Seven Irish players make knockout rounds of Women's Amateur Championship

Woad holed out from 15ft for a birdie three at the fourth and followed up with another birdie at the par-3 7th

Lottie Woad bounced back from a bogey at the first by playing a 100-yard approach to the second to tap-in range for a birdie. Picture: Oisin Keniry/R&A/Getty

World No 1 Lottie Woad led the way among the qualifiers for the match play stage of The 121st Women’s Amateur Championship at Portmarnock yesterday.

Woad carded a six-under-par round of 66 to move to nine-under-par for the stroke play qualifying rounds, five ahead of her nearest challenger, Meja Ortengren from Sweden.