As it turns out, he was correct. Although several players will have to finish the second round this morning, no one is going to catch Jang for the 36-hole lead. (The photo comes from this LPGA.com article about last year's Q-School. The photo included on the LPGA's second round update page doesn't show her face as clearly.) Stacy Lewis, who led at the end of coverage, is now a full 4 shots back of the Korean rookie.
Frost has caused some morning delays in the first two rounds. According to the update page:
For those players not completing their rounds on Thursday, the resumption of round two will begin at 7:30 a.m. on Friday morning.
Projected starting times for round three will begin at 10:30 a.m off of the 1st and 10th tees.When the 120-player field is cut to 70 and ties today, the tournament should get back on schedule pretty easily.
While Jang sits atop the leaderboard at -12, the crowd behind her are mostly names you should know.
- As mentioned earlier, Stacy Lewis is at -8.
- Lydia Ko, now sporting contacts, sits at -7 with Azahara Munoz and Angela Stanford.
- Na Yeon Choi and Jessica Korda are at -6.
- Cristie Kerr, Mi Hyang Lee (2014 Mizuno Classic winner), Mirim Lee (2-win rookie from 2014), Pernilla Lindberg and So Yeon Ryu are at -4.
- Alena Sharp and Lexi Thompson are at -3.
GC isn't showing live coverage on Friday, which I suppose is okay because the leaders would be going off too late to make the broadcast window anyway. Instead, the third-round coverage will be broadcast from 8-10pm ET tonight. It looks like Saturday's coverage is going to be another live broadcast though, starting at 3pm ET.
So far this new tournament has made for a pretty good show. It looks to be a good weekend as well.
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