are at even-par 144 or better after two rounds.
Seventy-six players made the 36-hole cut at 147 (+3).
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Weather: Sunny with temperatures in the mid-90s with wind from 5-10 mph.
Player’s Ball Lands On Bleachers, Fans Give Player A Hand
LPGA Futures Tour rookie Laura Jansone of Jurmala, Latvia has had her fair share of funky lies on the golf course, but one shot today on the 18th hole might get the prize for week’s most unusual ruling.
Jansone’s second shot flew into the bleachers (grandstand seating) behind the 18th green and came to rest beside a spectator sitting in the stands, so Futures Tour head rules official Kelly Wergin was summoned to make a ruling.
“I went to the bleachers and said, ‘Did you see my ball’ and a man said, ‘yeah, it’s right here,’” said Jansone. “I was looking under the bleachers, but then I saw my ball sitting right beside him on the seat. I was just laughing and I was like, ‘OK, now what do I do?’ And then all the guys stood up and moved the bleachers.”
Under the Rules of Golf’s Rule 24-1B, the ball came to rest on a moveable obstruction, and because the ball was lying on the obstruction, it did not have a resting place on the ground.
“So I had the spectator get up and the player lifted the ball,” said Wergin. “Then all the fans got up and they moved the bleacher backwards away from the green. The player dropped the ball as close to the point underneath where it was lying on the bleachers and then she was allowed to execute her shot.”
Jansone pulled out her 58-degree wedge for a lob shot and nearly holed out for birdie from the former bleacher location when her ball hit the hole and spun out to three feet. Unfortunately, she took bogey when she missed her putt for par.
“I still don’t know how my ball ended up there, but I’m glad it did because it would have been O.B. [out of bounds] if it had not landed in the bleachers,” said Jansone, who played college golf at East Tennessee State University.
Wergin admitted that she was surprised the ball stayed on the bleachers, but she has seen the same ruling used when errant shots came to rest on a spectator’s towel, chair and in a trash can.
“It’s not really an unusual ruling,” Wergin said. “It doesn’t happen very often, but once or twice a year, we run into it.”
And when it does, players can only hope their outcome from the bleachers will get the same rally of support by the gallery as Jansone’s shot.
Jane Blalock Makes Return Visit To Concord For Futures Tour Pro-Am
There was a familiar face in Concord earlier this week for the Thursday pro-am. Former LPGA champion Jane Blalock returned to Beaver Meadow Golf Course to play in the pro-am with Laconia Savings Vice President Dick Holden.
But this week’s return to Beaver Meadow was a nostalgic trip for Blalock, who won her first tournament here at age 13 as a nine-hole event, and a second tournament at Beaver Meadow at age 16 as an 18-hole tournament.
Blalock went on to play for 18 years on the LPGA Tour, winning 27 times, but the native of Concord and former resident of nearby Penacook jumped at the chance to play golf in her hometown with rising talent on the LPGA Futures Tour. The pro in her group was top-ranked Kathleen Ekey of Ohio.
“There’s a lot of talent out here this week and seeing it really brought me back to those early years,” said Blalock, now president and CEO of JBC Golf, which runs The Legends Tour for women professional 45 and over. “The energy was great and I had a blast.”
Blalock, who still competes in some Legends Tour events, enjoys playing when she can. And the competitive juices are still there, as evidenced by a 40-foot putt that Blalock drained during the pro-am.
When asked what her impression was of the tour’s top ranked player at the end of the day, Blalock smiled and looked across the table at Ekey.
“She knows what she’s doing and she’s so much better than I was at her age,” said Blalock. “These players’ fitness and swing mechanics are impressive and they hit the ball so solid. It’s great to see.”
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