Lottie Woad lost more grounds at the Aig Women’s Open after a triple Bogey in his 70 -round score left his nine shots behind leader Miyu Yamashita on two sous.
Woad, a favorite of the tournament in its second event as a professional after winning the Scotland Open last week, was in charge after its sixth Birdie of the day at 14 before undergoing a large setback in the 16th by four.
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The Yamashita of Japan followed its 68 in the first round with a 65 without Bogey to open a three -stroke advance on the compatriot and the spouse chief of the Night Rio Takeda, who carded an other day Brandfaron to Royal Portthcawl.
Chiara Tamburlini in Switzerland, Pajaree in Thailand Anannarukarn, the American Lindy Duncan and Laura Fuenfstueck in Germany are all equal for the third, four shots on four sous.
Winner of the female open in 2021, Madelene Sagstrom, Sweden, as well as the South Korean pair Sei Young Kim and a Lim Kim are equally in seventh, a shot further on three sous.
Woad, Darcey Harry, Wales, and the number one number one number, Nelly Korda is among another group of eight, are equally in 11th out of two sous.
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Surrey’s woad, which also won Open Irish and finished tied in the third row in the Evian championship in its last weeks as an amateur, started the shots of the day behind the leaders after a level of first round 72.
Lottie Woad recovered from his triple Bogey for the last two holes (Nigel French / PA)
On Friday, the 21 -year -old hit the first five holes before the Birdies in the sixth and eighth took him to the touch of two.
Four other birdies and a bogey in the following five holes raised it to the fifth place in the classification out of five sous, but after another in 15th, a drop of penalty at 16, where she was two cuts after spreading on the green, saw her fall three shots.
Woad told Sky Sports: “He probably plays the most difficult hole of the day. I hit a good journey but I pushed the wood a little and he went into the little thickness there.
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“I became a little unlucky with that, but I then took my medication afterwards and I ended up making a seven.
“I am satisfied with the way I recovered after that. I was a little angry after that, but I just had to continue quickly. ”
Woad scratched the last two holes – she missed a Birdie putt on the 18th – to finish the second round alongside Harry, 22, as the best -placed players of the nations.
Harry followed his first 70 round with a 72, which could have been better but for the double Bogeys in the 10th and 15th.
Mimi Rhodes, the first Briton, passing through the day after a first round of 69, carded a 74 to sit in a large group equally in 19th place in a money, while Charley Hull is a further shot, equal to 29th place, after having the last for a 71.
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New Zealand title champion Lydia Ko slipped out of disappearance after publishing a second 73 successive to sit two, while the American Lillia Vu, the open champion of 2023, missed the cup after rounds of 74 and 77 left her seven.
