Leona Maguire sneaks inside cut at Irish Open as amateur Lottie Moad leads the way
An opening round 72 was followed up by a 75 on the O'Meara Course at Carton House to finish on one-over par, a shot inside the cut and a dozen shots adrift of the clubhouse lead on a day where gusts winds reached 60 km/h.
Three bogeys in the opening five holes made it a challenging start at the Kildare venue.
A birdie at the 10th was immediately followed by a double-bogey at 11 before picking up further birdies at 14 and 16.
Foster also struggled to match her opening round score, a 71 followed by a one-over par 74 that leaves as the leading Irish competitor on one-under par.
Amateur Emma Fleming found the going tough on her way to a 77 that included a double-bogey and three bogeys. She will start Saturday on level-par, one shot better off than Maguire with Canice Brennan also making it to the weekend.
Woad is the player to catch and will take a three-shot lead into the weekend after a six-under par 67.
The 21-year-old sat in share of third place overnight, and after beginning from the 10th, made her first birdie on hole 13 before adding further birdies at 15 and 17.
On her back nine, the English woman made birdies at the first, fifth and seventh before her only dropped shot on the eighth, but she bounced back immediately with a birdie at the ninth to lead with a score of 11-under-par.
"It definitely feels good, it played tougher than yesterday," said Woad. "We thought because we played in the afternoon yesterday it might be a bit calmer this morning, but it wasn't. I played pretty well."
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