Augusta National Women's Amateur: Who leads, surprising players to miss cut

Asterisk Talley says it was pretty cool.

She’d been asked for her thoughts after finishing as the only player to go bogey free through two rounds at the Augusta National Women’s Amateur — but her response could’ve also worked for a couple other questions. Her play overall at Champions Retreat, where she topped the leaderboard? Pretty cool. Her mindset heading into Saturday’s final round at the tournament’s namesake? Pretty cool.

And all that’s, well, pretty cool.

Below is a look at the leaderboard, a record set, surprising players who missed the cut, highlights, quotes and schedule for Friday and Saturday.

Augusta National Women’s Amateur Round 2 leaderboard (and a record set)

Talley, after shooting a six-under 66 during Wednesday’s first round, fired a 67 during Thursday’s second round, and she leads by one shot over Meja Ortengren and Maria Jose Marin.

Talley, a 17-year-old who’s committed to Stanford University, birdied her first three holes, parred the next 10, birdied 14 and 15 and parred out from there. Combining her play on Wednesday and at last year’s ANWA — where she finished runner-up — Talley has gone bogey free for a tournament-record 48 straight holes.

Here is the ANWA top 10 after two rounds:

1, Asterisk Talley, 11-under (66-67)
T2, Meja Ortengren, 10-under (67-67)
T2, Maria Jose Marin, 10-under (65-69)
T4, Andrea Revuelta, 6-under (66-72)
T4, Avery Weed, 6-under (68-70)
T6, Lauren Kim, 5-under (68-71)
T6, Soomin Oh 5-under (65-74)
T6, Arianna Lau, 5-under (68-71)
T6, Gyubeen Kim, 5-under (69-70)
T6, Amelie Zalsman, 5-under (67-72)
T6, Chloe Kovelesky, 5-under (69-70)
T6, Raegan Denton, 5-under (67-72)
T6, Vanessa Borovilos, 5-under (66-73)