Sweden’s Moa Folke fired an exceptional round of 62 (-10) and leads by two strokes at the halfway stage of the KPMG Women’s Irish Open.
The second round was dubbed ‘Pink Friday’ in support of the National Breast Cancer Research Institute, a charity partner of the KPMG Women’s Irish Open, and everyone was encouraged to wear pink clothing with pink ribbons also provided.
It was a sensational day for the 27-year-old Swede who started with a birdie on the first and then added another on the third before three in-a-row on holes six through eight to make the turn in 30 (-5).
A dropped shot on the 11th was no bother for Folke as she then rolled in four birdies consecutively on holes 13 through 16 before finishing her day with an eagle on 18.
“I don’t know what happened really! All the putts seemed to go in today,” she said. “I hit some really good shots and I’m just really happy. I don’t know if I can really understand what happened.
“Everything came together, I made some mistakes but ended up in good spots and then I made a lot of putts. I think it’s a course that sets ups for aggressive play and usually it pays off to be aggressive. I had that one bogey where I went for the green and I ended up dropping that shot, but it still worked out.
“Every time you’re ahead of Linn [Grant], I think it’s been a good day. I think it’s fun to see that almost every week there’s a Swede at the top even after yesterday’s round. We all know each other and we’re all happy when somebody else succeeds.
“The season is coming to an end and myself as with other players need a good tournament. Making the cut was the first goal, so I didn’t need to worry on 18 today and that was quite nice. Today I got away with my mistakes and I had some luck out there. Tomorrow is a new day and I’m going to keep going and following the plan and we’ll see what it ends up with.”
Three players sit in a tie for second place with Denmark’s Smilla Tarning Soenderby, Spain’s Carmen Alonso and Czechia’s Klara Spilkova all on 10-under-par.
After opening with a round of 69 (-3) both Soenderby and Alonso produced rounds of 65 (-7) on day two at Dromoland Castle.
“It’s definitely my best round score-wise as a professional, but actually not my best round ball-striking wise,” said the Danish LET rookie, who made eight birdies today. “My putter was cooperating today which helped.
“The greens are around 11 on the stimpmeter and they’re so even….
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