Stephanie Meadow was the only Irish player to make the cut at the Lotte Championship as both Leona Maguire and Lauren Walsh missed out.
Thailand’s Jeeno Thitikul and Germany’s Polly Mack each birdied the final hole to share the lead on 12 under par in Honolulu.
Meadow finished on three under par after a 71, with Maguire and Walsh outside the cut at one under.
Thitikul logged four birdies on the front nine and three on the back nine to complete her second consecutive bogey-free round.
“I don’t even know how I can do it out there,” Thitikul said of avoiding error. “I mean, like definitely I hit more (greens on Friday).
“But obviously I do have some ups and downs (that are) not quite easy. Just lucky like momentum-wise that I’m not (falling) off (after) 36 holes.”
As for the way she ended the round, by sinking a mid-range birdie putt, Thitikul said, “Finishing with a birdie, it’s a sweet dream coming in the night.”
Mack, one of the last players on the course, also has yet to make a bogey through the first half of the tournament.
Like Thitikul, she posted four birdies before the turn on Friday and three the rest of the way.
Additional reporting: Reuters