Ally Ewing fired a round of 66 (-6) on day two of the AIG Women’s Open to hold a five-shot lead heading into the weekend at Walton Heath.
The American, who led overnight, had an almost flawless second round as she rolled in her first birdie of the day on the third hole.
Ewing then found her rhythm and made four consecutive birdies on holes six through nine to make the turn in 30 (-5).
The Solheim Cup star added two further birdies on 11 and 16 before dropping her only shot of the day at the last for a round of 66 and she sits atop the leaderboard on 10-under-par.
“This golf course requires you to drive the ball really well,” said Ewing. “I left myself in a good position off the tee for the most part of the day except for 18.
“I was able to hit really good iron shots into the greens, give myself a lot of looks, which you can have looks but you’ve got to be able to capitalise on them and I rolled them in which not all of them were super straight. I rolled in some breaking putts, which I feel like that’s always a confidence boost to match up the line and speed. It was a very solid day.
“I didn’t really even know until I signed my scorecard that I had four birdies in a row, so I would probably say that stretch from six to 11 is a little bit of a blur but I was very in the present on all of those shots.
“I’m going to know where I’m at obviously at the end of the day but mentally you have to be ready to regroup, because the past is the past. Nothing that I’ve done through 36 holes can do anything for me for the next 36, so I’m just going to be mentally prepared for each individual day that presents itself. Each shot is going to be different.”
Three players sit in a share of second place on five-under-par at Walton Heath including home favourite Charley Hull.
The English star carded a bogey-free round of 68 (-4) on day two to put herself into contention heading into the weekend of the final major of the year.
Hull rolled in her first birdie on the seventh before adding more on holes 11, 15 and 16 for her round of four-under.
“It was good,” said the three-time LET winner. “It was quite tricky out there today. It was a bit windy a bit rainy, we had a bit of all the four seasons out there. I’m pretty happy and it was…
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