Céline Boutier can breathe, she will play well this weekend (+1) while the tournament remains dominated by Ally Ewing (-10) who relegated the competition to five strokes. Perrine Delacour (-3, 9th) has remained very solid and can dream of a first top 10 in a Major.
When Céline Boutier (3rd in the world) found herself at +3 at the end of the 11th, at the very end of the morning, her future in this British Open seemed strongly obscured while the projection for the cut was more around +1. Only, the Frenchwoman did what was necessary (birdies at 12 and 18) to return to the clubhouse while being slightly more relaxed. The rest of the field having not outperformed in the afternoon, the Frenchwoman will see the moving day this Saturday with a top 10 which is only four shots away, proof that everything is still possible to get a big performance. at Walton Heath despite the fatigue accumulated during his successes at the Amundi Evian Championship and then at the Scottish Open.
Ally Ewing does not have the same kind of luxurious luggage to carry, even if her track record undeniably inspires respect (three titles on the LPGA Tour). Already on fire Thursday (68), the American did even better this Friday (66 despite a bogey at 18). She is now prancing in the lead (-10) five strokes ahead of her first pursuers. A recital that inevitably enchants him as his upturn since the start of this Open recalls the smooth epic of Brian Harman, on the British for men at the end of July: “I drove well all day, except at 18. And with confidence, I made quite a few long putts. So, yes, it was a very solid day. I stayed in it and only realized when I signed my card that I had chained four birdies in a row (from 6 to 9). I won’t talk about a trance state, though. I didn’t just err, I had to act. »
