Lottie Woad nine strokes behind halfway leader Miyu Yamashita after a second-round 70 at Royal Porthcawl; Woad was five under for her round until a triple-bogey at the par-four 16th; Watch the AIG Wom

Rio Takeda overcame a double bogey at the turn with four birdies over her final seven holes Thursday for a 5-under 67 to share the lead with Eri Okayama in an AIG Women’s Open that featured a Japanese surge and a mixed day for Lottie Woad.

Lottie will be playing with the last two winners of the Women’s Open in Lydia Ko (the reigning champion) and Lilia Vu. That is quite the expectation to place on young Lottie, but she has certainly shown to be deserving of that kind of hype.