{"id":45069,"date":"2026-08-01T05:16:27","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T05:16:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/45069\/"},"modified":"2026-08-01T05:16:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T05:16:27","slug":"haeran-ryu-takes-a-one-shot-lead-after-2-rounds-of-the-british-womens-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/45069\/","title":{"rendered":"Haeran Ryu takes a one-shot lead after 2 rounds of the British Women\u2019s Open"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Haeran Ryu, of South Korea, completed a two-under par 69 at the Women’s British Open on Friday.Jon Super\/The Associated Press<\/p>\n

Haeran Ryu birdied No. 18 to complete a 2-under 69 for a one-shot lead after two rounds of the British Women\u2019s Open on Friday as the South Korean star pursues a third consecutive major victory.<\/p>\n

Ryu overcame a tough start \u2014 including a double bogey on the par-3 5th \u2014 to tally five birdies and reach 7 under overall at Royal Lytham & St. Annes.<\/p>\n

Shiho Kuwaki of Japan was one shot back after her 70, and overnight leader Jeeno Thitikul and Yealimi Noh were tied for third, both two strokes behind Ryu.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m just trying to have fun on the course because this course is [very] stressful,\u201d Ryu said, citing \u201ca lot of bunkers\u201d plus windy conditions.<\/p>\n

Not since Inbee Park in 2013 has anyone claimed three straight majors. Ryu won the Women\u2019s PGA at Hazeltine and closed with 60 to win the Evian Championship.<\/p>\n

\u201c[There are] a lot of great players in here, so that\u2019s why I just want to think about my golf,\u201d she added. \u201cBecause this is a major, nobody knows what comes up.\u201d<\/p>\n

Thitikul, still in pursuit of her first victory at a major, brought a two-stroke lead over Kuwaki and Ryu into day two but made three bogeys in her 73.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not hitting like as close to the pin as yesterday,\u201d Thitikul said. \u201cMaybe the pin position was kind of hard, too.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kuwaki led after her birdie on 16 and following Thitikul\u2019s second bogey of the day \u2014 on the par-5 11th when the Thai star\u2019s putt for par didn\u2019t drop.<\/p>\n

Noh bounced back from a double bogey on the par-4 No. 4 with back-to-back birdies in her 70.<\/p>\n

Thitikul, one of only two players to have been No. 1 in the women\u2019s world ranking without ever having won a major, had a bogey-free 64 in the first round but didn\u2019t give herself a good birdie opportunity Friday until the par-3 12th, where she rolled in from six feet to regain a share of the lead at the time on 6 under overall.<\/p>\n

With Kuwaki in the clubhouse, Thitikul then fell a shot back on the 14th when she misjudged a birdie putt before missing from four feet on her second putt, ending with her third bogey. Thitikul limited the damage, though, on the 15th when she saved par with a long putt.<\/p>\n

\u201cI definitely … get frustrated sometimes,\u201d Thitikul said. \u201cI get really frustrated when I three-putt on 14 and then I end up on like the bunker on 15. I was like so frustrated out there.\u201d<\/p>\n

Thitikul has been overlooked during the LPGA major season dominated by Ryu and Nelly Korda, who have split the four majors. Korda, who replaced Thitikul at No. 1 in April, won the first two majors and Ryu won the next two.<\/p>\n

Kuwaki had three straight birdies early in her round but sandwiched them with bogeys. She dropped another shot on the 15th.<\/p>\n

Korda trails by six shots after her 68 on Friday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Open this photo in gallery: Haeran Ryu, of South Korea, completed a two-under par 69 at the Women’s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":45070,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2098,2082,2099,199,195,2100,2097,2074,2088,2089,2084,2075,2073,2094,374,2093,2087,2081,2111,2076,2077,44,2086,2083,375,899,2101,2079,2106,2107,2109,2104,2108,2102,2105,1979,1106,2092,2090,2091,2103,1150,2095,2096,2085,2080,2078,2110],"class_list":["post-45069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-alberta","tag-arts-news","tag-bc","tag-breaking-news","tag-breaking-news-video","tag-british-columbia","tag-canada","tag-canada-news","tag-canada-sports","tag-canada-sports-news","tag-canada-trafficcanada-weather","tag-canadian-breaking-news","tag-canadian-news","tag-economy","tag-education","tag-environment","tag-federal-government","tag-foreign-news","tag-globe-and-mail","tag-globe-and-mail-breaking-news","tag-globe-and-mail-canada-news","tag-golf","tag-government","tag-life-news","tag-lifestyle","tag-local-news","tag-manitoba","tag-national-news","tag-new-brunswick","tag-newfoundland-and-labrador","tag-northwest-territories","tag-nova-scotia","tag-nunavut","tag-ontario","tag-pei","tag-photos","tag-political-news","tag-political-opinion","tag-politics","tag-politics-news","tag-quebec","tag-sports-news","tag-technology","tag-travel","tag-trudeau","tag-us-news","tag-world-news","tag-yukon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45069","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45069"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45069\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}