The LPGA’s inaugural Mexico Riviera Maya Open at Mayakoba has gone to the weekend and there were just 24 golfers under par after two rounds. There’s also a golfer who enjoyed her first-ever overnight lead tour.
The 36-cut at El Camaleon Golf Course in Playa del Carmen came in at 5 over, as the field learned to navigate this course for the first time during hot and humid conditions.
Big names to make the cut are Charley Hull, Carlota Ciganda, a previous winner of an LPGA event in Mexico, Linn Grant, as well as eight of the 16 rookies who are in the field this week.
Some of the notable names to miss the cut were Yani Tseng, Sei Young Kim, Leona Maguire, Bronte Law, Gaby Lopez, Danielle Kang, In Gee Chun and Sophia Popov.
Jenny Bae has 11 birdies through two rounds, the most of anyone in the field. On Friday, she hit nine of 14 fairways and 11 of 18 greens, which many players have noted are quite small targets. This 36-hole lead also marks Bae’s first lead after any round in her LPGA career.
“I feel like I handle it fairly well,” Bae said Friday. “Definitely there is going to be some stress and pressure added to it, but I think as long as I keep my momentum and just try to stay positive on every shot and every hole I think I’ll be okay.”
Brianna Do, the 18-hole leader, is a shot back at 5 under along with Miranda Wang. Playing her first event of 2025, Do has not made an LPGA cut in nearly two years. She’s in the group of golfers in the field in Mexico not in the field for next week’s U.S. Women’s Open, so a win for Do would get her the 156th and last spot at Erin Hills.
The tournament started with eight Mexicans, the most ever in an LPGA event. Maria Fassi, 3 over after two days, was the lone Mexican player to make the weekend. The LPGA is back in Mexico for the first in eight years.
