The 2023 AIG Women’s Open moves into the third round with some of the most recognisable names, including leader Ally Ewing, home favourite Charley Hull, Chevron Championship winner Lilia Vu and former World No.1 Atthaya Thitikul all eyeing up the chance of glory.
For some big names, though, their challenges didn’t go any further than the second round. Here are 11 of the biggest names to miss the cut at the 2023 AIG Women’s Open.
Ashleigh Buhai
Ashleigh Buhai failed to repeat the success of her 2022 win
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The defending champion claimed the title in a tense playoff against In Gee Chun, but there will be no repeat of that memorable occasion at Muirfield for the South African.
Buhai’s opening round 74 didn’t help matters, and, while there was an improvement on Friday in a round that included four birdies, five bogeys tempered her progress and a frustrating day saw her finish beneath the cut line at three-over.
That marked a disappointing way to exit the tournament she won last year, particularly as she has won three times between then and the Walton Heath edition.
Hannah Green
Hannah Green didn’t bring her best game to the AIG Women’s Open
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Australian Green won the Women’s PGA Championship in 2019 while in the same year, she secured her best finish at the Women’s Open with a T16.
However, any hopes she had of adding a second Major title in 2023 disappeared within two days in the final of the year’s showpiece events at Walton Heath.
Green begun the second round just one-over but if that was something to build on, it didn’t get going for the three-time LPGA Tour winner. Her second round finished disappointingly on four-over, with her frustration summed up by a double bogey on the 18th.
Brooke Henderson
Runner-up in the Amundi Evian Championship proved a false dawn for Brooke Henderson
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The Canadian almost retained her Amundi Evian Championship trophy in July before eventually succumbing to Celine Boutier.
However, any hopes that the performance would mark a sustained uptick in fortunes in an underwhelming season were dashed at Walton Heath.
Henderson’s opening round 75 did the…
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