Stephanie Meadow misses cut in New Jersey as Dani Holmqvist retains LPGA Classic lead

Stephanie Meadow missed the cut at the ShopRite LPGA Classic after a second-round 72 saw her drop to four over par.

Starting on the back nine in New Jersey, back-to-back bogeys on the 15th and 16h holes left Meadow with a mountain to climb. The County Down golfer birdied her penultimate hole but it was not enough to progress to the final day of the 54-hole event.

Dani Holmqvist remains top of the leaderboard after the Swede followed up her first-round 64 with a four-under 67 on Saturday. She carded seven birdies and three bogeys to move onto 11-under, one stroke ahead of South Korea's Hyo Joo Kim, who posted a second-round 65.

Holmqvist finds herself leading after 36 holes for the first time since the 2020 AIG Women's Open. However, things quickly took a turn for the worst at that event, and Holmqvist ended up finishing tied for 29th.

"I hope it turns out better than it did that time," said Holmqvist. "You know, I think there are so many good and talented players in this field, and it's going to be low scores. The only thing I can do is try to do the best that I possibly can and, hopefully, that's enough."

Kim stayed in contention by racking up eight birdies against a pair of bogeys on Saturday. South African Ashleigh Buhai was equally as impressive, notching seven birdies and a bogey en route to a six-under 65 that kept her in third place.

Brianna Do had seven birdies during a bogey-free showing, giving her the low round of the day at 64. She skyrocketed on the leaderboard, moving up 49 spots into a six-way tie for fourth.

Joining Do in fourth are Finland's Matilda Castren, AtthayaThitikul of Thailand, German Chiara Noja, South Korea's Jenny Shin and Yan Liu of China.

Defending champion Brooke M Henderson of Canada shot a 70 on