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England’s Lottie Woad hit a three-under-par 69 on day two of the Tournament of Champions to share the lead with three-time major winner Lydia Ko. <\/p>\n
The 22-year-old, who only turned professional last year and was invited to play at the season-opening LPGA tournament in Orlando, built on her opening round of 67<\/a> to jointly lead with New Zealander Ko on eight under.<\/p>\n Olympic Champion Ko, 28, added a 67 on Friday to Thursday’s 69 round the Lake Nona course.<\/p>\n Woad, who hit four birdies and one bogey, said: “I looked at the leaderboard quite a lot because I was getting annoyed.<\/p>\n “The pins were probably a little trickier, so [there] weren’t as many birdies as [Thursday], so I just had to keep giving myself chances.”<\/p>\n Ko, meanwhile, is bogey-free through 36 holes but the 2024 Women’s Open champion said she would never call the Florida course “easy”, adding: “I think this golf course changes a lot depending on how the conditions are.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n