The Irish challenge fell away on Day 2 of the PIF London Championship at the Centurion Club as Germany's Laura Fünfstück opened up a three stroke lead heading into the final round.
Lurgan's Annabel Wilson had been the leading Irish contender after the opening day but fell away on Saturday, carding a five-over par 78 to fall to +3 overall, just inside the cut-line for tomorrow.
Lauren Walsh is best of the Irish performers after Round 2, grinding her way to a two-over 75, with four bogeys and two birdies to sit on two-over par for the tournament.
Both Sara Byrne and Anna Foster, carding rounds of 77 and 75 to finish on five-over and seven-over respectively.
Defending champion Leona Maguire, who won the individual event last year under its then name of Aramco Team Series, did not compete this week.
The leader Fünfstück started with a birdie at the first before rolling in three birdies in four holes on the sixth, eighth and ninth.
A dropped shot on 15 was followed by an excellent par-save on 16 before another dropped shot on 17, but she finished in style with a birdie at the last to reach nine-under-par.
Four players are in a share of second place with Spain’s Carlota Ciganda, Belgium’s Manon De Roey, France’s Perrine Delacour and South Africa’s Casandra Alexander all on six-under-par.
Three-time LET winner De Roey went low with a 67 on day two rolling in seven birdies and one bogey to move up the leaderboard.
It was an excellent day for Delacour as she went bogey-free with four birdies and one eagle on her scorecard for her round of six-under.
England’s Cara Gainer and Switzerland’s Chiara Tamburlini are in a tie for sixth place on five-under-par with five players one shot further back in tied-eighth.
