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. The Marquis course Anthony Wall Woburn golf club might be the

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shortest venue of the year but it is certainly no pushover. No fewer than

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46 of the 144 strong field finished under-par. Rather surprisingly, the

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world number one, was not amongst them. Woburn staged countless

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professional tournaments from the 1980s until today but this is the

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first time it has played host to a Major. Lydia Ko, the world number

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one, has dominated the leaderboard in big events lately but a rare and

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she is shots behind. Brooke Henderson very much in the mix and

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the home galleries were pleased, too. I am happy with my rounds

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today. I was nervous on the first tee because it is my home golf

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course. I usually play further behind, because I come in with a

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longer club. It is nice to play with a 7-iron. I played a solid rounds

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today. I only had one putt for par animated. -- and I made it. The

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British Open is a Major. I never mind one more Major. I had a very

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good first round today and I want to have maybe three more days on the

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same plan, doing the same thing, and we will see. This year I have so

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much fun when I play golf and I really want to play every single

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round. I am really happy right now and I'm just focusing on what is

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under my control. I'm so happy now because everything was perfect. I

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just keep going and keep going. Perfect from Mirim Lee, the Korean

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making only her second appearance at the event. She missed the cut in her

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first and came home in the early evening last night, after a

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spectacular round of 62, equalling the lowest in the history of the

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Championship. Last achieved 12 years ago at Sunningdale. It has given

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that three shot advantage, coming into date two.

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Britain's top ranked female golfer, Charley hole, for whom this is a

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home Major, was group at 3-under par but the runaway leader, they are all

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looking up at Mirim Lee. Including the 2004 British Open champion,

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Karen Stupples. Here years, 12 years after that stunning success at

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Sunningdale, now in the ranks of the commentary brigade. This

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Championship is a completely different character to the windblown

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links that we have seen from the last eight years and they are making

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hay. They are. And this is a course that most of the players that have

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come from America will be really familiar with. They understand the

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style of golf and they know they have to hit it to certain portions

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of the green to make scoring very good on this course. They are happy

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to go in with short clubs and they are not being stretched. There is

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not much rough out there either, so that is a nice surprise. They were

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expecting knee-high he, and there has been no wind. The conditions

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have been very benign. As we have seen from the scores. Mirim Lee's 62

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yesterday, there was a 62 the year that you won, but you came through

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on that one. As it was back then, you started as the leader with 65.

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Getting to the front is one thing but staying there at the end is

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another. And this is something that this Korean golfer has had trouble

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with lately. She started out 8-under par at the women's open in the US,

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and there was criticism of the USGA for setting up the course too easy.

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As the week went on, other players chased her down and she fell away.

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That is something she will have to content with this week, knowing that

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she has to keep moving forward, accepting the fact that other

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players will have good rounds to catch up to her. As long as she

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keeps putting her head in front, that is what she had to do and that

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is what I tried to do that in 2004. I knew I was playing well enough but

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I had to make more birdies on that final day than anybody else. And you

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did. It gives us a wonderful excuse to relive that spectacular start to

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your final round in 2004. She started with an eagle and an

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albatross. It has never been done before and I think it will never be

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done again. I really have to pinch myself. People asked me what I

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remember from this and I think I was so in the zone that the only real

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thing I remember is from watching highlights like this, and those

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things just don't happen. I did not think they were going to happen to

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me. It was a dream come true for me to when they are at Sunningdale. And

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now here, to be doing this. And funnily enough, this is only the

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third time in the noughties and beyond that we have come to a

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Heathrow and parkland. We have very much made it on links style golf and

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this one, being a shorter courts, -- shorter course, does it ironically

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hamper the longer hitters rather than help them? It does, because

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they are very limited off the tee. That takes a lot of mental strength,

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for somebody who could potentially get to a par-5s in two, knowing that

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they have to play to position and then lay up again and score with a

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wedge, some like Lexi Thompson is not used to having to score with a

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wedge, she is used to making eagles and birdies all over the place,

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hitting the green with two. It takes a lot of strength to tune it down.

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And that is something that Brooke Henderson talked about yesterday,

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that she was maybe a little bit to dial down, it was something she was

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not used to playing. But for a short hitter, this is paradise because

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they can go ahead, hit the driver, at the shot as if they were playing

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normally. And as if to proof that, Arieh U-turning an is not even using

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a driver. She does hit the 2-iron consistently. She can hit a low

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trajectory and the lower you can hit it, the less curve you get on it.

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And I am sure she will feature on the second day. Keep up the good

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work in America. And we are going to enjoy date two here at Woburn. It

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has been dominated by the local girl, Charley hole. She has taken a

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big crowd around with her, as you would expect, this being her home

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course. She began a 3-under, dropping shots at three and six. She

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grabbed them back at seven and this at nine means that she began to make

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chase on Mirim Lee. Moving to 4-under with a birdie at hand. And

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perhaps the local knowledge on this course is bearing fruit. At the

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11th, she was in the sand. She grew up playing golf here. Making it

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three birdies on the spin and getting this one nice and close. She

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would snap up a birdie chance from there. At the 12th, the 20-year-old

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moved 6-under. A great run of four birdies in succession. Looking ever

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more comfortable. We are going to enjoy the play of Charlie and some

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of the earlier starters who began their rounds this morning and for

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the first hour and a bit of our play, we will reflect on that

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morning with you. This is the situation as we join it. Mirim Lee

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with a three shot advantage over Shanshan Feng. A very early start,

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and early tea-time. Mo Martin, the winner of the Championship on links

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a couple of years ago, also going well. Ken Brown and Andrew Cotter

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also enjoying the golf in this lovely part of Bedfordshire. Along

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with Peter Alliss. PETER ALLISS: Welcome to Woburn Abbey. Some of you

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will notice misses Moss, the lovely statue of that great racehorse has

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gone from the front of the main house. The Dowager Duchess had taken

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it with her to New Zealand where she lives for most of the year. And

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isn't that a magnificent estate. Let's go and have a look at the

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golfer. Charley hole on the 14th. It has been an interesting morning,

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weather-wise. A little bit of rain, a little bit of sunshine. If you

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smiling faces and a little bit of luck here and there. If you see a

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bit of luck, you get enough of the other. Not bad at all. Getting

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further away now but OK. Charley hole going well. -- Charley hole.

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Lydia Ko at the 14th. Not having the best of the last few hours. Getting

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nearer, getting nearer. Funny how this game ebbs and flows for no

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reason at all. You have a great day in the next day you go out. And you

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take 76 if you are lucky. The images are to at the 15th. A good position

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at two. Again, benign conditions here at

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Woburn. Mo Martin, the winner a couple of years ago. She is 7-under.

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Not a mighty hit by modern standards. A good swing. She looks

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as if she hits the ball further than she does. Very accurate, and a good

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head on her shoulders. A nice shot. Good result. Mirim Lee, just

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sprinting away from the field at the moment. She shot of that wonderful

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round yesterday. 10-under par. No stranger to low scores. She shot

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8-under in the first round of the US women's open. And it is with shots

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like that that she compiles these very, very low scores indeed. It was

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a bit of the slow start for Charley Hull with a couple of drops shots.

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But that burst of five birdies in the last seven has rocketed to her

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up the leaderboard to 6-under par. But her pace putting is going to be

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really, really tested here. Quite a lot of appeal. Over a crest in the

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hill, and sweeping down towards the hole. Well, it is a little on the

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low side, and that is a little short. The greens are slower after

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the damp conditions in the rain that we have had this morning. Mo Martin

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for a birdie at 12. It dribbles down to the edge. Not a confident stroke,

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a simple little tap-in. Lydia Ko, world number one. Struggling a

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little bit. 2-over par, she dropped a shot at the last. A good effort,

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but a long-range birdie attempt. She needs to get closer, and get

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something going with her round. Although it is early days yet, the

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cut is looking at being somewhere around level par. Chann Sankaran,

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9-under. -- Shanshan Feng. This is her second shot into the 18th. The

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middle of the green. Yes, OK. A likely winner, I feel. Still a bit

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of playing to be done here at Bo Burnham on the Marquess Course. --

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at Woburn. Mika Miyazato. Two Miyazatos on the field, not related.

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Carrie Webb, she had a good run going. Can she keep it going? And

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she has rolled a little bit. Nearly all the putting we have seen so far

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has been shot today. We could blame it on the overnight rain. But we

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have to just hit it a bit harder. It is a lovely scene down there at 14

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but Charley has left herself with a little bit to do. This is tricky.

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She has holed some wonderful putts from inside 12 feet, but this is a

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tricky one. That was a real momentum container. 6-under, or business.

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Charley said she would prefer the course to play longer and she would

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like to be firing in the longer irons. That is what she is

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accustomed to, as we go to Mirim Lee. How did that mess? It was

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travelling ever so slowly. -- how did that miss. There is a Korean

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interpreter here with her to help her with English, which was needed

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yesterday in the interviews after she shot that spectacular 62. But

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the smile is a universal language. If you have a good set of choppers,

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it is better. Not good if they are all like tombstones. Here is Karrie

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Webb for par. And what a good round she has got going today. 21 years

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since she won here. I cannot believe that. That was a bit untidy. But the

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rest of it, very nice indeed. Mika Miyazato, 4-under, 3-under for today

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so far. Well holed. Feng, quite significantly uphill for

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the first half of the putt. Am I dreaming or has she changed her

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grip? I thought she used to putt cack-handed but that looks like a

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normal grip. It seems to be working all right. I seem to remember she

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always putted cack-handed but I may be confusing them. 66, 68, with a

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couple of dropped strokes. Looking very dangerous. Very, very

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dangerous. And this is the woman who ran to the first tee yesterday in

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order to make it on time. I have never seen anyone moves so fast.

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Perhaps Mr Bolt. Here we go, back to 15. A bit of a banana, this hole.

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Charley gives it a good old smash. It should have a little left to

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right. Shorts approved by the R, and the LG you. I think they are

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fantastic and looked lovely for young people.

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Doesn't she attack it wonderfully? Wiles, a good swing. Almost a

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recoil. It is a joy to watch someone. You see many women at club

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level give it an attacking swing. A completely different rhythm here

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from Lydia Ko. Much more of a swinger, but deceptively creates a

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great deal of speed through the ball. She is in danger of not

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qualifying. I would put a lot of money on her qualifying unless the

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weather deteriorates. That would be a big loss.

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She has only missed the cut once in 81 events in her career. And this is

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the young British amateur champion, 15 years old. And that is for a

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par-4 and a 72. Unlikely that she will be around for the weekend,

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seven amateurs here this week and they are doing so well. There is the

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leaderboard, Mirim Lee leading the way. She has a few holes left but

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Shanshan Feng has completed her round. What did she think about it?

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You followed a 66 with a 68 and a very early start. What I'm were you

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up this morning? I got up for 4:30am. The transportation only

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started at 5am, if not I would have got up even earlier. But at the same

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time, you have made the most of this early start. How aggressive can you

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afford to be out here in these conditions? Well, I really like the

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chorus, and normally my ranking is not bad, so I know I will hit a lot

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of fairways and greens. If my putting is working, it really

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matters. In the past few rounds, my putting has been good and I made a

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lot of birdies. We saw Mirim Lee, home with 62 yesterday. When you and

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the other players see another player achieve something like that, what

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does it make you feel? How do you react when you see a score like that

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being posted? Actually, I did not know she shot 62. I have a habit, I

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do not look at the leaderboard. Until we finish on Sunday. I do not

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know what the others are doing, and I do not know where they are at. I

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think that 10-under for two days is not a bad score. I am just going to

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focus on my own game and if it is mine, it is mine. We shall see.

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Thank you very much. That is an aerial view of 15. Two greats tee

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shots, splitting the fairway. Again, what can you tell us about the

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second shots? Neither can reach, so they will have to lay up the pin. A

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slightly easier spots today for the pin, towards the front of the green.

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80 yards or so. The further left you go, you go up the links of the

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green, a better angle of the flag and you get a glimpse of the putting

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surface. I wonder, Ken, if there is any discernible pressure felt by

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Lydia Ko, on the cusp of mixing the cut, which is not the thing for her.

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Almost unheard of. She has had no luck on the greens. Certainly on the

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back nine, I think she had 19 putts. It would reach the second bunker.

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No, definitely not. That victory? -- that bigotry. She does like a

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practice swing. -- that big tree. I think I heard her say it was a

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6-iron, and 106 to five yards up the fairway, she is back a fair

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distance. Yesterday, it was 48 yards, so she has been very

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cautious. The bunker in front of the green is very formidable. It is a

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par-5. Here is Karrie Webb at the 18th. 6-under, going nicely. On the

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edge of a divot. She had sit nicely. Maybe going left a whisker. -- she

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hits it nicely. If she catches the green, that is not bad. Mel Reid on

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the 18th. 2-under par, second shot. Getup. Get up it did. Always a joy

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to watch, Mel Reid. What is the yardage, Ken? She has

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left yourself a long way back. 124. A bit of a landing area over the

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bunker. She got a little nearer yesterday and perhaps a little far

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back today. She always takes these practice divots frighteningly close

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to the ball. I don't know if I am a great fan of that, I don't know why

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you do that. Obviously she hates green keepers. If she fizzes this,

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it could come spinning back. Three divots for one shot. Shot quickly.

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Not bad. Odds on a par-5. Now here is a nice little picture.

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Struck correctly, I think this ball could stop fairly quickly. These

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bunkers, many of the bunkers are very formidable. Third shot, 6-over

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par, she will not be employed for the weekend. And that it goes. Not

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able to do it right. Lydia Ko's third shot. Write down the shaft.

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She has got to finish with something rather spectacular. She needs two or

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three birdies at least. A big disappointment for many people if

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she fails to qualify for the final 36. A long cross green putt here at

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118 for Karrie Webb. Realistically, I think she will be happy to get

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down in two. Swinging right to left at the hole. That speeded up a bit

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more. I thought it was going to be perfect when it came out and then it

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was five or six feet past. Myers at all at the 16th. -- Mike Myers at

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all. Four under par. That might be buried. It could be

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very nasty. Maybe a closing birdie for Mel Reid. Split handed. A little

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contrived. She will tap that one home and it will be 35, making 70. A

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little under the radar but fine play. The leader at the moment is

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currently on 12-under. Mirim Lee. Karrie Webb in the group with Mel

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Reid on the 18th. That was great stewpot. Her lunch will taste better

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after holing that one. -- that was a great two putt. Enjoying the vibes.

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Can I see the umbrellas are up. We have some heavy air coming across.

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-- Ken, I see the umbrellas are up. I have to report that she has had a

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bad time with slow play, Charley Hull. That means if she has another

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one, we start adding strokes. She will not be hanging around. She does

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not give the appearance of being a slow player. They do a bit of

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chatting, her and her caddy, but she tends to have a wide all over the

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ball and on we go. Miyazato's lie almost came out of the pitch mark.

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She did not quite fix it up. That was well played from there. This is

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a must for Lydia Ko. A bit of moisture on the green. Yes, at last.

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Well done. Needs a couple more, I think, if she is going to be here.

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Maybe one more. Our leader. Well, Mirim Lee is still

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managing to stay up there at the top of the leaderboard at 12-under. A

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little weather challenge for us here. Nothing serious. But Mirim Lee

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is coping best of all, as she has done since the first round here.

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2-under for her round today and now that two shot gap between her and

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Shanshan Feng. Thank made the point that Mirim Lee led the US Open this

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season and then finished eighth. She is in no panic about the leader

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right now. Mo Martin going very well, the 2014 champion. Further

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down, Lexi Thompson going well at 3-under.

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Significant to see many young amateurs faring very well at Woburn

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Golf Course, and there will be an almighty scrap for the reading

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amateur this weekend. -- leading amateur. Catriona Matthew, also

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amongst those with a later start today, setting the alarm for the

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ungodly hour yesterday. Jiyai Shin, 1-under. And Luna Sobron, also

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amongst the amateurs under par, seven started, last night for macro

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of them under par. -- four of them. COMMENTATOR:

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Normally, reliable putt from this distance, Miyazato. And she didn't

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let you down. Great up and down from the bunker. Had one top ten that

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she, one on the LPGA -- LPGA Tour 2012, little moneymaker machine.

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Now then. Going with the driver. Trying to keep it between the two

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big oak trees. And she has done that quite a bit this week. Gone down the

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right-hand side, it might be OK, just touch and go. The lie look so

:31:30.:31:35.

gay, but that tree is in the way, maybe getting it in between the two.

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-- the lie looks OK. Boom! No applause. That is why. Past the big

:31:44.:31:55.

tree, may be behind the little tree. And a look at Paula Creamer. Not

:31:56.:32:02.

having a very happy couple of days here at Bowburn. -- at Woburn Golf

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Club. Wonderful par-3, flag close to that book tree on the left-hand

:32:15.:32:15.

side, very tasty. Only one birdie today. Three bogeys.

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She has that pink ribbon in her here, but usually favours the colour

:32:30.:32:38.

pink, but not today. Miyazato, her tee shot.

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We'll followed. Just to the right of the flag. Could come left of it.

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Here she comes. Just a little bit more. Getting better. APPLAUSE

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Done nicely. The final players. Great fun

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watching Britney. She is not inhibited, swings freely. She had a

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couple of top tens this year. Also good. Flag in the nice friendly

:33:46.:34:06.

position there, little collection point. Just losing that slight one

:34:07.:34:12.

of their thinly green, nudging the ball back down very close to the

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hole, lovely shot. Mirim Lee at the 12th, 12-under par.

:34:14.:34:29.

Going with a little realist, rescues, whatever you call them.

:34:30.:34:36.

That is OK. On the little island, between the two ponds. This was the

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Marcus' favourite hole, not the easiest task getting it ready, but

:34:49.:34:52.

we did it. Champion from Royal Birkdale. That has never got the

:34:53.:35:02.

legs. Very unlucky just immediately after she won macro the

:35:03.:35:05.

Championship, injured her wrists, not able to use the momentum from

:35:06.:35:10.

her when. To cut a long time to get over that.

:35:11.:35:26.

Charley Hull, that tree might just be in her site, but I think she can

:35:27.:35:43.

squeeze it passed with good fortune and good hit. Yes, I would say so,

:35:44.:35:51.

we are waiting for that ruling. But had the drop for some reason. Yes,

:35:52.:35:58.

very slender masterly way. Could make the shot substantially easier.

:35:59.:36:10.

