Charley Hull is “buzzing” as she heads into the weekend on the AIG Ladies’s Open with a shot at main glory.
A second-round 68 from Hull delighted the crowds at Walton Heath and lifted the house favorite right into a share of second place at five-under with Andrea Lee and Minami Katsu.
Runaway leader Ally Ewing will take a five-stroke advantage into round three, having surged away from the sphere in sensational vogue through the first half of Friday, however Hull is happy along with her place.
“I’m comfortable how I hit it off the tee and I holed some lengthy putts. I’m buzzing for the following few rounds,” stated the 27-year-old.
“I assumed that was an excellent rating by Ally this morning. It’s good now. Simply chase her down.”
Hull was the runner-up on this 12 months’s US Ladies’s Open at Pebble Seashore, the place she completed with a 66, and got here up only one shot in need of Lydia Ko on the 2016 ANA Inspiration.
“I’ve completed second a pair occasions in a significant now, so hopefully I can feed off that and know what to do,” she stated.
“I’m 5 photographs behind the lead in second place on the minute, so yeah, I’ve received to make birdies on the market and I get pleasure from attempting to make birdies so hopefully I could make a load.”
Hull began her second spherical at Walton Heath with six successive pars and confronted arguably the trickiest circumstances of the day as rain and wind blew in.
But a birdie on the seventh kickstarted her spherical and he or she transformed lengthy putts to choose up additional photographs on the eleventh and fifteenth earlier than a two-putt 4 on the par-5 sixteenth moved her into second place.
“It was fairly tough on the market immediately,” she added. “It was a bit windy, a bit wet, we had a little bit of all of the 4 seasons on the market.
“It was fairly arduous to hit it near the pins as a result of it was windy and I’m hitting a little bit of a draw on the minute.
“However I’m fairly comfortable. And it was good to complete with a couple of birdies coming in.
“I really feel comfy on this golf course, I might say. It’s an excellent observe – it’s so fairly on the market as nicely. And it’s simply good, particularly, to remain at residence.”
Hull understandably attracted a big following as she made her transfer up the leaderboard and expects to obtain comparable help on Saturday and Sunday.
“There are good crowds,” she stated. “There shall be some massive ones over the weekend.”
