Meadow narrowly misses cut at Dana Open

Stephanie Meadow finished one shot outside the cut at the Dana Open where Annie Park fired the low round of the day to sit top of the leaderboard at eight-under par.

Starting on the back nine, she reeled off four successive birdies to move to two-under at the turn.

After her opening round 73, the Jordanstown native looked well placed to make the weekend action. However bogeys at the third and seventh resulted in a 69 and meant the 31-year-old finished on level par, one shot outside the cut.

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Lauren Walsh also missed the cut, carding a 71 to finish on two-over par in Sylvania, Ohio.

Park however is the player to catch after a blistering 63.

She started her round at Highland Meadows Golf Club on the back nine and made a five-birdie run from the par-5 18th hole to the par-4 fourth. She finished the day with eight birdies and no bogeys to get to 11-under 131 for a two-shot lead.

"I always say if I hit some really good shots just fairways and greens and putt well any course is my course," Park said with a laugh.

The 28-year-old from Long Island has one career victory back in 2018, but she has made only four cuts this year in 11 starts.

Allisen Corpuz, Linn Grant of Sweden and Thailand's Jaravee Boonchant are tied for second at nine-under.

Corpuz posted a 67 Thursday and a 66 Friday to build off her breakthrough victory at last week's US Women's Open. The 25-year-old from Hawaii is bogey-free through two rounds.

"Really just been focusing on energy levels and trying to get some rest," Corpuz said. "But everything's felt like it's been really solid and, yeah, been hitting some really good shots."

Grant and Boonchant were co-leaders after the first round and each followed their rounds of 64 Thursday with a 69.

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