Thailand’s Wichanee Meechai starts Friday with four straight birdies and heads into the weekend with a two-shot lead at WOmen’s US Open; watch the conclusion of the Canadian Open and US Women’s Open live on Sky Sports this weekend.
World No 1 Nelly Korda struggled to find her form as she missed the eight-over cut line by two shots at the Women’s US Open following her disastrous 80 on the opening day.
A level-par 70 in the second round was not enough to save the American, who came into the major at Lancaster Country Club in Pennsylvania as the overwhelming favourite having won six of her last seven tournaments.
Korda got a small measure of revenge on the par-three 12th, where on Thursday she found the water three times and made a career-worst 10 on her way to an 80. This time her tee shot was held up by a patch of grass and Korda jabbed a pitch to 20 feet and holed the par putt.
She ran off three straight birdies toward the end of the front nine to get in range of the cut but did not hit the ball well off the tee and had only four looks at birdie on the back nine, eventually missing the cut by two.
Meanwhile, Thailand’s Wichanee Meechai started Friday with four straight birdies on her opening four holes and matched the low score of the week with a three-under 67 for a two-shot lead going into a weekend.
The 31-year-old has never finished in the top 10 in her previous 20 appearances in the majors. She is ranked 158th in the world and has never won in the United States.
