Lottie Woad’s second-round charge hindered by late triple bogey at

Lottie Woad was rushing the leaderboard Friday in the AIG Women’s Open until one bad hole sent her in reverse.Woad, who opened with an even-par 72 at Royal Porthcawl, made 6 birdies and one bogey over her first 15 holes in Round 2, moving into a tie for fourth.In the fairway off the tee at the par-4 16th, Woad hit a loose fairway metal on her second shot. Though she had the ability to locate her ball, it was”buried in the brambles,” according to the on-course press reporter, and Woad all-but whiffed on her attempt to punch-out backwards.The 21-year-old, who won in her professional launching last week in Scotland

, chose to take an unplayable-lie charge and dropped on the hardpan cart path. She hit the green from there and two-putted for triple bogey. “I believe it’s most likely the toughest hole on the course.

The tee shot is hard to hit the fairway, and after that you have actually got 3-wood into an extremely strong wind. Anything that’s missing out on the target is going to be overemphasized,”she stated.”So pressed it and got a quite unfortunate lie. Wasn’t too thick around there apart from where I was. So could not truly do much with that.”Woad ended up par-par to shoot 70 and conclude 36 holes at 2 under

, 9 back of leader Miyu Yamashita (65 ).” There was a lot more good in it than bad,”she stated.” Played actually well for 17

holes, simply that a person hole cost me a bit. “This is Woad’s second start given that turning professional. She concluded her standout amateur career with a victory in the LET’s Women’s Irish Open and almost captured the season’s 4th major, the Amundi Evian Champion, connecting for third.After earning her LPGA card through its LEAP program, she won recently’s Women’s Scottish.World No. 1 Nelly Korda, who is still seeking her first triumph of the season, is likewise at 2 under after a Friday 72 that included 4 birdies and four bogeys.”Truthfully, didn’t actually take advantage of anything in the calmer conditions on the front 9, then kind of got really windy on the back,”Korda said.

“Made a few more errors, however got better with some birdies. Overall, I’m not going to grumble with even par.” Safeguarding champ Lydia Ko was one shot higher, shooting 73. She completed on the cut-line number at 2 over par. Those missing out on consisted of Brooke Henderson(3 over), Rose Zhang (4 over ), Ruoning Yin( 7 over)and U.S. Women’s Open champ Maja Stark( 8 over).