Rohanna, Lopez miss cut by one stroke
As Rachel Rohanna and Lee Lopez improved their play in Thursday鈥檚 second round, the projected cut line for the inaugural LPGA Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational lowered.
Rohanna and Lopez finished better ball play with a 5-under 65, but missed the cut at the top 35 and ties by one stroke after a two-round total of 3-under 137. The pair shot 2-over 72 in Wednesday鈥檚 alternate shot format.
Nine teams finished at 4-under to make the cut.
French teammates Celine Boutier and Karine Icher, Northern Ireland鈥檚 Stephanie Meadow and Italian Giulia Molinaro, and Americans Morgan Pressel and Paula Creamer share the lead after the second round at 10-under 130.
鈥淲e both played well. We both missed a few that could鈥檝e easily gone in, but just wasn鈥檛 our week,鈥� said Rohanna. 鈥淏ut yes, we could鈥檝e very easily been 5-under. It鈥檚 best ball, so that鈥檚 more than likely going to happen. Just lots of birdies.鈥�
Rohanna and Lopez shot 2-over 72 in Thursday鈥檚 alternate shot, taking some time to warm to the format.
鈥淚t definitely took us a few holes yesterday to realize we needed to play for the other person, but so glad we played together,鈥� said Rohanna. 鈥淚t鈥檚 also hard seeing your playing partner struggle when you know it鈥檚 up to their game just as much as yours to make money.
鈥淲e had a ton of fun! I kinda feel like we were the local favorites, too. We had a nice cheering section and I didn鈥檛 hear anyone else鈥檚 team being chanted, so that was cool!鈥�
Rohanna stays on the road next week, traveling to Rochester, N.Y., for the Symetra Tour鈥檚 Danielle Downey Credit Union Classic.
鈥淚鈥檝e played 12 tournaments, one U.S. Open qualifier and about 15 pro-ams since May 6, not bad,鈥� said Rohanna.