Overview

• Akie Iwai sits at 9 under through 36 holes after rounds of 64 and 69 at Mississaugua Golf and Country Club.
• Tied for second at 6 under are Leona Maguire, world No. 1 Jeeno Thitikul, and Minjee Lee, who shot 67 with a late bogey.
• Brooke Henderson fired a second-round 66 to reach 5 under and a tie for fifth as the low Canadian.
• Fifteen-year-old amateur Aphrodite Deng followed an opening 66 with a 73 to reach 3 under and comfortably make the cut.
• Notables missing the weekend include defending champion Lauren Coughlin, Rose Zhang, Hannah Green, Lexi Thompson, and Lottie Woad, who was one outside the +1 cut line.