LPGA Tour's Marathon Classic

Ha Na Jang continues to lead despite the pain

LPGA TOUR NEWS RELEASE

While the rest of her competitors in the LPGA Tour's Marathon Classic finished shots with two hands still on the club, Ha Na Jang finished every shot with one hand and still finished atop the leaderboard after 36 holes.
Jang’s back is bothering her enough that she would squat down to retrieve her ball from the hole and couldn’t hold onto the club with both hands on the follow through of any full swing shots. Nevertheless, she finished the round with a birdie and enters the third round with the overnight lead after a 4-under-par 67 Friday moved Jang to 9-under for the tournament.
“Body is a little bit tight, but my swing is very good because it’s just a one handed swing yesterday and today,” Jang said. “No pressure on impact.”
Jang’s also feeling no pressure with the lead either. She says her confidence is “100 percent right now,” and she managed to hit 14 greens Friday with only one hand on the club.
“I think today irons really good,” Jang said. “Just every hole was a birdie chance. Very easy.”
She’ll need more of the same though on the weekend to hold off a fellow hard charging rookie in Q Baek, who also shot a 4-under 67 Friday to move within two shots of Jang’s lead in second. Baek hasn’t contended in 2015 but she did win the LPGA KEB HanaBank Championship in her first ever LPGA start last fall, and she’s showed signs of gaining comfort out here with three consecutive finishes inside the top 32.
“Played last week at the U.S. Open with great players, and I learned a lot from them,” Baek said through a translator. “Had a good experience there. I have something that I am really focusing this week, so going into the weekend really, really looking forward to it.”
Shanshan Feng (67), Sarah Kemp (69) and Dewi Claire Schreefel (68) are all tied for third at 6-under-par.
Play for the second round was suspended at 7:34 pm due to lightning in the area, with 54 players still on the golf course. Play will resume Saturday morning at 7:30am. local time

SCOREBOARD
 par 142 (2x71)

