AIG Women's British Open R2

August 01-04
Marquess’ course, Woburn Golf Club, Buckinghamshire
$4,500,000
Round 1, Round 2, Round 4

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South Africa’s Ashleigh Buhai stormed three shots clear at the AIG Women’s British Open with a flawless second round of 67 in front of nearly 16,000 people at Woburn Golf Club.

The first-round leader did not tee off until 2pm, by which time a number of players had overtaken her on the leaderboard, but she held her nerve to post five birdies and reach 12 under for the tournament.

Japan’s Hinako Shibuno is second on nine under thanks to a 69, with American Lizette Salas another stroke back and local favourite Charley Hull among five players at seven under after a second-round 70. Defending champion Georgia Hall had a second successive 69 to lie tied ninth.

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Buhai said: “My goal going out today was to get to double figures. Once I got it to eight, nine and 10 under, I felt more comfortable and was able to put my foot down. I managed to hit it really close on the 15th hole for a tap-in birdie, and had a good shot into 16 and then holed the putt.

“The front nine I was really steady, I didn’t hit many shots close. I birdied my second hole with a good wedge, and hit a few good putts. I’m trying not to keep thinking it’s a Major; it’s just another tournament.”

Shibuno did not have high expectations heading into the tournament but has been pleasantly surprised by her first experience of Woburn. She said: “I thought the British Open was a links golf course. I knew, but my image was everything links. I just wanted to make the cut, that’s all. I’m a little nervous for the weekend.

Hull said: “I started well but couldn’t get the pace of the greens. I missed a few putts I should have holed for birdie. I made a couple of bogeys through 13 and 14 where I should have got up and down.

“I holed a few to finish, so ended on a positive. I sometimes like being the underdog. When I play Solheim Cup in America and the crowd is cheering against you, I always prefer that. I don’t know why. I’ve just got to stay focused around here.”

