LOOK OUT, ARIYA! HERE COMES CHARLEY AGAIN ON YOUR TAIL

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Colin@scottishgolfview.com
Woburn wonder girl Charley Hull, the 15-year-old from Kettering, celebrated her elevation from No 10 to No 6 in the Women's World Amateur Golf Rankings by closing the gap to two strokes on "The Sally" halfway leader Ariya Juntagarn, the 16-year-old Bangkok prospect whose 17-year-old sister Moriya is lying third, one shot behind Charley, pictured right by Cal Carson Golf Agency in the Junior Vagliano Trophy match at Royal Porthcawl last June.
You might say Hull is the "meat" in the Thailand sandwich.
Ariya, whose first-round 67 opened up a five-shot lead, came down a peg or two with a one-under-par 71(36-35) - still a very good round over an Oceanside C C, Ormond Beach course that can "bite" any player who doesn't know the course well enough to plot her way round.
She is on six-under-par 138, two ahead of Charley who improved from 72 to 68 for 140.
Charley overhauled Ariya J over the final round of last week's Harder Hall Invitational and it was that victory which pushed Hull up from No 10 to No 6 and pushed Ariya down from No 8 to No 10 in the Women's World Rankings.
Hull had one bogey and that came early, at the fourth. She covered the rest of the holes in five under par, birdieing four of the long holes, the sixth, seventh, 12th and 17th.
Her other birdie came at the 11th in halves of 35-33.
Moriya Juntanugarn shot the day's best round of six-under 66 to move into third place, having improved by nine shots on Monday's 75.
Moriya birdied the first, third and short fourth and turned in three-under 33. Her only bogey popped up at the long 12th but she "killed" the potentially-hazardous closing holes with birdies at the 15th and short 16th and and eagle 3 at the long 17th, coming home in 33 for a brilliant round of 66.
Curtis Cupper Holly Clyburn was not far behind with the quality of her second-round p[erformance, a 68, an improved of seven strokes, to be in fifth place on one-under 143 with two rounds to go.
The Woodhall Spa player kept a bogey off her card - no mean feat over this track - and birdied the long seventh, the lon 12th, the 13th and long 17th in halves of 35-33.

Scottish girls champion Eildih Briggs (Kilmacolm) moved into the top 10 with repeat 75 for 150 and ninth position, the leading Stirling University player of the six in the quality field.
Teenager Eilidh, pictured left by Cal Carson Golf Agency, started well and finished well but in between she was a little bit off key. Briggs birdied the second and the 14th and parred 15-16-17-18 which many players would settle for, especially those who keep running up double bogey 6s at the last.
But Edilidh squandered shots at the long seventh, eighth, the short ninth, the long 12th and the 13th in halves of 38-37. She's not far away from a really good round. If she can accentuate the positive and eliminate the negative over the last two rounds, Eilidh will achieve a finish of which she can be proud.
Another Stirling student, Kelsey MacDonald (Nairn Dunbar) slashed seven shots off her disappointing rond of 82 with a 75 for 157 and 25th place. Kelsey finished in the top 10 in this event 12 months ago. She really needs to get her teeth into the final two rounds and shoot a couple of low scores for the GB and I selectors to bracket her with the other Curtis Cup contenders who have outshone her over the first six rounds of the Orange Blossom Tour, Charley Hull and Holly Clyburn
Kelsey birdied the first but dropped shots at the third, long sixth and long seventh before getting her second and last birdie of the day, at the eighth. Out in 37, MacDonald limited the inward-road damage to bogeys at the 10th and 18th.
Roehampton Gold Cup-holder Rachel Drummond (Beaconsfield) improved from 83 to 75 for 158 and joint 26th position.
Compatriot Harriet Beasley (Stirling University and Woburn), the European women's universities champion, is sharing 32nd place after a repeat 80 fro 160.
Scottish junior international and Mackie Bowl 36-hole winner at Gullane last summer, Rebecca Wilson (Grange, Monifieth) went back from a 79 to an 84 for 163 and be in a tie for 40th position.
Rebecca is still searching for her first birdie after 36 holes round Oceanside. She kept her cool after running up a 7 at the short fourth and parred the rest of the outward holes to turn in four-over 40.
From then on it was hard going for the Tayside player - 44 shots to get back to the clubhouse, including double bogey 6s at the 10th and 18th (for the second day in a row) and single shots spilled at the 11th, long 12th, short 14th and 16th.
Jordana Graham (Southerness) hgad an 85 for 165 and a share of 48th position.
And the final Stirling student in the field, Mhairi McKay, had a 91 for 181 and a share of 74th place.