Lauren Walsh holds the solo lead heading into the weekend at the Tenerife Women’s Open after the Irishwoman carded a second round 68 at Abama Golf to move two shots clear.
Starting the day on five-under par, tied for the lead, Walsh got off to a nervy start at Abama Golf when she bogeyed the par-4 1st. But the Irish star quickly bounced back with a birdie at the 2nd before carding three in a row at the 4th, 5th and 6th to surge into the outright lead.
After three straight pars, Walsh soon got things going again after the turn birdying the 10th and 11th to attain a healthy five shot advantage.
This was followed by back-to-back bogeys at the 13th and 14th, but Walsh once again bounced back in style hitting a classy approach at the par-4 17th to card birdie number seven.
”It was a good day’s work,” the Castlewarden native said.
“I hit the ball really nicely but didn’t hole quite as many putts as yesterday. It was nice to make a birdie on 17 to get one of those bogeys back.
”I gave myself some chances on the front nine and converted them. It’s a tricky golf course so it doesn’t take too much to get out of position and make a bogey. But overall I’m really happy with how I handled myself. Plenty of positives to take away. Golf is golf and everyone is going to make bogeys. I’m happy I put those behind me and pushed on.”
Walsh will be the lone Irish challenger at the weekend after Anna Foster, Sara Byrne, Annabel Wilson and Canice Screene all missed the cut.
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