England’s Lottie Woad hit a three-under-par 69 on day two of the Event of Champions to share the lead with three-time main winner Lydia Ko.
The 22-year-old, who solely turned skilled final yr and was invited to play on the season-opening LPGA event in Orlando, constructed on her opening round of 67 to collectively lead with New Zealander Ko on eight underneath.
Olympic Champion Ko, 28, added a 67 on Friday to Thursday’s 69 around the Lake Nona course.
Woad, who hit 4 birdies and one bogey, mentioned: “I regarded on the leaderboard rather a lot as a result of I used to be getting aggravated.
“The pins had been in all probability somewhat trickier, so [there] weren’t as many birdies as [Thursday], so I simply needed to preserve giving myself probabilities.”
Ko, in the meantime, is bogey-free by way of 36 holes however the 2024 Ladies’s Open champion mentioned she would by no means name the Florida course “simple”, including: “I feel this golf course adjustments so much relying on how the situations are.”
