At Royal Liverpool last month, American Brian Harman, whose pastime is hunting wild animals when he’s away from the golf course, sucked much of the drama out of the challenge for the Claret Jug as he took runaway control of the tournament and never released his grip.
Now at the Surrey course just south-west of London, another surprise player from the U.S deep south, Ally Ewing, appears to be taking the same path, leading by five shots on 10 under par at halfway – just as Harman did.
Not only that – but Mississippi’s Ewing also revealed on Friday that, like Georgia’s Harman, she too enjoys her hunting expeditions – mainly for deer.
But among the distant chasing pack, Australian star Lee, who’s thrust herself back into the fray thanks to a three-under-par second round 69, reckons she’s happy to be on the hunt herself over the weekend.
“She’s…