Lee-Anne Pace carded a four-under-par 68 on Friday to move to two-under-par after the second round of the Estrella Damm Ladies Open presented by Catalunya in Spain.
Her five birdies and a bogey took her into a share of 21st, 10 shots behind the leader Carlota Ciganda of Spain. Ciganda had a bogey-free five-under 67 to pull out to a five-shot lead over Scotland’s Michelle Thompson, Swede Maja Stark and Magdalena Simmermacher of Argentina.
Ciganda, the five-time European Solheim Cup player, was all smiles at Club de Golf Terramar on Friday. She said: “No bogeys is always a good round and with five birdies. I holed a great putt on number one and had some chances, a good up and down and then on five and six. I made a fantastic putt on nine and two putts on 11. I took advantage of the par five and then a good birdie on 13 and I could have made one more, but I birdied 17 and made a great par on the last, so overall I’m very happy.”
Pace picked up birdies on seven and eight, and on 12, 14 and 15 on the homeward nine. Her lone bogey came on the par-three 17th.
She was one ahead of Casandra Alexander, who had a second round of one-over 72 to be one-under for the tournament and in a share of 28th.
Stacy Bregman had a three-over 75 to slip to one-over after 36 holes in a share of 44th while Lejan Lewthwaite missed the cut.
