KPMG Girls’s Irish Open: Lottie Woad leads by three at midway stage with Charley Hull additionally in rivalry | Golf Information

English beginner Lottie Woad carded an excellent six-under 67 to carry a three-shot lead on the midway stage of the 2025 KPMG Girls’s Irish Open, with Charley Hull tied for third 4 strokes again.

Switzerland’s Chiara Tamburlini sits in solo second place on eight underneath after a second-round 71 on the O’Meara Course at Carton Home, whereas Hull is joined by Australia’s Kirsten Rudgeley, Sweden’s Madelene Sagström and New Zealand’s Amelia Garvey in a share of third one shot additional again.

The 21-year-old Woad, beginning her second spherical on the tenth tee, made her first birdie on the thirteenth gap earlier than gaining additional strokes on the fifteenth, seventeenth, first, fifth and seventh.

The world No 1 beginner carded her solely bogey of the day on the eighth, however bounced again instantly with a birdie at 9 to guide with a rating of 11-under-par.

“The wind was fairly robust on the ultimate few holes round seven, eight, 9. It was fairly a troublesome stretch, and I used to be making an attempt to get in as shortly as potential,” Woad stated after her table-topping second spherical.

“I am proud of the primary two days. I am enjoying fairly solidly, and the whole lot is feeling fairly good. It is positively a bit completely different in knowledgeable event, however I’ve had plenty of expertise.

“I’ve performed in plenty of majors, so I understand how to cope with it and I am making an attempt to have a look at staying in rivalry and I am going to see the place it places me.”

Including additional English curiosity on the highest web page of the leaderboard is Hannah Display, who sits six underneath tied for seventh with Alexandra Swayne of the US Virgin Islands.

Display had began the second spherical in a tie for third alongside Woad and Mimi Rhodes, who returned a disappointing spherical of 75 to fall behind her compatriots.

England’s Georgia Corridor additionally discovered the going troublesome on Friday, a spherical of 76 dropping her again to at least one over par for the week alongside, amongst others, her Solheim Cup team-mate and Irish star Leona Maguire.

The ladies’s main season continues subsequent month on the Amundi Evian Championship, stay from July 10-13 on Sky Sports activities Golf, the place Ayaka Furue is defending champion. Not bought Sky? Stream the PGA Tour and extra with no contract.