Eire’s Leona Maguire will take a two-shot lead into the ultimate spherical of the Aramco Group Sequence particular person occasion in London, with two groups heading to a play-off.
Maguire added a second spherical of 72 to her opening 66 at Centurion Membership to succeed in eight underneath par, with Solheim Cup team-mate Georgia Corridor her nearest challenger on six underneath following a second successive 70.
After making a bogey on her first gap of the day, the tenth, Maguire responded with a birdie on the thirteenth, solely to provide the shot straight again on the subsequent.
Birdies on the third and sixth ensured Maguire remained on high of the leaderboard as Corridor suffered a poor end to her spherical, the world No 38 racing to the flip in 31 however coming dwelling in 39 after dropped photographs on the seventh and eighth.
Group Nadaud and Group Corridor completed tied on the high of the leaderboard on the conclusion of the 36-hole workforce occasion which implies, with each groups degree on 24 underneath par, they’ll play off for victory at Centurion Membership on the finish of the third spherical on Friday afternoon.
Group Corridor is made up of Corridor and Hannah Burke alongside Morocco’s Lina Belmati and newbie Shane Hart-Jones, whereas Group Nadaud contains Nastasia Nadaud, Czechia’s Kristyna Napoleaova, Spain’s Mireia Prat and newbie George Brooksbank.
“It’s actually windy on the market; it is in all probability a two to a few membership wind in locations,” stated Maguire.
“It is getting swirly in between the bushes as effectively. You actually need to decide to your photographs. It is a powerful check on the market, it’s a must to reap the benefits of these par-fives and par is a extremely good rating on fairly just a few holes on the market.
Leona Maguire is bidding for a wire-to-wire victory at Centurion Membership
“It is virtually taking part in somewhat bit linksy. The course is drying out, it is getting agency and quick, and fairly sturdy wind. It was swirling in locations, so that you’re simply attempting to hit just a few punchy photographs that I in all probability have not used shortly. It was positively a welcome again to European golf. It is a good check and I loved it.”
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