Lottie Woad was hurrying up the leaderboard Friday in the AIG Women\u2019s Open until one bad hole sent her in reverse.<\/p>\n
Woad, who opened with an even-par 72 at Royal Porthcawl, made six birdies and one bogey over her first 15 holes in Round 2, moving into a tie for fourth.<\/p>\n
In the fairway off the tee at the par-4 16th, Woad hit a loose fairway metal on her second shot. Though she was able to locate her ball, it was \u201cburied in the brambles,\u201d according to the on-course reporter, and Woad all-but whiffed on her attempt to punch-out backwards.<\/p>\n
The 21-year-old, who won in her professional debut last week in Scotland, opted to take an unplayable-lie penalty and dropped on the hardpan cart path. She hit the green from there and two-putted for triple bogey.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think it\u2019s probably the toughest hole on the course. The tee shot is hard to hit the fairway, and then you\u2019ve got 3-wood into a very strong wind. Anything that\u2019s missing the target is going to be exaggerated,\u201d she said. \u201dSo pushed it and got a pretty unlucky lie. Wasn\u2019t too thick around there apart from where I was. So couldn\u2019t really do much with that.\u201d<\/p>\n
Woad finished par-par to shoot 70 and conclude 36 holes at 2 under, nine back of leader Miyu Yamashita (65).<\/p>\n
\u201cThere was a lot more good in it than bad,\u201d she said. \u201cPlayed really well for 17 holes, just that one hole cost me a bit.\u201d<\/p>\n
This is Woad\u2019s second start since turning professional. She concluded her standout amateur career with a victory in the LET\u2019s Women\u2019s Irish Open and nearly captured the season\u2019s fourth major, the Amundi Evian Championship, tying for third.<\/p>\n
After earning her LPGA card through its LEAP program, she won last week\u2019s Women\u2019s Scottish.<\/p>\n
World No. 1 Nelly Korda, who is still seeking her first victory of the season, is also at 2 under after a Friday 72 that included four birdies and four bogeys.<\/p>\n
\u201cHonestly, didn\u2019t really capitalize on anything in the calmer conditions on the front nine, then kind of got really windy on the back,\u201d Korda said. \u201cMade a few more mistakes, but bounced back with some birdies. Overall, I\u2019m not going to complain with even par.\u201d<\/p>\n
Defending champion Lydia Ko was one shot higher, shooting 73. That could cost her the weekend as she posted 2 over par, one outside the projected cutline with the afternoon wave in action.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lottie Woad was hurrying up the leaderboard Friday in the AIG Women\u2019s Open until one bad hole sent…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":111191,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[1430,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-111190","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-golf","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-united-states","11":"tag-unitedstates","12":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114955463276879681","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111190"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111190\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}