Ayaka Furue leads after Day 2 of the 2024 Evian Championship

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Ayaka Furue of Kobe, Japan leads after day two of the 2024 Evian Championship. Now it should be noted that the second round was not completed because of an electrical storm in the French region.

Furue is currently at -12 with five holes to play in round two. She currently has a three stroke lead over Australia’s Stephanie Kyriacou and South Korea’s Hae-ran Ryu. Kyriacou of Sydney and Ryu are both at nine-under-par. Kyriacou have two holes left for her Friday round, while Ryu has seven holes left before she starts round three.

On Friday, Furue had six birdies and zero bogeys. She birdied the first, second, third, seventh, ninth, and 11th holes.

Furue’s first round on Thursday, also saw her end up with six birdies and zero bogeys, and a score of six-under-par. Furue birdied the third, fourth, fifth, eighth, ninth, and 13th holes, and in a six-way tie for fourth place. She was one stroke back of Gemma Dryburgh of Eberdeen, Scotland (the 2022 Toto Japan Classic winner), Ingrid Lindblad of Halmstad, Sweden, and 2021 ANA Inspiration winner Patty Tavatanakit of Bangkok, Thailand.

This is the second time that Furue has got off to a great start at the Evian Championship. In 2022, she led after round after round one with a score of -8.

Meanwhile, one major reason why Kyriacou is in contention is because of a marvelous shot on Thursday. She eagled the 12th hole, which was a par four. Kyriacou’s best result at a major was a seventh place at the 2022 Women’s British Open.