Overview

• Iwai backed a bogey-free opening 64 with a 69 to reach 9-under 133 at Mississauga Golf and Country Club.
• Minjee Lee carded a 67 to reach 6-under, with world No. 1 Jeeno Thitikul and Leona Maguire also at 6-under in pursuit.
• Brooke Henderson surged with a 5-under 66 to get to 5-under, tying for fifth as low Canadian after finishing birdie-birdie.
• Fifteen-year-old amateur Aphrodite Deng made the cut at 3-under in her LPGA debut after an opening 66 and a second-round 73.
• Nelly Korda sits at 4-under among a tightly packed chase group, and five Canadians advanced to the weekend including Henderson, Deng, Monet Chun, Maude-Aimée Leblanc and amateur Katie Cranston.