Lottie Woad was handed a two-stroke penalty in the course of the third spherical of the US Ladies’s Open on Saturday following a rule breach in a bunker.
The 22-year-old, who’s making her debut on the event this week, was adjudged to have improved her stance within the sand entice on the ninth gap at Riviera Nation Membership, leading to a penalty below Rule 8.1a of the rules.
The infringement noticed the rising English famous person transfer from choosing up a bogey 5 to taking a triple-bogey seven heading across the flip.
After discovering the hazard together with her strategy shot, Woad misplaced her stability within the sand earlier than recovering to complete the opening however was knowledgeable of the penalty two holes later.
Woad, who’s ranked sixth on the earth presently, simply made the minimize at 4 over par after her second spherical, however carded a 74 on Saturday to complete the day seven over for the event.
Compatriot Charley Hull loved a greater day than Woad. The three-time LPGA Tour winner, who remains to be aiming to interrupt her main duck having completed as runner-up on this event three years in the past, shot six below par for the day.
That 69 was the low spherical of the event thus far and noticed Hull transfer to a few below par for the event and into the clubhouse lead.
“I kind of like chasing,” she mentioned. “I just find it more fun and I can then be free and play how I want to play golf.
“I overthink issues ridiculously after which get myself actually drained, so it is simply typically I want nothing in my thoughts and simply exit and play, a distraction.”
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