Eire’s Leona Maguire crashed to second-bottom on the Olympic golf leaderboard after an 11-over third spherical of 83 with Lydia Ko and Morgane Matreaux joint prime in Paris.
Maguire is at 24 over par after a harrowing day that included a quadruple bogey at 15 and triple at 16, with solely Finland’s Noora Komulainen, on 28 over, under her within the 60-strong subject.
The 29-year-old is a two-time winner on the LPGA Tour and was additionally victorious on the Women European Tour’s Aramco Group Sequence in London final month however has struggled at Le Golf Nationwide, capturing 78 after which 79 throughout her opening two rounds.
New Zealander Ko – trying to full the set of Olympic medals having received silver in Rio de Janeiro in 2016 and bronze in Tokyo three years in the past – and Switzerland’s Matreaux lead on 9 underneath, two strokes away from America’s Rose Zhang and Japan’s Miyu Yamashita.
Ko’s four-under 68 featured six birdies and two bogeys, whereas midway chief Matreaux signed for a one-under 71 after rescuing a sloppy spherical with an eagle on the final.
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Zhang’s five-under 67 included three birdies on a flawless entrance 9 after which two eagles coming dwelling, at 14 and 18, though a double bogey at 15 prevented the 21-year-old from becoming a member of Ko and Matreaux on the summit.
Defending champion and world No 1 Nelly Korda is 5 photographs adrift on 4 underneath following a two-under spherical of 70, bouncing again from bogeys at her first and third holes by carding 5 birdies earlier than a 3rd and remaining bogey at 17.
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Hannah Inexperienced notched the spherical of the day, a six-under 66, which hinged on a shocking again 9 because the Australian recorded 5 birdies – together with 4 in 5 holes – and an eagle round a solitary bogey at 15 to maneuver to 3 underneath for the match.
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