Spanish rookie Carlota Ciganda will take a one-shot lead into the final round of the Deloitte Ladies Open in Holland after carding a brilliant 67.
The 22-year-old from Pamplona put herself on course for her maiden Ladies European Tour victory by posting six birdies and one bogey in perfect conditions to move to six under par at Golfclub Broekpolder on the outskirts of Rotterdam.
"I played very well today, felt very comfortable starting with two birdies on the first and second hole," Ciganda said.
"I hit it very close, like one metre on the first and two metres on the second. I played very solid golf, hitting a lot of fairways. I hit 18 greens, so that was very good and then I made one bogey on hole number 12.
"On the back nine I missed three putts of one and a half metres long, but then I also made some good ones so I think golf equals everything at the end and so I'm happy with the round."
She finished the day one stroke ahead of Finland's Ursula Wikstrom, who signed for a second-round 68.
Wikstrom will be targeting her first professional victory, having twice finished as a runner-up - at the 2008 Finnair Masters and 2009 Open de France.
England's Florentyna Parker, who won the tournament in 2010 but finished tied for 47th last year, remained on four under in outright third place after a steady second round of 72.
"One bogey, one birdie and then I had a few chances but bogeyed 16 and 17," she said.
"I eagled the last, so level par. I played a lot better today, I thought, than yesterday, so I'm feeling pretty confident. I think the afternoon greens... maybe my putting suffered because of that, but I'm feeling good for tomorrow."
A cluster of seven players ended on three under, including Holland's Dewi-Claire Schreefel, while LET rookie Esther Choe of the United States had a hole in one at the 13th using a hybrid club.
Collated second-round scores (Par 72):
138 Carlota Ciganda (Spa) 71 67
139 Ursula Wikstrom (Fin) 71 68
140 Florentyna Parker (Eng) 68 72
141 Dewi Claire Schreefel (Ned) 71 70, Caroline Afonso (Fra) 71 70, Lee-Anne Pace (Rsa) 71 70, Felicity Johnson (Eng) 70 71, Elena Giraud (Fra) 68 73, Henrietta Zuel (Eng) 72 69, Carin Koch (Swe) 71 70
142 Alison Whitaker (Aus) 70 72, Veronica Zorzi (Ita) 73 69, Line Vedel (Den) 76 66, Stacy Lee Bregman (Rsa) 73 69
143 Christel Boeljon (Ned) 70 73, Louise Larsson (Swe) 72 71, Becky Brewerton (Wal) 72 71, Mikaela Parmlid (Swe) 72 71, Caroline Masson (Ger) 71 72, Joanna Klatten (Fra) 72 71
144 Rebecca Hudson (Eng) 73 71, Anais Maggetti (Swi) 72 72, Rebecca Artis (Aus) 73 71, Julie Maisongrosse (Fra) 72 72, Karen Lunn (Aus) 68 76, Celine Palomar (Fra) 72 72, Hannah Burke (Eng) 69 75, Stefania Croce (Ita) 71 73
145 Lydia Hall (Wal) 74 71, Nontaya Srisawang (Tha) 73 72, Anne-Lise Caudal (Fra) 71 74, Jenni Kuosa (Fin) 71 74, Stacey Keating (Aus) 74 71, Frances Bondad (Aus) 74 71, Mianne Bagger (Den) 71 74, Lynnette Brooky (Nzl) 72 73, Kendall Dye (USA) 71 74, Sophie Giquel-Bettan (Fra) 75 70, Helen Alfredsson (Swe) 76 69, Marjet Van Der Graaff (Ned) 72 73, Diana Luna (Ita) 69 76
146 Gwladys Nocera (Fra) 76 70, Sophie Walker (Eng) 72 74, Sahra Hassan (Wal) 72 74, Liebelei Lawrence (Lux) 77 69, Marion Ricordeau (Fra) 72 74
147 Clare Queen (Sco) 72 75, Rebecca Codd (Irl) 75 72, Rachel Bailey (Aus) 74 73, Steffi Kirchmayr (Ger) 68 79, Jessica Yadloczky (USA) 73 74, Connie Chen (Rsa) 75 72, Esther Choe (USA) 76 71, Julie Greciet (Fra) 75 72, Anja Monke (Ger) 70 77, Caroline Westrup (Swe) 76 71, Beth Allen (USA) 75 72, Sophie Sandolo (Ita) 74 73, Maria Ohlsson (Swe) 76 71
148 Lauren Taylor (Eng) 72 76, Maria Beautell (Spa) 76 72, Jade Schaeffer (Fra) 73 75, Eleanor Givens (Eng) 75 73, Karlijn Zaanen (Ned) 75 73, Marianne Skarpnord (Nor) 72 76, Trish Johnson (Eng) 75 73, Georgina Simpson (Eng) 74 74, Linda Wessberg (Swe) 74 74
----------------The following players failed to make the cut----------------
149 Tania Elosegui (Spa) 74 75, Ashleigh Simon (Rsa) 81 68, Cassandra Kirkland (Fra) 78 71, Danielle Montgomery (Eng) 76 73, Tandi Cuningham (Rsa) 72 77, Chrisje De Vries (Ned) 75 74, Kylie Walker (Sco) 71 78, Caroline Martens (Nor) 74 75, Holly Aitchison (Eng) 78 71
150 Louise Stahle (Swe) 74 76, Kyra Van Leeuwen (Ned) 76 74, Elizabeth Bennett (Eng) 76 74, Stephanie Na (Aus) 73 77, Lien Willems (Bel) 79 71
151 Stefanie Michl (Aut) 77 74, Titiya Plucksataporn (Tha) 77 74, Margherita Rigon (Ita) 78 73, Malene Jorgensen (Den) 74 77, Elisabeth Esterl (Ger) 74 77, Marieke Nivard (Ned) 77 74, Manon De Roey (Bel) 75 76, Dawn Shockley (USA) 74 77, Carmen Alonso (Spa) 76 75
152 Monique Smit (Rsa) 77 75, Kiran Matharu (Eng) 81 71, Laura Cabanillas (Spa) 77 75, Rachel Jennings (Eng) 74 78, Caroline Rominger (Swi) 72 80, Lisa Holm Sorensen (Den) 72 80, Lucie Andre (Fra) 75 77
153 Nikki Garrett (Aus) 77 76, Lotta Wahlin (Swe) 73 80, Virginie Lagoutte-Clement (Fra) 77 76
154 Cecilie Lundgreen (Nor) 76 78, Miriam Nagl (Ger) 75 79
155 Laurence Herman (Bel) 78 77, Charlotte Ellis (Eng) 76 79, Alexandra Vilatte (Fra) 78 77, Sofia Harkonen (Fin) 76 79, Yu Yang Zhang (Chn) 81 74
156 Laurette Maritz (Rsa) 77 79, Barbara Genuini (Fra) 74 82, Anna Scott (Eng) 80 76, Lucy Williams (Eng) 78 78
157 Mary Mattson (USA) 84 73
158 Vikki Laing (Sco) 80 78
159 Anastasia Kostina (Rus) 82 77, Mireia Prat (Spa) 82 77
160 Sharmila Nicollet (Ind) 80 80, Elin Emanuelsson (Swe) 82 78
161 Sandra Eggermont (Ned) 85 76
162 Kym Larratt (Eng) 85 77
164 Adriana Zwanck (Spa) 83 81
165 Tessa De Bruijn (Ned) 84 81
168 Sara Djos (Swe) 82 86