Free drop? Yes, she has this and turnout for whatever there is an

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10I4. Like a triffid? Yes, but a good break. She has it clear now.

:36:19.:36:23.

Virtually, yeah. Plenty of time to think about this

:36:24.:36:56.

one, she has had that ruling, 150 yards, the tree at the Opera chart,

:36:57.:37:02.

cannot go round it, has to squirt it under it. Left-to-right on it, not

:37:03.:37:05.

easy. Very truncated follow-through there,

:37:06.:37:17.

but it is not the worst result for Charley Hull, clean lie in the

:37:18.:37:21.

bunker. If you miss this fairway, you tend to get any easier shot from

:37:22.:37:28.

the left-hand side. As we look quickly at Nikko Miyazato, after a

:37:29.:37:38.

good tee shot 117. -- on the 17th. The rain coming down slowing the

:37:39.:37:44.

greens a fraction. Players cannot afford to be aggressive even when

:37:45.:37:52.

slightly downhill. Two birdies, one bogey, steady round.

:37:53.:38:02.

Well done. Still wearing that strapping on the left wrist, which

:38:03.:38:12.

gave her all the problems after the win on the Championship at Royal

:38:13.:38:17.

Birkdale, I think that is a precaution now. Creamer for the two

:38:18.:38:24.

at the 17th. That is not like her at all. A little ray of sunshine. But

:38:25.:38:29.

not a heat wave. Mac on the water hole. -- and back

:38:30.:38:50.

on the water hole. The flag little further right today, the water

:38:51.:38:54.

running up that side, but it has frightened her away from it.

:38:55.:39:03.

Suddenly, it's a shuttle to get the par four on a simple looking hole.

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-- it is a struggle. You can see the position of the tee

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shot, good leave. Splash shot, but caught it a little heavy.

:39:24.:39:28.

Disappointing third they are, for Charlie. You can see how will she

:39:29.:39:34.

has got her feet dug in, a lot of sand in the bunker by the looks of

:39:35.:39:41.

it, just the back edge into the sand, just a little early, as Kent

:39:42.:39:47.

said. That deadens the Bloor. Landing to or three yards short of

:39:48.:39:54.

where she would have liked. -- two or three yards. Not a good shot for

:39:55.:40:01.

the bunker, comparatively simple bunker shot, not played very well,

:40:02.:40:07.

and now maybe six or seven yards for the par. 6-under at the moment.

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Newly I should just keep the act, but it wasn't. Dropped shot.

:40:17.:40:26.

Annoying. -- nearly a great escape. The third on the 12th. Very slow

:40:27.:40:37.

first portion of that putt over the fringe, really misjudged, so with

:40:38.:40:44.

dampening conditions, it is a little bit of a struggle. Lydia Ko,

:40:45.:40:54.

important time for her, Ken. Miraculous recovery, brilliant one,

:40:55.:40:57.

down the slope, moving to her right, quite quick.

:40:58.:41:03.

CHEERING You have just witnessed on the last

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to back row Hales one of the reasons why she is number one in the world

:41:11.:41:17.

at her tender age, not even 20, and made two wonderful putts, keeping

:41:18.:41:21.

things going over the next couple and she could be here for the

:41:22.:41:25.

weekend, when the course looked lost.

:41:26.:41:29.

Mirim Lee has had her fair share of putts. This is for par. Perfect.

:41:30.:41:37.

Keeps herself head of the chasing pellet on. That was a very well

:41:38.:41:44.

fought for par four. Not much in this one? Not really.

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Nudged this. Fourth body of the week, 5-under

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par. -- fourth bogey. Early days. STUDIO: We have seen

:42:11.:42:19.

some good putts, Mirim Lee holding that advantage, through 12 Hales,

:42:20.:42:23.

good to see Lydia Ko in that group with Charley Hull fighting back,

:42:24.:42:29.

Lydia has not missed the cut for 30 months or so, desperately trying to

:42:30.:42:32.

be amongst the field here for the week end. This Bronte Law, member of

:42:33.:42:37.

the Curtis cup, winning Great Britain and Ireland team last month,

:42:38.:42:44.

amongst seven amateurs going really well. 3-under in that group. An Yani

:42:45.:42:51.

Tseng yet to get her group under way. She has had her troubles over

:42:52.:42:56.

the last couple of years, but gradually getting back to form.

:42:57.:43:01.

Katrina Matthieu still waiting for her tee time. And these are all the

:43:02.:43:06.

players one would expect at this point to be playing, the weekend for

:43:07.:43:14.

the Marquess course, and with the weather forecast calm and a little

:43:15.:43:18.

humid today, and the odd squall coming in, these players will have

:43:19.:43:24.

to make sure that they are up to scratch.

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COMMENTATOR: That is the ball of Lydia Ko on 17. A couple of timely

:43:35.:43:41.

birdies have put her back in the mix for the weekend. Another quick

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practice, another divot removed. Can Charley Hull get it right? Just

:43:50.:43:54.

needs a touch of drawer and can kiss on that slope to set it up for the

:43:55.:44:00.

right to left, window from the back. Very different height to previous

:44:01.:44:08.

shots, but what a result. Coming off of the back of that dropped shot,

:44:09.:44:13.

greater chance to get it straight back on the 17th.

:44:14.:44:37.

Brittany Lang for the closing par, women's open champion. That was a

:44:38.:44:48.

push. Unfortunately, that will be the second dropped shot in the last

:44:49.:44:55.

four Hales, still here for the weekend, but small consolation at

:44:56.:44:56.

the moment. Mo Martin, I wonder if this is the

:44:57.:45:09.

same club with which she hit the pin on her final hole at Birkdale? She

:45:10.:45:17.

likes these woods. What I shot! That's an excellent low there, from

:45:18.:45:22.

Mo Martin, on the 15th, par-5, setting up the legal putt. -- Eagle.

:45:23.:45:36.

A bit of gardening going on. Short par-3, balls landing, some repairs

:45:37.:45:46.

did it. She is just marginally away from Lydia, Linda Vesper. -- under

:45:47.:45:55.

Westberg. Precious run she has been, but in terms of Kut made, it goes

:45:56.:46:03.

back 30 months, she missed one in the women's PGA Championship last

:46:04.:46:06.

June. But she has given herself every chance of keeping the cut

:46:07.:46:14.

running going here. Slow one, this, just that little bit slow, then you

:46:15.:46:18.

think another light drizzle on the green, some moisture on the surface.

:46:19.:46:33.

She hit it then, now she has not. Straightforward as well, right to

:46:34.:46:38.

left, comfortable one, if you had given it enough. Just par, but level

:46:39.:46:49.

par at the moment, good enough for type one 50th, and ties make the

:46:50.:46:54.

weekend. Miyazato, quite a long way back.

:46:55.:47:08.

Doesn't like it. That might cling on to the left edge of the green. We

:47:09.:47:14.

have seen Karrie Webb putt from that direction, so not particularly easy.

:47:15.:47:35.

The caddy for Paula Creamer, for many years, giving some last bits of

:47:36.:47:48.

advice there. That was a solid looking swing. Not bad. Struggling a

:47:49.:47:57.

bit this season, Paula Creamer, her game has disappeared slightly.

:47:58.:48:05.

Charley Hull, she can be aggressive on this one. And needs to be, keep

:48:06.:48:16.

it inside the right edge, and firm, but... Just wasn't aggressive.

:48:17.:48:20.

Firmly at the right edge. You suspect the way she plays that she

:48:21.:48:25.

would, but I she after that tee shot. -- but that was a shame after.

:48:26.:48:35.

Seeing yesterday, not knowing the back nine is well here, because her

:48:36.:48:39.

father usually picks her up at the halfway house. Big tee shot, just a

:48:40.:48:44.

flick in. That was a touch fortunate. I think

:48:45.:49:00.

she got that little bit heavy. Should sneak in for the weekend,

:49:01.:49:05.

level par word Paula Creamer, on 5-over. Now, Lexi Thompson. Four

:49:06.:49:13.

under at the moment, three birdies at the moment on this back nine. And

:49:14.:49:21.

there is another one! CHEERING That is the way to do it, she has

:49:22.:49:26.

had troubles were plotting, but that is the answer, take it out of the

:49:27.:49:31.

equation, wonderful shot! Worth another look. What it

:49:32.:49:37.

beautifully, I think it was going just a little bit past the hole, but

:49:38.:49:42.

it straight online. It doesn't. Beautifully played. -- it doesn't

:49:43.:49:50.

matter. Some back nine she's got going now.

:49:51.:49:58.

A fantastic three word here, from Mo Martin, setting up this birdie

:49:59.:50:03.

opportunity on 15. She has had her potting boots on ready today. And

:50:04.:50:09.

there we go, another birdie on the card for Mo Martin. She is moving

:50:10.:50:13.

dangerously near the top of this leaderboard.

:50:14.:50:23.

As final tee shot from Lydia Ko. Elegant swing. Now hit at it, threw

:50:24.:50:44.

the ball and bouncing on there. -- no hit.

:50:45.:50:54.

Just to tidy things up with Mo Martin, I think it was a birdie, we

:50:55.:51:03.

have had confirmation of that. It under par, still going very well.

:51:04.:51:08.

And now Wessberg. Her final hole of the Championship

:51:09.:51:28.

this year. Interesting to see the distance. Charley Hull should be

:51:29.:51:38.

able to get a wee bit past Lydia Ko. She certainly spoke one pastor

:51:39.:51:43.

yesterday, heavy drizzle, wet ball and wet clubface, it can squib -- it

:51:44.:51:51.

can skid of it. Hitting very low again.

:51:52.:52:01.

It's the recoil. Bouncing past without fade, still good enough to

:52:02.:52:11.

get 20 yards past Lydia Ko, the shaft binding from the neck, but to

:52:12.:52:19.

be very good tee shots. -- but the very good. And up ahead on the

:52:20.:52:26.

green, the putt we saw earlier but Karrie Webb, gathering pace from

:52:27.:52:31.

this slope, but the extra rain just holding that one back. Not a very

:52:32.:52:38.

easy one she has left herself. Rather sneaky hole location, as it

:52:39.:52:45.

was yesterday, some players struggling with closing putts. Mirim

:52:46.:52:54.

Lee, 113. She just needs to move this a little right to left. -- won

:52:55.:53:04.

the 15th. -- on the 13th. That is fairly central. Not difficult to hit

:53:05.:53:11.

the greens here, on this golf course, but difficult to get the

:53:12.:53:15.

ball close to the Flight, you have to ship it in when they tuck the

:53:16.:53:19.

pins into the corners behind the trees. -- get the ball close to the

:53:20.:53:25.

flag. And Brittany Lincicome, big hitting

:53:26.:53:44.

player, but this for her birthday. -- for birdie. That is rather tired

:53:45.:53:50.

looking. As birdie on the fifth, at that stage going well, started

:53:51.:53:56.

3-under, then to four, then four drop shots, and a little to do to

:53:57.:53:58.

close the par here. Twice major winner, twice winner of

:53:59.:54:13.

the inspiration, as it is now known. Back to 17 now. And Ai Miyazato, the

:54:14.:54:25.

other Miyazato. Flirting with that tree. And coming and left of the

:54:26.:54:30.

flag, great shot, spectators gathered around those being treated

:54:31.:54:34.

to a wonderful array of golf shot, friendly flag position.

:54:35.:54:48.

Nico Miyazato, her caddy keeping the ball dry, not wanting any water

:54:49.:54:56.

between the ball and clubface. -- niqab Miyazato. Not related, the

:54:57.:55:05.

Miyazatos. I think this is a little bit of a double breaker. She has to

:55:06.:55:12.

headed firmly to hold the line, otherwise it might speak to her

:55:13.:55:22.

left. It came back well, well done. Round of 71 completed by Mika

:55:23.:55:32.

Miyazato, four under par, very decent total.

:55:33.:55:41.

Mirim Lee. Big right-to-left, swinging putt here. Tracking well.

:55:42.:55:52.

Little steamy. Very steamy! Brittany Lincicome, lovely round

:55:53.:56:13.

from heart, sliding down to tide for 71st at the moment, which might have

:56:14.:56:17.

been the putt to make the cut, we shall see, long way to go, all

:56:18.:56:22.

depending on the weather. Again, going so well, four under at one

:56:23.:56:28.

stage, act now to 1-over. -- she is back now.

:56:29.:56:35.

Hopefully, this will be the final putt on this hall for Paula Creamer.

:56:36.:56:43.

Unfortunately, it would also prove to be the final putt of the

:56:44.:56:56.

Championship this year. In she goes. 73 for creamer, giving her to 5-over

:56:57.:57:03.

par. And I'm afraid, the weekend off is in prospect.

:57:04.:57:10.

That red dot in the centre of the fairway is 142 yards to the front

:57:11.:57:21.

edge. Flag today 23 on. Lydia faced that to off from -- she paced the

:57:22.:57:31.

little in front. If you pitch it on the top of the ridge, on the down

:57:32.:57:36.

slope, it will go to the back of the green, you have to hit it low enough

:57:37.:57:41.

to check the bank, and rule over it, very difficult shot. -- and rule

:57:42.:57:46.

over it. Nice slow trajectory. Wonderful. You

:57:47.:58:07.

enjoyed that one. That was spectacularly good. I was going to

:58:08.:58:14.

point out they are to the viewers, the caddy is wearing the bib which

:58:15.:58:20.

is the equivalent of the yellow jersey in the Tour de France. World

:58:21.:58:24.

number one ranking on the back, always given to the person at the

:58:25.:58:29.

top of the rankings. And what will Charley Hull do? Left

:58:30.:58:35.

herself 150. Possibly capable of hitting it high. Just a little out

:58:36.:58:42.

of reach. She has gone for the high soft landing. Coming off of it, she

:58:43.:58:49.

said. Shaping up for trying it in. Lydia Ko feeding it in. -- fading.

:58:50.:59:01.

We will go back to Mirim Lee, to save her par after racing that first

:59:02.:59:14.

one past. The leader has just a little stumble. Back to 11, one

:59:15.:59:21.

clear of Shanshan Feng, who finished a little while ago. First dropped

:59:22.:59:28.

shot of the day and indeed the Championship from Mirim Lee. The

:59:29.:59:36.

rain continues to come down, but Mirim Lee one clear. Mo Martin doing

:59:37.:59:43.

well. Three holes to play and three behind. The former champion in with

:59:44.:59:53.

a 69, Karrie Webb. Lexi Thompson, beautiful tee shot.

:59:54.:00:04.

She has read it well but has not hit it either. We have seen that putt

:00:05.:00:09.

time and time again. Few players getting it to the whole. -- hole.

:00:10.:00:19.

The birdie on the previous hall was a bonus. The course takes one back.

:00:20.:00:28.

Stays at 5-under, Lexi Thompson, everyone will wrapped up today. Good

:00:29.:00:31.

sensible folk, golf followers. Birdie putt for Ai Miyazato. No

:00:32.:00:46.

movement on this one, she can go straight at it and she does. That is

:00:47.:01:03.

a nice ray of sunshine. 4-over par. This has got to be struck very

:01:04.:01:15.

firmly. Charley Hull, down in two would do very nicely on the 18th. It

:01:16.:01:19.

has been an impressive run so far. Gives it a good data. Very good from

:01:20.:01:37.

Charley Hull. A few stumbles in there today. A great run around the

:01:38.:01:44.

turn. She will wait for her playing partners before knocking that one

:01:45.:01:56.

in. She was quite interesting yesterday in her press conference.

:01:57.:02:00.

She said the advantage of playing here was the home comforts but the

:02:01.:02:04.

disadvantage were the expectations. I think now she has the first two

:02:05.:02:08.

rounds out of the way, she is certainly a woman for the big arena.

:02:09.:02:12.

I think she will relish being the home favourite at the weekend. I am

:02:13.:02:17.

sure she is more comfortable with a select band of friends invited to

:02:18.:02:23.

keep comfortable, one of them a good golfer, and one who is not, first

:02:24.:02:34.

time on a golf course. Line and pace very tricky here up the hill. Quite

:02:35.:02:38.

steep, turning right and then it tiptoes over the edge of the

:02:39.:02:50.

precipice. Would you believe it? Something at the finish for the

:02:51.:02:53.

Swede but it is her last stroke in this Championship. Giving her a

:02:54.:03:03.

level par round. And a total of 5-over.

:03:04.:03:13.

Must've been a bit of tree trouble for Martin here on 16. What a

:03:14.:03:24.

glorious shot. A realistic chance of escaping with par. A rare mistake

:03:25.:03:36.

but she might make amends. We will come back to the 18th and Lydia Ko.

:03:37.:03:43.

You can see this swings from left to right, as clear as anything, but it

:03:44.:03:47.

is amazing how much it dives to the right in the final yards. Marrying

:03:48.:03:52.

the speed with the line is not easy. That was a big break. Mirim Lee. 183

:03:53.:04:29.

yards today across the Lalli Valley. -- across the valley. Easing in that

:04:30.:04:38.

direction. Playing the percentages, at the heart of the green. Charley

:04:39.:04:46.

Hull to tap in and complete a tidy round. Back to 1-under in the

:04:47.:04:53.

Championship for a great run of five birdies around the turn. A round of

:04:54.:05:04.

70. 5-under total. Would you say this would be assured for the

:05:05.:05:09.

weekend? 1-over might make it anyway. But yes, this is to make it

:05:10.:05:19.

for the weekend. She is definitely here anyway. And she did very well.

:05:20.:05:24.

Think of the rounds that Tiger Woods used a fight when he was struggling

:05:25.:05:27.

to make the cut. There was a bit of that in Lydia Ko's round. She was

:05:28.:05:33.

heading home, but birdieing on the 15th and 16th. Level par for the

:05:34.:05:40.

Championship. Lexi Thompson, elevated to 5-under par after a

:05:41.:05:44.

blistering back nine. Splitting the fairway at 18. She has a lot of loft

:05:45.:05:57.

in her hand. This will come in high. Stunning. Sit down. Lexi Thompson at

:05:58.:06:03.

her best. A great birdie opportunity on the last. So the state of affairs

:06:04.:06:13.

at the moment, Mirim Lee coming back a little bit. One clear of Shanshan

:06:14.:06:19.

Feng. Mo Martin finishing strongly. Charley Hull with a round of 70.

:06:20.:06:25.

