AIG Women's Open: Full R2 groupings and Royal Lytham tee times
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- Haeran Ryu fired an opening-round 66 at Royal Lytham & St Annes to launch her bid for a third consecutive major title, having already won the KPMG Women's PGA Championship and Amundi Evian Championship this season.
- World No 1 Nelly Korda carded a two-over 73 in Round 1 and must improve Friday to keep alive her push for a third major victory of 2026.
- The marquee Round 2 group of Lydia Ko, Nelly Korda and Haeran Ryu tees off at 13:26 BST, the headline pairing among 144 players in the final women's major of the year.
- Charley Hull goes out in the morning wave at 08:42 BST alongside Hannah Green and Brooke Henderson, with Sky Sports providing extended Featured Groups coverage of the threeball.
- Lottie Woad will tee off at 13:15 BST with Aki Iwai and Andrea Lee, building on a bogey-free 69 from her opening round.
- Sky Sports holds exclusive UK and Ireland rights with six hours more live coverage than ever before and Featured Groups coverage introduced for the first time, with early R2 coverage from 9am and full coverage from 1pm BST on Friday.
Why it matters: Korda's 73 leaves the World No 1 needing a low Friday score simply to stay in contention, while Ryu's hot start and her marquee-group pairing with Korda and Ko concentrates the tournament's drama into a single afternoon tee time — the last women's major of 2026 will be shaped by whether the chasing pack can overtake a player chasing history.
