Jeeno Thitikul is ready for the weekend at Mizuho

2 teed off in the afternoon Friday on the back nine, just as the windy conditions we're hitting full force. She had two bogeys and one birdie on her first nine holes, but finished strong with five birdies and one bogey to close out the second round. "I think the front nine was easier than the back nine anyway.

I mean, like shorter, some --two makable par-5, and then it's just make it," Thitikul said. The perfect storm at Mizuho: Major-level links meet ‘May’ weather at Mountain Ridge The second round of the Mizuho Americas Open was met with blustery and cold conditions that made it feel more like November out on the course than early May. Marisa Marcellino , Marisa Marcellino , Thitkul said on Thursday that her coach had told her to “try less,” knowing that she works so hard and gets frustrated when she doesn't see the results she wants.

"Just go play like -- just go do your part, do your job, which is 18 holes, and then you just left. Just go home. Go do something else," she said of her coach's advice.

So, she listened. "I got my nails done yesterday. I went to the gym...