5-under par for the Championship. And we can hear from her now. Good

:06:26.:06:29.

playing today, especially around the turn without charge from the ninth

:06:30.:06:34.

to the 12th. How much were you enjoying around? I think I had five

:06:35.:06:39.

birdies in six holes, so that got me going. I hit some good shots but I

:06:40.:06:44.

did not get up-and-down. I am happy with the way I hit. Unusually, you

:06:45.:06:50.

were put on the clock after that. How did that affect things? It was

:06:51.:06:54.

OK when it was raining. It made me rush. And I birdied 16. After that,

:06:55.:07:04.

I missed the's and it was a bit pointless, but it is stuff you have

:07:05.:07:08.

to deal with. It definitely affects you? It does, because I am usually a

:07:09.:07:17.

fast player, and I do not want to get any faster. He said yesterday

:07:18.:07:21.

that one of the main advantages of being at home is home comforts but

:07:22.:07:25.

the disadvantage is expectation. How much are you learning to enjoy the

:07:26.:07:28.

expectation and is the pressure easing a little bit? Yes, it is. I

:07:29.:07:35.

did not feel as nervous today. I quite liked it yesterday because I

:07:36.:07:40.

sat in for a fewer birdies and I was in it pretty well. There is no

:07:41.:07:44.

reason why I cannot go lower. You are certainly right in there, keep

:07:45.:07:51.

going, Charley. Thank you. Solidly into the hole for Mirim Lee. 14, a

:07:52.:08:03.

good par-3. Mo Martin has reached the 17th. We have seen several

:08:04.:08:16.

birdies here already. I don't think it was the cleanest strike.

:08:17.:08:31.

Here it comes, he becomes. A rather feeble effort to finish by excitons.

:08:32.:08:41.

That would have been 66. Still, I'm very impressive round from the

:08:42.:08:44.

21-year-old from Florida. Back home in 32.

:08:45.:08:58.

She may be in fine that over the weekend, but it will not be here,

:08:59.:09:09.

for Michelle Wie. 73. Maureen was saying she has been struggling with

:09:10.:09:24.

injury. 5-over par. Martin favouring the putter. A very slow putt up the

:09:25.:09:30.

hill here. A yard or so of fringe to go over. Quite steeply. Needs a firm

:09:31.:09:39.

rap. That is pretty well done from there.

:09:40.:09:53.

I was almost wondering why she was not tempted to give it a little

:09:54.:09:54.

chip-and-run, but a good decision. Mirim Lee's tee shot on the 15th,

:09:55.:10:24.

the longest hole on the course. She looks to be in the trees on the

:10:25.:10:28.

Seoul yesterday but giving it full white here. She will not be able to

:10:29.:10:37.

get there. -- she looked to be in the trees on this hole yesterday.

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This is the length that is giving Mo Martin pause for thought. She will

:10:52.:11:17.

be slightly off her right hand side. She could hit it for a straight or

:11:18.:11:21.

she could just take it into the hole.

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She didn't hit it. As a player, your stomach churns when you hit a putt

:11:28.:11:37.

like that. You give it the thought and then you do not commit. A

:11:38.:11:42.

careless dropped shot, taking three from the edge, dropping her back to

:11:43.:11:49.

7-under. Hit it, you have to hit it a bit harder.

:11:50.:11:55.

In Leona McGuire, one of the amateurs. Her twin sister is on the

:11:56.:12:05.

bag. Playing very well. She has had a couple of years out at university

:12:06.:12:10.

in the States, at Duke University. She was the world amateur number one

:12:11.:12:15.

for a long time until she ceded that crowd to Bronte Law. -- ceded that

:12:16.:12:23.

crown. Her feet, well above the hole. Good distance control by Mirim

:12:24.:12:29.

Lee. Another birdie chance coming up. And Mirim Lee is out in front

:12:30.:12:41.

with four holes to play. Mo Martin on the final hole. Three shots

:12:42.:12:50.

behind. Karrie Webb, in that with a 69. And Lexi Thompson, 67. And we

:12:51.:12:57.

will get the thoughts of the American now with Hazel. Great

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shooting. 67 and a spectacular back nine. Did you enjoy it? It was fun

:13:04.:13:08.

out there besides the rain showers. But that is what we expected at the

:13:09.:13:11.

British Open. It was a good day out there. Looking back at your record,

:13:12.:13:17.

you have had a top 20, but you have never managed to get right into the

:13:18.:13:21.

thick of it. These conditions, do they suit you better than the links

:13:22.:13:26.

conditions? This golf course setup is more suited for my game, rather

:13:27.:13:31.

than the firm ground and extreme wind on the water. But it is

:13:32.:13:35.

something to get used to. I am a Florida girl so I am used to getting

:13:36.:13:39.

my yardage and landing it right there. You have had an interesting

:13:40.:13:45.

season, just winning the international crown with your

:13:46.:13:48.

American team-mates last week. This is the interim before the Rio

:13:49.:13:51.

Olympics, assess the strength of your game right now and those of

:13:52.:13:57.

your American colleagues. Last week was great at the international

:13:58.:14:00.

ground but winning for my country, there is nothing like it. It was an

:14:01.:14:04.

amazing week and we played very well. I was happy to be part of it,

:14:05.:14:08.

representing my country. This is a great tune-up for the Olympics and I

:14:09.:14:13.

am super excited. I have a few weeks to go home and relax but I will

:14:14.:14:19.

focus on the week here. Play well. Thank you very much. Leona McGuire,

:14:20.:14:28.

a talented amateur from County cavern. This should feed down a

:14:29.:14:36.

little bit. Playing partner is very close. Playing with two Spaniards.

:14:37.:14:49.

Mo Martin, second to the final hole. Just 150 yards. Can she get close to

:14:50.:15:06.

this hole, top to just over a little rich? A bit comes. That was so

:15:07.:15:17.

nearly very, very good. Leona McGuire for birdie on 17. We've seen

:15:18.:15:21.

a lot of people leave it shot on the side. Well done. She was a pivotal

:15:22.:15:29.

member of the winning side earlier in the year. Going very, very nicely

:15:30.:15:33.

indeed. Mirim Lee, a chance to get back to

:15:34.:16:00.

12. She rattles it in. Once again, Mirim Lee leads by two from Shanshan

:16:01.:16:01.

Feng. It was very nearly a very good shot

:16:02.:16:22.

from Mo Martin. Just came to a halt on that little rich that runs across

:16:23.:16:28.

this green. This is awkward. A lot of left to right in it. Down the

:16:29.:16:37.

slope it comes. She judged it very well. What a closing putt from Mo

:16:38.:16:42.

Martin. It is a birdie to finish with. A back 935. 68 on the Marquess

:16:43.:16:53.

Course. 8-under par, four behind for the champion from Birkdale. There it

:16:54.:17:04.

is, Mo Martin creeping up to within two Shanshan Feng and four of Mirim

:17:05.:17:11.

Lee. Charley Hull in with a round of 70, to sit in that group on 5-under

:17:12.:17:21.

par. Beatriz Recari and Munoz are giving their second rounds. HAZEL

:17:22.:17:26.

IRVINE: And the leader dropped a second shot on her round at the

:17:27.:17:33.

17th. Dropping back to 11-under for the Championship. She would go on to

:17:34.:17:37.

follow up yesterday's 62 with a completed second round of 71 but

:17:38.:17:41.

just a few cracks appearing in the South Korean's game. A lot to think

:17:42.:17:52.

about. And her three shot over night advantage has been whittled back.

:17:53.:17:55.

Look who is sneaking into third, it is only Mo Martin. And she is here

:17:56.:18:03.

in person. The 2014 champion, lovely to see you. And what a lovely

:18:04.:18:09.

finish. Thank you. When you have digested your two rounds and you

:18:10.:18:13.

need your lunch, how do you feel about your position on the

:18:14.:18:17.

leaderboard? I feel great about it. It is not something I can control.

:18:18.:18:21.

The leaderboard is out of my control but everything I can control out

:18:22.:18:25.

there is going well. I am hitting the ball well my tee-to-green, and I

:18:26.:18:30.

have a good feel for the course. I am probably plotting better than I

:18:31.:18:34.

have this entire year. I have spent some long hours the last couple of

:18:35.:18:38.

weeks working on my putting, and procedurally, it is in a good place.

:18:39.:18:43.

I be missing being by the seaside? You won at Royal Burghfield, but

:18:44.:18:47.

here we are and I know there is a little swirling wind, but it is a

:18:48.:18:52.

completely different character. Have you settled well into that? It is a

:18:53.:18:58.

departure from links playing, but it is a great golf course, and there

:18:59.:19:09.

are some subtle reminders. In and of itself, I think it is a really nice

:19:10.:19:13.

setup. There are challenging parts, for sure, and the greens are

:19:14.:19:21.

challenge. But yesterday, it was slopes of four, with a pretty good

:19:22.:19:26.

speed. I remember one year you came to Royal Birkdale and you said that

:19:27.:19:30.

you instantly felt an affinity with the course which translated into the

:19:31.:19:35.

win itself, which was your first Major on the LPGA Tour. Do you get

:19:36.:19:43.

the same vibes about a course like Woburn this time? I think it is a

:19:44.:19:47.

slower growing love but I am getting there now and I have an appreciation

:19:48.:19:50.

for the course. I know it is a shorter setup, shorter than any of

:19:51.:19:55.

the Major events on the women's Tour, but in a strange way, is it

:19:56.:20:01.

playing into the hands of the shorter hitters, and hampering the

:20:02.:20:05.

longer hitters? You cannot overpower this course. I think that is true on

:20:06.:20:10.

a link style golf course when it is set up properly. Whatever you're

:20:11.:20:13.

doing well, you better do it are the best and if you do it better than

:20:14.:20:16.

everyone else, you will win. There is a fairness there to the British

:20:17.:20:22.

Open, and it always seems to hit the mark with that. Whether you are a

:20:23.:20:26.

long hitter or a short hitter, whatever your specialty, whatever

:20:27.:20:30.

you do best in your game, I think if you can do that well, you will win

:20:31.:20:33.

on a Championship like this. You say you have been working hard on your

:20:34.:20:36.

putting and we're going to show you a couple of putts, the first on the

:20:37.:20:41.

15th. You hit a nice fairway wood interviewer. Something of a

:20:42.:20:45.

speciality as those who have been following your career will

:20:46.:20:49.

appreciate. Tell us about it. The wind started howling on this hole so

:20:50.:20:53.

I had essentially my 4-iron, and 9-wood. The wind stopped for just

:20:54.:20:59.

enough for me to hit it and not be affected too much. The rain came in

:21:00.:21:05.

and out of the entire day. On the next hole, it started howling. And

:21:06.:21:09.

this was a lovely finish on the 18th. It makes lunch taste better

:21:10.:21:13.

when you finish one of these. A good moment, going into the weekend. You

:21:14.:21:18.

can really see the slope. I know it is a shorter golf course but it is

:21:19.:21:25.

no pushover. When you look back on your achievements, I know you missed

:21:26.:21:29.

the cut on the defence of your Championship performance last year,

:21:30.:21:33.

in no small measure due to a pretty severe wrist injury that you

:21:34.:21:37.

suffered, and you still wear a splint on your left hand. I do. How

:21:38.:21:43.

much is that hindered your career so far? It happened in the Sunday after

:21:44.:21:47.

I won the Joffe and I was in contention again, and then I felt a

:21:48.:21:52.

sharp pain on the last hole. -- won the trophy. From there, it was a

:21:53.:21:59.

month before I figured out what it was and then it was four months

:22:00.:22:02.

until I could open a bottle of water. The timing was not ideal but

:22:03.:22:07.

I am happy that I have gotten to a place where I can play again. I have

:22:08.:22:11.

had to change my grip so I can play again, but eight months after, I was

:22:12.:22:17.

feeling good. I went from a long thumb to a short thumb on the grip.

:22:18.:22:22.

I have been consistent since then. Ball striking has been really good.

:22:23.:22:27.

I am thankful that I am happy. And as a person who have achieved a

:22:28.:22:31.

lifetime ambition of a golfing career, how long does it take for

:22:32.:22:35.

that to settle in, that it is not enough and you want more? When did

:22:36.:22:41.

it kick in? I think any competitive person is not really going to rest

:22:42.:22:45.

on their laurels. When I am ready to do that, when anybody is ready to do

:22:46.:22:50.

that, then it is time to do something else. I am still hungry

:22:51.:22:54.

for more, working to improve. I am still here to improve and get

:22:55.:22:58.

better. It is great to see you hanging around the top of the

:22:59.:23:02.

leaderboard once again. We get interesting vibes when you start to

:23:03.:23:06.

do that. Keep up the good work. Thank you. I appreciated. Let's take

:23:07.:23:12.

a check on the leaderboard. Mo Martin is ready to watch the

:23:13.:23:16.

afternoon's golf, as are we. This is the live situation. As you can see,

:23:17.:23:21.

it is the likes of Beatriz Recari making good progress, and Ariya

:23:22.:23:29.

Jutanugarn, who made a spectacular round yesterday, plotting away

:23:30.:23:32.

around the course successfully. And there is Katrina Matthew, at the

:23:33.:23:38.

tender age of 46, 21 years on the LPGA Tour, right there once again.

:23:39.:23:50.

Let's head out to Ariya Jutanugarn. Nicely controlled. So smooth

:23:51.:24:00.

yesterday, relatively untroubled throughout. You can see that her

:24:01.:24:09.

playing partner has run through the fairway. A bit of a downslope here.

:24:10.:24:25.

It looks to be lying OK. It certainly does. It is in the lap of

:24:26.:24:31.

the Gods there but she got away with that one. Beautifully scenic hole

:24:32.:24:39.

405 yards. For most players now it is usually just a 3-wood or a 5-wood

:24:40.:24:52.

down to that launch pad. Stacy Lewis had a couple of bumps, that is why

:24:53.:24:58.

she has come so far down the slope. Lying little down on the grasp of no

:24:59.:25:05.

problem at all. Just some sort of three quarters, pictured left of the

:25:06.:25:08.

flag and it will gather up. She has got to land it far on the green and

:25:09.:25:24.

then run out. Coming off the back of a couple of bogeys. The seventh was

:25:25.:25:29.

costly. Most people picking up shots there. She dropped a shot on the

:25:30.:25:39.

par-3 8th as well. And you can see how much her feet are above the

:25:40.:25:43.

bowl. That will naturally make your swing more upright because you are

:25:44.:25:45.

bent over a little bit more. Not a lot of extra moving parts,

:25:46.:25:54.

economic goal movement. Good contact. And great balance.

:25:55.:26:12.

Off to the tenth tee and Brooke Henderson.

:26:13.:26:22.

A familiar swing. Quick to pick up the tee. A little skip off aid of

:26:23.:26:32.

it. Just caught the outside edge and settles down. Her sister on the bag.

:26:33.:26:41.

A good player herself. Catriona Matthew is bringing up the golf

:26:42.:26:45.

course. Four birdies so far today. She is 6-under. Leaving there as if

:26:46.:26:53.

she was going to lose it to the right. There are bunkers to be

:26:54.:26:56.

carried, which she has done perfectly well. She has a lot on her

:26:57.:27:01.

plate, about to move back into a newly referred house on Thursday. --

:27:02.:27:09.

newly refurbished house. This is Azahara Munoz. The Spaniard happy

:27:10.:27:12.

with her work. Playing alongside Brooke Henderson

:27:13.:27:26.

and Anna Nordqvist. All three are under-par. If you carry the bag, I

:27:27.:27:34.

will carry this small piece of fruit. The division of labour is

:27:35.:27:39.

cruel. Putting from the front of the ninth

:27:40.:27:49.

green. A diminutive figure. Beautiful line. She could've done

:27:50.:28:11.

with another ounce. She is at plus two. She is going to have

:28:12.:28:26.

to pick up a couple of birdies somewhere on the back nine to be

:28:27.:28:33.

around for the weekend. It was always going to be tricky for Stacy

:28:34.:28:39.

Lewis, hanging down the slope with a tight lie. Difficult to stop it

:28:40.:28:49.

going too far. Beyond the flag, it is quite quick. Moving quickly from

:28:50.:29:02.

right to left. When she was at the zenith of her game, she was one of

:29:03.:29:06.

these players where you thought, how is she going so well? Everything was

:29:07.:29:08.

very sound, with no weaknesses. Just a little bit of an over read by

:29:09.:29:34.

Lewis. She is getting married a week tomorrow, she wants to do the

:29:35.:29:38.

wedding out of the way. I do not know many brides to be who use that

:29:39.:29:44.

phrase. How romantic (!) Just get it done, all right?

:29:45.:29:56.

A big first bounce and it grabbed very quickly.

:29:57.:30:06.

It's one of these putts, so easy to see it's left to right. It's a

:30:07.:30:12.

little downhill, but picking the precise line is not easy.

:30:13.:30:19.

Beautiful putt there. Another birdie goes on the card. When she won those

:30:20.:30:28.

three tournaments in the month of May, she was a combined 43 under

:30:29.:30:30.

par. A little bit of a you as she hit

:30:31.:30:52.

that. You can see why. Very good run up to the turn, buried the seventh,

:30:53.:30:54.

eighth and nine the American. Lewis to finish off for par. Out in

:30:55.:31:14.

37, an untidy end to the front nine. Dropped shots at seven and eight.

:31:15.:31:24.

Henderson, if virtual reality is to be believed, is some unpleasantness

:31:25.:31:32.

at the bottom of that tree. We'll see how it's lying in a moment.

:31:33.:31:35.

First, though, Munoz. "Stay," she said. Are you stupid.

:31:36.:31:57.

Self-reproach is often the place that golfers are found.

:31:58.:32:02.

Both Spaniards speaking to their golf balls and themselves in

:32:03.:32:15.

English. Back to Nordqvist. Just missed out

:32:16.:32:38.

in a play-off for the u women's Open recently. Rips that one in. One

:32:39.:32:45.

under for her round today and for the Championship. She was deemed to

:32:46.:32:52.

have grounded her club in a bunker with that play-off. It was the

:32:53.:32:56.

merest grain of sand she touched. The rules are the rules, two-shot

:32:57.:32:59.

penalty and lost her chance there. Henderson seems to be lying OK. I

:33:00.:33:18.

don't know if the canopy of the trees will affect the trajectory of

:33:19.:33:23.

her shot at all. Slightly low, punchy one out there. That's fizzed

:33:24.:33:24.

off. Catriona Matthew putting together a

:33:25.:33:54.

nice round. Doing things differently, yesterday she struggled

:33:55.:33:58.

in the outward nine. Going out well today. Yani Tseng has picked up a

:33:59.:34:08.

couple today to go to five under. Stacy Lewis is just slipping back,

:34:09.:34:12.

back to that group on four under par. Further down, a nice battle for

:34:13.:34:23.

the silver aller, for the -- salver, for the leading amateur.

