Charley Hull may have missed Justin Rose's moment of Olympic glory, but the 20-year-old is still benefiting from his experience as she seeks to complete a golden British double.
Hull only arrived in Rio on Sunday evening, several hours after Rose had won the first Olympic golf gold medal for 112 years following a thrilling duel with Open champion Henrik Stenson.
However, Rose's caddie Mark Fulcher made sure to pass his extensive notes on the course at Reserva de Marapendi to Team GB leader Jamie Spence, who in turn made them available to Hull and teammate Catriona Matthew.
And the move has certainly paid dividends as Hull and Matthew both carded second rounds of 66 on Thursday to lie two and five shots respectively off the lead held by Korea's seven-time major champion Inbee Park.
Hull, who birdied the last three holes and six in total, insists she is approaching the Olympics like any other tournament, but has always raised her game when representing Britain or Europe.
"I enjoy it. It's a lot of fun," said Hull, who was part of the winning Curtis Cup side in 2012 and the victorious Solheim Cup in team 2013, as well as scoring four points from five matches in a losing cause in 2015.
"I'm kind of representing my country every week when I'm playing, but this week you know you're a part of the team, so it's good fun. I really enjoy playing in major competitions and you can't get much better than this.
"Being on an Olympic leaderboard is pretty cool but I'm just trying to treat this like any other event so I don't make myself too nervous."
Matthew had been somewhat disappointed to miss a number of chances in her opening 71, but the 46-year-old Scot made up for it on day two with six birdies and a solitary bogey.
"I'm pleased with how I played today," she told Press Association Sport. "I drove it a bit better today so I gave myself more chances and made some putts so obviously I'm very pleased to be keeping in contention.
"I think they were maybe expecting more wind today and were a bit generous with some of the pins, but you've still got to play well. I'm pleased with where I am, edging closer to the lead and hopefully on Saturday I can still be in there with a chance."
Park, who has been struggling with a thumb injury this season, carded a second consecutive 66 for a halfway total of 10 under par and one-shot lead over American Stacy Lewis, who fired 11 birdies, one bogey and a double bogey in a superb 63.
Lewis, who is on an "extended honeymoon" in Rio after marrying University of Houston golf coach Gerrod Chadwell on August 6, said: "I probably left the range a little bit mad, the swing not really there, not where it needed to be.
"I don't know if something seemed to click and I got some more confidence as the day went on. Any time you see some putts go in, it frees up the swing a little bit more. But I didn't expect this at all.
"I'm truthfully more excited about the diving I get to go and watch this afternoon than the round I played. I'm looking forward to doing all this other stuff versus the golf, and that's what this week is about for us."
On a day of low scoring, Ireland's Leona Maguire rebounded from an opening 74 with a superb 65, while team-mate Stephanie Meadow recorded a 66 following a disappointing 77 on Wednesday.
"Tee to green I played really well again but holed some more putts today which was key," said Maguire, who carded five birdies in six holes from the ninth.
"I spent a while on the putting green on Wednesday and had a chat with Paul (McGinley, Irish team captain), but I didn't try and dwell on it too much, I just tried to come out this morning all guns blazing and shoot a low one.
"Paul's been great. I could not have asked for anybody better. He's so astute and he's believed in this from the get-go. He did his very best for the guys last week and he's doing even more for us this week. He leaves no stone unturned."