Meadow just outside the top 10 at Lotte Championship

Hyo Joo Kim leads by three shots at LPGA Tour event in Hawaii

Stephanie Meadow. Photograph: Katelyn Mulcahy/Getty
Stephanie Meadow. Photograph: Katelyn Mulcahy/Getty

Northern Ireland's Stephanie Meadow is just outside the top 10 at the midpoint of the Lotte Championship in Ewa Beach, Hawaii.

Meadow shot rounds of 71 and 70 to lie on three under, seven shots off the lead of South Korea's Hyo Joo Kim.

Australia's Sarah Kemp holds second place at seven under following a 69.

Thailand’s Ariya Jutanugarn (second-round 68) and South Korea’s Haeji Kang (70) are tied for third at six under.

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Two South Koreans, A Lim Kim (67) and Na Rin An (67), share fifth place at five under.

The group tied for seventh at four under features Janie Jackson (72), India's Aditi Ashok (73), Scotland's Gemma Dryburgh (73) and South Korea's Hye-Jin Choi (70).

Ireland's Leona Maguire made the cut and is tied 48th on two over after rounds of 71 and 75.

Collated scores

(USA unless stated, Par 72):
134 Hyo-Joo Kim (Kor) 67 67
137 Sarah Kemp (Aus) 68 69
138 Ariya Jutanugarn (Tha) 70 68, Hae-Ji Kang (Kor) 68 70
139 A-Lim Kim (Kor) 72 67, Nam-Rin Ant (Kor) 71 68
140 Aditi Ashok (Ind) 67 73, Janie Jackson 68 72, Hye-Jin Choi (Kor) 70 70, Gemma Dryburgh (Sco) 67 73
141 Som-Mi Lee (Kor) 71 70, Ryann O’Toole 72 69, Cheyenne Knight 70 71, Stephanie Meadow (NIrl) 71 70, Hinako Shibuno (Jpn) 71 70, Andrea Lee 71 70
142 Brianna Do 72 70, Ind-Gee Chun (Kor) 72 70, Hannah Green (Aus) 66 76, Jeong-Eun Lee (Kor) 71 71, Ashleigh Buhai (Rsa) 71 71, Min Lee (Tai) 69 73, Stephanie Kyriacou (Aus) 71 71, Allisen Corpuz 70 72
143 Chella Choi (Kor) 70 73, Perrine Delacour (Fra) 71 72, Alison Lee 67 76, Pernilla Lindberg (Swe) 71 72, Dana Finkelstein 72 71, Kelly Tan (Mal) 71 72, Emily Kristine Pedersen (Den) 74 69, Isabell Gabsa (Ger) 71 72
144 Lydia Ko (Nzl) 69 75, Megan Khang 72 72, Paula Reto (Rsa) 71 73, Jodi Ewart (Eng) 67 77, Ayaka Furue (Jpn) 71 73, Dewi Weber (Ned) 70 74
145 Celine Boutier (Fra) 71 74, Georgia Hall (Eng) 70 75, Gaby Lopez (Mex) 68 77, Esther Henseleit (Ger) 75 70, Lindsey Weaver-Wright 71 74, Albane Valenzuela (Swi) 70 75, Atthaya Thitikul (Tha) 71 74, Ruixin Liu (Chn) 71 74, Mi-Hyang Lee (Kor) 72 73
146 Leona Maguire (Irl) 71 75, Jennifer Kupcho 74 72, Matilda Castren (Fin) 74 72, Yu Liu (Chn) 74 72, Wichanee Meechai (Tha) 74 72, Emma Talley 75 71, Lilia Vut 73 73, Sophia Schubert 75 71, Gerina Piller 74 72, Maria Fassi (Mex) 70 76, Ana Belac (Slo) 75 71, Annie Park 73 73, Frida Kinhult (Swe) 74 72, Ssu-Chia Cheng (Tai) 71 75
147 Harukyo Nomura (Jpn) 74 73, Yuka Saso (Jpn) 73 74, Anna Nordqvist (Swe) 70 77, Yealimi Noh 77 70, Su-Hyun Oh (Aus) 74 73, Brittany Altomare 70 77, Amy Olson 76 71, Lauren Stephenson 75 72, Jennifer Coleman 72 75, Giulia Molinaro (Ita) 74 73, Charlotte Thomas (Eng) 72 75, Linnea Johansson (Swe) 70 77, Bianca Pagdanganan (Phi) 70 77, Yu-Sang Hou (Tai) 71 76, Dottie Ardina (Phi) 72 75, Anne van Dam (Ned) 71 76
The following players missed the Cut:
148 Pajaree Anannarukarn (Tha) 75 73, Thidapa Suwannapura (Tha) 75 73, Carlota Ciganda (Spa) 76 72, Casey Danielson 75 73, Maude-Aimee Leblanc (Can) 75 73, Marissa Steen 74 74, Savannah Vilaubi 75 73, Brooke Matthews 74 74, Maddie Szeryk (Can) 73 75, Celine Palomar-Herbin (Fra) 73 75
149 Wei Ling Hsu (Tai) 73 76, Jenny Shin (Kor) 77 72, Lauren Coughlin 73 76, Peiyun Chien (Tai) 75 74, Olivia Cowan (Ger) 76 73, Jessica Peng (Tai) 74 75
150 Eun-Hee Ji (Kor) 76 74, Brittany Lincicome 72 78, Cristie Kerr 74 76, Amanda Doherty 74 76, Allison Emrey 76 74, Ruoning Yin (Chn) 79 71, Lauren Kim 72 78, Jennifer Chang 76 74, Agathe Laisne (Fra) 74 76, Kaitlyn Papp 74 76, Nicole Broch Estrup (Den) 73 77, Gina Kim 73 77, Karis Davidson (Aus) 76 74, Lindy Duncan 74 76
151 Min-Song Ha (Kor) 75 76, Sophia Popov (Ger) 72 79, Ji-Won Jeon (Kor) 78 73, Yu-Chiang Hou (Tai) 76 75, Alana Uriell 74 77, Sandra Gal (Ger) 76 75
152 Teresa Lu (Tai) 72 80, Som-Young Lee (Kor) 74 78, Nasa Hataoka (Jpn) 75 77, Moriya Jutanugarn (Tha) 76 76, Angela Stanford 76 76, Rachel Rohanna 77 75, Pauline Bouchard (Fra) 80 72, Haylee Harford 71 81, Youngin Chun 74 78, Jing Yan (Chn) 77 75
153 Ind-Bee Park (Kor) 80 73, Sarah Schmelzel 77 76, Elizabeth Nagel 74 79, Caroline Inglis 75 78, Weiwei Zhang (Chn) 75 78, Katie Yoo 79 74
154 Cydney Clanton 80 74, Mi-Rim Lee (Kor) 77 77, Fatima Fernandez (Spa) 80 74
155 Jennifer Song 75 80, Morgane Metraux (Swi) 81 74
156 Suzuka Yamaguchi (Jpn) 78 78, Katherine Perry 77 79
157 Pornanong Phatlum (Tha) 78 79, Sarah Jane Smith (Aus) 80 77

– Reuters