1	Ha Na Jang	66	67						133
2	Q Baek	68	67						135
T3	Shanshan Feng	69	67						136
T3	Sarah Kemp	67	69						136
T3	Dewi Claire Schreefel	68	68						136
T6	Moriya Jutanugarn	71	66						137
T6	Caroline Masson	68	59						127
T6	Angela Stanford*	68	62						130
T6	Gerina Piller	69	54						123
T10	Austin Ernst	70	68						138
T10	Sei-Young Kim	68	70						138
T10	Alena Sharp	68	70						138
T10	Yani Tseng	71	57						128
T10	Wei-Ling Hsu*	67	59						126
T10	Lee-Anne Pace	67	53						120
T10	Lydia Ko*	71	52						123
T10	Inbee Park*	70	53						123
T18	Chella Choi	73	66						139
T18	Hyo-Joo Kim	71	68						139
T18	Brittany Lang	68	71						139
T18	Mi Hyang Lee	71	68						139
T18	Stacy Lewis	71	68						139
T18	Jenny Suh	70	69						139
T18	Lexi Thompson	72	67						139
T18	Kim Kaufman	71	58						129
T18	Cristie Kerr*	69	55						124
T18	Brittany Lincicome*	69	55						124
T28	Marina Alex	70	70						140
T28	Chie Arimura	71	69						140
T28	Xiyu Lin	73	67						140
T28	Mo Martin	72	68						140
T28	Haru Nomura	71	69						140
T28	Sakura Yokomine	72	68						140
T28	Alison Lee*	68	60						128
T28	Mirim Lee	68	54						122
T28	Azahara Munoz*	73	52						125
T37	Paula Creamer	71	70						141
T37	Birdie Kim	72	69						141
T37	So Yeon Ryu	72	69						141
T37	Sarah Jane Smith	70	71						141
T37	Nontaya Srisawang	73	68						141
T37	Minjee Lee	69	62						131
T37	Jenny Shin	68	63						131
T37	Mika Miyazato	71	52						123
T37	Jaye Marie Green*	69	53						122
T37	Amelia Lewis*	68	50						118
T37	Victoria Elizabeth*	71	43						114
T37	Dori Carter*	71	40						111
T49	Amy Anderson	68	74						142
T49	Eun-Hee Ji	71	71						142
T49	Ashleigh Simon	72	70						142
T49	Jennifer Song	70	72						142
T49	Katy Harris	74	63						137
T49	Min Lee*	71	59						130
T49	Candie Kung	69	52						121
T49	Jodi Ewart Shadoff*	71	48						119
T57	Carlota Ciganda	71	72						143
T57	Simin Feng	73	70						143
T57	Karine Icher	74	69						143
T57	Danielle Kang	72	71						143
T57	Jee Young Lee	72	71						143
T57	Ai Miyazato	71	72						143
T57	Belen Mozo	69	74						143
T57	Paula Reto	69	74						143
T57	Alison Walshe	73	70						143
T57	Kristy McPherson	74	64						138
T57	Elizabeth Nagel	73	65						138
T57	Brooke Pancake	71	67						138
T57	M.J. Hur	71	58						129
T57	Christina Kim	71	58						129
T57	Pernilla Lindberg*	69	62						131
T57	Natalie Gulbis*	72	52						124
T57	Joanna Klatten	69	49						118
T57	Karlin Beck*	70	43						113
75	Wendy Doolan	70	12:48 pm						70
T76	Marissa Dodd	74	70						144
T76	Nannette Hill	67	77						144
T76	Maria McBride	73	71						144
T76	Becky Morgan	72	72						144
T76	Ji Young Oh	75	69						144
T76	Ayako Uehara	74	70						144
T76	Danah Bordner*	71	69						140
T76	Sun Young Yoo*	70	62						132
T76	Stephanie Meadow*	73	44						117
T85	Laetitia Beck	73	72						145
T85	Laura Diaz	70	75						145
T85	Tiffany Joh	74	71						145
T85	Meena Lee	73	72						145
T85	Kelly Tan	71	74						145
T85	Lisa Ferrero*	71	70						141
T85	Jennifer Rosales	72	52						124
T85	Moira Dunn	73	43						116
T85	Felicity Johnson*	73	45						118
T85	Katie Burnett*	74	41						115
T95	Jacqui Concolino	73	73						146
T95	Jennifer Gleason	72	74						146
T95	Lauren Kim	74	72						146
T95	SooBin Kim	73	73						146
T95	Ally McDonald	72	74						146
T95	Marissa Steen	76	70						146
T95	Jackie Stoelting	72	74						146
T95	Kris Tamulis	73	73						146
T103	Sandra Changkija	72	75						147
T103	Haeji Kang	75	72						147
T103	Lisa McCloskey	75	72						147
T103	Thidapa Suwannapura	74	73						147
T103	Emma Talley*	76	52						128
T108	Celine Herbin	72	76						148
T108	Katherine Kirk	73	75						148
T108	Ryann O'Toole	75	73						148
T108	Kelly Shon	74	74						148
T108	Cheyenne Woods	71	77						148
T108	Kendall Dye	69	74						143
T108	Demi Runas	78	52						130
T108	Jing Yan	73	54						127
T108	Caroline Hedwall	75	44						119
T117	Yueer Cindy Feng	75	74						149
T117	P.K. Kongkraphan	75	74						149
T117	Marta Sanz Barrio	74	75						149
T117	Julie Yang	72	77						149
T121	Mallory Blackwelder	76	74						150
T121	Heather Bowie Young	75	75						150
T121	Ariya Jutanugarn	73	77						150
T121	Jennifer Kirby	74	76						150
T121	Sadena Parks	76	74						150
T121	Giulia Sergas*	80	47						127
T127	Maria Hernandez	77	74						151
T127	Cydney Clanton	77	49						126
T129	Sophia Popov	79	73						152
T129	Rebecca Lee-Bentham	80	47						127
T129	A.J. Eathorne	77	46						123
T132	Therese Koelbaek	76	77						153
T132	Morgan Pressel	77	76						153
T132	Louise Stahle	75	78						153
T132	Garrett Phillips	77	58						135
T136	Jane Rah	80	74						154
T136	Paz Echeverria	76	73						149
138	Paige Mackenzie	78	79						157
WD	Na Yeon Choi	WD
139	Jessica Korda	74	WD
140	Beatriz Recari	76	WD
T141	Silvia Cavalleri	77	WD
T141	Ju Young Park	77	WD
143	Line Vedel	78	WD