Evian Championship: English newbie Lottie Woad, Eire’s Leona Maguire nonetheless in main golf rivalry | Golf Information
Eire’s Leona Maguire and 21-year-old English newbie Lottie Woad stay in rivalry on the midway level of the yr’s fourth girls’s main on the Evian Championship in France.
With South Korea’s Somi Lee setting the tempo on 10 underneath after a second-round 65, Maguire’s level-par 71 and Woad’s two-under 69 depart them 4 and 5 photographs adrift of the chief, respectively.
Maguire had began the day in a share of the lead however ended up tied seventh after birdies on two, 15 and 17 had been cancelled out by bogeys at eight, 16 and 18.
Woad, in the meantime, completed strongly with birdies on the sixteenth and 18th to finish two underneath for her day, comfortably making the lower for the fourth time in her seven main appearances as an newbie.
The 21-year-old is in nice type, having final week claimed her first skilled win on the KPMG Girls’s Irish Open, and stated of her place within the high 12 on the main leaderboard: “Undoubtedly a bit nervous, however it’s additionally thrilling on the similar time.
“I am solely, like, 5 again. Yeah, simply making an attempt to play nicely tomorrow and see what occurs.”
Lottie Woad is the top-ranked girls’s newbie
Woads is joined on 5 underneath general by Nelly Korda after the world No 1 posted a second-round 70, with rankings rival Jeeno Thitikul additionally within the combine at six underneath after back-to-back 68s.
However Friday belonged to Lee, who made six birdies and an eagle to maneuver right into a one-shot lead over Australia’s Grace Kim.
Lee sunk two birdies and an eagle earlier than having fun with a robust end to the spherical on the again 9, with birdies on the eleventh, thirteenth, fifteenth and 18th holes.
“Tee photographs are actually vital on this course, however mine weren’t nice in the present day,” Lee advised LPGA. “However I managed to make up for it with some strong placing.
“Proper now, I am concentrating on my putter and driver, protecting my rhythm – and we’ll see the place that takes me.”
Second-placed Kim carded a 9 underneath 68, whereas American Jennifer Kupcho, one in every of 4 in a single day co-leaders, ended the day two again in third.
Lydia Ko and Ruoning Yin, ranked third and fourth on the earth respectively, missed the two-over lower, as did US Girls’s Open winner Maja Stark.
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