Manulife Financial Preview, Pairings & Discussion

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Before I get started with this week's tournament, let me congratulate Stacy Lewis for winning the ShopRite LPGA Classic. Stacy won it in style, pulling away at the end and winning by six strokes. It was the 4th consecutive win by an American player, and 6th in the last 7 tournaments. It was the 8th U.S. win of the young season. It will be much more difficult to keep that streak going this week as 2014 winners Paula Creamer, Lexi Thompson, Jessica Korda, and Lizette Salas will not be in attendance.

This week the tour makes its way to Waterloo, Canada for the playing of the Manulife Financial LPGA Championship. Hee young Park won this event in 2013, with a very exciting playoff win over Angela Stanford. You can expect lots of birdies this week as Park and Stanford both shot 26 under par. You would think that playing par golf this week is not going to be good enough, as the cut last year was -3.

This will be tournament #14 of 32 on the LPGA schedule this year.

Here are the key details:

TONY'S LPGA REPORT: Manulife Financial LPGA Classic Preview & Pairings

 

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The pairings for the first 2 rounds have now been posted:

TONY'S LPGA REPORT: Manulife Financial LPGA Classic Preview & Pairings

 

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Here are the leaders after round 1:

1 Michelle Wie -6
1 Hee Young Park-6
3 Shanshan Feng-5
4 Cristie Kerr-4
4 Xi Yu Lin-4
6 Kristy McPherson-3
6 Jacqui Concolino-3
6 Alejandra Llaneza -3
6 Paz Echeverria -3
6 Haru Nomura -3
6 Jee Young Lee -3
6 Moira Dunn-3
6 Belen Mozo-3
6 Marina Alex-3
6 Sarah Kemp-3
6 So Yeon Ryu-3
6 Na Yeon Choi-3

For full results and live scoreboard;
TONY'S LPGA REPORT: Manulife Financial LPGA Classic Preview & Pairings

 

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Here are the leaders after round #2:

1 Hee Young Park-11
1 Shanshan Feng-11
3 Michelle Wie-10
4 Anna Nordqvist-9
5 Xi Yu Lin-8
6 Inbee Park -7
6 Belen Mozo-7
6 Na Yeon Choi-7
6 So Yeon Ryu-7
10 Kristy McPherson-6
10 Jacqui Concolino-6
10 Cristie Kerr-6
10 Caroline Masson-6
10 Marina Alex-6
10 Jee Young Lee -6

For full results and live scoreboard;
TONY'S LPGA REPORT: Manulife Financial LPGA Classic Preview & Pairings

 

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Here are the leaders after round 3:

1 Shanshan Feng-15
2 Inbee Park -13
2 Michelle Wie-13
4 Cristie Kerr-12F
5 Lydia Ko-11
5 Anna Nordqvist-11F
7 Candie Kung-10
7 Na Yeon Choi-10
7 Belen Mozo-10

For full results and live scoreboard;

TONY'S LPGA REPORT: Manulife Financial LPGA Classic Preview & Pairings

 

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Here are the final scores:

1 Inbee Park -23F
2 Cristie Kerr-20
3 Shanshan Feng-18
4 Belen Mozo-16F
4 Lydia Ko-16
6 Stacy Lewis-15
6 Michelle Wie-15
8 Chella Choi-14
8 Suzann Pettersen-14
10 Caroline Masson-13
10 So Yeon Ryu-13
10 Hee Young Park-13
10 Anna Nordqvist-13

For full results and live scoreboard;

TONY'S LPGA REPORT: Manulife Financial LPGA Classic Preview & Pairings