US Women’s Open 2015: Friday Leaderboard Scores and LPGA Highlights

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Published: July 11, 2015

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After first-round play at the U.S. Women's Open was suspended Thursday due to severe weather, an action-packed round-and-change was completed Friday at Lancaster Country Club in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. 

While tougher course conditions resulted in fewer rounds in the red, they also helped separate contenders from pretenders on Day 2.  

With a slew of prime-time contenders chasing Amy Yang as the weekend arrives, we're here to break down how the tournament's most notable names fared Friday. 

But before breaking down the day's action, take a gander at the championship leaderboard following the conclusion of 36 holes. 



The star of the show was Yang, who surged to the top of the leaderboard with a four-under effort that pushed her two-day total to seven-under with an opening-round 67 already under her belt. 

Yang's first birdie of the day came on the par-four fourth, as she calmly rolled in a downhill putt: 



Yang then rattled off four straight birdies on the back nine, and she capped off that stretch by making a three on the par-four 14th, as the USGA relayed on Twitter: 



Marina Alex—a first-round co-leader along with Karrie Webb and Jane Park—showed tremendous resolve after bogeying the par-four fifth and posting a double-bogey on the par-five 13th. While she was temporarily sitting at three-over for the day, Alex recovered beautifully and notched birdies on the par-four 14th and 16th. 

Alex no longer occupies a share of the lead with her opening-round 66 being a thing of the past, but some serious resiliency put her in contention entering the weekend.

"This place is spectacular," Alex said of Lancaster Country Club following Thursday's round, according to ESPN.com's Bill Fields. "It's a very traditional northeast-style course, definitely what I was used to g...
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