Leona Maguire was unable to back up her victory from last weekend as she fell two strokes outside the cut line after Round 2 of the Evian Championship.
Maguire claimed her first Ladies European Tour victory with a one-stroke win at the Aramco Team Series event in Hempel Hampstead last weekend but was unable to replicate the feat in the east of France.
On Friday, she carded a second successive 72, which included four birdies, three bogeys and a double-bogey at the par-3 14th, to finish two-over par overall and in a tie for 78th.
Maguire's missed cut was confirmed on Saturday morning when the weather-affected second round was completed.
Her compatriot Stephanie Meadow was one of those who had to wait until Saturday morning to complete their second rounds but she had little chance of remaining part of the field for the weekend, finishing 13 over par for the tournament after an 81 and close to the foot of the field.
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England's Georgia Hall overcame a shoulder injury to produce a brilliant finish on day two of championship marked by weather disruptions.
Hall covered her first 10 holes in one over par before carding birdies on the 11th, 15th and 16th and making an eagle on the 18th to complete a second round of 67.
That gave the 2018 AIG Women’s Open champion a halfway total of six under par, six shots off the lead held by Japan’s Ayaka Furue.
Furue had played 13 holes in six under par before bad weather forced play to be suspended and later abandoned for the day.
Speaking about her injury, Hall said: "I was actually worse than yesterday, especially on the front nine. Just trying to make contact with the ball.
"So I’m just thrilled with the way I’m playing at the moment. I’ll see the physio and try to make it better. I’ve got 24 hours before I tee off again, so that should be enough hopefully.
"My shoulder has been a bit tight for a couple weeks but no problems at all. Then in the pro-am when I was warming up, I just hit a couple and it went straightaway and locked up on me, kind of my upper back.
"So I only saw six holes of the course before teeing it up yesterday (Thursday).
"I knew I was playing well coming into this. I’ve kind of been on an upwards transition the last couple months and scores didn’t really show that much."
Scotland’s Gemma Dryburgh, who shared the lead after an opening 64, was alongside Hall on six under after recovering from three early bogeys to birdie the eighth and ninth before play was called off.
With additional reporting: PA
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