Charley Hull pulls her tee shot on the 12th. She may well be in a bunker there and unless she can chip in it will be the first par-three hole she has failed to birdie today.

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A blemish on the card for Yealimi Noh as she drops a shot at the seventh.

The American, using the broomhandle putter, misses a tricky putt from approximately 12 feet.

Germany's Esther Henseleit manages to slide in for par. She's within two shots of the leader and will be looking to apply some pressure on the leader.

Get in, get in, Charley Hull is urging her ball to drop on the 11th but it stays about and inch right and slides just past the cup. But it will be a birdie for the Englishwoman who moves back up to a tie for seventh.

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Lottie Woad chucks her ball up into the air and snatches it again before chuntering under breath.

The Englishwoman misses a putt for par on the ninth from about five feet and is absolutely furious with herself.

If Woad is going to get herself into contention she going to have to up her game on the back nine.

We've not mentioned Hsu Wei-ling but the Chinese Taipei golfer is putting together a terrific round a few holes in front of the later starters.

A third birdie in four holes since the turn has put her at -3 for the tournament - and that's good enough for a share of third.

Her turn to apply a touch of pressure.

Charley Hull takes a par on the 10th but now belts a three-wood down the 11th to find the green and give herself a look at an eagle.

Another birdie for Nelly Korda, this time at the 13th and she is into the red for the first time today.

That's six shots behind leader Yealimi Noh with just five holes left to play.

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Yealimi Noh goes close with a birdie putt from about eight feet at the sixth, but it just fizzes wide of the hole and she rolls it in for par.

Noh was saying that she has a favourite little spot in Lytham for food and was talking about just how much she enjoys travelling and trying different foods out.

I wonder if that's included fish and chips while she's been staying on the Lancashire coast?

Anyway, Noh has not exactly had the best of times recently and admitted on Saturday that she was just happy to go under par in Thursday's opening round having missed three consecutive cuts prior to arriving at Royal Lytham & St. Annes.

Ranked 69th in the world (at the moment) she has only ever won once previously on the LPGA so she's in slightly unchartered territory this afternoon as she tries to close out a maiden major win.

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Two-time winner on the Ladies' European Tour on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

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Haeran Ryu will be the one name Yealimi Noh won't want to see cliumbing the leaderboard.

Winning is what she is used to - and it's something Noh is not.

Haeran Ryu has a long eagle putt on the seventh after almost slipping off the back edge with her approach.

She is putting from way down town but judges the pace perfectly and her ball skirts with the cup but stays up. Still she'll come away with a smile, a birdie and renewed hope that she can catch Yaelimi Noh.

Charley Hull has birdied both the previous two par threes today and repeats the trick on the ninth, where she goes flag hunting before knocking in a birdie putt from to get herself back in the red.

Europe's Solheim Cup captain Anna Nordqvist signs off with a three-under 68 today.

She is naming her four captain's picks on Monday, for the biennial contest against the United States, that takes place at Bernardus in the Netherlands next month and on this form, she probably wishes she was playing.

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Lottie Woad is in the bunker at the seventh.

She bungles her initial wedge attempting to chip on to the green, and the ball bounces back into the sand.

Woad escapes with a bogey. It could have been a lot worse.

England's Charley Hull is having one at the moment. An awful bounce on her approach to the eighth leaves her with a horrible chip from just above the back of the left greenside bunker and when it holds up on the ridge it's another shot gone.

Chance goes for Lucy Li to start rebuilding her round after a dramatic triple bogey on the previous hole.

She's missed for birdie from six feet and will stay at two under par.

She's joined on that number by playing partner Jeeno Thitikul who manages to make birdie at that par-five sixth.

Sadly for Sara Kouskova, her round has finished in frustrating fashion with another dropped shot at the last.

Having got herself to three under par, she's ended up rolling in a bogey to finish at level for the tournament.

Still a tremendous four-under 67 round of golf.

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We've barely seen anything of world number one Nelly Korda since she dropped three shots in two holes about 90 minutes ago.

Since then, she's made two birdies in six holes to climb back into the red numbers.

Still only at level par for the tournament but if she can find a couple more on the way in, who knows.