LPGA Tour: Lottie Woad misses cut for first time as a professional as Akie Iwai leads CPKC Women's Open in Canada

History-maker Lottie Woad agonisingly missed the cut on her return to the LPGA Tour at the CPKC Women's Open.

The English star, who finished third as an amateur in a major championship earlier this year before making history by winning her first pro event at the ISPS Handa Women's Scottish Open, carded a three-under-par 69 on Friday to leave her +2 for the tournament.

That left the 21-year-old frustratingly one shot off the cut mark - and 11 strokes behind leader Akie Iwai - in the first significant setback of her fledgling professional career.

Woad birdied the fifth and sixth holes on Friday to spark hopes of a recovery from her difficult first round which featured six bogeys.

She recorded her only bogey of the second round at the seventh and picked up a shot at the 13th but couldn't