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Lottie Woad is tied for the lead with Lydia Ko after the second round of the Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions.
England’s Woad built on her opening-round 67 by shooting a 69 on Friday at Lake Nona Golf & Country Club in Florida, moving to eight under par for the tournament so far.
Woad, after four birdies and one bogey, felt she could have played better.
“I looked at the leaderboard quite a lot today because I was getting annoyed,” Woad said.
“Seemed like there weren’t that many low scores out there, so kind of knew I was still in it. The pins were probably a little trickier, so weren’t as many birdies as yesterday, so just keep giving myself chances is all I could do.”
Woad won the Women’s Irish Open last July as an amateur, then captured the Women’s Scottish Open in her professional debut three weeks later.
Woad won the Women’s Irish Open last July as an amateur, then captured the Women’s Scottish Open in her professional debut.
Three-time major champion Ko fired in a five-under-par 67 to join Woad on eight under.
“I would never say this golf course is easy,” Ko said. “Obviously we play mixed tees. We tee off some of the black tees and the white tees and the blue tees.
“This golf course changes a lot depending on how the conditions are. In May, it actually plays hard because it’s so soft because of that time of the year.
“The greens [are] the biggest change between a day-to-day time that I play out here and when it’s tournament-ready. The superintendents do an unbelievable job making the greens as pristine as possible and as fast as possible.”
Current world No 2 and former No 1 Nelly Korda is three shots back at five under following a 71.
Korda hasn’t won an event since November 2024.
“I think the weather is going to get a little worse, so I’m going to go to the putting green, go to the range because wasn’t hitting it the best today,” Korda said.
“Just going to figure some things out ahead of the weekend.”
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