Anna Foster is best-placed of the Irish contingent at the Ford Women's Open in Australia where a second-round 67 has her nine shots off the clubhouse lead.
The Dubliner enjoyed a round that included five birdies and a single bogey, 10 shots better than her opening round in New South Wales to shoot up the leaderboard on three-under-par.
England’s Mimi Rhodes and Czech Republic’s Sara Kouskova are joint-leaders after both carded career-low rounds on in Wollongong.
The two are tied at the top on 12-under par, where round two was suspended when darkness set in at Wollongong Golf Club.
The cut currently sits at one-over par with 10 players still left to finish, with Foster’s compatriots Annabel Wilson and Lauren Walsh set to make the weekend action also.
Wilson is a shot behind on Foster on two-under after an impressive second round effort.
The 23-year-old’s birdies came in bunches, making three in a row from the second hole before repeating the feat from the 13th. A dropped shot at 16 was the only blemish, before she closed with another birdie at the last for a 65.
The Castlerock golfer is in a tie for 31st.
Walsh is skirting closer to the cut on level par after a round of 73 that included three bogeys and a double-bogey at the par-4 seventh.
The 24-year-old slipped back to level par but looks set to make the cut.
The second round will be completed tomorrow morning from 7.50am local time (8.50pm tonight Irish time) followed by the official draw for round three.
