Michele Thomson added an impressive three-under-par 69 to her opening 68 at Club de Golf Terramar this morning to sit one stroke off the early lead held by Carlota Ciganda as play continues in the second round of the Estrella Damm Ladies Open presented by Catalunya.
The 34-year-old Scot fired five birdies against two bogeys in hot and windy conditions, starting her round with back-to-back birdies at the third and fourth holes, before dropping a shot at the sixth. With another pair of birdies at the eighth and ninth, she went to the turn in three-under-par 34 and held steady, coming home in level par 35 after a bogey on the 10th and a birdie on the 16th hole.
“I just took it step by step really,” said Thomson. “Me and my caddie Paul (Keyser), said at the beginning of the week, you give yourself 18 chances and you take some of them and you don’t take the rest. I’ve been striking the ball really well and I’ve had two disappointing weeks, the last two weeks, so I came into this week wanting to do a bit better and I love Sitges. I always seem to find my game here. It must be a course that suits me and I’m enjoying my time here.
“I found the conditions similar to yesterday, because the afternoon was pretty windy, I thought. It died down later on, which helped a little bit, but it was similar to yesterday and similar scores as well. I thought I’d just try to give myself plenty of opportunities to put myself in the thick of things.” Overnight co-leader Ciganda, who teed off at 1.37pm, birdied the first hole to take the advantage over Thomson, while Maggie Simmermacher was one shot further behind, on six-under-par after six holes.
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