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Charley Hull holds a one shot lead on day two of the individual competition in Tampa after back-to-back scores of 68 for eight-under-par.<\/p>\n
Three-time LET winner went bogey-free while scoring birdies on holes one, nine, 11 and 17.<\/p>\n
After topping the leaderboard, Hull spoke about her satisfaction of her performance despite testing conditions.<\/p>\n
“It was pretty windy, and it was actually pretty hard to club in, and putting was quite tricky as well, but I managed to hole a few clutch putts, so I was happy with that.<\/p>\n
“I was expecting some nice weather, but it was quite tricky. I do enjoy playing in the wind and I do enjoy a bit of a challenge. I just focus on my own game, but I played with Pia and Kelsey today and Pia was pin seeking all day, she made a birdie on the last and I was happy for her.<\/p>\n
“I am buzzing. Today has been a good Saturday so far, leading in the Individual and being up there in the Team and getting a personal best on my 5k run.”<\/p>\n
In close proximity, Germany’s Alexandra F\u00f6rsterling and Spain’s Carlota Ciganda sit in a share of second place on the leaderboard on seven-under-par.<\/p>\n
Two-time LET winner F\u00f6rsterling followed up her opening round of 67 (-5) with a 70 (-2) to put herself in contention for a third title.<\/p>\n
“I would say I was really solid,” said the German.<\/p>\n
“With the wind, it was playing a lot tougher than yesterday, and you really had to grind those birdies. I played really steady, I had three birdies and one bogey which is overall really consistent.<\/p>\n
“Depending on how the wind is, I’m guessing it’s going to be breezier than yesterday but hopefully less than today! I think I have a pretty good strategy for the course and I will just leave myself in good spots and get a couple of putts on the greens and have fun.”<\/p>\n
Defending champion Carlota Ciganda produced a round of 71 (-1) which included four birdies and three bogeys.<\/p>\n
Ciganda scored an impressive 66 on round one, giving herself a great chance of retaining her title.<\/p>\n
“I think under-par is a good score today,” said Ciganda.<\/p>\n
“I knew if we were between seven and nine-under today, we would have a chance tomorrow. I tried to stay really patient out there, it was just hard to hit it close with the wind, but overall I’m pretty happy and excited for tomorrow.<\/p>\n
“I saw Charley is up there and she is playing great, and she is a top10 player in the world, so I’m going to have to push and make birdies because she’s going to make birdies. I like the challenge, I like playing against the best in the world and I’m ready to go out there tomorrow and try my best.”<\/p>\n
There are four former Individual champions in the Aramco Team Series on five-under with Lexi Thompson, Manon De Roey, Pia Babik and Roussin-Bouchard all nicely placed ahead of the final day.<\/p>\n