Who is leading the 2024 Buick LPGA Shanghai after day 2? Leaderboard explored

The second round of the 2024 Buick LPGA Shanghai was played on Friday, October 11 at Qizhong Garden Golf Club. As a limited-field tournament, the customary cut was not made after 36 holes.

Sei Young Kim continues to lead the Buick LPGA Shanghai, now at 12-under and just one stroke behind the provisional runner-up.

2024 Buick LPGA Shanghai Day 2 Leaderboard

Here is the Buick LPGA Shanghai leaderboard after the second round. Only the top 50 are included:

1 Sei Young Kim -12
T2 Mao Saigo -11
T2 Lucy Li -11
4 Minjee Lee -10
5 Yealimi Noh -9
T6 Ruoning Yin -8
T6 Nasa Hataoka -8
T6 Pajaree Anannarukarn -8
T6 Paula Reto -8
T6 Haruka Morita -8
T6 Jeeno Thitikul -8
T6 Alexa Pano -8
T6 Angel Yin -8
T6 Celine Boutier -8
T15 Anna Nordqvist -7
T15 Yanhong Pan -7
T17 Gaby Lopez -6
T17 Caroline Inglis -6
T17 Xiyu Lin -6
T17 Leona Maguire -6
T21 Hye-Jin Choi -5
T21 Auston Kim -5
T21 Yu Liu -5
T21 Muni He -5
T25 Nataliya Guseva -4
T25 Patty Tavatanakit -4
T25 Mary Liu -4
T25 Ruixin Liu -4
T25 Arpichaya Yubol -4
T25 Weiwei Zhang -4
T25 Moriya Jutanugarn -4
T25 Peiyun Chien -4
T33 Hira Naveed -3
T33 A Lim Kim -3
T33 Jin Hee Im -3
T33 Lauren Hartlage -3
T33 So Mi Lee -3
T33 Miranda Wang -3
T33 Mi Hyang Lee -3
T40 Esther Henseleit -2
T40 Xiaowen Yin -2
T40 Minami Katsu -2
T40 Nicole Broch Estrup -2
T40 Wei-Ling Hsu -2
T40 Chanettee Wannasaen -2
T46 Ashleigh Buhai -1
T46 Kristen Gillman -1
T46 Yuai Ji -1
T46 Aditi Ashok -1
T46 Shuying Li -1
T46 Ssu-Chia Cheng -1
T46 Bailey Tardy -1

Sei Young Kim carded three birdies and a bogey in the second round of the Buick LPGA Shanghai to remain in first place. The Korean is in the lead for the second day in a row after setting a new course and event record with a 10-under 62 on Thursday.

The Buick LPGA Shanghai leader had this to say about her day's play to the LPGA Tour News Service(via LPGA):

“I mean, it wasn't like yesterday. Kind of a little struggle with my putting...I made last two holes strong finish. I'm very happy with that. So, yeah, I'll practice a little bit and looking forward to next two days."

The best score of the second round belongs to Mao Saigo, who carded eight birdies and one bogey for a 7-under 65 to move up 13 places to second. Celine Boutier dropped four places to T6 after an even-par 72 on Friday.

Defending champion Angel Yin is one of the players in a share of sixth place on eight-under, just four shots off the lead.

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