Sweden's Daniela Holmqvist is in charge of the Women's British Open with a short lead to -1 after two laps, despite the dire weather conditions. Two French women Perrine Delacour and Céline Herbin cross the cut at plus +7, Céline Boutier (+10) has not passed this time.

Holmqvist watches the last hole from the tee of 18 - AIG Women's Open at Royal Troon (Photo by R&A -via Getty)

Dani Holmqvist watches the last hole from the tee of 18 - AIG Women's Open at Royal Troon (Photo by R&A -via Getty)

Despite the apocalyptic climate making the players live hell, it was Daniela Holmqvist who fared the best, with a slim one point lead heading into the weekend and after signing two cards of 71 and 70 (-1) which places the Swede at the top of the provisional classification of the first Major of the year.

Holmqvist is the only one with a negative score after 36 holes, and one of seven players to score under par this Friday at the Royal Troon.
There is a lot of talk this week about the weather and high winds again playing a central role in the scores of the first two rounds, the first players to leave also suffered heavy rains.
A slight change in wind direction turned out to make the difference, moving from south to southwest since yesterday, requiring players to change their game strategy, with the wind reaching average speeds of between 40 and 50 km / h.
Holmqvist said: “ The conditions were really tough it was brutal, but happy to end the day under par. We had a lot of crosswinds and the first nine holes were really long but yeah I'm just happy to be there."
In her second appearance at the AIG Women's Open only, after playing in 2013, the Stockholm native looks to emulate another victorious Swede here in 2016.
“I remember watching the last 18 holes with Phil and Henrik playing, and I think it was probably one of the best golf duels I have ever seen in a major championship.
A truly international championship, the top ten are represented by eight nationalities with American Austin Ernst in T2 alongside German Sophia Popov in par.
Race to Costa Del Sol leader Emily Kristine Pedersen is a header in T4 alongside 5 other players, Grand Champion Lydia Ko, World No.8 Minjee Lee, American Lindsey Weaver, German Sophia Popov and Thai Jasmine Suwannapura.
After a near failure at the Ladies Scottish Open last week, former Solheim Cup player Pedersen turned heads again with a birdie on the famous 'postage stamp' of hole 8.
The Stars of the Tour and of the Solheim Cup, to be missing out on this first Major meeting of the year are some, like Céline Boutier, Lexi Thompson, Charley Hull and Caroline Hedwall and also Brooke Henderson, Stacy Lewis as well. than Dame Laura Davies, who was making her 40th appearance at the British Open…