A second round 84 by England's 75 time LET winner, Laura Davies, is projected to leave her on the outside the cut at the LPGA Tour Championship at Grand Cypress Golf Club in Orlando on Friday.
With second round play suspended until Saturday the final listing for the weekend is not yet complete.
Having shot an opening round of 70 Davies was only three shots off the lead on Thursday night but after a birdie on the her second hole on Friday - the par five 11th - Davies then went on to bogey 12, 13, 16 and 17 with a triple bogey on the par four 14th to make the turn in 42 shots.
On the back nine Davies suffered a similar fate with a birdie on the 2nd the best news of the day as it was followed by bogey on holes 5 and 8, a double on the 7th and then a triple bogey on the 9th to finish in 42 shots - for a total of 84.
Amy Yang of Korea held the overnight lead at 7-under-par 137 on Friday after play was suspended and there are twenty-eight players who will complete their second rounds on Saturday when the field will be cut to the low 70 players and ties.
Yang began her day in at the Grand Cypress Golf Club, where temperatures once again ranged from the low 50s to the low 60s, with a birdie on the par-5 second hole. Yang struggled through the rest of her front-nine, with three bogeys before making the turn. She then went on to card four birdies, including one on the par-4 18th. Yang's first-round co-leader Seon Hwa Lee ended the day four-under-par 140 and is currently tied for second with Maria Hjorth, who moved up from a tie for 10th.
Yang finds herself in uncharted waters heading into the weekend at the LPGA Tour Championship. Yang, who held the first-round lead with Seon Hwa Lee, has never led an LPGA tournament.
"I'm just trying to play it safe, play against par," Yang said.
Yang won the 2006 ANZ Ladies Masters when she was just sixteen, becoming the youngest winner in Ladies European Tour (LET) history. Her career-best on the LPGA is a tie for third at the 2009 CVS/pharmacy LPGA Challenge, where she carded a career-low 66 in the final round. She has recorded five top-10 finishes so far in 2010, the most top-10 finishes in her LPGA career.
Yang was recently inspired by a visit to the World Golf Hall of Fame as part of the LPGA Road Trip Driven by Monaco RV/Alliance Coach. “I saw all the players, saw their pictures and their lockers,” Yang said. “It made me want to be there one day in the picture.”
Cristie Kerr is in the running for two season-ending awards, Vare Trophy and Rolex Player of the Year. But instead of focusing on awards and adding additional pressure to her day, she's taking the LPGA Tour Championship one putt at a time. "You would be lying if you said you didn't care about it," Kerr admitted. "But I've got a job to do on every shot and I'm just trying to take care of that, and you know, try to roll the rock, make some putts."
Five players – Yani Tseng, Ai Miyazato, Na Yeon Choi, Cristie Kerr and Jiyai Shin – all have a chance to become the 2010 Rolex Player of the Year this week. With the second round in an overnight suspension, here is where they stand:
Juli Inkster carded the third hole-in-one of her LPGA career during the second round of the LPGA Tour Championship. She used an 8-iron from 149 yards to record the ace.
