Stephanie Meadow was the only Irish player to make the cut at the Lotte Championship as both Leona Maguire and Lauren Walsh missed out.<\/p>\n
Thailand’s Jeeno Thitikul and Germany’s Polly Mack each birdied the final hole to share the lead on 12 under par in Honolulu.<\/p>\n
Meadow finished on three under par after a 71, with Maguire and Walsh outside the cut at one under.<\/p>\n
Thitikul logged four birdies on the front nine and three on the back nine to complete her second consecutive bogey-free round.<\/p>\n
“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).<\/p>\n
“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.”<\/p>\n
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.”<\/p>\n
Mack, one of the last players on the course, also has yet to make a bogey through the first half of the tournament.<\/p>\n
Like Thitikul, she posted four birdies before the turn on Friday and three the rest of the way.<\/p>\n
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