Augusta Nationwide Girls’s Novice: Lottie Woad shares lead with Kiara Romero going into remaining spherical | Golf Information

England’s Lottie Woad moved into joint high place at Augusta Nationwide Girls’s Novice when she shot 70 within the second spherical to face at nine-under-par alongside Kiara Romero.

Woad, a junior at Florida State and the No 1 participant within the girls’s beginner rating, gained this occasion final 12 months.

She is now seeking to change into the primary back-to-back winner of the Augusta Nationwide Girls’s Novice.

The complete area will get to play a observe spherical at Augusta Nationwide on Friday, earlier than the highest 30 and ties who made the lower then play the ultimate spherical on Saturday.

“I’ve obtained all of the expertise from final 12 months of the 48 hours between,” Woad stated. “It is fairly constructive to me.”

She added: “I knew I used to be going off sooner than Megha [Ganne, leader after first round], so I simply thought if I may possibly get just a few birdies to begin I may sort of present that I may catch her, and managed to try this.

“I feel I can positively use final 12 months. I had the lead after which misplaced it. If that occurs once more, then I would know that I’ve come again from there earlier than. So I assume they’re constructive reminiscences.

“I feel the pins have been positively so much tougher, so I needed to modify a bit bit on that. Some holes you sort of needed to play away from a bit bit whereas yesterday I really feel like I may actually assault each pin. So I needed to be a bit extra affected person right this moment.”

Romero tumbled down the leaderboard with a double bogey on the fourth gap and a bogey on the fifth, however landed three consecutive birdies to attain 68.

She stated: “I really feel like I’ve much more management over the psychological aspect of it. I had a double and a bogey back-to-back on 4 and 5, so I did not let that get to me in any respect. I really ended up with birdieing the final three holes. So I really feel like that sort of reveals the way in which my sport has matured from final 12 months.

“[I’m] simply going to attempt to do my finest to take notes of the course and see the place are the great spots and create a superb sport plan for Saturday.”

Going into the ultimate spherical, 5 gamers are inside two pictures of the lead.

Spain’s Carla Bernat Escuder is one shot behind Woad and Romero, together with Andre Revuelta and Megha Ganne. Ganne shot 73, 10 worse than her opening spherical, however stays in rivalry.

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