Sound familiar?

Well, Ally Ewing is the one offering a good impression of recent men's Open winner Brian Harman as she aims to claim her first major title this week at Walton Heath.

Ewing rolled in six birdies in her first 11 holes and ultimately signed for a six under 66 to establish a five-stroke lead after the second round of the Women's Open, the final major of the year.

Ewing is delivering a golfing clinic south-west of London three weeks after Harman, similarly unheralded going into his championship, did the same four hours north at Royal Liverpool Golf Club in the men's event to win his first major championship.

Harman was 10-under par after the second round and led by five from a home hope, Tommy Fleetwood.

Ewing is on the same score, holds the same lead and is also being chased by a popular English player, with Charley Hull (68) in a three-way tie for second place alongside American Andrea Lee (68) and Japan’s Minami Katsu (69).

"I think a lot of people, I wouldn't say they were rooting against him but a lot of people were rooting for other people," Ewing said of Harman.

"I can kind of attest to that in some sense. But, yeah, certainly happy with where I am through 36 holes."

Ally Ewing pitches out of thick rough ahead of making bogey on the 18th hole. PHOTO: Getty Images.

Ewing, 30, is a three-time winner on the LPGA Tour who admits she's been inspired by the tale of Harman at Hoylake.

"He's a bulldog, but he's a Georgia bulldog," Ewing said, referring to their respective college teams. "I'm a Mississippi State bulldog. I guess we have that in common.

"But yeah, it's pretty cool - southern guy, I'm southern, just a little Mississippi girl. It is inspiring, what he did.

"I actually do some hunting. I know that's probably not going to be interpreted well by the media, but I do, yes. For the most part my family, my husband and I, we do mostly deer hunting, so venison."

Asked what it would mean to win a maiden major title this weekend, she said: "It would be huge. It's something I've obviously circled as something I want to accomplish in my career."

She will take all the catching, tied for the largest 36-hole lead at the event since it became a major in 2001.

At one stage on Friday, she actually held a seven-shot lead and she felt like she was in a trance when making four straight birdies from the 6th hole.

"I didn't really even know until I signed my scorecard that I had four birdies in a row," Ewing said.

"So, I would probably say that stretch from like No. 6 to No. 11 is kind of a little bit of a blur."

There was another birdie at the 16th before a bogey at the last, after her worst swing of the day on the 18th tee saw her miss the fairway and give her rivals some hope.

Charley Hull, the local favourite, is five shots in arrears in second place. PHOTO: Getty Images.

Hull, who was only just getting into her round when Ewing posted her 36-hole leading score, said the windy conditions in the afternoon made scoring tricky but she was happy how she reacted to Ewing’s score.

“It was good to finish with a few birdies coming in,” said Hull, who is playing her 50th major championship this week and is yet to win, despite eight top-10 finishes. Her best finish in the Women’s Open was T12 in 2014.

“I'm happy how I hit it off the tee and holed some long putts and I'm buzzing for the next few rounds.

“I was looking at the leaderboards and stuff. Only 10-under was leading. I thought that was a great score by Ally this morning. Yeah, it's good now. Just chase her down. I'm five shots behind the lead in second place at the minute … I've got to make birdies out there and I enjoy trying to make birdies so hopefully I can make a load.”