Lottie Woad admits she may be too far back to challenge for AIG Women’s Open victory after being left ‘angry’ by a costly mistake late in her second round at Royal Porthcawl.

Woad started the day outside the top 50 after a level-par 72 but found herself temporarily inside the top four on Friday morning, as three consecutive birdies on the back nine lifted her to five under.

The pre-tournament favourite's momentum was halted with an ugly triple-bogey at the par-four 16th where she was forced to take an unplayable lie from the rough, with Woad's par-par finish seeing her post a two-under 70.

Woad posted six birdies during her much-improved second round, where she outscored playing partners Lydia Ko and Lilia Vu for the second successive day, although heads into the weekend nine strokes be

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