Hole-by-hole coverage of the final round at Royal Porthcawl
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Early trouble for the 2018 champion Georgia Hall. The 29-year-old AFC Bournemouth fan finds thick rough down the left from the centre of 1, and can’t chop out onto the green. She’s left with a long putt from the fringe for par. It’s asking too much, and that’s a shot dropped immediately due to an unforced error. She’s -4. Meanwhile a three-putt bogey for her playing partner Rio Takeda; she’s now -5. The gallery muted as they witness the 22nd and 23rd bogeys at this hole today.
Lottie Woad isn’t the only big name heading in the wrong direction early doors. The wind is whipping right to left across the 1st fairway, and it’s causing all manner of problems. The 2016 champion Ariya Jutanugarn sets her opening tee shot out to the right, hoping for a mix of wind and draw to bring it back. It doesn’t come. Into a gorse bush she goes. Reload, and that leads to a triple-bogey seven. She then drops another at 2, and in a flash, she drops 18 places on the leaderboard to +1, any faint hopes of glory gone. It’s a similar story for Steph Kyriacou, who sends her second at 1 out of bounds on the left, then nearly does it again with her second ball. Another triple-bogey seven, and following bogey at 3, she’s +1 as well.
