AIG Women’s Open R2

Women’s Open 2021 R2
August 19-22
Carnoustie Golf Links, Carnoustie, Scotland
$5,800,000
Round 1, Round 3, Round 4

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Georgia Hall moved firmly into contention for a second AIG Women’s Open title after claiming a share of the lead following today’s second round at Carnoustie.

Women’s Open 2021 R2

Hall was among the early starters who took advantage of calm conditions over the Angus links to sign for a three-under 69 and a 36-hole total of seven-under-par.

“Every (AIG Women’s) Open I want to do the best I can. I think I would have taken 69 at the start of the day, conditions were pretty still and I played pretty good. This is a fantastic golf course, one of the best in the world. There is a lot of golf to play yet but I’m happy where I am”

Women’s Open 2021 R2

Hall, the 2018 champion at Royal Lytham & St Annes, carded six birdies and recovered from a double bogey at the 15th to take the English player to the top alongside American Mina Harigae.

From the third group of the day, Harigae also thrived and closed with four birdies in her last seven holes to sign for a superb five-under-par 67 and to join Hall on seven-under.

Women’s Open 2021 R2

“A couple of times I got lucky with the bounces, skirting a couple of bunkers,” said Harigae. “But, overall, I putted really well today so I think that contributed to my really good back nine as well. I’m a much better golfer the last 12 months, I’ve been playing well. I just feel like I’m in a good place.”

The Californian was runner-up in July’s Marathon LPGA Classic and is in form as she seeks a first main tour win and to improve on her best finish in the Championship, a tie for 28 th in 2018.

With joint-overnight leader and world number one Nelly Korda slipping to a one-over-par 73 for a four-under-par total, it’s a congested leaderboard going into the weekend.

Women’s Open 2021 R2

Another American player, Lizette Salas, reached six-under-par after back-to-back rounds of 69 and she shares third place with world number four Sei Young Kim, who added a 71 to her opening 67.

Seven players are well-placed at five-under-par, including Ireland’s Leona Maguire and the USA’s Lexi Thompson.

“I felt like I played really solid,” said Maguire. “I spent a lot of time last night working on my putting and my stroke and got off to a really nice start today. It’s the most demanding Open course, probably mentally. You have to be fully concentrating on every single shot. You can’t really play too defensive either. You have to hit driver on some of the holes and take on fairway bunkers.”

Women’s Open 2021 R2

Amateur Louise Duncan, playing with Hall, continued to cheer the home fans as the Scot, 21, comfortably made the cut on three-under-par and leads the chase for the prestigious Smyth Salver as top amateur – ahead of Lauren Walsh and Annabell Fuller on one-under-par and level par respectively.

“I don’t think I could’ve got any more nervous than yesterday,” said Duncan. “I wasn’t as nervous today, maybe a wee bit of hand shaking but it was fine. We’ll see how the weekend goes as I’ve nothing really to lose now. Just watching players like Georgia, whatever happens, they don’t let it affect them. They just enjoy it and play well, trying to keep flat and steady.”

Megan Khang produced the low round of the week, a brilliant six-under-par 66, to surge through the field and reach one-under-par, making the cut by two shots.

The top 65 and ties progressed to the weekend on one-over-par, with defending champion Sophia Popov among those to miss out on three-over. Dame Laura Davies, 57, can look forward to the final 36 holes after finishing on level par thanks to a fine two-under-par 70, which featured seven birdies.