:34:24.:34:28.

Law law law playing with some borrowed clubs, Bronte Law playing

:34:29.:34:36.

with some borrowed clubs, after her own were lost with an airline,

:34:37.:34:40.

temporarily, she has them back for this week.

:34:41.:34:45.

Hen tore son has just got to skirt along the side of a little valley

:34:46.:34:51.

here. You can see Munoz standing down in that depression there.

:34:52.:35:00.

Hen tore son has to play the first section -- Henderson has to play the

:35:01.:35:05.

first part of the shot, keeping it a bit right.

:35:06.:35:17.

Wasn't really struck with great conviction. A bit of grass caught up

:35:18.:35:21.

between the blade and golf ball there deadened the blow.

:35:22.:35:31.

Catriona Matthew, her third to the par five 11th.

:35:32.:35:43.

Nice bit of spin and another birdie opportunity. Here's Munoz. Get in

:35:44.:35:56.

she says, oh, it nearly obeyed. Beautiful shot. Lots of option

:35:57.:36:00.

there's. She could have killed it slightly on the slope. She chose to

:36:01.:36:05.

take the aerial route. Beautiful played. -- beautifully played.

:36:06.:36:13.

That's well rescued. That keeps her at five under par.

:36:14.:36:19.

Very much a player who thrives on confidence. If she loses her

:36:20.:36:26.

confidence, she makes errors. When she's got it going, she can really

:36:27.:36:27.

go low. But may just escape with a par or

:36:28.:36:57.

better. Better, better, better - in it goes! Just your standard birdie.

:36:58.:37:11.

Oh, what a shot from Kim. A little run of celebration. This is using

:37:12.:37:17.

the contours. Yeah, actually it didn't look to me as if it was ever

:37:18.:37:22.

going to quite make it. A couple of nice, soft bounces. Off the slope

:37:23.:37:30.

and now it's just tiptoeing in. She's still going. Oh, she's

:37:31.:37:35.

stopped. No, starting again. There we go.

:37:36.:37:38.

Little bit more? No. Tired now. Anna Nordqvist, beautiful second

:37:39.:37:55.

shot in there. Over the years that Anna has been

:37:56.:38:11.

competing on the LPGA, which is some seven years now, this has been one

:38:12.:38:14.

of the most solid parts of her game. She makes up her mind and then she's

:38:15.:38:26.

absolutely ruthless with the execution. She doesn't allow time

:38:27.:38:28.

for self-doubt. She doesn't let me down. Beautiful

:38:29.:38:45.

birdie there by Nordqvist. Two under par, slightly pedestrian 72 for her

:38:46.:38:51.

yesterday. Catriona Matthew, right to left on this one for her birdie.

:38:52.:38:57.

Oh, judge today beautifully. Birdie number five in the round for

:38:58.:39:01.

Catriona Matthew, no dropped shots. Up to seven under par. Leading the

:39:02.:39:04.

home challenge. First off the tee yesterday morning.

:39:05.:39:16.

That one slips by. Good view there of the tenth. After

:39:17.:40:02.

playing the front nine, which has several sweeping dog legs, get to

:40:03.:40:05.

the back nine and the holes appear to be a little bit more straight

:40:06.:40:07.

away. This is certainly a straight one and

:40:08.:40:17.

definitely a birdie opportunity if you can find the fairway off the

:40:18.:40:24.

tee. 124 yards left for Jutanugarn. Pin in a very accessible spot, at

:40:25.:40:29.

the centre of the green at the front. If you put the spin on it,

:40:30.:40:33.

it's a matter of how much it spins back. You don't want to go past it,

:40:34.:40:39.

because it leaves a downhill frer there. It's suddenly gone a little

:40:40.:40:42.

bit dank and humid. A driver off the tee for Stacy

:40:43.:41:06.

Lewis. Just an iron for Jutanugarn. This is a good angle to the flag,

:41:07.:41:14.

115. Plays a hair uphill, but only two, three yards uphill. Shouldn't

:41:15.:41:17.

make any difference, just a short iron.

:41:18.:41:31.

I think we're beginning to see some of Stacy Lewis getting back to her

:41:32.:41:39.

best. Won this Championship in 2013 and with that win she completed a

:41:40.:41:43.

glorious ten months in which she had seven victories. There's been a

:41:44.:41:51.

little bit a dirth over the last couple of years. This tee shot has

:41:52.:41:59.

taken a mighty hard bounce. She will have to chase from underneath. Just

:42:00.:42:03.

over 100 yards left, a little, hookie one.

:42:04.:42:11.

She's battling with the cut mark, outside it at the moment, the

:42:12.:42:18.

projected cut mark. We can clear up that shot we saw finding the hole

:42:19.:42:21.

from 150 yards from Kim was for an eagle, not birdie. She hadn't been

:42:22.:42:27.

in trouble on that hole. So an eagle all the better. Marion Ricordeau. --

:42:28.:42:35.

Beatrice Ricari remains at seven under.

:42:36.:42:53.

Laura Davis took eight here, Alison Lee took seven.

:42:54.:43:00.

That is safely down the prepared surface.

:43:01.:43:09.

It's hotting up, good scoring this afternoon as well from Jutanugarn

:43:10.:43:18.

and Ricari. Some players just starting their

:43:19.:43:44.

afternoon rounds, their second rounds, rather.

:43:45.:43:53.

Not the greatest of lies here. Just a matter of popping it on the end to

:43:54.:44:01.

get it to sit down, not go chasing by.

:44:02.:44:09.

Interesting practice swing Eric long way up -- swing, a long way up the

:44:10.:44:35.

shaft. Maybe she's going to bump it up the bank. It runs away the last

:44:36.:44:42.

couple of yards. Well, we saw Munoz play from that

:44:43.:44:47.

side a moment ago. Put it stone dead. Pretty much the same here for

:44:48.:44:56.

Jutanugarn. The greens here tend to shed the golf ball quite a lot.

:44:57.:45:02.

They're not really gathering. A lot of interesting depressions and

:45:03.:45:07.

valleys of sin littered about, just testing the short game of these

:45:08.:45:13.

players. Very pleasant out there now.

:45:14.:45:19.

Fierce showers this morning. Then the wind picked up a little bit. A

:45:20.:45:27.

chance for the afternoon players. I've got my water proof jacket on

:45:28.:45:31.

and I'm certainly sweating up in the corner here a bit. Suddenly the sun

:45:32.:45:40.

comes out, it's very, very pleasant. Ideal golfing conditions beautiful

:45:41.:45:51.

supported. Big crowds out this afternoon. Always well supported at

:45:52.:45:57.

Woburn. This seems to tilt left to right. The way the ball is parked it

:45:58.:46:02.

looks like it's going the other way. It's easy to see when it's downhill,

:46:03.:46:04.

but it's pretty near dead straight. Kim after that glorious two. Rookie

:46:05.:46:49.

of the Year last year on the LPGA, she's won twice out in America

:46:50.:46:52.

already. Another good swing, Maureen. You don't see many quirky

:46:53.:46:57.

swings these days with the women or the men. They're trained

:46:58.:47:02.

beautifully. That was a super swing - compact, solid, delight to watch.

:47:03.:47:10.

Absolute delight. As Ken was saying, we've had a bit of all sorts as for

:47:11.:47:15.

as the weather's concerned today, from balaclavas to bikinis in the

:47:16.:47:16.

space of two minutes. Stacy Lewis. If you're going to

:47:17.:47:30.

leave yourself 11 foot birdie chance, this is the one, up the

:47:31.:47:35.

hill. Looks good, Ken. Yes, all the way, sweet as a nut.

:47:36.:47:43.

But only par today. She remains five under.

:47:44.:47:56.

Recari on the par three 14th. 183 yards.

:47:57.:48:04.

Flag just over on the right-hand side.

:48:05.:48:12.

Trying to feed it in. Green tilted a little bit left to right, so that's

:48:13.:48:18.

helping her. That's going to be quite severely downhill. Yes, a long

:48:19.:48:22.

putt from there. Here's Catriona Matthew. What a star she's been for

:48:23.:48:28.

many years now. Seven under par, second shot at the 12th.

:48:29.:48:35.

Played from the island between the ponds and look at that for a result.

:48:36.:48:41.

APPLAUSE Such a gentle, sweet player. Never

:48:42.:48:49.

flustered, never angry. Jutanugarn in for a four on the

:48:50.:48:56.

tenth. Eight under, lurking ominously I would say. A player of

:48:57.:49:05.

immense talent. They have a splendid view of the acres of the course.

:49:06.:49:08.

Three courses here at row burn. I did say this morning, when we had

:49:09.:49:14.

pictures of the abbey, where was Mrs Moss, that lovely statue of the

:49:15.:49:17.

Duchess' horse that was so successful years ago. Well, I seem

:49:18.:49:22.

to remember it was nearer the abbey. But it's down by the water. Mrs Moss

:49:23.:49:28.

is still there. She's not residing in New Zealand with the Dowager

:49:29.:49:41.

Duchess. All is shining here on the Marquess course. Played in the right

:49:42.:49:44.

spirit. Nothing wrong at all with this day here at row burn.

:49:45.:49:51.

-- Woburn. Impressive scores by the amateurs going through there. Leona

:49:52.:50:01.

Maguire we saw finish earlier. Law is three under with three holes to

:50:02.:50:05.

play. Bronte came through final qualifying on Monday with a borrowed

:50:06.:50:09.

set of clubs. Managed to shoot five under. She was on her way home from

:50:10.:50:16.

her successful victory in the European amateur. Here you get

:50:17.:50:20.

another example. We keep banging on about it, but how long it takes to

:50:21.:50:27.

decide a little pitch of 50, 80, 100 yards, whatever it is. You don't

:50:28.:50:33.

have to consult the oracle and four Bibles and the Koran to know what to

:50:34.:50:38.

hit onto this green. That's the way it is played now.

:50:39.:50:41.

Unless the players change, it will never change. Talk about penalties

:50:42.:50:47.

and times and money. It doesn't make the slightest bit of difference.

:50:48.:50:50.

They have got to decide, look, we can do better than this. We can all

:50:51.:50:55.

save a minute or two a hole. Sounds simple. Look at the way - this all

:50:56.:51:02.

goes on and on and on and on and on. Now I shall shut up and go and lie

:51:03.:51:09.

down in a darkened room! That would be no fun, Peter.

:51:10.:51:18.

Azahara Munoz, let's make it well worth the wait. Oh, unlucky. At one

:51:19.:51:27.

point that golf ball was within 12 inches of the hole. But fine shot,

:51:28.:51:30.

well played. Everything got except the result.

:51:31.:51:50.

Now here she comes. Nordqvist. 93 yards. Play it gently. Not too

:51:51.:52:00.

sharp. Oh, good spin as well. It's all in the lap of the gods. There

:52:01.:52:04.

you are, you see. Peter, when you were playing in

:52:05.:52:08.

pitch shots, did you always have a yardage in mind? Or purely eye

:52:09.:52:13.

balling it and going by the look? Till Jack Nicklaus came along and

:52:14.:52:18.

Phil Rogers, there was an amateur called Gene Andrews who started

:52:19.:52:24.

pacing it out. Ashleigh Simon birdie putt. Simon in the midst of a very

:52:25.:52:32.

good round. You learned to do it by eye and some players were wonderful

:52:33.:52:37.

at it. But they were just as good judging distance 50 years ago as

:52:38.:52:43.

they are today. There you see the full width of the 14th glean. --

:52:44.:52:52.

green. Quite a conundrum facing Beatriz Recari. She is a good

:52:53.:52:58.

putter. Now just have a look at where she's aiming. Very nearly off

:52:59.:53:07.

the green. It will be a great effort if she can get down in two. Huge

:53:08.:53:14.

slope and very fast. She's almost putting to the edge, maybe even off

:53:15.:53:20.

the green. She's got to hit it high enough and hard enough and it will

:53:21.:53:24.

almost come down sideways at the end.

:53:25.:53:33.

Not a bad effort, but you see she's 12 feet away. She almost couldn't

:53:34.:53:38.

get it high enough there, Peter, really. Very difficult. Very, very

:53:39.:53:41.

difficult. Great approach in. And another one.

:53:42.:53:57.

That's her seventh birdie of the day. Very tidy golf.

:53:58.:54:14.

It's really not happened for her thus far in the Championship.

:54:15.:54:23.

A shot like this holed can just set you alight.

:54:24.:54:26.

Nice birdie. In the as difficult as Recari's

:54:27.:55:04.

putt, this. She's still got to negotiate the huge, downward slope.

:55:05.:55:09.

Go says the caddy. It's not going to go. That's a tricky one left too.

:55:10.:55:14.

Big swinger, left to right. Just running out the steam. She hit

:55:15.:55:38.

a lot of good shots on that hole, but it's only a par, though.

:55:39.:55:46.

Won on her professional debut in Madrid in 2009. She's continued to

:55:47.:55:51.

carve out a very good career for herself since.

:55:52.:56:10.

Nordqvist, birdied the last. Oh, no that's a bit a wide. -- of a wide.

:56:11.:56:43.

Anna's got her mental skills coach with her here this week.

:56:44.:56:52.

Feng was out first this morning. The scoring is very good indeed. Mixed

:56:53.:57:12.

bag of weather, but nothing too severe. A shortened course, in

:57:13.:57:17.

excellent condition. Top players. Feast of good golf.

:57:18.:57:36.

That little putt needed a lot of respect, which she duly gave it.

:57:37.:57:54.

In September, the seniors are coming here to play at the Duke's course,

:57:55.:58:01.

one of the first that was built here at the estate at Woburn. That will

:58:02.:58:08.

be worth coming to watch. Similar course, but slightly

:58:09.:58:09.

different in character. The goal here is to put your tee

:58:10.:58:21.

shot somewhere between 220, 250 yards out into that island fairway.

:58:22.:58:34.

That's fine. Almost like playing two par threes in a way. None of the

:58:35.:58:40.

players just taking the double carry. Maybe if they moved the tees

:58:41.:58:46.

up a bit, they'll be a little tempted.

:58:47.:58:52.

AJ has a cut at it. She's worried. She's concerned. Nestles in the

:58:53.:59:09.

shortish grass. Tricky shot left, not impossible, but tricky.

:59:10.:59:16.

Tremendously long hitter. I think she's carrying a two iron this week,

:59:17.:59:22.

the only other player this week carrying a two iron is Laura.

:59:23.:59:31.

Strong, very stable lower half. Look at that turn there holding the club

:59:32.:59:37.

back, boom, applies the club head, turn it over a whisker. You've got

:59:38.:59:42.

to be a good player to be two irons, one irons, like old converted bread

:59:43.:59:44.

irons, so straight with the face. A goal hole, this. This is the swing

:59:45.:00:36.

that has produced five tournament wins in the last two years alone. No

:00:37.:00:43.

matter what the swing looks like, there has got to be a good mind to

:00:44.:00:45.

go with that. Stacy Lewis, a good drive, a good

:00:46.:01:12.

second. When it is virtually pin high, you can tell how far Stacy

:01:13.:01:20.

Lewis is, a much more of a placement player. The pin is in a nice little

:01:21.:01:26.

hollow in the green, which is quite enticing. Funnily enough, the wind

:01:27.:01:35.

is puffing against at the moment. -- against her at the moment. Then the

:01:36.:01:41.

shaft, trying to put a little bit of top spin on it.

:01:42.:01:47.

She looks a little puzzled. The ball has finished in shadow, and she has

:01:48.:02:19.

no idea where that is what relation to the flag. We dropped back to the

:02:20.:02:27.

15th tee for Recari, straight off the top of the peg. Away she goes.

:02:28.:02:35.

Not much bounce, slightly into the hill. And here is a look at Bronte

:02:36.:02:49.

Law on the 17th. She got herself to 4-under. 2-under four around today.

:02:50.:03:00.

She was the winner of the award goes to the top college player in

:03:01.:03:04.

America, the young Englishwoman has had a tremendous season. -- 2-under

:03:05.:03:13.

four around today. Not far off the water. You can see from high how

:03:14.:03:24.

pretty it is. When the men play here, they move the tee forward

:03:25.:03:28.

putting it within reach, but it is a dangerous shot to have a cut of the

:03:29.:03:32.

green from way back. You have to carry it about 270. Anna Nordqvist's

:03:33.:03:38.

second shot. It's fun to watch how, I would say

:03:39.:04:20.

aggressive, but the different form of golf now, for the women and many

:04:21.:04:25.

of the men over the last 40 or 50 years, they have changed the

:04:26.:04:31.

clubhead speed, to zip into the ball in a different way. A hundred years

:04:32.:04:35.

ago, everyone had to swing the club wide and slow, with the old hickory

:04:36.:04:42.

shafted clubs. Now it is much more hands, whipping the club had. --

:04:43.:04:54.

clubhead. Quick speeds. Like that. That was too quick. You have to

:04:55.:04:58.

close the face down. Long and left. Ariya Jutanugarn's short, it looks

:04:59.:05:15.

like she will play this like a bunker shot. Remaining flat-footed.

:05:16.:05:22.

A wonderful golf shot. That is just an absolute joy. It was not nearly

:05:23.:05:34.

as easy as she made it look. Good rhythm, good length of swing. Plenty

:05:35.:05:37.

of loft. The clubhead under the ball. Did not hit through that one

:05:38.:05:43.

too fast. The ball travelled slowly and landed gently. Did not need any

:05:44.:05:52.

backspin on that. Now, a second shot from close range for Azahara Munoz.

:05:53.:05:58.

This should not be more than ten feet from the hole at worst. A

:05:59.:06:04.

little bit of a ridge could help her get the ball to the whole. A little

:06:05.:06:17.

bit fiery. Not bad. More difficult coming in from 50 yards than 80. It

:06:18.:06:24.

depends on your touch, Maureen. Some people, like my dear old friend Ken

:06:25.:06:28.

Bowser, he swung the club so slowly, you have to get the ball to land at

:06:29.:06:30.

a different speed. It is a lost art. Just nicking the flag. I thought I

:06:31.:06:48.

heard it touch the side of the flagstick. Do you think landing the

:06:49.:06:53.

ball at a different speed is a lost art because of the equipment?

