Lottie Woad charged inside a shot of the midway lead on the LPGA Tour’s Kroger Queen Metropolis Championship, as defending champion Charley Hull stumbled with a nightmare bogey burst.
Woad adopted an opening-round 70 with a six-under 66 on Friday morning at Maketewah Nation Membership, mixing seven birdies with a lone bogey to remain in contact with former world No 1 Jin Younger Ko and American Amanda Doherty.
The Englishwoman raced up the leaderboard with 4 birdies in her opening six holes and added back-to-back good points across the flip to get to 6 underneath, earlier than cancelling out a bogey on the fourth – her thirteenth – by choosing up a shot on her penultimate gap.
“There was less wind, so it was a lot more scorable,” Woad stated. “Definitely hit it better off the tee. I hit more fairways and just hit really good approaches.”
Woad was briefly joined in a share of second by Hull, who adopted an eagle on the par-five seventh with birdies on the eighth and tenth, just for final 12 months’s winner to complete with six bogeys in her final eight holes.
Hull dropped a shot on the eleventh and posted a three-bogey burst from the thirteenth, with successive blemishes on the seventeenth and 18th seeing her put up a two-over 72 and drop eight photographs off the midway lead.
Ko set the early tempo on seven underneath after rounds of 67 and 66 over the primary two days, with Lydia Ko two again on 5 underneath and world No 1 Nelly Korda alongside world No 2 Jeeno Thitikul inside three of the lead after second-round 67s.
Solheim Cup captain Anna Nordqvist posted a two-under 68 to maneuver to 2 underneath, as England’s Jodi Ewart Shadoff made a hole-in-one on the par-three twelfth – the seventh of her profession – to soundly attain the weekend.
On the Girls European Tour, Esther Henseleit took a one-shot lead into the weekend on the Amundi German Masters.
On a barely harder day on the North Course at Inexperienced Eagle Golf Programs, Henseleit blended 5 birdies with three bogeys to put up a two-under 71 to maneuver to 9 underneath and a shot away from Sara Kouskova.
“It was a bit up and down,” stated Henseleit. “It was nine-under last year that won it. I am definitely happy with the score. It has been a bit more scoreable than last year for sure. I’m always happy leading a tournament after two days.”
German trio Alexandra Försterling, Chiara Noja and Leonie Hurt share third spot with Norway’s Dorthea Forbrigd, whereas England’s Esme Hamilton and Meghan MacLaren are 4 off the midway lead after rounds of 70 and 72 respectively.
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