Who is leading the 2024 Walmart NW Arkansas Championship after Round 2: Leaderboard explored

The second round of the 2024 Walmart NW Arkansas Championship was played on Saturday, September 28, at Pinnacle Country Club. The cut line was set at 2 under and 77 players made it.

Ashleigh Buhai leads the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship after the first two rounds. Meanwhile, 13 players are within three shots of the leader.

2024 Walmart NW Arkansas Championship Round 2 Leaderboard

Below is the leaderboard for the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship after Round 2. Only players who made the cut are included:

1 Ashleigh Buhai -11
2 Dottie Ardina -10
T3 Arpichaya Yubol -9
T3 Nasa Hataoka -9
T3 Gaby Lopez -9
T3 Pajaree Anannarukarn -9
T7 Lauren Hartlage -8
T7 Jennifer Kupcho -8
T7 Sei Young Kim -8
T7 Linnea Strom -8
T7 Jeeno Thitikul -8
T7 Mao Saigo -8
T7 Olivia Cowan -8
T7 Minami Katsu -8
T15 Paula Reto -7
T15 Emma Talley -7
T15 Cheyenne Knight -7
T15 Lexi Thompson -7
T15 Kristen Gillman -7
T15 Yuna Nishimura -7
T15 Maria Marin (a) -7
T15 Liqi Zeng -7
T15 Maria Fassi -7
T15 Jasmine Suwannapura -7
T25 Lucy Li -6
T25 Pernilla Lindberg -6
T25 Gurleen Kaur -6
T25 Grace Kim -6
T25 Robyn Choi -6
T25 Wei-Ling Hsu -6
T25 A Lim Kim -6
T25 Polly Mack -6
T25 Stephanie Kyriacou -6
T25 Gemma Dryburgh -6
T25 Jenny Shin -6
T25 Megan Khang -6
T25 Yu Liu -6
T38 Nicole Broch Estrup -5
T38 Gabriela Ruffels -5
T38 Benedetta Moresco -5
T38 Yealimi Noh -5
T38 Celine Boutier -5
T38 Auston Kim -5
T38 Jing Yan -5
T38 Jin Hee Im -5
T38 Jodi Ewart Shadoff -5
T38 Carlota Ciganda -5
T48 Madelene Sagstrom -4
T48 Laura Wearn -4
T48 Maude-Aimee LeBlanc -4
T48 Amy Yang -4
T48 Maja Stark -4
T48 Weiwei Zhang -4
T54 Mina Harigae -3
T54 Peiyun Chien -3
T54 Lindy Duncan -3
T54 Kiira Riihijarvi -3
T54 Ally Ewing -3
T54 Sandra Gal -3
T54 Stacy Lewis -3
T54 Aline Krauter -3
T62 Nanna Koerstz Madsen -2
T62 Amanda Doherty -2
T62 Lindsey Weaver-Wright -2
T62 Jennifer Chang -2
T62 Lilia Vu -2
T62 Gina Kim -2
T62 Hee Young Park -2
T62 Leona Maguire -2
T62 Georgia Hall -2
T62 Celine Borge -2
T62 Mi Hyang Lee -2
T62 Min Lee -2
T62 Emily Kristine Pedersen -2
T62 Savannah Grewal -2
T62 Minji Kang -2
T62 Kaitlyn Papp Budde -2

Ashleigh Buhai carded a seven-birdie, one-bogey, double-bogey performance in the second round of the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship. Jennifer Kupcho and Lauren Hartlage both carded seven-under rounds to climb 56 places up the leaderboard to T7.

Arpichaya Yubol climbed 24 places to T3 after a second round of six under par. First-round leader Jasmine Suwannapura dropped 14 places after carding a 1-over on Saturday.

Several big names failed to make the cut at the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship. They include Solheim Cup star Lauren Coughlin and American vice-captains Angela Stanford and Brittany Lincicome. Captain Stacy Lewis also competed and made the cut.

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