Quotables

So Yeon Ryu, Rep. of Korea (131, -13), on what’s been the difference this week:

“I really like with my putting stroke right now. No matter I made it or not, I feel like my stroke is really great and my rhythm’s really great, so I really want to keep this tempo and rhythm for next weekend."

Su Oh, Australia, (134, -10), on her past few weeks of play:

“I think it’s good to sort of see that I can turn it around. It’s been quite a few, you know, steady weeks since San Fran and so I think it’s good that I’m consistently playing well. I didn’t feel like the last two days I absolutely like flushed every shot or I didn’t blitz the round, but I’m obviously playing well enough to, score well around the golf course.”

Sandra Gal, Germany (132, -12). on her improved putting:

"I started working with Cameron McCormick and we changed a couple subtle things in my game. Maybe not so subtle as changing my grip in my putting, left hand low, which has helped me a lot. And then with my swing, I'm hitting consistent fades, which is great. Just kind of feel like I trap the ball a little bit more. It's just giving me a lot of confidence."

Peiyun Chien, Chinese Taipei (136, -8) on her favorite things to do off the course:

"Eat good food and singing, yeah."

Notables

Rolex Rankings No. 6 So Yeon Ryu’s 36-hole score of 131 (-13) is her best mark since the 2017 Walmart NW Arkansas Championship, where she picked up her most recent win - she is making her 24th start this week since her last win

In her two previous starts at the Meijer LPGA Classic, Ryu, a five-time LPGA champion, finished fourth (2015) and sixth (2016)

Ryu’s best finish of the 2018 season is a fourth place result at the HUGEL-JTBC LA Open, one of two top-10s on the year

Ryu has held a share of the second-round lead eight times in her career, with two of those resulting in wins (2017 Walmart NW Arkansas Championship, 2014 CP Women’s Open)

Rolex Rankings No. 101 Sandra Gal’s second-round 64 matches her career-low round, and is her lowest round of the 2018 season; her 36-hole score of 132 (-12) is her second-lowest career mark

This is Gal’s seventh made cut in 12 starts in 2018; she’s coming off a season-best T5 finish at the ShopRite LPGA Classic

Rolex Rankings No. 133 Sakura Yokomine is making just her fourth start of the 2018 season this week, and is coming off a career-best runner-up finish at the ShopRite LPGA Classic

This is Yokomine’s third start at the Meijer LPGA Classic, she missed the cut in 2017 and was T47 in 2015

Rolex Rankings No. 46 Caroline Masson’s 36-hole score of 133 is her best mark since she went 69-64 at the 2013 Safeway Classic, where she went on to finish fifth

Masson is a perfect 13-for-13 in cuts made this season, with two top-10 finishes including season-best T7 finishes at both the LPGA MEDIHEAL Championship and the Kingsmill Championship

Rolex Rankings No. 174 Lee-Anne Pace has one LPGA victory at the 2014 Blue Bay LPGA and is a nine-time winner on the Ladies European Tour

In 10 LPGA starts this season, Pace has five made cuts with a season-best T39 at the Kia Classic – her last top-10 finish was T5 at the 2016 Fubon LPGA Taiwan Championship

Rolex Rankings No. 14 Anna Nordqvist’s 36-hole score of 134 is her best mark since she went 67-67–134 in 2017 at the Bank of Hope Founders Cup, where she went on to win

Rolex Rankings No. 80 Su Oh’s second-round 68 is her fifth straight round in the 60s; since the Kingsmill Championship in May she has 14 rounds under par in 16 rounds played

After the second round, defending champion Brooke Henderson is T32

Quotables and Notables - Round Two of Meijer LPGA Classic

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