Play was suspended due to lightning in the area on Friday, but nor before Paula Reto signed off on a fine four-under-par 67 in the second round of the Amundi Evian Championship took her to a share of 33rd with some players through just 13 holes.
Reto started her round on the 10th hole with a bogey, but birdies on 11, 12 and 16 saw her turn in two-under-par. She birdied the second after the turn, and dropped her second shot on the par-four fourth. She came home with birdies on eight and nine to seal a 58-place climb up the leaderboard and ensure herself a place in the championship over the weekend.
Heading into Saturday’s resumption, Japan’s Ayaka Furue leads the field at 12-under-par and three shots clear of her closest competitors. With five holes still left in her second round, Furue is six-under par and bogey-free through 31 holes. Stephanie Kyriacou and Haeran Ryu are nine-under-par for the championship and each sit at four-under par in their second round. Both players return on Saturday to complete their second rounds with Kyriacou through 16 holes and Ryu through 11.
Angela Stanford, who earned her maiden major title at the 2018 Amundi Evian Championship, sits in a tie for fourth through 12 holes with fellow major champion Patty Tavatanakit (through 15 holes) at eight-under.