Women’s Open 2021 R2

Pos.	Player	To Par	R1	R2	Total
T1	Georgia Hall	-7	68	69	137
T1	Mina Harigae	-7	70	67	137
T3	Sei Young Kim	-6	67	71	138
T3	Lizette Salas	-6	69	69	138
T5	Moriya Jutanugarn	-5	72	67	139
T5	Nanna Koerstz Madsen	-5	70	69	139
T5	Leona Maguire	-5	72	67	139
T5	Wichanee Meechai	-5	71	68	139
T5	Yealimi Noh	-5	70	69	139
T5	Yuka Saso	-5	68	71	139
T5	Lexi Thompson	-5	69	70	139
T12	Brooke M. Henderson	-4	71	69	140
T12	Nelly Korda	-4	67	73	140
T12	Minjee Lee	-4	71	69	140
T12	Su Oh	-4	71	69	140
T12	Madelene Sagstrom	-4	67	73	140
T12	Hinako Shibuno	-4	70	70	140
T18	Matilda Castren	-3	73	68	141
T18	Jenny Coleman	-3	72	69	141
T18	Louise Duncan (a)	-3	68	73	141
T18	Eun-Hee Ji	-3	72	69	141
T18	Sanna Nuutinen	-3	70	71	141
T23	Marina Alex	-2	72	70	142
T23	Nasa Hataoka	-2	70	72	142
T23	Ariya Jutanugarn	-2	71	71	142
T23	Stephanie Kyriacou	-2	72	70	142
T23	Anna Nordqvist	-2	71	71	142
T23	Gerina Piller	-2	72	70	142
T23	Paula Reto	-2	72	70	142
T23	Jenny Shin	-2	71	71	142
T31	Nicole Broch Larsen	-1	75	68	143
T31	Chella Choi	-1	71	72	143
T31	Hannah Green	-1	73	70	143
T31	Leonie Harm (a)	-1	70	73	143
T31	Alice Hewson	-1	73	70	143
T31	Megan Khang	-1	77	66	143
T31	Lydia Ko	-1	72	71	143
T31	Andrea Lee	-1	68	75	143
T31	Brittany Lincicome	-1	71	72	143
T31	Gaby Lopez	-1	70	73	143
T31	Marissa Steen	-1	73	70	143
T31	Patty Tavatanakit	-1	71	72	143
T31	Albane Valenzuela	-1	70	73	143
T31	Lauren Walsh (a)	-1	74	69	143
T45	Pajaree Anannarukarn	E	72	72	144
T45	Carlota Ciganda	E	69	75	144
T45	Laura Davies	E	74	70	144
T45	Perrine Delacour	E	73	71	144
T45	Annabell Fuller (a)	E	71	73	144
T45	Ayaka Furue	E	74	70	144
T45	Felicity Johnson	E	75	69	144
T45	Jennifer Kupcho	E	71	73	144
T45	Jeongeun Lee6	E	72	72	144
T45	Stacy Lewis	E	73	71	144
T45	Lauren Stephenson	E	71	73	144
T45	Elizabeth Szokol	E	72	72	144
T45	Atthaya Thitikul	E	71	73	144
T58	Brittany Altomare	+1	70	75	145
T58	Aditi Ashok	+1	71	74	145
T58	Haeji Kang	+1	73	72	145
T58	Jessica Korda	+1	73	72	145
T58	Kelsey Macdonald	+1	75	70	145
T58	Inbee Park	+1	70	75	145
T58	Emily Kristine Pedersen	+1	71	74	145
T58	Christine Wolf	+1	73	72	145
T58	Angel Yin	+1	73	72	145
T67	Ssu-Chia Cheng	+2	75	71	146
T67	Austin Ernst	+2	76	70	146
T67	Celine Herbin	+2	72	74	146
T67	Alison Lee	+2	72	74	146
T67	Mi Hyang Lee	+2	73	73	146
T67	Sarah Schmelzel	+2	73	73	146
T67	Jennifer Song	+2	75	71	146
T67	Emma Talley	+2	73	73	146
T67	Lindsey Weaver	+2	73	73	146
T67	Rose Zhang (a)	+2	72	74	146
T77	Celine Boutier	+3	72	75	147
T77	Ashleigh Buhai	+3	73	74	147
T77	Trichat Cheenglab	+3	78	69	147
T77	Cydney Clanton	+3	75	72	147
T77	Olivia Cowan	+3	71	76	147
T77	Gabriella Cowley (a)	+3	75	72	147
T77	Ally Ewing	+3	72	75	147
T77	Kristen Gillman	+3	73	74	147
T77	Maha Haddioui	+3	73	74	147
T77	Kylie Henry	+3	71	76	147
T77	Whitney Hillier	+3	73	74	147
T77	A Lim Kim	+3	76	71	147
T77	Bronte Law	+3	73	74	147
T77	Sophia Popov	+3	72	75	147
T77	Agathe Sauzon	+3	73	74	147
T77	Amy Yang	+3	75	72	147
T93	Serena Aoki	+4	75	73	148
T93	Laura Fuenfstueck	+4	75	73	148
T93	Johanna Gustavsson	+4	74	74	148
T93	Esther Henseleit	+4	72	76	148
T93	Charley Hull	+4	77	71	148
T93	Christina Kim	+4	75	73	148
T93	Sung Hyun Park	+4	76	72	148
T93	Angela Stanford	+4	72	76	148
T93	Prima Thammaraks	+4	76	72	148
T102	In Gee Chun	+5	74	75	149
T102	Manon De Roey	+5	76	73	149
T102	Erika Hara	+5	75	74	149
T102	Karolin Lampert	+5	73	76	149
T102	Azahara Munoz	+5	74	75	149
T102	Ryann O’Toole	+5	71	78	149
T102	Mel Reid	+5	75	74	149
T102	Magdalena Simmermacher	+5	73	76	149
T102	Marianne Skarpnord	+5	74	75	149
T102	Chloe Williams (a)	+5	76	73	149
T112	Pia Babnik	+6	77	73	150
T112	Gemma Dryburgh	+6	76	74	150
T112	Jodi Ewart Shadoff	+6	73	77	150
T112	Jaye Marie Green	+6	75	75	150
T112	Mi Jung Hur	+6	72	78	150
T112	Katherine Kirk	+6	72	78	150
T112	Cheyenne Knight	+6	78	72	150
T112	Ursula Wikstrom	+6	78	72	150
T120	Annabel Dimmock	+7	73	78	151
T120	Muni He	+7	74	77	151
T120	Tsubasa Kajitani (a)	+7	76	75	151
T120	Danielle Kang	+7	76	75	151
T120	Aline Krauter (a)	+7	74	77	151
T120	Ingrid Lindblad (a)	+7	77	74	151
T126	Ana Belac	+8	72	80	152
T126	Nuria Iturrioz	+8	78	74	152
T126	Caroline Masson	+8	73	79	152
T126	Giulia Molinaro	+8	78	74	152
T126	Pornanong Phatlum	+8	75	77	152
T126	Luna Sobron Galmes	+8	78	74	152
T132	Pernilla Lindberg	+9	75	78	153
T132	Mo Martin	+9	78	75	153
T132	Catriona Matthew	+9	78	75	153
T132	Amy Olson	+9	78	75	153
T132	Pannarat Thanapolboonyaras	+9	74	79	153
T132	Anne van Dam	+9	75	78	153
T138	Sarah Kemp	+10	78	76	154
T138	So Yeon Ryu	+10	76	78	154
140	Lucie Malchirand	+11	79	76	155
141	Cloe Frankish	+12	78	78	156
142	Kirsten Rudgeley (a)	+18	86	76	162
WD	Lee-Anne Pace	+1	73		73
WD	Jasmine Suwannapura	+3	75		75