Leona Maguire nine back as Nelly Korda grabs clubhouse lead at Women's Open

Leona Maguire is nine shots adrift of clubhouse leader Nelly Korda at the halfway point of the AIG Women's Open at St Andrews.

World number one Korda carded a successive 68 to move to eight-under-par and currently has a three-shot lead over round one leader Charley Hull and Lilia Wu from the USA, who are also in the clubhouse.

After a disappointing showing at the Olympics and another at last week's Scottish Open, Maguire was hoping for a change of fortune in the year's final major but she has much work to do over the weekend after a level-par round of 72 that left her on one-over.

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The Cavan golfer started her round in conditions that were more benign than was the case on Thursday, as she made birdies on 10 and 14

However a bogey on 16 and then at the second, with the wind starting to freshen again, leaves her in a tie for 28th.

With the projected cut mark at four-over, Stephanie Meadow finished a shot worse off after adding a 72 to her opening 79.

Lauren Walsh, in her second major appearance, despite a birdie at the last, carded a 77 to finish on eight-over.