AIG Women's Open leaderboard https://www.lpga.com/tournaments/aigwomensopen/leaderboard
I'd love to be more specific but to be honest I have watched 12 hours of the AIG Women's Open over the first two days on the Golf Channel with the Sky Sports feed, and despite top of the leaderboard play by Alena Sharp 71 74 +3 which will be 4 shots off the lead heading into the weekend, I cannot say I've seen her play a single shot, certainly not today.
Paired with Dame Laura Davies playing in her 40th Women's Open, you know the cameras were available. Davies shot 80 on Thursday and birdied the last today and they showed her putt out for her 74, but cut away before Alena did likewise, albeit for bogey.
So, on Thursday Alena drove OB on the first in that early howling gale for a double, but recovered with birdies at 4,5 into the same wind, not many did. She was out in 39, then after a bogey on the 10th, made 4 birdies in her last 8 holes for a magnificent 32 and E71.
Today with a later tee time, she made a 4 at the 1st, birdie at 2, bogey at 3,4 then solid pars to the turn in +1 37. Three pars and a birdie at 13 saw Alena E par with 5 to play on the 14th tee, with the wind blowing a houlie as they say in Scotland. She made bogey at 14,15 and unfortunately at 18 for 37 and +3 total.
Click on my leaderboard link above.
One player, Sweden's Dani Holmqvist 71 70 is the ONLY player under par. Then American Austin Ernst at 72 70 E who had the clubhouse lead most of the day.
Seven players led by Lydia Ko are at +1, four players at +2, then Alena in a group of 8 at +3.
It is 5.15pm at Royal Troon, the last group on course is currently playing the 8th hole so they won't finish play until nearly 8.15pm local time.
The cut fell at +9. Brooke Henderson missed it at +10.
Weather forecast: https://www.google.com/search?q=weather+for+ayr+scotland&rlz=1C1ZKTG_enCA901CA901&oq=weather&aqs=chrome.0.69i59j69i57j69i59l2j0l4.9237j1j15&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
The wind is still from SW at around 20kph this Saturday morning The wind will slowly drop and shift to the W later today, then the traditional NW on Sunday, but lighter and the sun will come out.
Bryan Angus
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