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Lottie Woad of England carded a 7-under-par 64 on Friday to safe a one-stroke lead after the second spherical of the Evian Championship in Evian-les-Bains, France.
Woad collected eight birdies towards one bogey on the Evian Resort Golf Club to maneuver to 11-under 131 on the fourth of this season’s 5 majors.
While Woad shot up the leaderboard, World No. 1 Nelly Korda noticed her streak of 34 cuts made in official LPGA Tour occasions come to a halt on Friday. The four-time main winner’s bid for a birdie on the ultimate gap fell inches quick, placing her at 2-under 69 on Friday and 1-over 143 for the event.
Korda’s final missed reduce was the 2024 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship.
Woad caught hearth on the again 9, highlighted by a run of birdies on Nos. 11-13 in addition to birdies on the par-5 fifteenth and 18th holes.
‘Yeah, I feel I simply saved on giving myself possibilities. I imply, at first I hit plenty of good approaches on one and two and did not make them,’ Woad mentioned. ‘On the again 9 appeared to make most issues.’
Woad is one shot forward of first-round chief Aki Iwai (69 on Friday) of Japan. Iwai recorded 5 birdies, nevertheless a bogey on No. 17 and a double-bogey on the par-4 sixth gap soured her spherical.
Mao Saigo (68) of Japan benefited from a bogey-free spherical to affix Haeran Ryu (68) of South Korea in third place, three strokes behind Woad.
Thailand’s Jeeno Thitikul tallied an eagle on No. 7 and 5 birdies to card a 64 on Friday. The nine-time LPGA Tour winner resides in a four-way tie for fifth place at 6-under.
‘Like I wished to hit it on the golf green as a result of I do know if I hit on the golf green I might need an opportunity to go two to the inexperienced. Even I’ve to hit 3-woods,’ Thitikul mentioned of her method on the par-5 seventh gap.
‘But prefer it had an opportunity, as a result of yesterday I miss by a tad bit to the left so I haven’t got an opportunity to go to the inexperienced. So I had like over 40 ft putt and it simply fortunately went in.’
–Field Level Media