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Pos.	Player	To Par	R1	R2	Total
1	Ashleigh Buhai	-12	65	67	132
2	Hinako Shibuno	-9	66	69	135
3	Lizette Salas	-8	69	67	136
4	Bronte Law	-7	70	67	137
4	Celine Boutier	-7	71	66	137
4	Sung Hyun Park	-7	67	70	137
4	Charley Hull	-7	67	70	137
4	Caroline Masson	-7	69	68	137
9	Ariya Jutanugarn	-6	68	70	138
9	Georgia Hall	-6	69	69	138
9	Jin Young Ko	-6	68	70	138
9	Carlota Ciganda	-6	69	69	138
9	Danielle Kang	-6	66	72	138
18	Brooke Henderson	-4	69	71	140
18	Morgan Pressel	-4	69	71	140
18	Pavarisa Yoktuan	-4	73	67	140
18	In-Kyung Kim	-4	69	71	140
18	Olivia Cowan	-4	73	67	140
23	Megan Khang	-3	67	74	141
23	Hyo-Joo Kim	-3	71	70	141
23	Jing Yan	-3	71	70	141
23	Jeong-Eun 5 Lee	-3	70	71	141
23	Anna Nordqvist	-3	71	70	141
23	Lexi Thompson	-3	71	70	141
23	Moriya Jutanugarn	-3	67	74	141
23	Atthaya Thitikul (a)	-3	73	68	141
31	Caroline Hedwall	-2	74	68	142
31	Sarah Kemp	-2	72	70	142
31	Nicole Broch Larsen	-2	72	70	142
31	Ally Mcdonald	-2	72	70	142
31	Jenny Shin	-2	69	73	142
36	Jodi Ewart Shadoff	-1	73	70	143
36	Gerina Piller	-1	71	72	143
36	Teresa Lu	-1	73	70	143
36	Brittany Lang	-1	71	72	143
36	Sakura Yokomine	-1	70	73	143
36	Maria Torres	-1	72	71	143
36	Xi Yu Lin	-1	74	69	143
36	Annie Park	-1	73	70	143
36	Sei Young Kim	-1	70	73	143
36	Yuka Yasuda (a)	-1	73	70	143
36	Mirim Lee	-1	72	71	143
36	Yu Liu	-1	72	71	143
48	Ayako Uehara	Par	70	74	144
48	Momoko Ueda	Par	75	69	144
48	Mi Jung Hur	Par	71	73	144
48	Cheyenne Knight	Par	73	71	144
48	Karolin Lampert	Par	73	71	144
48	Austin Ernst	Par	76	68	144
48	Brittany Altomare	Par	73	71	144
48	Jessica Korda	Par	72	72	144
48	Hannah Green	Par	73	71	144
48	Anne Van Dam	Par	72	72	144
48	Minami Katsu	Par	70	74	144
48	Azahara Munoz	Par	73	71	144
48	Angel Yin	Par	74	70	144
48	Su Oh	Par	72	72	144
48	Jasmine Suwannapura	Par	72	72	144
48	Linnea Strom	Par	70	74	144
64	Annabel Dimmock	1	75	70	145
64	In Gee Chun	1	70	75	145
64	Felicity Johnson	1	76	69	145
64	Pornanong Phatlum	1	73	72	145
64	Kristen Gillman	1	71	74	145
64	Charlotte Thomas	1	72	73	145
64	Angela Stanford	1	73	72	145
64	Mariajo Uribe	1	73	72	145
64	Sarah Schmelzel	1	73	72	145
CUT
73	So Yeon Ryu	2	73	73	146
73	Karine Icher	2	71	75	146
73	Haeji Kang	2	70	76	146
73	Katherine Kirk	2	76	70	146
73	Agathe Sauzon	2	69	77	146
73	Pajaree Anannarukarn	2	76	70	146
73	Shanshan Feng	2	75	71	146
73	Gaby Lopez	2	71	75	146
73	Lynn Carlsson	2	72	74	146
73	Lina Boqvist	2	75	71	146
83	Jaye Marie Green	3	72	75	147
83	Gabriella Cowley	3	71	76	147
83	Valentine Derrey	3	72	75	147
83	Lindy Duncan	3	70	77	147
83	Dayeon Lee	3	72	75	147
83	Jacqui Concolino	3	74	73	147
89	Nuria Iturrioz	4	76	72	148
89	Ai Suzuki	4	75	73	148
89	Amy Yang	4	73	75	148
89	Alena Sharp	4	74	74	148
89	Daniela Darquea	4	75	73	148
89	Emma Spitz (a)	4	76	72	148
89	Paula Creamer	4	73	75	148
89	Karrie Webb	4	75	73	148
89	Katja Pogacar	4	73	75	148
89	Chella Choi	4	75	73	148
99	Mi Hyang Lee	5	76	73	149
99	Eun-Hee Ji	5	74	75	149
99	Catriona Matthew	5	73	76	149
99	Mamiko Higa	5	75	74	149
99	Wei Ling Hsu	5	76	73	149
99	Christine Wolf	5	75	74	149
99	Amy Olson	5	73	76	149
99	Jennifer Song	5	75	74	149
99	Cydney Clanton	5	74	75	149
99	Whitney Hillier	5	71	78	149
109	Cristie Kerr	6	75	75	150
109	Jenny Haglund	6	75	75	150
109	Emily Toy (a)	6	76	74	150
109	Noora Komulainen	6	74	76	150
109	Meghan MacLaren	6	73	77	150
109	Celine Herbin	6	75	75	150
109	Inbee Park	6	75	75	150
109	Hye Jin Choi	6	73	77	150
117	Nanna Koerstz Madsen	7	72	79	151
117	Laura Fuenfstueck	7	76	75	151
117	Lauren Stephenson	7	75	76	151
117	Jennifer Kupcho	7	77	74	151
117	Marianne Skarpnord	7	73	78	151
117	Madelene Sagstrom	7	78	73	151
117	Tonje Daffinrud	7	78	73	151
124	Maria Fassi	8	76	76	152
124	Alice Hewson (a)	8	75	77	152
124	Nasa Hataoka	8	76	76	152
124	Mel Reid	8	77	75	152
124	Carly Booth	8	78	74	152
124	Sandra Gal	8	74	78	152
124	Ryann O Toole	8	77	75	152
124	Camilla Lennarth	8	75	77	152
124	Beth Allen	8	76	76	152
124	Mariah Stackhouse	8	77	75	152
134	Tiffany Joh	9	79	74	153
134	Frida Kinhult (a)	9	77	76	153
136	Stacy Lewis	10	78	76	154
136	Charlotte Thompson	10	77	77	154
136	Pernilla Lindberg	10	78	76	154
136	Ingrid Lindblad (a)	10	74	80	154
140	Lydia Ko	12	76	80	156
140	Esther Henseleit	12	78	78	156
140	Diksha Dagar	12	77	79	156
140	Kylie Henry	12	78	78	156
144	Laura Davies	13	82	75	157