The 21-year-old Englishwoman was the talk of Royal Porthcawl entering the week.
Lottie Woad's assessment of Round 2 at Porthcawl: There was a lot more good than bad.
"Played really well for 17 holes," she said, "just that one hole cost me a bit."
That one hole was the par-4 16th. After a wayward tee shot on what she called the toughest hole on the course, Woad, the betting favorite this week at the AIG Women's British Open, found herself in an "unlucky" lie.
"The tee shot is hard to hit the fairway, and then you've got 3-wood into a very strong wind," she said. "Anything that's missing the target is going to be exaggerated."
After taking an initial swipe at it, the ball went nowhere, moving further down into the long grass. Woad called in a rules official to see if the ball was embedded. Then she asked for a second opinion.
The second referee agreed with the first that it wasn't embedded, much to Woad's dismay.
Forced to take an unplayable, Woad dropped on a dirt path and, after running her first putt by a fair bit, managed to hole a testy putt to card a triple.
"I just had to forget about it as quickly as possible," said Woad, who had two good birdie looks coming in but only managed pars.
After carding six birdies in her first 14 holes, Woad shot 2-under 70 to get to 2 under for the tournament, nine back of leader Miyu Yamashita, who carded a dazzling 7-under 65.
After hitting 11 greens in the first round, Woad hit 16 in Round 2.
The 21-year-old Englishwoman was the talk of Royal Porthcawl entering the week after becoming only the third player in the LPGA's 75-year history to win in her first start as an LPGA member last week at the Scottish Open, joining former world No. 1 Jin Young Ko (2018) and Beverly Hanson (1951).
"I'd definitely want to be a bit higher up," said Woad of her position on the board. "A bit too far back now probably, but I think all the stuff I had going on this week, playing four rounds is never a bad thing."
World No. 1 Nelly Korda also sits at 2-under for the tournament after a round of even par.
This article originally appeared on Golfweek: Disastrous triple-bogey plummets Lottie Woad at Women's British Open
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