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USA Today
9 hours ago
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- USA Today
Who leads the LPGA's Dow team event and which big names didn't make the weekend?
The duo Jennifer Kupcho of the U.S. and Leona Maguire of Ireland will take a one-shot lead into the weekend at the LPGA's team event, the Dow Championship. Those two teamed up for a 10-under 60 on Friday in the second round in the four-ball, or best ball, format at Midland Country Club. Their scorecard shows eight birdies and an eagle on the par-70 track. They are at 13 under overall, a shot better than Gemma Dryburgh and Cassie Porter. "The plan today was just to give ourselves as many chances as we could, try to get two chances on every hole. For the most part, we did that. It was nice to start off with a birdie and sort of an eagle very early on to get the ball rolling," Maguire said. "Jen made a nice birdie on 18 to sort of keep the momentum going through the turn." Kupcho won this event with Lizette Salas in 2022. "I think the partners certainly help. I think just in general I enjoy coming to Michigan, both Grand Rapids and here in Midland. I have two really great host families, and really both cities do a really good job of coming behind each event," she said. "I just really enjoy coming out here, enjoy the community and just having all the fans. It's always a great environment. So I love it here." Jeeno Thitikul and Ruoning Yin, the Dow defending champions, will make the weekend but they have work to do. The pairing is tied for 17th at 6 under. They shot 66 on Friday. Team Biggie Smalls, made up of Lexi Thompson and Megan Khang are tied for ninth, five shots off the lead. What's their favorite part of this unique event? "The unfiltered comments in between. That we'll keep to ourself," Khang said as the two laughed. "I think we really feed off each other really well. She has a great personality and keeps it lighthearted out there," Thompson said. "I'm probably more on the serious side of things, but I need that balance." "We have great banter," Khang said. "Yeah, I need that balance," Thompson reiterated. "And that's what makes us a great team." Teams who missed the cut at the 2025 Dow Championship There were 72 teams when the week started but just 37 will advance. The cut came in at 4 under and that left some interesting names out of the weekend chase: Maria Fassi/Stacy Lewis, 2 under Ariya Jutanugarn/Moriya Jutanugarn, 2 under Akie Kwai/Chisato Iwai, 1 under Danielle Kang/Lydia Ko, 1 under Haeran Ryu/Rose Zhang, 1 under
NBC Sports
9 hours ago
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- NBC Sports
College and Solheim Cup rivals Jennifer Kupcho and Leona Maguire lead LPGA's team event
Watch the best moments from the second round of the 2025 Dow Championship at Michigan's Midland Country Club. MIDLAND, Mich. — Jennifer Kupcho and Leona Maguire shot a 10-under 60 in better-ball play Friday to take the second-round lead in the Dow Championship, the LPGA Tour's only team event. The Solheim Cup rivals had a 13-under 127 total at Midland Country Club after opening with an alternate-shot 67 on Thursday. 'The plan today was just to give ourselves as many chances as we could, try to get two chances on every hole,' said Maguire, from Ireland and who attended Duke, while Kupcho went to Wake Forest. 'For the most part, we did that. It was nice to start off with a birdie and sort of an eagle very early on to get the ball rolling.' They had a one-stroke lead over Cassie Porter and Gemma Dryburgh, the first-round leaders who parred the final six holes in a 62. The teams will play another alternate-shot round Saturday, and close with a better-ball round Sunday. 'Lots of golf to go,' said Kupcho, the 2022 winner with fellow American Lizette Salas. 'I think just kind of staying where we're at and continuing what we're doing the best we can.' The teams of Sarah Schmelzel-Albane Valenzuela (61), Manon De Roey-Pauline Roussin-Bouchard (61) and and Yan Liu-Yahui Zhang (62) were 11 under. 'It was a great round,' Valenzuela said, 'I feel like I definitely feed off Sarah's energy. She makes it really easy for me on the course.' Lexi Thompson and Meghan Kang, tied for second after an opening 67, had a 65 to drop into a tie for ninth at 8 under. 'Fairways and greens, hole a few more putts,' Thompson said. 'That's the goal.' Defending champions Ruoning Yin and Jeeno Thitikul, both among the top five in the women's world ranking, were 6 under after a 66.
NBC Sports
12 hours ago
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- NBC Sports
Highlights: 2025 Dow Championship, Round 2
Watch the best moments from the second round of the 2025 Dow Championship at Michigan's Midland Country Club.
NBC Sports
a day ago
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- NBC Sports
Cassie Porter, Gemma Dryburgh lead LPGA's team event, with Lexi Thompson and Megan Khang one back
Watch the best moments from the first round of the 2025 Dow Championship at Michigan's Midland Country Club. MIDLAND, Mich. — Cassie Porter drove the green on a reachable par 4 and chipped in to start a streak of three straight birdies Thursday, teaming with Gemma Dryburgh in foursomes for a 4-under 66 to lead the Dow Championship in the LPGA Tour's only team event. The duo dropped only one shot and finished with six straight pars for a one-shot lead over six teams, including Lexi Thompson and Meghan Kang, and Leona Maguire and Jennifer Kupcho. The defending champions are Ruoning Yin and Jeeno Thitikul, both among the top five in the women's world ranking. They were among those two shots behind at 68. Dryburgh is a 32-year-old from Scotland, while Porter is a 22-year-old Australian in her rookie season on the LPGA Tour. They carefully picked out which holes for the longer Porter to start at Midland Country. 'Cassie hits it further than me, and I'm nice and down the middle usually,' Dryburgh said. 'We kind of picked the right holes for each other, and I think we gelled really well. We complemented each other really nicely.' Thompson, who has gone six years without an LPGA victory, and Khang had five birdies offset by two bogeys. 'I knew coming out here for alternate shot that we just had a make to a few birdies and pars were good,' Thompson said. 'Just tried to stay consistent and be patient.' Maguire and Kupcho had an early bogey and then played bogey-free with four birdies over the final 16 holes to join the large group at 67. For an alternate-shot format that can be stressful, Maguire and Kupcho kept it simple. Both are rarely out of position and consistently good putters. 'We don't get too aggressive on attacking pins,' Kupcho said. 'So we give ourselves lots of putts and kind of have our speed under control and kind of just make it easy on each other.' Kupcho teamed with Lizette Salas to win the 2022 event. The format switches to fourballs, which takes the lower score of each player on a hole, on Friday.
NBC Sports
2 days ago
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- NBC Sports
Highlights: 2025 Dow Championship, First Round
Watch the best moments from the first round of the 2025 Dow Championship at Michigan's Midland Country Club.
