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Belmont, Mich. • Defending champion Lexi Thompson fought through back pain Friday to take the second-round lead in the Meijer LPGA Classic.
"It just came on last weekend and it was really bad today," Thompson said. "I'm not really one to complain about pain because I just fight through it, but yeah, it's hurting. I'm going to go and get a rubdown and see if it goes away."
Thompson shot a 4-under 67, rebounding from bogeys on 15 and 16 with birdies on the final two holes to reach 10-under 132.
"It was definitely important to come back from the two bogeys," Thompson said. "I just hit a few errant drives there toward the end and made bogeys, but I played 17 and 18 well." —
Friday's scores
LPGA • Meijer LPGA Classic
At Blythefield Country Club, Belmont, Mich.
Purse • $2 million | Yardage • 6,451 | Par: 71 (36-35)
(a-amateur)
Second Round
Lexi Thompson 65-67 — 132 -10
Alena Sharp 66-67 — 133 -9
Q Baek 66-67 — 133 -9
In Gee Chun 66-67 — 133 -9
So Yeon Ryu 66-67 — 133 -9
Amy Yang 67-67 — 134 -8
Minjee Lee 67-67 — 134 -8
Haru Nomura 67-67 — 134 -8
Jodi Ewart Shadoff 66-68 — 134 -8
Amelia Lewis 66-68 — 134 -8
Carlota Ciganda 65-69 — 134 -8
Sei Young Kim 65-69 — 134 -8
Nontaya Srisawang 70-65 — 135 -7
Xi Yu Lin 68-67 — 135 -7
Belen Mozo 67-68 — 135 -7
Lydia Ko 67-68 — 135 -7
Brooke M. Henderson 67-68 — 135 -7
Paula Reto 65-70 — 135 -7
Paula Creamer 70-66 — 136 -6
Lizette Salas 68-68 — 136 -6
Azahara Munoz 68-68 — 136 -6
Ilhee Lee 68-68 — 136 -6
Ashleigh Simon 68-68 — 136 -6
Shanshan Feng 68-68 — 136 -6
P.K. Kongkraphan 70-67 — 137 -5
Jing Yan 70-67 — 137 -5
Mi Jung Hur 70-67 — 137 -5
Danielle Kang 69-68 — 137 -5
Brittany Lincicome 69-68 — 137 -5
Moriya Jutanugarn 69-68 — 137 -5
Ariya Jutanugarn 68-69 — 137 -5
Jaclyn Jansen 66-71 — 137 -5
Anna Nordqvist 70-68 — 138 -4
Jessica Korda 69-69 — 138 -4