:06:54.:06:57.

Probably. You do not have to think so much now. A lot of the skills

:06:58.:07:06.

have gone out of many of the things, whether it is cooking, driving a

:07:07.:07:10.

car, gardening. You had to do things differently because tools have

:07:11.:07:15.

become more sophisticated. It has become easier. Ariya Jutanugarn has

:07:16.:07:27.

a great opportunity to move to 9-under. Shouldn't really be

:07:28.:07:41.

anything in this one. Per head is still, focused. And there we go. --

:07:42.:07:50.

her head is still. 9-under par. She looks very cool and confident. It is

:07:51.:08:01.

a joy to watch. Now that has nestled down a little bit. A poor second

:08:02.:08:05.

shot into this 12th green from Anderson. She has some work cut out

:08:06.:08:13.

now to get down in two. -- for Henderson.

:08:14.:08:26.

She really could not do much from that point. Then the stake was all

:08:27.:08:37.

in the second. -- the error was all in the second. Matthew for birdie at

:08:38.:08:48.

the 13th. Vista go to 9-under. A firm putt upper left side. But the

:08:49.:08:57.

scores are being made with no sweat at all, no anxiety. Down the

:08:58.:09:02.

fairway, on the green, steady play. Good scoring. Ashleigh Simon, the

:09:03.:09:17.

home green. It is going to come back now. It has got to come back. That

:09:18.:09:22.

was trying. Stacy Lewis at 12. 200 yards to

:09:23.:09:48.

clear the water. Just over 262 run to the end of the fairway.

:09:49.:09:56.

Fortunately, it is pretty soft although I think it will be

:09:57.:10:03.

troublesome to find the fairway. She doesn't like it. Sitcom set, set...

:10:04.:10:13.

It is the only wet bit of the course. -- sit, sit, sit. I don't

:10:14.:10:25.

think I have seen a lady hit more powerfully than this since Laura

:10:26.:10:28.

Davies in her heyday. Amazing how hard she gets it. Regularly hitting

:10:29.:10:36.

195 yards. That is Luke Donald's distance. Very impressive. She has a

:10:37.:10:44.

long iron here. Maureen was saying, she carries a 2-iron. It is a lost

:10:45.:10:54.

art, backing a 2-iron. -- lacking. She is a sturdy lass.

:10:55.:11:02.

This would be a huge mental lift for Henderson if she could get out of

:11:03.:11:10.

this with a par-4. Very indifferent play after the tee shot. That is

:11:11.:11:18.

going to be two dropped shots in the last three holes. She had to regroup

:11:19.:11:23.

now and get some red numbers on the card before she finishes off. This

:11:24.:11:34.

is Ashleigh Simon, this 468. -- for 68. A very fine player indeed with a

:11:35.:11:38.

couple of wins under her belt in her professional career. Good to see her

:11:39.:11:40.

back at this kind of form. Minos for birdie at the 12th. --

:11:41.:11:50.

Munoz. HAZEL IRVINE: Having followed up

:11:51.:12:15.

that round of 62 with 61, the field is gaining. They are bunching at the

:12:16.:12:21.

top. Ariya Jutanugarn is making gains. Mo Martin, we have already

:12:22.:12:25.

had a chat with her today and Catriona Matthew, great playing from

:12:26.:12:29.

the 46-year-old, recently given a lifetime achievement award at the

:12:30.:12:34.

golf awards in March. The first woman to do so. -- Scottish golf

:12:35.:12:38.

awards. So many achievements to name, recently named the vice

:12:39.:12:43.

captain to Alnwick and Soren Steyn at the next Solheim Cup. The latest

:12:44.:12:48.

in a lot of achievements for her. Great to see her doing well. I'm

:12:49.:12:52.

sure that will be cheered across the country. Charley Hull, 5-under, and

:12:53.:12:56.

another Briton doing extremely well in this Championship so far. Bronte

:12:57.:13:04.

Law, further down, 2-under, for 1-under for the Championship, just

:13:05.:13:09.

about to finish her campaign for the day. She will certainly be in the

:13:10.:13:12.

reckoning for the leading amateur. As will Maria para from Spain. --

:13:13.:13:21.

Maria Parra. A number of the amateurs will have to fight it out

:13:22.:13:24.

over the weekend. It will be an exciting finish for the amateur

:13:25.:13:27.

contest, and as we saw with Paul Dunham, leading amateur are getting

:13:28.:13:38.

closer to the top all the time. Recari, the last of the par-5s on

:13:39.:13:48.

the Marquess Course. Great distance control. That is the 12th. An

:13:49.:14:02.

island, and then over the water again. But what goes pretty well

:14:03.:14:09.

around the backside. It is very attractive. -- the water goes pretty

:14:10.:14:18.

well. Pretty fun, as long as you do not go in the water. Stacy Lewis

:14:19.:14:27.

going first. The breeze does not make things easier. 84 yards. The

:14:28.:14:40.

pin is 9-over the water. You have to flirt with the front of the green if

:14:41.:14:41.

you're going to get close. That side of the fairway is firmer.

:14:42.:14:53.

It is a little easier, a bit soggy in places. If you could aim this

:14:54.:15:02.

left, in line with the bunker behind, if you get lucky, it can

:15:03.:15:07.

kick down towards the flag. But you have a little more room if you go

:15:08.:15:15.

left. It is certainly a possibility. She went straight at it, and

:15:16.:15:20.

straight through. Almost inevitable. You have to pitch the ball at the

:15:21.:15:24.

green if you're going straight at it. And here is someone who might be

:15:25.:15:34.

able to put a bit of zip on it. Jutanugarn really does hit it hard.

:15:35.:15:40.

She can put a bit more backspin on it. It is a little soggy.

:15:41.:15:49.

She certainly hit it well. Third bounce. OK.

:15:50.:16:08.

As you can see from the boards behind, 107 yards. A slight dogleg

:16:09.:16:20.

right to left. She has pulled that into the elbow but it is binding on.

:16:21.:16:25.

I expect that there will be one of your trees down there to irritate

:16:26.:16:26.

her. They spring up overnight. Lots of looks. Recari's great year

:16:27.:16:52.

was in 2013. She won twice in America that year. Played in the

:16:53.:17:00.

Solheim Cup at Colorado. The first Solheim Cup team to win away from

:17:01.:17:01.

home. That was a dismal one. That is what

:17:02.:17:16.

she thinks. It really was a dismal putt.

:17:17.:17:34.

Back to the 14th and Catriona Matthew. The green sits at you here.

:17:35.:17:48.

All that calls for is a straight shot. That is the way to do it. Very

:17:49.:17:54.

tidy. Sei Young Kim, yet another birdie

:17:55.:18:18.

opportunity. And it is easy, she was almost on the walk before the ball

:18:19.:18:25.

had got to the hole. Her six at 11 looks out of character in that nice

:18:26.:18:32.

run of figures. And this is Bronte Law.

:18:33.:18:38.

Well done. The leading amateur at the moment. Reunited with her clubs

:18:39.:18:49.

earlier in the week. And a solid performance from the young Cheshire

:18:50.:18:50.

girl. What a gem. Christy O'Connor, my

:18:51.:19:09.

dear friend who passed away recently, he was a genius from shots

:19:10.:19:14.

around the green. American style chipping around the green, an

:19:15.:19:19.

absolute master. There we see it, the scores are beginning to pack up

:19:20.:19:24.

a little bit. There is no runaway leader with a four or five shot

:19:25.:19:30.

lead, they are all crowding around. Within four or five shot to the

:19:31.:19:38.

worst. And that shows you the little right to left the band on the 13th

:19:39.:19:51.

hole. It remains to be seen if Munoz will have a clear view. This is

:19:52.:19:54.

Nordqvist. The ball is nestled down a little

:19:55.:20:17.

bit but it came out quickly. That will scuttle through. Not bad.

:20:18.:20:44.

Back to the 12th. A bit of weights to hit her second shot the water.

:20:45.:20:57.

She had to drop back. -- a bit of a wait. A lot of walking about, can.

:20:58.:21:05.

There has been plenty of walking about. Walking around, trying to

:21:06.:21:13.

suss out the break. Throughout the beads and hope for the best. But

:21:14.:21:18.

have you seen those green plans? It is an absolutely amazing thing. You

:21:19.:21:22.

would have to be a genius to read them. Plans of the greens with very

:21:23.:21:27.

detailed contours and lines. It helps you, in theory, to a hole more

:21:28.:21:35.

putts. It is likeable by telephone. If you know how to use it, it is

:21:36.:21:43.

wonderful but you need a Professor 's degree and 14 A-levels before you

:21:44.:21:45.

know how to switch one on. We have been looking and talking

:21:46.:22:12.

about the amateurs and here is a look at what they are doing. Some

:22:13.:22:16.

fabulous scores. Four of them under-par, Bronte Law leading the

:22:17.:22:21.

4-under. And she has a word with Hazel. There is the scorecard. Look

:22:22.:22:28.

at that. A strong player, Bronte Law. Bronte Law, two rounds of 70

:22:29.:22:38.

and the leading amateur in the clubhouse. How is your campaign

:22:39.:22:43.

going so far? I would say it is going very well. I am happy with the

:22:44.:22:47.

way I played today. I started off nicely and I had a couple of bogeys

:22:48.:22:51.

in between but I managed to keep calm, and we finished strong. I am

:22:52.:22:57.

very happy with those two rounds. Always good to have your dad on the

:22:58.:23:02.

bag. This is all the more remarkable because you are not even playing

:23:03.:23:05.

with your own clubs. What is going on? My clubs are somewhere from

:23:06.:23:10.

Sweden to hear, they got lost when I was playing in the European amateur

:23:11.:23:16.

event. Qualifying, I had to borrow clubs from my coach. Still playing

:23:17.:23:21.

with the borrowed clubs. You have achieved a lot with that because not

:23:22.:23:25.

only did you shoot a 5-under par round to qualify, here you are now,

:23:26.:23:31.

and this is an extraordinary summer. Spilling your blushes, you won the

:23:32.:23:35.

European amateur last week and also five points out of five on the

:23:36.:23:39.

Curtis cup. This has been a great run of form. Has it been coming? Why

:23:40.:23:42.

has it been building so beautifully for you? Having a really good summer

:23:43.:23:54.

in America, and winning that award, then coming back, winning the

:23:55.:24:01.

European, the Curtis Cup, that was an incredible achievement, and in

:24:02.:24:03.

the European team Championships, for the first time in 23 years with the

:24:04.:24:08.

England team, and then to win the European individual, and now this,

:24:09.:24:12.

I'm just riding the waves, really. There are four of you really in the

:24:13.:24:18.

thick of things for the Smyth Salver, how meaningful atrophy would

:24:19.:24:24.

that be for you this weekend? Absolutely. That would just be the

:24:25.:24:28.

icing on top of a very big cake that I am enjoying right now. But for me,

:24:29.:24:34.

just going into tomorrow, I'm going to keep playing my game, tried to

:24:35.:24:39.

work my way up the leaderboard. Well, keep going. Thank you very

:24:40.:24:40.

much. Back to the 12th and due to the

:24:41.:25:02.

garden. -- and Jutanugarn. Fired her second a little bit beyond the flag.

:25:03.:25:07.

This to get within one of the lead. She was after it very quickly. We

:25:08.:25:11.

still have Mirim Lee out in front. As Peter was saying, no big leagues.

:25:12.:25:28.

The chasers are tightly bunched. As we look at Munoz. Trying to

:25:29.:25:39.

negotiate its way around the tree, using the slope. Keep moving.

:25:40.:25:45.

What a recovery that is. And it has not stopped. What a shot from Munoz.

:25:46.:25:56.

What a good shot, says somebody, and they are right.

:25:57.:26:09.

Recari to tidy things up on 15. And she does.

:26:10.:26:29.

Due to Agana stays on 9-under alongside Catriona Matthew. --

:26:30.:26:38.

Jutanugarn stays on 9-under. Two behind Mirim Lee. Catriona Matthew

:26:39.:26:50.

on the prowl for a birdie. Successfully. Successfully. Now

:26:51.:26:59.

dropped shots today. Can't up those birdies, seven birdies. Catriona

:27:00.:27:04.

Matthew moves to 9-under par, two off the lead. And after that amazing

:27:05.:27:13.

second shot from Munoz, an unlikely birdie, perhaps. You can see the

:27:14.:27:22.

slope that leads down to this hole. It has carried it beyond.

:27:23.:27:48.

The jazzy shoes of Brooke Henderson, but the putt slips past. The

:27:49.:27:55.

Canadian just not firing on all cylinders. She is back to 1-under.

:27:56.:28:02.

Back to Stacy Lewis on the tee. That was unlucky, just stunned into

:28:03.:28:22.

that little slope. It took any run out of it. She could have had an

:28:23.:28:31.

extra 40 yards. The flag on 16 is only four from the right edge of the

:28:32.:28:35.

green. Teasing the players over to that side. Defending the flag

:28:36.:28:44.

position. It does not look like she is overly pleased. And that is why.

:28:45.:28:57.

If you go with an iron for accuracy, you can get away with it. It was not

:28:58.:29:19.

the sweetest strike. Sweeps round to the left. Should be OK there.

:29:20.:29:48.

Munoz and obviously Mark Kerr ball to the side. -- had obviously marked

:29:49.:29:59.

her ball to the side for Henderson's putt. So she will be replacing.

:30:00.:30:07.

Remember, she was in a little bit of trouble off the tee, and had a

:30:08.:30:11.

miraculous second shot. She did not manage to take advantage of it.

:30:12.:30:16.

Straw is that one in, so that is par and after the tee shot, she would

:30:17.:30:20.

have settled for that. 5-under in total, 1-under today.

:30:21.:30:48.

She has won five times in the last 18 months since joining the LG PGA

:30:49.:30:52.

Tour. Helen Alfredsson has joined us once

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again. Hello there. They have got the best of both

:31:09.:31:27.

worlds fair. They are all in short sleeves now. Just enjoy it. She

:31:28.:31:39.

needs to get something going here. If she wants to be part of a

:31:40.:31:45.

weekend. At a very awkward in to get out of this one, too. This could be

:31:46.:31:53.

fantastic. Get over the Little rich. What are the one and all the way

:31:54.:31:59.

down. We have some great shots here and another one. It is a very

:32:00.:32:02.

friendly. Position if you know what you are doing. That is what can

:32:03.:32:11.

happen. But she needs at least two of those, perhaps three or four.

:32:12.:32:17.

Yes, the cut will be either even part or 1-over. It seems to go

:32:18.:32:24.

between the two. It is even again. We will not know until the very end.

:32:25.:32:32.

I've got a question for you Helen. Have you ever played with a lady

:32:33.:32:37.

golfer who hits a further than Jutanugarn? I did play with Laura a

:32:38.:32:47.

lot and she hit very, very long, but I don't know in comparison with

:32:48.:32:53.

regards to distance. When she was at her best, she was very long. There

:32:54.:33:00.

was not a par-5 insight for her. That makes a big difference.

:33:01.:33:10.

Jutanugarn able to breathe. She is none too pleased with her second.

:33:11.:33:18.

That can't be anything more than a 7-iron. Blairites say and eight? It

:33:19.:33:22.

can't be. -- dare I say and eight? It just keeps on going though. Looks

:33:23.:33:39.

good for a moment and kept going. An uphill birdie putt. If she can get

:33:40.:33:47.

out there, she will get it out. We go to Beatriz Recari.

:33:48.:34:05.

She will have been expecting better from that. It was lying nicely this

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is the difficult 14th. Par-3. You want to hit it somewhere in the

:34:25.:34:28.

green and get out of there. A very difficult hole.

:34:29.:34:53.

She just allowed a fraction too much and look at that one move on. We can

:34:54.:35:02.

see a difference from the morning to the afternoon. This morning, we

:35:03.:35:06.

hardly ever saw putts go past. You can see the greens are rolling a lot

:35:07.:35:19.

better this afternoon. I'm determined to learn a word of

:35:20.:35:22.

Swedish as well. I'm going to take advantage of that to help me out on

:35:23.:35:29.

future trips to stop coal. I'll decide what that word or phrase will

:35:30.:35:35.

be shortly. And depending what you want to use it for? Not for another

:35:36.:35:43.

various purposes -- not for nefarious purposes. Just for the

:35:44.:35:52.

golf course? I have a whole lot of phrases. I know that about you.

:35:53.:35:58.

There is a bit of a tussle developing for the leading amateur.

:35:59.:36:02.

I didn't know that Bronte Law still had borrowed clubs. I thought they

:36:03.:36:07.

had been tracked down but they are still missing somewhere in Western

:36:08.:36:13.

Europe. She came through qualifying nearby at a lovely golf course.

:36:14.:36:22.

There is Stacy Lewis sizing things up. She was a little bit unfortunate

:36:23.:36:29.

-- it was a little bit unfortunate, I think, for those who came out this

:36:30.:36:41.

morning. 65 and ties make it through. Those on 1-over par shown

:36:42.:36:48.

here. They have all finished their round, so no chance for an

:36:49.:36:53.

improvement. There is a tremendous amount of analysis going on here.

:36:54.:36:59.

But this is an Augusta type part. Uphill, over the bank and down the

:37:00.:37:07.

other side. Eight feet, maybe a little more. You've just got to

:37:08.:37:18.

guide it in there. It's difficult though, Kent, isn't it, because we

:37:19.:37:24.

have seen holes -- parts rolling past. You do not want to leave

:37:25.:37:31.

yourself a three footer. Anything inside a club length is a beauty.

:37:32.:37:46.

This possibly has two slow down. It was picking up the pace. They are

:37:47.:37:55.

the tough once, when you need to pick up the pace and then it has to

:37:56.:38:01.

go down a hill. It is difficult. This is Recari for par-mac.

:38:02.:38:17.

That is a robbery right there. That was a very good putt. It was a very

:38:18.:38:22.

good putt. This will be one of the slowest

:38:23.:38:44.

parts that she's had today -- this will be one of the slowest putts 's

:38:45.:38:52.

matches had today. It almost looks like she has a smirk of a smile

:38:53.:38:53.

going. I still like the way she putts. She

:38:54.:39:20.

does it with firmness which makes it easier. She does not have to borrow

:39:21.:39:23.

as much like some of the other players.

:39:24.:39:28.

You can see the depth of the bunker here.

:39:29.:39:42.

