Harigae, Hall share lead at women's British Open
American Mina Harigae and England's Georgia Hall shared the halfway lead at the women's British Open as world No. 1 Nelly Korda fell off the pace at Carnoustie on Friday.
Harigae blasted to the top of the leaderboard with a dazzling five-under second round 67, while Hall shot a round of 69 to also move to seven under.
Joint overnight leader Korda, on the other hand, endured a difficult day, carding two birdies and three bogeys in a 73 that left her three shots behind the leaders.
“I wasn't putting well ... in the afternoon the greens got bumpy, and I got on the wrong side of those bumps,” said the American, who won gold at the Tokyo Olympics earlier this month.
“So they were constantly missing, but that's golf.
“Everyone keeps talking about how I'm playing so well, but I'm going to shoot bad scores. I'm human.”
The other two leaders from Thursday, Kim Sei-young and Madelene Sagstrom, were tied for third and 12th, respectively.
The lone Canadian in the field, Brooke Henderson, finished tied for 12th at 4 under.
In the PGA, world No. 1 Jon Rahm of Spain remained bogey-free through 36 holes and will carry a one-shot lead into the weekend in the Northern Trust at Liberty National in Jersey City, N.J.
Rahm's 4-under 67 on Friday was enough to get him to 12 under, one stroke ahead of Tony Finau, who posted a second-round, 7-under 64. Canada's Mackenzie Hughes was tied for 17th, 6 shots back.
Xander Schauffele shot the low round of the day, a 9-under 62, to join first-round co-leader Justin Thomas (69) and Keith Mitchell (64) in a tie for third at 10 under. Jordan Spieth also shot 62 to roar up the leaderboard and get to 8 under and a tie for 10th place with Brooks Koepka (64).