Conditions turned windy Friday at the LPGA’s Meijer Classic but that didn’t bother 36-hole leader Jennifer Kupcho.
Kupcho followed up her opening 63 with a five-under par 67 on day two and took the halfway lead at 14-under par.
She’s two in front of world No. 2 Nelly Korda at the Blythefield Country Club.
“It’s really windy out here,” Kupcho said after remaining bogey-free for 36 holes. “I don’t recall it being this windy the last couple years, so this is definitely interesting, definitely a challenge. You definitely have to use your brain a lot.”
Korda holed out from 82 yards for eagle on the par-five 14th and turned in a bogey-free 65. She’s making her second start since returning from a four-month break because of a blood clot in her left arm.
“It spun right back into the hole,” Korda said about the eagle. “Not many people saw it. It was that part of the golf course that no one really saw, but it was fun.”
Kupcho won the Chevron at Mission Hills in the California desert in early April for her first LPGA Tour victory. On Friday, she parred the first eight holes, finally breaking through on the par-five 18th.
“I didn’t really expect a whole lot coming out here today,” Kupcho said. “Set a pretty low bar for myself, so to come out and play well, it was nice to see.”
