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Enable Cookies<\/a> Woad’s only bogey of the day at the par-four 17th dropped her back alongside Ireland’s Leona Maguire – herself a former number one-ranked amateur – Japan’s Rio Takeda, Spaniard Nuria Iturrioz and Thailand’s Arpichaya Yubol, who all shot five under-par 67s.<\/p>\n By the end of the round she had outscored world No 1 Nelly Korda and recent PGA Championship winner Minjee Lee to put herself firmly in contention.<\/p>\n Woad, who won the KPMG Women’s Irish Open earlier this month<\/a>, announced her decision to turn professional last week after missing out on \u00a3400,000 prize money, having finished just a shot outside the play-off won by Grace Kim at the Evian Championship, the women’s fourth major of the year.<\/p>\n England amateur star Lottie Woad elected to turn professional and accepted LPGA Tour membership<\/p>\n “I will definitely take it, there was some good and some bad, but overall, it was pretty fair,” Woad told the Ladies European Tour after her round.<\/p>\n “I just played solid and I think I missed one green. It was pretty stress-free most of the day.”<\/p>\n On the switch to the paid ranks, she added: “I’m just trying to keep as much momentum as possible, keep playing how I was playing.<\/p>\n England amateur star Lottie Woad elected to turn professional and accepted LPGA Tour membership<\/p>\n “It didn’t feel too different today; having all the experience I have in majors and contended in some it gave me all I needed and I didn’t have to change much.”<\/p>\n Leader Laffar opened her round with a bogey before making the turn at two-under thanks to birdies at three, four and seven. She followed up with four birdies in five holes from 10 to 14, and responded to a bogey at 15 with a 20-foot birdie at 17 to hit the front.<\/p>\n Twitter<\/p>\n This content is provided by Twitter, which may be using cookies and other technologies. Unfortunately we have been unable to verify if you have consented to Twitter cookies. Enable Cookies<\/a> “It was an amazing day,” said Laffar. “I started with a bogey actually, but sometimes it goes that way. You relax into it. I holed some great putts, and I hit my driver the best I’ve hit it for a long time. I really took advantage of that.<\/p>\n “When you roll it in and they’re dropping, you just have to keep going and keep plodding along. I managed to stay in the moment better than I normally do, which is quite nice, and having David on the bag helps. The wind was challenging at times, but I enjoyed the test.<\/p>\n “It’s nice to still see I can still shoot low, even knowing I was going low and kept it going low with a couple of bad shots. Don’t get me wrong, I got a couple of lucky bounces, but you get that in golf. That’s what happens when you’re having a good day.”<\/p>\n
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