That is not too bad from there. Just beginning to tail away. Again, a

:39:43.:39:47.

very loose tee shot. Yes, nothing to it. A nice save from

:39:48.:39:56.

Sei Young Kim. Lewis can be firm and is. That was

:39:57.:40:18.

running very truly and had a little hop. That was a much better/. I

:40:19.:40:25.

think yesterday, she wasn't batting with much confidence. She never got

:40:26.:40:29.

it going very nicely but that was a very nice putt. We'll see if Recari

:40:30.:40:38.

can tap in for her bogey. Well, with the way that came around, she parted

:40:39.:40:46.

with the same mind. She is not part of the Spanish continue --

:40:47.:40:53.

contingent for the Olympics. Munoz is.

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And he is Munoz. -- here is. Can you give us some Swedish commentary

:41:06.:41:19.

here, Helen? So you wanted in Swedish? Yes, why not?

:41:20.:41:39.

I agreed with most of what you said there. I hope so. There were no bad

:41:40.:41:59.

words in there. That has got me into trouble before. They are taking

:42:00.:42:06.

their time looking down from on high. The constant sound you can

:42:07.:42:15.

hear is the helicopter or playing providing us with this wonderful

:42:16.:42:21.

shots. Brooke Anderson, it is not quite happening for her today. After

:42:22.:42:28.

she won the PGA, this has a similar look and feel to it. She even said

:42:29.:42:34.

in interviews that she really loved this golf course when she first came

:42:35.:42:43.

but sometimes you don't find the game anyway. We go to Sei Young Kim

:42:44.:42:53.

at the allotment holder. The 17th today playing one for four. --

:42:54.:43:03.

playing 144. Such an impressive player. Just come on Tour and she

:43:04.:43:11.

has one five events. She is fourth on the Order of Merit over on the

:43:12.:43:13.

LGPL at the moment. Katrina Matthew is just placing the

:43:14.:43:25.

ball exactly where she wants to at the moment. She is making her way

:43:26.:43:32.

around the case so well. Her eye has been brilliant. She is taking a lot

:43:33.:43:34.

of her chances to -- she is taking a lot of her

:43:35.:43:51.

chances to make birdies. We are seeing if Recari can find the pin,

:43:52.:43:55.

as it even -- feeds around to the whole.

:43:56.:44:01.

She is telling it to sit. She may be over clubbed it there. It looks good

:44:02.:44:13.

looking at it from on high again and there are a lot of and relations

:44:14.:44:25.

there. -- undulations there. Back to another par-3. This is the 14th. It

:44:26.:44:40.

is a difficult one. She is going with the five IM, got to play left

:44:41.:44:48.

of the flag. A bit of cut spin on it. A very shallow bit of green

:44:49.:44:56.

where it is cut. If it goes past, it will go 15 paces wide. She just

:44:57.:45:04.

stayed out of the sand actually. I'm not sure if that's... Very awkward

:45:05.:45:09.

sand. She might just get away with it. The first three yards you land

:45:10.:45:17.

on the green, keeping of this downslope. The perfect shot is to

:45:18.:45:23.

aim at the centre of the green where the TV tower is and the slope will

:45:24.:45:28.

take you around them, meaning you hit the widest part of the green,

:45:29.:45:31.

taking the bunker out of play. That is not cutting. Trying to. Good

:45:32.:46:07.

for distance. Just about exactly where she was aiming. She just got a

:46:08.:46:11.

slightly softer bounce and she anticipated. You have got to land

:46:12.:46:20.

this on an area of about four by four yards if you are heading to the

:46:21.:46:28.

flag. You have got to land softly. The harder you can hit it, the more

:46:29.:46:30.

spin you can put behind it. Yikes, where is this off to? It just

:46:31.:46:40.

came off a little bit. Well, Catriona Matthew here on ten

:46:41.:47:07.

for a birdie. A little bit up. Needs to get it going. A nice pace but she

:47:08.:47:16.

needed to get a little bit more. She's been named as one of Anna

:47:17.:47:26.

Caserta stunt's five tense for the Solheim cup next year and you

:47:27.:47:28.

suspect that you might be the captain at Gleneagles their next

:47:29.:47:35.

time. Absolutely, but I think if she continues to play this way, I would

:47:36.:47:40.

rather see her on the European team. Exactly. It will be an interesting

:47:41.:47:48.

one. Well, if I was a captain when she was playing, I would pick her on

:47:49.:47:54.

my team any day of the week. She is consistent, never complains, she

:47:55.:47:56.

goes out and does her job. I really enjoy her playing. Especially when

:47:57.:48:01.

you will have some young players who are not quite used to it and need a

:48:02.:48:05.

steadying hand. Much like you were saying yesterday, don't be all about

:48:06.:48:09.

the situation the players are facing. A steadying hand like a true

:48:10.:48:15.

-- like Catriona Matthew out on the course would be helpful. She is such

:48:16.:48:22.

a strong player, there, fighting, and she would be great for some of

:48:23.:48:24.

the younger players on the team. There is a lot of movement and pace

:48:25.:48:42.

on this one. Perhaps not quite as much as she thought.

:48:43.:49:03.

A long, long par-5. The longest on the course. Back to Beatriz Recari

:49:04.:49:28.

who looks slightly like she's in slow motion. He we go. This is Sei

:49:29.:49:39.

Young Kim. She kind of got a little kick after that shot in when she

:49:40.:49:47.

hold for the Eagle. If she got this, it would be a nice one for her as

:49:48.:49:48.

well. That is pretty nice for pace, to

:49:49.:50:08.

leave yourself the slight uphill coming back. A big, big Green on

:50:09.:50:15.

this par-3 and Jutanugarn didn't strike it cleanly. This has a big

:50:16.:50:26.

swing on it left to right as it is dying. You will want to get swing on

:50:27.:50:34.

it going down the slope. Just visualise it. Where is the high

:50:35.:50:37.

point? Where do you want to roll it to? There is a great view of the

:50:38.:50:48.

break there. You can see the angle. Her older sister was going very well

:50:49.:50:55.

but she has just double bogeyed and is now 1-under for the Championship.

:50:56.:51:02.

The first bit is up the hill for the first 12 feet and then you are

:51:03.:51:04.

sliding down across it. What an effort. Great speed. Again,

:51:05.:51:23.

a great read. I always find that funny when you play in programmes.

:51:24.:51:30.

You say, came up here, and they throw it about ten feet by and you

:51:31.:51:39.

say, no, it didn't break at all. It's very important to have the pace

:51:40.:51:49.

and the line together. That was the Catriona Matthew to tidy up and

:51:50.:51:54.

continue her amazing round. She is 7-under. Again, when she is playing

:51:55.:52:04.

well, she looks so untroubled. We had back to Stacy Lewis who will

:52:05.:52:08.

have some idea from Jutanugarn there. I think it is not easy to get

:52:09.:52:17.

the line right here. It could fall away if you are at all ambitious.

:52:18.:52:28.

That is pretty good as well. You just feel these parts. -- this

:52:29.:52:32.

putts. It turned around quite well after

:52:33.:52:46.

bogeys at the 7th and eighth. She has steadied things. 1-under for her

:52:47.:53:03.

round today. This is another pretty tricky one. Aim way left. Pace is

:53:04.:53:09.

important on this putt. She never really got it out high enough or

:53:10.:53:13.

harder. From the other side, she needs to

:53:14.:53:37.

hold this, otherwise her weekend will be curtailed. No, thinking

:53:38.:53:43.

about her seat for the playing home. -- for the playing home.

:53:44.:53:56.

No, she left that out of it. You have to be firm uphill. Back-to-back

:53:57.:54:04.

dropped shots therefore Beatriz Recari.

:54:05.:54:19.

A quick check of the leaderboard and you can see it is Catriona Matthew

:54:20.:54:25.

who they have been talking about in such glowing times than no wonder,

:54:26.:54:29.

it has been the round of the day. She has nine top five finishes in

:54:30.:54:34.

all of these Majors over the years, it is a pride thing she has not won

:54:35.:54:40.

more. Charley Hull in with that round of 70, 5-under par. Some six

:54:41.:54:46.

shots back now. Amongst those still out on the course, you have got the

:54:47.:54:52.

likes of Alena Sharp of Canada. She will be playing alongside Brooke

:54:53.:55:02.

Anderson at the Olympic Games. Canadians bought doing very well at

:55:03.:55:05.

the moment with Milos Raonic doing so well at Wimbledon a couple of

:55:06.:55:09.

weeks ago. -- Canadian sport doing very well. This would be fairly

:55:10.:55:14.

simple if she could wrap up the hill. She just saw Recari so she

:55:15.:55:22.

knows she had to hit it. It took a big bounce but it still went in.

:55:23.:55:33.

This is Munoz's third shot on the par-5.

:55:34.:55:43.

She is calling it to sit. Not too bad. A chance for a birdie.

:55:44.:56:25.

A nice round going for her without being spectacular.

:56:26.:56:43.

Not the greatest shot, I don't think, but she got it. Let's have a

:56:44.:56:56.

look at Sei Young Kim on the final hole. There is a bunker about 230

:56:57.:57:01.

down the left but I think it's gone the other way. Did she get away with

:57:02.:57:08.

that? Clattered into the trees and out onto the fairway. No problem. It

:57:09.:57:14.

is one of those days, I think, for her. It is always nice to just say

:57:15.:57:22.

thank you and move on. Brook M. Hendersen, quite close to the green

:57:23.:57:28.

here. That can sometimes be more difficult, the closer you get. She

:57:29.:57:34.

has never met -- missed a cut in 11 appearances and shouldn't do. She is

:57:35.:57:41.

inside it at the moment by a couple of shots. Sometimes it can be hard

:57:42.:57:48.

to get the right spin on it when you are that close but she managed very

:57:49.:57:56.

nicely. Very good. I said a couple of shots inside the cut. She is only

:57:57.:58:03.

one inside as it stands. It is level par at the moment, where Lydia Ko

:58:04.:58:10.

finished. Once two birdies of the last two holes.

:58:11.:58:23.

Staring it down. Very nice. Dead centre has never been a bad place to

:58:24.:58:37.

be. We are going to the Catriona Matthew out of position little bit

:58:38.:58:45.

here at the 16th. The crowd seemed to like that. We will see. And yes,

:58:46.:58:50.

they were right. She continues really with her standard of play. I

:58:51.:58:55.

think the young girls should really watch her. She has never tinkered a

:58:56.:59:00.

whole lot with her golf swing. She has just made small changes and has

:59:01.:59:06.

been very, very steady leave the -- very steadily the last ten years.

:59:07.:59:22.

Well, and needs to get a nice stroke on this, a little up and -- uphill

:59:23.:59:45.

putt. Make sure you get it all the way there. You were telling her and

:59:46.:59:54.

she will have been telling herself to get it there and somehow it

:59:55.:59:59.

doesn't quite happen. Quite the leading suite for you. -- Swede for

:00:00.:00:21.

you. How do you say thank you in Swedish? I think you know more than

:00:22.:00:28.

you say you do. I will have to be careful.

:00:29.:00:48.

ANDREW COTTER: That was just going to come round at the last - but it

:00:49.:01:00.

wondered away in the other direction instead. And Maureen Medill is back

:01:01.:01:11.

with us. MAUREEN MADILL: Did you sign up for

:01:12.:01:17.

Swedish lessons when I was away, Andrew? Pleasant conditions out

:01:18.:01:22.

there. I have just been out for a wander on the golf course. Nice and

:01:23.:01:25.

cool. Very still. Recari was trying to squeeze one

:01:26.:01:44.

last birdie out of this golf course. She will have her work cut out now

:01:45.:01:46.

to get up and down in two. She has tiptoed over that right-hand

:01:47.:02:23.

bunker. To go over the right-hand side is a much longer carry. As we

:02:24.:02:32.

go to Henderson, with a piano for a four on the 15th. Has not look

:02:33.:02:34.

comfortable on the greens today. Again, flirting with that cut line.

:02:35.:02:49.

Has not missed a cut in 11 Major appearances. The afternoon starters

:02:50.:03:03.

have really had the better of it. There was not too much wind, but

:03:04.:03:07.

being in your waterproofs all the time brings plenty of difficulties.

:03:08.:03:24.

Yani Tseng going well again today. Bronte Law, 70, leaving her very

:03:25.:03:26.

well-placed indeed. That's splitting the middle of the

:03:27.:04:01.

fairway. The fairway's reasonably generous here. Can Catriona Matthew

:04:02.:04:10.

move to ten under? A lot of break in this one... Oh, not quite that much!

:04:11.:04:32.

Another comfortable par, though. Two holes to go. Let's have a look at

:04:33.:04:48.

this one with the tracer. Munoz. Bad leaf! How I hate you, foliage! She

:04:49.:04:57.

can be a bit like Colin Montgomerie, whenever there is distractions going

:04:58.:05:03.

on. Still a few spots of rain out there. That one just stuck in, a

:05:04.:05:21.

long way behind Rob Henderson. -- Henderson.

:05:22.:05:45.

KEN BROWN: The wind tends to swell. Picking it can be tricky. You need

:05:46.:05:54.

to get the ball to stop pretty quickly.

:05:55.:06:30.

What issue looking at here, Ken, feet above the ball a bit? This

:06:31.:06:37.

should grab very quickly. Her hopes ending with those three

:06:38.:06:53.

bogeys at the start of the back nine.

:06:54.:07:08.

Jutanugam has left herself 56 yards, with the pin towards the back. This

:07:09.:07:18.

is awkward. She has just about found an upslope, which makes it a bit

:07:19.:07:26.

easier. These are the little finesse ones. Just a bit anxious, trying to

:07:27.:07:35.

get it up and get it to stop. Well, that sounded heavy - and was.

:07:36.:07:54.

Recari's difficult chip from the side at 18. Going the aerial route.

:07:55.:08:06.

Softly, softly... Well, that was pretty well done, I have to say,

:08:07.:08:21.

from there. Chance of saving par. The three tee-shots on the 16th.

:08:22.:08:30.

Henderson, a long way past her playing partners.

:08:31.:09:04.

I was out at the 17th just 20 minutes ago, and you could hear the

:09:05.:09:10.

balls landing. Just firming up a bit. Sei Young Kim on her final

:09:11.:09:23.

hole. This is awkward, because she's coming right along the ridge. Looks

:09:24.:09:25.

to have judged it pretty well. Ken, you've watched Jutanugam. What

:09:26.:09:56.

is the most impressive part of her game, in your opinion wanted no

:09:57.:10:06.

doubt, I would say it is her power. Also, people say, because this is a

:10:07.:10:14.

shortish course, it will suit the long hitters. But in fact, it can

:10:15.:10:23.

suit those who hit a really good 2-iron. You can see her nickname

:10:24.:10:29.

Britain on the golf ball there. It's what the other players call her. And

:10:30.:10:41.

coincidentally, she won three tournaments in the month of May this

:10:42.:10:48.

year. She should rapidly change her name to August!

:10:49.:11:02.

Back to Recari on the final hole. Poor finish for her. She was flying

:11:03.:11:15.

along, reached the turn at four under-par. And then, four bogeys in

:11:16.:11:18.

the last five holes. This third shot just needed a little

:11:19.:11:35.

bit and hopped over a little crest. Amazingly, it's a little uphill

:11:36.:11:36.

before it hits the downhill patch. Just a par for Lewis. A little bit

:11:37.:12:05.

of an untidy front nine. Started off the back nine with a couple of

:12:06.:12:13.

birdies. Since then she has had a series of pars. She is in good

:12:14.:12:16.

shape, within touching distance of the leaders.

:12:17.:12:37.

Now, the final member of this troop, Ueda, in the middle of an untidy

:12:38.:12:47.

spell, with four dropped shots in the last five holes. Well, that took

:12:48.:13:04.

a dive across the hole. So, +5. Not looking too good for the weekend.

:13:05.:13:17.

Back to the group of Brooke Henderson, Munoz and Nordqvist.

:13:18.:13:30.

Staying resolutely at level par so far.

:13:31.:13:49.

Catriona Matthew on the 17th. That needs to come round. Yes, that could

:13:50.:14:07.

be a vicious putt for her. That will have a huge brake on it.

:14:08.:14:37.

Munoz takes her time, and we welcome back Peter Alice.

:14:38.:14:43.

PETER ALLISS: Thank you, Andrew. We are building up to a fine climax on

:14:44.:14:48.

this second day. The weather is about to possibly change again, for

:14:49.:14:54.

the umpteenth time. And that could be a good... Oh, I thought it was

:14:55.:14:58.

just going to do it! There's a lot of players, Maureen,

:14:59.:15:27.

on one over par. So if any slipping to be done, it could be a big

:15:28.:15:33.

number, if the one over pars get in. But it could be right on the button,

:15:34.:15:40.

at level par. Depends on these last eight or ten groups. Yes, and if you

:15:41.:15:51.

think back, many hours ago, we saw a tiny putt missed on the last. It is

:15:52.:15:57.

a long, long wait for those juicy they will be acquired for the

:15:58.:16:01.

weekend. Henderson has been very tentative with her putts this

:16:02.:16:06.

afternoon. And she's such an aggressive player, it is very, very

:16:07.:16:11.

unlike her. She seems to have momentarily mislaid her touch. She

:16:12.:16:20.

looks a bit out of sorts. When you're not working in threes and

:16:21.:16:25.

fours every time, you get a little bit annoyed. She is a very fine

:16:26.:16:35.

player. Try and enjoy it, I will my old dad used to say. Try and enjoy

:16:36.:16:45.

it, calm down. Mirim Lee, still leading. She has been number top of

:16:46.:16:51.

the leaderboard a long time. 62, 70 one - hardly consistent, but she's

:16:52.:17:01.

top of the pile. Shanshan Feng, I fancy her chances, she looks ever

:17:02.:17:05.

recall customer to me. But these other players might have something

:17:06.:17:10.

to say about that. Tomorrow might be a bit iffy, weather-wise. Sunday

:17:11.:17:13.

could be absolutely delightful. With the look of the timings, you could

:17:14.:17:19.

go out early and be in the wind and rain, or ViceVersa. So there is a

:17:20.:17:23.

lot of players in with a chance. But they need a couple of good rounds to

:17:24.:17:28.

make any bold move from down the field. We have had good crowds for

:17:29.:17:41.

the last two days, but the pot might boil over over the weekend!

:17:42.:17:48.

I reckon Catriona Matthew would settle for two putts right this

:17:49.:17:53.

second if you were to offer it to her.

