Who is leading the 2024 LOTTE Championship after day 2? Leaderboard explored

The second round of the 2024 LOTTE Championship was completed on Thursday, November 7th, at Hoakalei Country Club in Hawaii. The competition remains tight, with four players tied for the top spot and seven others within three strokes of the lead.

A Lin Kim continued to lead the LOTTE Championship and tied with Yuri Yoshida, Nataliya Guseva, and Ruixin Liu. After the second round, the cut was made at 1 over and 77 players made it through.

2024 LOTTE Championship Day 2 Leaderboard

Below is the LOTTE Championship Day 2 Leaderboard. Players who made the cut are included:

T1 Yuri Yoshida -9
T1 Nataliya Guseva -9
T1 Ruixin Liu -9
T1 A Lim Kim -9
5 Ryann O'Toole -8
6 Auston Kim -7
T7 Nasa Hataoka -6
T7 Angel Yin -6
T7 Youmin Hwang -6
T7 Savannah Grewal -6
T7 Polly Mack -6
T12 Hyo Joo Kim -5
T12 Jin Young Ko -5
T12 Perrine Delacour -5
T15 Sophia Popov -4
T15 Grace Kim -4
T15 Pavarisa Yoktuan -4
T15 Frida Kinhult -4
T15 Yue Ren -4
T15 Jeongeun Lee5 -4
T21 Jodi Ewart Shadoff -3
T21 Pernilla Lindberg -3
T21 So Young Lee -3
T21 Brooke M. Henderson -3
T21 Ashleigh Buhai -3
T21 Jasmine Suwannapura -3
T21 Clariss Guce -3
T28 Sofia Garcia -2
T28 Annie Park -2
T28 Pauline Roussin-Bouchard -2
T28 Erika Hara -2
T28 Lindy Duncan -2
T28 Yu Jin Sung -2
T28 Gaby Lopez -2
T28 Liqi Zeng -2
T28 Kristen Gillman -2
T28 Arpichaya Yubol -2
T28 Ayaka Furue -2
T28 Robyn Choi -2
T28 Aline Krauter -2
T28 Amanda Doherty -2
T28 Emily Kristine Pedersen -2
T28 Yan Liu -2
T28 Gina Kim -2
T28 Bianca Pagdanganan -2
T46 Angela Stanford -1
T46 Morgane Metraux -1
T46 Xiaowen Yin -1
T46 Georgia Hall -1
T46 Sophia Schubert -1
T46 Kiira Riihijarvi -1
T46 Azahara Munoz -1
T46 Gurleen Kaur -1
T46 Stephanie Kyriacou -1
T55 Mao Saigo E
T55 Somi Lee E
T55 Hye-Jin Choi E
T55 Elizabeth Szokol E
T55 Malia Nam E
T55 Caroline Masson E
T55 Paula Reto E
T55 Olivia Cowan E
T55 Yu-Sang Hou E
T55 Yuna Nishimura E
T55 Muni He E
T66 Cheyenne Knight +1
T66 Minji Kang +1
T66 Celine Borge +1
T66 Laura Wearn +1
T66 Soo Bin Joo +1
T66 Kelly Tan +1
T66 Lauren Hartlage +1
T66 Laetitia Beck +1
T66 Alena Sharp +1
T66 Yu Liu +1
T66 Jennifer Song +1
T66 Hee Young Park +1

Yuri Yoshida and Nataliya Guseva both shot 5 under in the second round of the LOTTE Championship to move up six places to share the lead. Ruixin Liu joined them at 4 under, while A Lin Kim carded a round of 3 under.

The best score of the day, however, came from Nasa Hataoka, who carded a bogey-free eight birdies for an 8-under 64. This moved her up 81 places on the LOTTE Championship leaderboard and into a tie for seventh place.

Defending champion Grace Kim is tied for 15th place at 4 under. Two-time LOTTE Championship winner Brooke Henderson is tied for 21st at 3-under.

Among the players who didn't make the cut is major champion Danielle Kang, who is on the verge of losing her LPGA Tour card for next season.

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