Women's British Open 2018: Pornanong Phatlum Leads After 2nd Round

Thailand's Pornanong Phatlum leads the 2018 Women's British Open by one shot after Friday's second round at Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lancashire, England.

Phatlum moved to 10 under par and replaced Minjee Lee at the top of the leaderboard. Lee is a shot further back along with England's Georgia Hall and Japan's Mamiko Higa.

Here's a look at the standings:

The full leaderboard is available from the tournament's official website.

Phatlum shot a second straight 67 to top the standings in search of her first LPGA win. The 28-year-old has been a model of consistency and has yet to hit a bogey during her first two rounds.

She started strongly and picked up her first birdie of the day on the fourth hole. Two more followed at the sixth and seventh as she gained some real momentum.

Phatlum managed two more on the back nine as she shot up the leaderboard. She offered her thoughts after her round, per LPGA:

Overnight leader Lee also started well, but a poor finish saw her knocked off the top. A double bogey at the 16th was followed by a bogey at the 17th.

Lee said the two holes had proved costly:

Hall is also in contention after hitting four birdies. The 22-year-old picked up three shots on the back nine to move to within a shot of the lead.

The Ricoh Women's British Open shared her impressive record after the first two rounds:

The shot of the day arguably belonged to Canada's Brooke Henderson, who managed a hole-in-one at the ninth.

Here's a look at her superb effort:

It was the highlight of her round as bogeys at the 13th and 15th saw her finish five shots off the leader ahead of Saturday's third round.