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That's just go no wonder a way. It is not bad, that's a pretty decent

:18:05.:18:13.

effort. She's left it below the whole. Wonderfully judged for pace.

:18:14.:18:23.

That was a very tricky one just Munoz, so nearly holed the first

:18:24.:18:28.

one. Now, this is just inside the right, as she plays it.

:18:29.:18:58.

Just right of centre, bit of pace... Beautifully done. One birdie, one

:18:59.:19:19.

bogey today. The rest, all pars. Ueda behind the trees. Yet there she

:19:20.:19:26.

might be clearer of the little one. Does two big ones in front might

:19:27.:19:30.

cause her some aggravation. Yes, they are right in the way. If she

:19:31.:19:37.

has got a good lie, she might be able to slide it round. Aim it at

:19:38.:19:48.

that left-hand bunker. KEN BROWN: I think this is one of

:19:49.:19:55.

those ones - let's have a go. She has got 165. I thought she would go

:19:56.:20:00.

to the left of the week tree, but she's going to come the other side.

:20:01.:20:09.

Not the greatest of lies, either. She's going up the right-hand side,

:20:10.:20:17.

Ken? Oh, my good God. It might come off, you never know. It and pray.

:20:18.:20:27.

Too late with the prayers, I fancy. Yes. Can't trust anybody these days.

:20:28.:20:36.

But that was a bit ambitious. That was a female Seve shot if that had

:20:37.:20:42.

come of - and it didn't. A bit too bold.

:20:43.:20:52.

Stacy Lewis has got a very good angle to the flag.

:20:53.:21:09.

Good shot there from Lewis. She won this championship a couple of years

:21:10.:21:20.

back at St Andrews and she had that wonderful birdie-birdie finish in

:21:21.:21:25.

dreadful conditions. She's a real streetfighter of a player. She just

:21:26.:21:32.

loves the tussle. Always danger when she's lurking somewhere near the

:21:33.:21:40.

leaders. Just waiting for the person who is going to empty the loos to go

:21:41.:21:52.

by. With all the number ones and number twos insider! She smiles, and

:21:53.:22:02.

thinks, I'm going to pop this very close to that pin.

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Big yes,. Could have dragged it, maybe... Yes. A little bit clumsy,

:22:09.:22:19.

just a touch. . Matthew, yet to drop a shot today.

:22:20.:22:40.

Dead centre! Well done. She was a little anxious about -- anxious

:22:41.:22:58.

there. No worse than a four at the last, and Catriona Matthew will be

:22:59.:23:02.

off for a nice light supper, perhaps a glass of wine. Is that the

:23:03.:23:12.

prescribed training mixture? Well, I don't think a glass of the liquid

:23:13.:23:16.

ever hurt you. It is when you have a couple of bottles of it. It was

:23:17.:23:23.

great when it was announced last week that had invited. Matthew to be

:23:24.:23:28.

her vice-captain at the Solheim Cup next year. I said to her, but you

:23:29.:23:34.

will be playing? She said, oh, yes, I intend to be playing. It is a good

:23:35.:23:42.

move from Anneka, because she can be very intense, and I have never seen

:23:43.:23:44.

Catriona Matthew anything other than calm.

:23:45.:24:01.

This flag position should suit Munoz, who likes to move it from

:24:02.:24:08.

right to left. This is what fascinates me. It's the

:24:09.:24:39.

simplest of rules, that has been going... Ever since advertising

:24:40.:24:45.

hoardings were put on golf courses. Is it in the rule book? Gee whizz! !

:24:46.:24:56.

They obviously weren't listening to Mr Brown out there. Well, you

:24:57.:24:59.

wouldn't want to drag that out of the ground and put it in again,

:25:00.:25:05.

would you? Come on, folks! Well, they're movable. Are they?! Yes.

:25:06.:25:15.

Wouldn't it be much simpler to move the ball? It's not going to make a

:25:16.:25:19.

bit of difference, whether she is a foot away or a yard away. We are

:25:20.:25:26.

doing our best to speed up the game. I notice Ken is not in there helping

:25:27.:25:30.

do the heavy lifting. He's got more sense! What a lot of effort for such

:25:31.:25:43.

a little thing. Yes, it wasn't clear. On the men's Tour, you can

:25:44.:25:49.

move them out of the way. But this one look to bit more not for moving.

:25:50.:25:55.

In fact it was easier than they thought. But as you say... Well,

:25:56.:25:59.

this is another five minutes to put on the card. Would it really have

:26:00.:26:04.

hurt to just move it to the side? Of course it wouldn't. She's still

:26:05.:26:08.

thinking about it. I'm not sure whether I'm going to play this. I'm

:26:09.:26:13.

only eight over par. Don't want to mess this one up. She's still

:26:14.:26:19.

concerned that she's broken the rules. The saga will continue after

:26:20.:26:28.

the interval. Meanwhile, we go to the 18th. And a 3-wood for Catriona

:26:29.:26:39.

Matthew. Well done, the marshals giving it the down the middle

:26:40.:26:40.

signal. What a great career she has enjoyed.

:26:41.:26:55.

And still enjoying. And wonderful that she is off to the Olympics -

:26:56.:27:00.

she's so excited about that. There is a view of the 17th green. She's

:27:01.:27:13.

four under-par. If she holds her position, that will be a very nice

:27:14.:27:17.

position to start the weekend in. All right, your seven behind, but

:27:18.:27:22.

you're still in the hunt for a big prize.

:27:23.:27:33.

Look where she is aiming this one - way out to the right. Not hard

:27:34.:27:50.

enough, not high enough. That has dribbled on that awkward distance.

:27:51.:28:04.

Just a bit too wide, Ken, wasn't it? The idea was good.

:28:05.:28:37.

Come on, Laura. Let's go out in a blaze of glory. Not enough,

:28:38.:28:48.

surely... No, she's after it. Popular player, takes great

:28:49.:28:50.

galleries with her wherever she goes. But unfortunately we won't be

:28:51.:28:55.

seeing her at the weekend. Oh, she's had a wonderful career. She's been a

:28:56.:29:06.

great asset to golf. Surrey golf, a great Surrey stalwart. I said this

:29:07.:29:13.

morning that Mrs Moss, the statue, was missing. There she is. I did not

:29:14.:29:18.

realise she was quite so close to the lake. I didn't realise Mrs Moss

:29:19.:29:26.

was a horse of! Oh, yes, Mrs Moss was one of the best racehorses she

:29:27.:29:31.

has ever had. Henrietta - lovely, lovely lady. I wonder if they wait

:29:32.:29:39.

for Ueda or if they just go on down the 18th. Take Wood gees and just

:29:40.:29:48.

clear off if you see that scoreboard behind, it says, 65th, currently

:29:49.:29:53.

level par. That includes the amateurs. At the moment there are 66

:29:54.:30:05.

players on par or better. So things are possibly positive for those on

:30:06.:30:11.

+1. Oh, it can change. The amateurs are counted in, not extra? Not

:30:12.:30:13.

extra. She's going to tap it in, she does.

:30:14.:30:34.

That is a good 2-putt from long range. Are you going to join us or

:30:35.:30:42.

should we carry on? Where are the officials when you want one? She has

:30:43.:30:48.

turned, look out, you nearly ended your days, there.

:30:49.:31:02.

Now, we would like to see a good shot here. She has suffered enough.

:31:03.:31:16.

She has moved the sign and she will play from where it was originally.

:31:17.:31:25.

Oh, goodness me. That was unlucky. They didn't go in. It has finished

:31:26.:31:29.

further away than if it hadn't hit the flag. Come on! Peter, watch the

:31:30.:31:37.

screen! That would have been in the clubhouse. Look at this. Fasten your

:31:38.:31:44.

eyes on it. If it misses the flag, second bounce, would have been much

:31:45.:31:49.

closer. I reckon that would have pitched five feet past and gone way

:31:50.:31:54.

past. I don't think anything will make her smile at the moment. She

:31:55.:31:58.

has had enough. We should not make fun. It is a taxing game and it

:31:59.:32:05.

tests every bit of your patience and skill. You can say that again.

:32:06.:32:21.

The plains Bedfordshire. Is that an act of God or can they be put on the

:32:22.:32:32.

clock for messing around earlier? I don't know. I remember at

:32:33.:32:39.

Sunningdale in 2008, she was right in the mix until the end, finished

:32:40.:32:43.

seventh, she spent a while on the LPGA but is now playing back in

:32:44.:32:48.

Japan. She has been a multiple winner over the years, there. So she

:32:49.:32:53.

is highly skilled. Well done. Well done.

:32:54.:33:10.

At the 15th. Yani Tseng, 5-under. No, yes, no... Gosh. Good effort.

:33:11.:33:27.

She is getting back some competence. It's funny, confidence comes and

:33:28.:33:35.

goes. The fear of something, whether it is the dark or fear of the

:33:36.:33:45.

dentist or three putting. She likes it.

:33:46.:34:05.

The scoreboard carrier in the background, it is 23 girls from

:34:06.:34:26.

Thornton College in Woburn, carrying some of the scoreboards around the

:34:27.:34:31.

course this week. There is a scheme for girls who have never played

:34:32.:34:36.

before to be introduced to the game in school, they come up for lessons

:34:37.:34:40.

and the club are trying to introduce local young people to the game of

:34:41.:34:44.

golf and I think it's a cracking idea. I hope it is successful.

:34:45.:34:47.

Meanwhile, Stacey at the 17th. That was a lovely shot. You are

:34:48.:35:07.

right, Peter, eight is great for these young people to walk alongside

:35:08.:35:10.

and meet some of these players and Stacy Lewis is a good example of

:35:11.:35:15.

anything being possible, she spent most of her teenage years in a back

:35:16.:35:19.

brace before having back surgery, and to now be making such a

:35:20.:35:24.

fantastic living as one of the world's best golfers, its

:35:25.:35:27.

extraordinary considering the spinal trouble that she had in her young

:35:28.:35:31.

life. A lot of these young people had never been on a golf course, up

:35:32.:35:36.

close to these good players, they carry that around and get used to

:35:37.:35:39.

the scoring and one thing or another and it is delightful to see

:35:40.:35:42.

something entirely new, through fresh eyes. And maybe coming up next

:35:43.:35:48.

week to have a go on the practice ground, young pros will be giving

:35:49.:35:52.

them lessons and encouraging them. You never know. We might find

:35:53.:35:56.

someone with a touch of genius. The 17th. This is from 144. The line

:35:57.:36:08.

looks rather good. That was a beautiful shot.

:36:09.:36:21.

Matthew, on the final hole. Oh, what a cheer if this goes in. This is for

:36:22.:36:35.

a three. That was just too wide, but a lovely touch. No sweat, cool as a

:36:36.:36:44.

cucumber. That's a lovely round of golf from Catriona Matthew. 65

:36:45.:36:53.

strokes, 9-under, a couple behind, and another day tomorrow.

:36:54.:36:57.

Yes, that round of 65 equals her best of the whole season and in fact

:36:58.:37:04.

she has been bubbling up, 65 under 66 in the last month or so on the

:37:05.:37:10.

LPGA Tour. And you feel that her form really is bubbling up nicely,

:37:11.:37:15.

not just for this week but also the real Olympics, she is likely to be

:37:16.:37:19.

the oldest in the field in the women's competition. Two shots back

:37:20.:37:25.

now from Mirim Lee. Shanshan Feng from China came in a long time ago.

:37:26.:37:31.

Jutanugarn is still going well with two still to play. It is bubbling up

:37:32.:37:37.

very nicely indeed at Woburn. Back at 17, Ueda.

:37:38.:37:45.

A different view from the tee looking to the green, when you go

:37:46.:37:51.

the other way round, but what a lovely shot that was, too little too

:37:52.:37:56.

late or whatever they say, she is 5-under. It's a long way to come not

:37:57.:38:06.

to qualify. And very expensive. One thing about golf is that if you

:38:07.:38:10.

don't play well enough you don't get paid, not like in some other games

:38:11.:38:15.

where you get a big wage even if you hurt your big toe. Ideal position,

:38:16.:38:30.

central fairway. Slightly anxious. No need. That is exceptionally good

:38:31.:38:34.

and it should work its way down to the flag, that is one of the best we

:38:35.:38:36.

have seen so far today at 18. There are many women club golfers

:38:37.:38:56.

who attacked the ball, they are fun to watch, have you know many in your

:38:57.:39:04.

time? Not really. I don't think Carol got any better than an eight

:39:05.:39:07.

handicap, but she was a joy to watch. She played for and captain

:39:08.:39:15.

Surrey for a period. They now live just north of St Andrews in

:39:16.:39:19.

Scotland. She was a joy to watch. What a girl. Watch this, a good

:39:20.:39:25.

light, she has to hit this cleanly. -- a good line. Oh yes. What

:39:26.:39:34.

happened there? That was a bit strange, up and on but it goes to

:39:35.:39:37.

the back of the green. I thought she had a socket for a minute. As you

:39:38.:39:44.

said earlier she is looking out of sorts. Stacy Lewis, this is for a

:39:45.:39:56.

two. This looks good. Oh yes. 7-under.

:39:57.:40:18.

Catriona Matthew's scorecard, cracking round, not one drop shot.

:40:19.:40:28.

She is with Hazel. She is. Great iron play today along with many

:40:29.:40:31.

other facets of the game, so many chances today and you took them. How

:40:32.:40:35.

would you rate your particular round of golf? Probably one of the best I

:40:36.:40:41.

have played. 18 greens today, just one awful shot on 16 but then I

:40:42.:40:46.

followed it with my best of the day. 4-iron to the green. I gave myself a

:40:47.:40:51.

lot of chances and holed my fair share. Your 83rd major or something

:40:52.:40:58.

like that. Thanks for reminding me! You have won one but came so close

:40:59.:41:02.

in many others, nine in the top five, is there a feeling that you

:41:03.:41:07.

have achieved so much but you would love to nail one more? Obviously, I

:41:08.:41:11.

am playing to win and I want to give myself a chance on Sunday and that

:41:12.:41:15.

would be fantastic. The crowd was great today, if I can be in

:41:16.:41:21.

contention on Sunday sure it will be fantastic. A significant season

:41:22.:41:26.

because you are vice captain for the Solheim Cup team, congratulations,

:41:27.:41:29.

and the lifetime achievement in Scottish golf award, so with Rio on

:41:30.:41:34.

the horizon, how significant an achievement would it be to be on the

:41:35.:41:39.

Great Britain team for you? It's a huge achievement, growing up I never

:41:40.:41:42.

thought I would be in the Olympics and it's been a goal of mine for the

:41:43.:41:46.

last couple of years to try to make the team, Robert Lee my only chance

:41:47.:41:50.

with where I am in my career so I was delighted to make it and I can't

:41:51.:41:54.

wait to go, I'm going to go down a few days early to watch some other

:41:55.:41:59.

things and then get ready. Graham your husband has been on the bag,

:42:00.:42:03.

this is only the third time in the year he has been able to help you

:42:04.:42:07.

because he does most of the childcare. How will it work in Rio?

:42:08.:42:12.

I have helpful grandparents. They will be at home watching but it will

:42:13.:42:16.

be great to have Graham there because he does not get the chance

:42:17.:42:20.

to watch often. Is the opening ceremony on your horizon? What are

:42:21.:42:26.

you most looking forward to? Unfortunately not the opening

:42:27.:42:30.

ceremony, I could not be away from the children that long, but I'm

:42:31.:42:33.

really looking forward to the atmosphere, we are staying in the

:42:34.:42:36.

village, just to get a sense of the whole thing and looking forward to

:42:37.:42:40.

going to the athletics on Saturday, Super Saturday. That will be great

:42:41.:42:44.

and I'm sure there will be lots of good things. We are hoping for good

:42:45.:42:48.

things for you over the weekend. Well played. Thank you very much.

:42:49.:42:58.

Another two on the horizon here. Following her partner, Stacy Lewis,

:42:59.:43:04.

in. Excellent stuff. And we might even get a trio of twos with Momoko

:43:05.:43:10.

Ueda having got it extremely close. But Catriona Matthew seems so much

:43:11.:43:17.

more at ease in the spotlight and she was not really comfortable in

:43:18.:43:22.

nearly part of her career. Yes, she has matured wonderfully. Watch this

:43:23.:43:28.

going in for a two. 32s, that is really rare. I was interested that

:43:29.:43:34.

you said that she was picked as the vice captain, is there only one vice

:43:35.:43:38.

captain for the Solheim Cup? Darren Clarke has about ten! I think he has

:43:39.:43:43.

five and there will be more named by Anneka. Stacy Lewis unleashes her

:43:44.:43:55.

driver down the 18th. That is OK for her, momentarily she thought she had

:43:56.:43:59.

lost it down the right but it's OK. There will be announcements further

:44:00.:44:03.

down the line, Peter. Normally there are around four vice captains. All

:44:04.:44:08.

of these are relatively new innovations. Well I know Paul

:44:09.:44:13.

McGinley had five for the Ryder Cup, his reasoning was that there were

:44:14.:44:18.

four matches on the course in all of the foursomes and one other guy to

:44:19.:44:21.

look after the players who weren't playing. So that was how he came to

:44:22.:44:30.

that number, I believe. 2-iron for position. Oh, now she is anxious.

:44:31.:44:38.

She is anxious but she has no need to be. That's a long hit, isn't it?

:44:39.:44:44.

Beautiful strike. Well, the boycott has joined me,

:44:45.:44:59.

what do you make of this? Very good scoring but not from Brooke

:45:00.:45:05.

Henderson today. It has been a bit under par but that is perhaps not

:45:06.:45:09.

the right expression! Nicely judged, there. Again, looking at that card,

:45:10.:45:18.

it just has not shifted. Still hanging on at level par, all of

:45:19.:45:24.

those 1-over, Christina Kim and Brittany Lincicome and that huge

:45:25.:45:30.

crowd are likely to miss out. Nordqvist with a long putt, up,

:45:31.:45:37.

slightly uphill. Getting closer and closer and closer. That saves a lot

:45:38.:45:39.

of aggravation. Well done. Those are little magnetic ball

:45:40.:45:56.

markers that they keep on them. Some of you may not be familiar with the

:45:57.:46:04.

game, those little round discs. Azahara Munoz rolls it in. She

:46:05.:46:13.

closes with a birdie having opened with a birdie, but in between not

:46:14.:46:17.

much happened, she did things at her own steady pace, round of 71.

:46:18.:46:23.

