Lydia Ko survives cut at Women's Open

Lydia Ko survived to make the cut at the AIG Women's Open in Wales, but only just PHOTO: AIG WOMEN'S OPEN

Lydia Ko has kept New Zealand hopes alive after she made the cut on a difficult day for Kiwi golfers.

Twenty-eight-year-old Ko carded a second-round one-over 73 to be two-over at the British Women's Open in Porthcawl, Wales, to edge her way inside the cut in a share of 53rd and 13 shots off the pace.

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The defending champion had a birdie on the eighth with another on the 13th, however she then bogeyed the next three consecutive holes before a birdie on the 16th.

The two other New Zealanders, Amelia Garvey missed the cut at three-over and Momoka Kobori was seven-over.

Japan's Miyu Yamashita leads the oturnament at 13-under

Meanwhile Ryan Fox will miss the cut at the Wyndham Championship in North Carolina on the PGA Tour, carding a three-over 73 to be one-over and in a share of 121st.