Romero, Woad share 36-hole lead at Augusta National Women’s Amateur – Golf Australia Magazine – The Women’s Game

Three players sit one stroke back of the lead entering Saturday’s final round of the 54-hole Championship.

Romero, the No. 5 amateur in the world, began her day with a birdie at the 10th hole and made the turn with a bogey-free three-under 33. A fourth birdie got her to four-under on the day, but a double bogey-bogey sequence at Nos. 4 and 5 brought her back to one-under. She finished birdie-birdie-birdie to climb back to nine-under.

“I’m definitely going to enjoy the moment being there, but just going to try to do my best to take notes of the course and see where are the good spots and create a good game plan for Saturday,” Romero said following her round.

Woad, the defending champion and top-ranked amateur, followed her opening-round 65 with a two-under 70. At one point during the round, she claimed a three-stroke lead, but a late bogey at the par-3 8th hole dropped her into a share of the lead at nine-under.

“I think I can definitely use last year, you know. I had the lead and then lost it. [Saturday] If that happens again, then I’d know that I’ve come back from there before. So, I guess they’re positive memories,” the defending champion said.

“I think the pins were definitely a lot harder [today], so I had to adjust a little bit on that. Some holes you kind of had to play away from a little bit whereas yesterday I feel like I could really attack every pin. I had to be a bit more patient,” she added.