Charley Hull and Nelly Korda are set for a Sunday showdown at The ANNIKA with the Englishwoman main the world No 1 by a single stroke forward of the ultimate spherical.
Hull held a two-shot benefit over America’s Korda – the participant she thumped 6&4 in September’s Solheim Cup singles – by 36 holes in Belleair after each carded four-under second rounds.
That benefit was lower in half on Saturday as Korda recovered from two bogeys throughout her first 4 holes to publish a three-under 67, registering six birdies throughout a 10-hole stretch earlier than dropping a shot on the final to slide to 11 below for the event.
Hull additionally bogeyed her last gap of an eventful again 9, with every of her three birdies coming dwelling adopted by an instantaneous blemish as she signed for a two-under 68 and moved to 12 below.
The 28-year-old had been six photographs in entrance of Korda as she birdied her first and seventh holes and her rival stuttered on her entrance 9 however now the hole is only one, organising an intriguing last day.
Hull, Korda bogey last holes in Florida darkness
Each gamers have been sad about finishing their rounds in close to darkness, with Hull, who discovered the water at 18, saying: “My putt, I could barely see the hole. I couldn’t see the break or anything.”
Korda added: “It is sort of exhausting when you do not actually see. I believe it was just a little little bit of poor planning by beginning so late for us.
“Whenever you’re sitting on 18 and the sun is already down, it’s never nice, especially with how slick these greens are.”
China’s Weiwei Zhang is alongside Korda on 11 below after an outstanding eight-under 62 in Florida, with South Korea’s Jin Hee Im and Thailand’s Wichanee Meechai tied for fourth on 9 below and Germany’s Olivia Cowan 4 photographs again on eight below.
Korda was sad about ending her spherical in close to darkness
Korda registered six wins in seven begins throughout a glittering interval between January and Might, with a record-equalling 5 victories in a row on the LPGA Tour culminating in her claiming a second main of her profession, the Chevron Championship.
Ought to she triumph on Sunday, she is going to win The ANNIKA for a 3rd time, after back-to-back successes in 2021 and 2022.
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Hull’s earlier victory got here as lately as earlier this month as she received the Women European Tour’s Aramco Staff Collection – Riyadh for her first trophy worldwide for the reason that Volunteers of America Basic in October 2022.
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