Lottie Woad stayed inside a shot of the lead heading into the ultimate spherical of a wind-swept Meijer LPGA Traditional, the ultimate occasion earlier than the KPMG Ladies’s PGA Championship.
The Englishwoman combined seven birdies with three bogeys throughout a four-under 68 at Blythefield Nation Membership to maneuver to 13 underneath, matching the full of enjoying associate Jing Yan.
Yan took benefit of the par-five final to publish a fourth birdie of the day and document her second bogey-free spherical, protecting her one forward as she chases a maiden LPGA Tour title.
Woad gained the LPGA Tour’s Kroger Queen Metropolis Championship final month and is primed to problem for a second win in three begins, though she is eager to remove errors forward of her final-round pairing with Yan.
“I’ve been in a few final groups now and it’s gone my way on a couple occasions,” Woad mentioned. “I feel simply making an attempt to get off to a very good begin, get again forward and push early and simply preserve placing the stress on, is what we’ll attempt to do.
“If I’m needing to make birdies, I need to make a few less bogeys. I feel like I’ve been rolling it pretty well on the greens. Just going to try and give myself I guess more chances and hopefully just keep holing some putts.”
Australia’s Cassie Porter is 2 strokes again after a third-round 69, with Wei-Ling Hsu, In Gee Chun and Yan Liu all 4 behind Yan on 10 underneath.
“I just tried to enjoy it,” Yan mentioned. “I knew I was going to be a little bit nervous not having really been in this position before. I have been in the later tee times and there have been times where I haven’t handled it very well, so just trying to figure out what really works for me.”
England’s Heath leads on Girls European Tour
England’s Charlotte Heath fired a bogey-free 67 to take a two-shot lead into the ultimate spherical of the Dutch Girls Open.
The Girls European Tour rookie carded 5 birdies throughout her second spherical at Goyer Golf & Nation Membership, lifting her to eight underneath forward of Lee-Anne Tempo, Sophie Witt and Harang Lee.
Heath – beginning on the again 9 – rolled in her first birdie of the day on the sixteenth and made additional inroads on the primary and fourth, earlier than including positive aspects on the seventh and ninth to double her benefit.
“I had pretty good ball striking – I didn’t really hole many long putts, they were all within 10 feet,” Heath mentioned. “I don’t think I will do anything different tomorrow. It’s just another round of golf and that’s how I will do it.”
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