- Team Wikstrom and Team Garcia finish the Team competition tied on 27-under-par and will playoff tomorrow
- England’s Hayley Davis holds a two-shot lead in the Individual competition
Team Wikstrom and Team Garcia finished tied at the top of the leaderboard at the conclusion of the 36-hole team event at the Aramco Team Series – London.
With both teams level on 27-under-par, they will playoff for victory at the conclusion of the third round tomorrow afternoon.
It was Team Wikstrom – made up of Ursula Wikstrom, Julia Engström, Maria Hernandez and amateur Laurent Dhaeyer – who set the early pace after going out at 6.57am and they backed up yesterday’s round of -13 with a round of -14 on Friday at Centurion Club.
“We had a little bit of an advantage to go early in the morning when the wind hadn’t picked up that much,” said captain Wikstrom.
“We played with a little wind for about four holes, but then apparently it started to pick up more and more after we finished. In that way we were lucky with the draw, we just had to wake up early in the morning but otherwise it was good.”
Spain’s Hernandez had an excellent round individually carding a 66 (-7) and Wikstrom enjoyed watching her team-mate play so well.
“Maria was playing amazingly today and making every putt, so it makes it easy,” she continued. “As a team we were pretty good at picking up each other hardly any bogeys.
“We had some team spirit and then we realised she was making everything. She started making all the putts, she had a chance and she’d put it in. It is always nice to see someone play that well.
“I definitely expected another team to beat the score. When we finished the round, I thought someone else would beat it.”
While Team Garcia were one of the later tee times on the second day of the Aramco Team Series – London and they also followed their first round of -13 with a second round of -14.
The quartet of Nicole Garcia, Kelly Whaley, Madelene Stavnar and amateur Mia Baker made the turn in nine-under and a birdie from Baker on the last ensured the team finished level on 27-under.
“That wasn’t the only putt that Mia saved us on, on the 16th she made a long putt from off the green to save par as a team,” said Garcia.
“She had about a six-footer on the last for a playoff and she came through! I could have imagined how I would have felt in that situation.
“It was really nice. Obviously, there were some quiet…
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