US teenager Lexi Thompson has stunned the field and grabbed a two shot lead at the Omega Dubai Ladies Masters with a sparkling, bogey-free, second-round 6-under 66.
Lexi Thompson heading for the lead on Thursday
The 16-year-old rising star, the youngest-ever winner on the US-based LPGA Tour, blitzed the Emirates Golf Club with a six birdie charge that took her to the top of the leaderboard with on 8-under halfway total and left early clubhouse leader Sophie Gustafson (67) to share second place with Italy's unheralded Margherita Rigon (68) a strong-finishing, later starter who birdied three of her last six holes.
Welshwomen Becky Morgan is a shot further back at 5-under in a tie for 4th with Paraguay's Juliet Granada while American Michelle Wie has made up ground with a second round 5-under 67 to be a shot further back in a group at 4-under that included first round leader Lotta Wahlen.
The 29-year-Swede stumbled with four bogeys and a double bogey to post a second round 2-over 74 after shooting a first round 66, but her hopes are still alive and she is far better off than defending champion Laura Davies.
The English veteran ended one of her unhappiest years out on the golf course by missing the cut after posting a disastrous 81 that left her third from last.
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