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Harman led by five shots at the halfway stage
at 10-under par before eventually winning by six strokes at
Royal Liverpool last month to land his first major title.
Ewing is on the same score and holds the same lead after
Friday's second round, having rolled in five birdies on the
front nine and shot a six-under par 66.
"I don't know him personally, I obviously know his story," Ewing
told reporters. "It's pretty cool - southern guy, I'm southern,
just a little Mississippi girl. It is inspiring what he did.
"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. I
can kind of attest to that in some sense but yeah, certainly
happy with where I am through 36 holes."
The 30-year-old Ewing also revealed she is a keen hunter like
Georgia native Harman.
"For the most part my family, my husband and I, we do mostly
deer hunting, so venison," she said. "I know it's not going to
be interpreted well by the media, but it's something I do. You
put food on the table that way... It's a means to eat."
When asked what it would mean to win her first major this
weekend, Ewing added: "It would be huge. It's something I've
obviously circled as something I want to accomplish in my
career.
"I've had possible chances to do that (before), I've been in the
last group, so for me it's just going to be (about) leaning on
that a little bit as well as the confidence I have in my game
right now."
England's Charley Hull is one of three players tied for second
on five under, alongside American Andrea Lee and Japan's Minami
Katsu, before the third round on Saturday.
(Reporting by Hritika Sharma in Hyderabad; editing by Miral
Fahmy)
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