5-under for the Championship. And she is in a nice position going into

:46:24.:46:25.

the weekend. 5-under, second shot to the 16th.

:46:26.:46:41.

Now, I've watched her for so many years and she was absolutely

:46:42.:46:46.

stunning, and then the confidence, something waned, it was something

:46:47.:46:51.

mental, you get afraid, nervous, whatever psychiatrists will charge

:46:52.:46:55.

you a lot for telling you, but it disappears and you can't get it back

:46:56.:47:00.

again. Henderson for a par at the final hole and in she goes. It has

:47:01.:47:07.

been a struggle for her today. But what a huge talent. 71, 72, 1-under.

:47:08.:47:17.

The third member of the group is Anna Nordqvist. They are all going

:47:18.:47:24.

to be here for the weekend. Nordqvist just to finish at 1-under.

:47:25.:47:29.

That is a round of 71, there is not much between these players, 71, 71

:47:30.:47:37.

and 72 for Brooke Henderson. Lots of hugging but not much commitment,

:47:38.:47:41.

they don't seem very enthusiasm huggers. It is just a quick thanks

:47:42.:47:47.

and a courtesy see you tomorrow or whatever. Looking down on the final

:47:48.:48:03.

hole. Good drives up the final hole. There could be a couple of trees in

:48:04.:48:09.

the way, here. This is not a straightforward shot. You have to

:48:10.:48:15.

have a bit of luck where the ball lands.

:48:16.:48:34.

What a fine shot. Coming from that side is not easy. Avoided all of the

:48:35.:48:45.

trees and the overhanging branches. Stacey, now on her second shot. Ken

:48:46.:49:22.

is on his tea break. He is amazed by what he has seen today. Stacey

:49:23.:49:28.

whacks it up towards the green. And that is an aesthetic. Not too nasty.

:49:29.:49:51.

Down there on the edge of the fairway. We have the powerhouse.

:49:52.:50:06.

AJ. It all seems a bit disenchanted and that's why, that was a Miss Q --

:50:07.:50:26.

miscue. It is amazing that she does not carry a driver and if she did

:50:27.:50:30.

she could overpower some courses. She just does it with a 2-iron and

:50:31.:50:35.

3-wood sometimes. Well, I suppose if you are happy with a 3-wood, look at

:50:36.:50:40.

Henrik Stenson, he rarely brings a driver and he's magnificent player.

:50:41.:50:46.

He hits it miles. Mind you, 3-wood, you would like a lofted drive with a

:50:47.:50:53.

shallow face. 12 degrees and tiny little persimmon heads. That's have

:50:54.:50:58.

a look at the leaderboard. The good scoring has continued throughout the

:50:59.:51:03.

day. -- let's have a look. You would suspect they have not played the

:51:04.:51:07.

course quite long enough, but there is no harm in seeing birdies and

:51:08.:51:12.

eagles. Shanshan Feng yesterday was saying that it was coming down to a

:51:13.:51:17.

putting contest because all of the players were able to reach things

:51:18.:51:22.

comfortably with a short iron. Bronte Law, you might have seen her

:51:23.:51:26.

name, great effort by the amateur from Stockport, qualifying on

:51:27.:51:35.

Monday. Coming off winning the European amateurs last week. Still

:51:36.:51:39.

looking for her own clubs which have been lost somewhere by an airline

:51:40.:51:44.

that shall not be named. But it was French! Jodi Ewart Shadoff, the

:51:45.:51:52.

British number three. The third British woman inside the top 100, 71

:51:53.:51:56.

today, she will be here for the weekend. JE Shen, twice former

:51:57.:52:01.

champion, also sneaking inside the cut mark.

:52:02.:52:10.

And all of these players are safe. I think those on 1-over might make it.

:52:11.:52:20.

65 and ties make it and go down to 67, there is a tie for 67 which is

:52:21.:52:25.

1-over at the moment. You can see the price of her mistake, there, the

:52:26.:52:32.

depth of the bunker. It it is lying well. That was a bad mistake from

:52:33.:52:40.

someone who is such a quality player. This is not easy. You have

:52:41.:52:52.

to get it up and forward. I can't see, yes I can, I thought she had

:52:53.:52:56.

taken the flag out but it is on the right fluttering away. Oh, yes.

:52:57.:53:10.

That's the way to do it, brilliant shot. They are all very good out of

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the bunker is now, men and women, boys and girls, it is a skill that

:53:17.:53:21.

they have mastered. You never see dodgy bunker play. This is not easy.

:53:22.:53:25.

You can see where the ball has rolled back. Gives it a good thump

:53:26.:53:30.

into the sand. Up it goes, climbing the face. Over the top she goes.

:53:31.:53:36.

There is quite a few yards between the top of the bunker and the flag.

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In fact I thought it might have stopped nearer. About four feet or

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so, that sort of range away. A brilliant shot. It's never going to

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happen but some would like bunkers to return to the old days when it

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was like a sheep had dug it out. They are called hazards. It is like

:54:05.:54:09.

going back to only having one server tennis, it would just change the

:54:10.:54:18.

game. I suppose. -- one serve at tennis. She has turned things around

:54:19.:54:23.

well, she was out in 37 but three birdies on the back nine and no

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dropped shots. She has a chance of another one. Good crowds in today.

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20 6000. It is always good here. Stacey fascinates me. She is very

:54:39.:54:44.

volatile. You feel there is a volcano bubbling up inside. This is

:54:45.:54:58.

for a three. Keep up, keep up. Got it. It didn't, just slid across in

:54:59.:55:06.

the end. They surely she reminds me of the female star of silence of the

:55:07.:55:11.

lands, do you remember? Jodie Foster. Yes, I think she looks very

:55:12.:55:20.

like Jodie Foster. She is still in the hunt. 7-under, very much in the

:55:21.:55:28.

hunt on 67, 70. When you think of all of the trials and tribulations

:55:29.:55:33.

she had with her spinal problems as a youngster. Theories Yani Tseng.

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Can she get to 6-under? -- here is Yani Tseng. She cannot but she is

:55:40.:55:45.

having plenty of opportunities. We talked about her pedigree, five

:55:46.:55:49.

Majors in three years and was ranked one in the world for 109 weeks in

:55:50.:55:56.

2011-13 and then won three of the first five events in 2012 and that

:55:57.:56:01.

was the last time she won, amazing. Yes, her confidence disappeared. Two

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at the last and three... No, I thought she would finish two, three,

:56:09.:56:12.

which would have been in vain, sadly, 4-over par ain't good enough.

:56:13.:56:24.

26,000 people will attend today. Yesterday they did not have official

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figures because they weren't scanning the bar codes as they came

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in but its official today, it's a big area and they are spread out

:56:32.:56:35.

quite a lot. They have always had good galleries here and it's just

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off the M1, ten minutes off the M1. Plenty of room to park your car.

:56:41.:56:47.

Plenty of facilities for the spectators. You can get close to the

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players. They want the spectators do have a good time and for you to

:56:58.:57:02.

enjoy it. It's a very good bunker shot but that is the distance it has

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gone on. And there is a bit of movement in this one as well. This

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is just as important as any shot she has played during the day. It counts

:57:16.:57:21.

just as many. After that splendid tee shot, getting your second in the

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bunker and then taking five would be disgraceful, but there is no such

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thought for an excellent day 's work. A few little hugs and all to

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play for over the weekend. Very good play. It has been a joy to watch.

:57:44.:57:52.

Well, there is the round of Sei-Young Kim, around 69 to leave

:57:53.:58:05.

her 6-under par. She is to Hazel. A second round 69 today but the

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highlight must have been true in the -- holing out. I got 120 two the

:58:11.:58:19.

second shot, and I just tried a pitching wedge and it was perfect,

:58:20.:58:27.

so I was like, well, I never thought about that. It was awesome. It

:58:28.:58:32.

certainly was and it put you in the hunt for the title. You missed the

:58:33.:58:37.

cut at Turnberry last year, how much better do you like conditions on

:58:38.:58:41.

this course compared to the links in the wind and rain last year? Last

:58:42.:58:45.

year I was very much struggling with the course because side never did

:58:46.:58:52.

play like that on that course and it was the first time so it was a good

:58:53.:58:55.

experience for me but this course is better for me because it is all

:58:56.:59:01.

right to let dog legs, so it suits my eyes because I naturally go right

:59:02.:59:08.

to left with my ball flight. This is a very exciting time for you and

:59:09.:59:13.

indeed for Korean women's golf. Can you explain how important that you

:59:14.:59:19.

and the rest of your team-mates go into the Rio Olympics, how important

:59:20.:59:23.

has it been and how important is it for the Korean people? A lot of

:59:24.:59:27.

people are really excited for the Olympics season, and a lot of Korean

:59:28.:59:32.

people are watching it on TV. So everybody will be cheering us, all

:59:33.:59:41.

of the athletes. So I was not really waiting for a long time, since I was

:59:42.:59:46.

young, I really want to play there. So yes, I have got an opportunity,

:59:47.:59:51.

first time at the Olympics, so it's exciting. I hope you do you and your

:59:52.:59:56.

nation proud. Well played today. Thank you. South Korea has the best

:59:57.:00:00.

chance of a medal in the women's Olympic Games. Catriona Matthew is

:00:01.:00:09.

heading out for Great Britain alongside Charley Hull, she is

:00:10.:00:11.

further down the leaderboard but pretty well placed. Catriona Matthew

:00:12.:00:17.

is two behind Mirim Lee, who is not going to Rio. Tougher conditions

:00:18.:00:29.

earlier today. So-yeon Ryu going well out on the course. There we

:00:30.:00:38.

are. Maguire is in fact one shot further back, but it's a good

:00:39.:00:43.

contest developing for the amateur competition.

:00:44.:00:49.

Georgia Hall out on the course. It has been a struggle for her today.

:00:50.:00:59.

10-over. Coming towards the end of things.

:01:00.:01:19.

A remarkably short shot into the green. Here is Shannon Woods, Tiger

:01:20.:01:30.

or Nice. She's got some talent. Frontex like misjudgement in club.

:01:31.:01:58.

Tidy round from Stacy Lewis. She finished seven under for the

:01:59.:02:03.

Championship. She is speaking to Hazel. Going into the weekend, you

:02:04.:02:09.

find yourself only four shots behind with a significant carrot in front

:02:10.:02:13.

of your eyes, a second title - how do you like that position? I like it

:02:14.:02:18.

a lot. Especially on the turn, I was not really in a good place. That I

:02:19.:02:22.

made a few birdies to give myself a good chance for the like where I am.

:02:23.:02:28.

Usually if you can get out there and post a number, that's usually what

:02:29.:02:32.

wins. Tell me about the scoring so far. We saw that fantastic 62

:02:33.:02:37.

yesterday, and a 65 from Catriona. It shows you what is possible?

:02:38.:02:42.

Definitely. You can make some birdies, now that the cause is a bit

:02:43.:02:47.

slower. I think the pin positions are a bit tougher today come in

:02:48.:02:50.

general. But you can make birdies. If you get enough wedges in, if you

:02:51.:02:57.

can just make pars on the tougher ones. Which club in the bag needs to

:02:58.:03:04.

the firing best for you, here? Gap, it is probably the wedges, honestly.

:03:05.:03:09.

You have to make birdies. And so the wedges need to be spot on. You have

:03:10.:03:15.

had a two-year wait, since your last victory, are you inching ever closer

:03:16.:03:19.

to it? Yes, I feel like over the last couple of weeks I have played

:03:20.:03:22.

some really good golf. That is what ultimately leads to winning -

:03:23.:03:27.

playing good. I am getting to where I am starting to trust my game

:03:28.:03:31.

again. When you trust it, you can hit it under pressure. One final

:03:32.:03:36.

question - we spoke about the Olympics, and I was speaking to Lexi

:03:37.:03:39.

Thompson about it. There has been a lot of the guys who are not going to

:03:40.:03:44.

go, but how important a prospect is it for women's golf, would you say?

:03:45.:03:49.

I think it's a big deal. I think the biggest thing is, golf gets funding

:03:50.:03:55.

because it is an Olympics, in a lot of countries where it has not been

:03:56.:03:59.

introduced yet. So I think it is a big deal, and I think it is huge for

:04:00.:04:04.

the top players to support it. I am so excited, to be an Olympian, to

:04:05.:04:08.

represent your country, there is no greater honour. I can't wait to get

:04:09.:04:14.

to Rio. We wish you good luck over the weekend, and in Rio of course.

:04:15.:04:20.

ANDREW COTTER: And I think in the women's game, they are more

:04:21.:04:23.

receptive to change. Try something new. That's a little bit wide from

:04:24.:04:36.

Yani Tseng. It should clean give the women's game a bit more prominence.

:04:37.:04:42.

There's arguments on all sides, you can have arguments about anything.

:04:43.:04:48.

Ideas, thoughts, whatever. Of course, if you don't agree,

:04:49.:04:55.

sometimes with the minority now, they shout at you until kingdom

:04:56.:04:59.

come. But you're not supposed to have a different opinion.

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ANDREW COTTER: She is now playing her best golf of the Championship by

:05:07.:05:15.

a distance. PETER ALLISS: There is still almost

:05:16.:05:19.

40-odd players out on the course so, a lot can happen. We have got

:05:20.:05:23.

another two or three hours more golf at least this even. -- this evening.

:05:24.:05:32.

So I would not be surprised to see the one overs getting in this, to

:05:33.:05:40.

save par. Hit it... Nobody has, from that side of the hole. That's a

:05:41.:05:48.

shame. But of her own doing. That has moved her just one place out

:05:49.:05:59.

from the cut. There's an awful lot of players out on the course at the

:06:00.:06:03.

moment who will feel they have got a chance. Call has had a tough day.

:06:04.:06:13.

Third shot. So much of this game is learning how to play. Well judged.

:06:14.:06:35.

There is definitely a family resemblance. If she could improve

:06:36.:06:49.

her again, she would the great star. Can she get into the Premier

:06:50.:06:56.

division? She has made great strides in the last 18 months.

:06:57.:07:10.

+ awkward one from there. You can see the slope where it comes down at

:07:11.:07:17.

the end. She's certainly improving all the time. She finished sixth in

:07:18.:07:24.

Oregon a couple of weeks ago. She had a horrible run of missed cuts at

:07:25.:07:28.

the start of the season and is sadly going to miss it again here as well.

:07:29.:08:16.

Rattles it in. Nishiyama moves to two under. She who was up the money

:08:17.:08:27.

on the Japanese Tour. There's a lot of money to be made out there. The

:08:28.:08:39.

last group is now playing the sixth. So there is still quite a lot of

:08:40.:08:44.

golf before we shot up shop on this second day.

:08:45.:08:52.

This is a tricky little putt. They can tail away to her left if it is

:08:53.:09:05.

not struck firmly enough. That one almost accelerated away

:09:06.:09:31.

down the slope. Further away now. QC, she is six over par. You get so

:09:32.:09:39.

set in the routine of modern golf, you have to go through it all, even

:09:40.:09:45.

if you're taking 85. Three putts from 4ft. Sadness.

:09:46.:09:50.

79 today. HAZEL IRVINE: Not her day-to-day.

:09:51.:10:14.

But Catriona Matthew has posted that spectacular 65. Still retaining the

:10:15.:10:20.

overnight lead, just as last night, is Mirim Lee. But this time it is

:10:21.:10:27.

down to only one shot. The likes of Lexi Thompson and Charley Hull

:10:28.:10:32.

firmly in the chasing pack. Conditions, as we heard, slower and

:10:33.:10:42.

softer, making the scoring arguably harder. Leona Maguire, in the chase

:10:43.:10:46.

for the silver solder, is leading a matter. -- for the silver selva, as

:10:47.:10:53.

leading a matter. Lydia Ko looks like she might make

:10:54.:11:12.

the cut, the world number one, following a couple of good birdies.

:11:13.:11:16.

It looks as though she will be assured of her position over the

:11:17.:11:20.

weekend. She has not missed a cut on any Tour since last June. And

:11:21.:11:26.

indeed, we can be those who will be with us, Maureen Madill and myself,

:11:27.:11:30.

over the next couple of days. I think the round of the day belongs

:11:31.:11:34.

to Catriona. I was discussing the fact that she has had one victory in

:11:35.:11:38.

a major, and she could have won a bunch more? Yes, there is a strong

:11:39.:11:44.

case for saying that she has even underachieved, because she has

:11:45.:11:48.

turned herself into the most fantastic golfer. She is calmness

:11:49.:11:51.

personified. I think it was a tremendous shout of an echo to

:11:52.:11:55.

appoint her as vice-captain. Although she has every intention of

:11:56.:11:59.

playing, you need a calm person to offset Annika's intensity. That is

:12:00.:12:04.

what Catriona displayed on the golf course today. Stacy Lewis is amongst

:12:05.:12:08.

the chasing pack. This is building up rather nicely for the weekend?

:12:09.:12:12.

Yes. When Stacey won at St Andrews, she had annexed seven wins in as

:12:13.:12:19.

little as ten months. It's about two years now since she won. It's not

:12:20.:12:25.

because she has been playing badly, it is just because somebody has

:12:26.:12:27.

stepped up and played better most of the time. She is a dangerous lurker.

:12:28.:12:33.

She certainly is! And she will be amongst those who are there or

:12:34.:12:37.

thereabouts at the weekend. Let's just remind you of something is on

:12:38.:12:43.

BBC Sport this evening. A live semifinal between Wigan and Hull FC.

:12:44.:12:50.

After that, Clare Balding has been meeting gold medallists from the

:12:51.:12:58.

Paralympics of 2012. And on BBC One tomorrow, the Olympic journey of Tom

:12:59.:13:02.

Daley. Tom of course took that bronze medal four years ago. And we

:13:03.:13:11.

will be back with live coverage here from Woburn from two o'clock on day

:13:12.:13:18.

three, which is moving day. So it has been a very intriguing day so

:13:19.:13:23.

far. So that's it. We will be back with you fresh and raring to go for

:13:24.:13:30.

the weekend. This recount Women's British Open Championship has all

:13:31.:13:36.

the makings of a weekend classic. I hope you will share it with us.

:13:37.:13:38.

Bye-bye. You're coming across as, frankly,

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ridiculous. I'm flabbergasted by that.

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Will they get burnt... You have done an appalling job of

:14:08.:14:09.

selling them online. Erm... I'm... We're... We're...

:14:10.:14:13.

No, hang on. Sorry.

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