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Frenchwoman Céline Boutier lost the lead of the tournament and is no longer on the podium after a complicated 2nd round on Thursday and a card of +4, currently 6th five shots behind the leader, the Swiss Morgane Metraux.
Perfect days are rarely repeated in golf, and Céline Boutier experienced them all too painfully on Thursday.
After an excellent entry in the run of -7 signed the previous day, and a leading position with three strokes ahead of her first chaser at the start on Thursday morning, the Frenchwoman, 7th in the world, now there is no joker.
His lead melted like snow in the sun as the day went on, eventually hitting eleven shots more than the previous day.
The 30-year-old Frenchwoman experienced a less noticeable stroke in almost every area of her game. She was less effective on putts, less accurate on tee shots and irons, with two balls in the water on 13 and 15. costing him dearly (two. double bogeys), his birdie out of the par 5 on the 3rd hole was the only bright spot on a pale day.
Metraux in a cloud
His average performance on the day, however, did not stop him from pursuing his dream of a medal. He remained in the chariot of the adversaries, even when the path became very hard. Because its competitors have woken up.
Even those we didn’t expect, like the Swiss Morgane Metraux, 137th in the world. Starting five strokes behind Céline Boutier on Thursday morning, the Helvetian caught up and took the tournament lead after going on cloud nine.
Two eagles and four birdies in the first nine holes of the course pushed him into the lead, before a more shy return to finish his round at -6, and move to -8 overall. . Chinese Ruoning Yin is one stroke behind Metraux at minus-7.
New Zealander Lydia Ko, the only player with two Olympic medals (silver in Rio and bronze in Tokyo), is hot on the heels of the Swiss thanks to her card of 67 that puts her in third position at minus-5 . American Nelly Korda is currently in 12th position at minus-2.
It’s more complicated on the Canadian side. After shooting a 74 in the first round, Brooke Henderson did a little better with a score of 73 on Thursday. His score of plus-3 after 36 holes, however, places him in 29th position.
After a 71 the day before, Alena Sharp couldn’t do better than four shots over par for her second day which means she has a cumulative score of plus-4.