Matthew, who won the championship in 2009 at Royal Lytham & St Annes, carded four birdies and four bogeys to finish T4 behind the overnight leader America's Amy Olson (-4), Germany's Sophia Popov (-1) and America's Marina Alex (-1).
After her round, Matthew, said:
"I don't know when the last time was that I came off the course feeling as happy as I do now, my form hasn’t been great, pretty pathetic, in fact."
“I drove the ball well and putted well. I don’t think I missed a fairway today, which gives you the opportunity to try and hit the greens. I putted well from 10 feet and in, which I think is probably the two key things you have to do well on days like this.”
"I don’t know that I’d actually go out and play on a day like this at home. I’d probably sit and look at them and think what idiots they are to go out there and play. But I think perhaps just the experience of having played in this event so often throughout the years we have had some pretty horrific days, and it’s just a case of going out there with the mentality that you just need to hang in. You’ll get the odd bad break, but you might get a few good ones."
"I used every club in my bag today and that is very, very rare. That the scoring is not going to be super-low will suit me and there’s no reason why I can't go on from here."
Matthew tees it up for round two at 2.11pm this afternoon alongside the American Angela Stanford and Aussie amateur Gabriela Ruffels.
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