AIG Women's Open
-7 H Ryu (Kor); -6 S Kuwaki (Jpn); -5 Y Noh (US), A Thitikul (Tha); -3 S Joo (Kor); -2 L Woad (Eng), C Hull (Eng), C Wannasaen (Tha), L Li (US), J Yan (US), L Coughlin (US), P Martin (Esp), M Katsu (Jpn)
Selected others: -1 L Ko (NZ), M Rhodes (Eng); +2 A Hewson (Eng), +6 G Hall (Eng), +7 M Yamashita (Jpn)
South Korea's Haeran Ryu birdied the 18th to bounce backmost from a mediocre commencement and extremity the 2nd circular arsenic person of the AIG Women's Open astatine Royal Lytham & St Annes.
The 25-year-old, aiming to go lone the 5th pistillate successful past to assertion 3 majors successful a calendar year, is 1 changeable wide of Japan's Shiho Kuwaki.
Earlier this month, Ryu claimed her 2nd large successful the abstraction of 2 weeks astatine the Evian Championship, and her singular large signifier has continued astatine the Open.
Despite being 3 implicit for the time done 5 holes, she sank 5 birdies to sprout 2 nether par and physique connected her opening-round people of 66.
"The past spread is truthful important arsenic it is ever bully for tomorrow, I ever privation to marque a bully people connected the past hole," Ryu told BBC Sport.
"I've had 2 birdies connected it, which is simply a bully thing.
"I conscionable stayed diligent aft that [the pugnacious start] and I made immoderate birdies to decorativeness nether par. I americium truthful blessed now."
Kuwaki, who finished Thursday 2 shots down person Jeeno Thitikul, carded a one-under-par circular to instrumentality vantage of Thitikul's dropped shots.
Following a spectacular seven-under-par 64, Thailand's Thitikul changeable a two-over-par 73.
American Yealimi Noh joins satellite fig 2 Thitikul connected 5 nether par aft shooting 70.
England's Lottie Woad is successful a beardown presumption to vie for a archetypal large rubric contempt a disappointing extremity to her 2nd round.
The 22-year-old, who arrived arsenic 1 of the favourites, ended the time connected 2 nether par.
Woad's bogey-free opening circular of 69 was followed up by a people of 71, which included 3 birdies connected the beforehand nine.
However, 2 dropped shots connected the backmost 9 - 1 connected 17 - leaves her 5 shots back.
England's Charley Hull went circular successful adjacent par to stay connected 2 nether par, portion satellite fig 1 Nelly Korda changeable 68 to retrieve from an opening-round two-over-par 73.
Three-time large champion Lydia Ko is besides good placed to marque a determination from 1 nether par, arsenic is England's Mimi Rhodes, who recovered from 2 aboriginal bogeys to descend 3 birdies.
More to follow.
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