Sweden’s Moa Folke fired an exceptional round of 62 (-10) and leads by two strokes at the halfway stage of the KPMG Women’s Irish Open.
The second round was dubbed ‘Pink Friday’ in support of the National Breast Cancer Research Institute, a charity partner of the KPMG Women’s Irish Open, and everyone was encouraged to wear pink clothing with pink ribbons also provided.
It was a sensational day for the 27-year-old Swede who started with a birdie on the first and then added another on the third before three in-a-row on holes six through eight to make the turn in 30 (-5).
A dropped shot on the 11th was no bother for Folke as she then rolled in four birdies consecutively on holes 13 through 16 before finishing her day with an eagle on 18.
“I don’t know what happened really! All the putts seemed to go in today,” she said. “I hit some really good shots and I’m just really happy. I don’t know if I can really understand what happened.
“Everything came together, I made some mistakes but ended up in good spots and then I made a lot of putts. I think it’s a course that sets ups for aggressive play and usually it pays off to be aggressive. I had that one bogey where I went for the green and I ended up dropping that shot, but it still worked out.
Three players sit in a tie for second place with Denmark’s Smilla Tarning Soenderby, Spain’s Carmen Alonso and Czechia’s Klara Spilkova all on 10-under-par.
After opening with a round of 69 (-3) both Soenderby and Alonso produced rounds of 65 (-7) on day two at Dromoland Castle.
Two players share fifth place after 36 holes with Dutch golfer Anne Van Dam and Finland’s Ursula Wikstrom on nine-under-par having shot rounds of 68 and 66, respectively.
Another player who carded a round of 66 on day two was Denmark’s Nicole Broch Estrup, who is in a tie for seventh place on eight-under-par alongside Austria’s Christine Wolf.
Four players round out the top with England’s Felicity Johnson, Swedish duo Lina Boqvist and Elin Arvidsson and Austria’s Sarah Schober all one shot further back.
The cut fell at one-under-par with 63 players making it through to the weekend at the KPMG Women’s Irish Open.
