Leona Maguire carded a third-round 75 to share 63rd heading into the ultimate spherical of the ISPS HANDA Girls’s Scottish Open at Dundonald Hyperlinks.
The Co Cavan star (29) , who acquired the harder facet of the draw, is on seven-over par, 19 strokes behind American Lauren Coughlin, who fired a bogey-free, six-under 66 to guide by one stroke from compatriot Megan Khang on 12-under.
“It is simply what I have been doing all week, staying tremendous affected person and attempting to guess the wind nearly as good as I can and make good putts,” mentioned Coughlin, who gained her maiden LPGA title final month.
“Quite a lot of it’s placing. I began to get some confidence within the Asian Swing, and since then I have been in a position to hold it going. I am beginning to hit the ball extraordinarily effectively, and I am simply beginning to really feel actually good about my recreation and myself and attempting to maintain it going.
“I used to be beginning to get confidence with the putter but in addition beginning to get confidence with myself and my recreation and simply going and being me and relaxed is all I have to do.
“I feel I’ve simply been in a position to hold my feels even within the off-weeks. I’ve really been impressed with myself that I have been in a position to hold it going as a result of it isn’t straightforward when you have to go house.”
It was additionally a great day for Khang, who produced a bogey-free spherical of 69.
“The entrance 9 was simply staying affected person on the market and taking part in with Charley [Hull] and Minjee [Lee] is all the time a great time,” mentioned Khang.
“I simply needed to keep inside myself to present myself a number of good probabilities on the entrance, did not get fortunate sufficient for them to drop, however I had good par saves to maintain me in it, and on the again 9, I made some putts in my favour.
“The plan is identical factor as as we speak was, to only keep affected person on the market. Putts will drop and simply profit from it, however to present myself the alternatives to gap birdies and when I’ve to get some up-and-downs when want be. It is going to be what makes or breaks this match.”
Germany’s Esther Henseleit and England’s Charley Hull sit in a share of third place on nine-under-par after three days of motion.
Henseleit was considered one of three gamers to shoot 66 and put herself into a great place forward of the ultimate day.
The 2-time LET winner made 4 birdies on her entrance 9 earlier than including one other on the tenth after which rolling in her eagle putt on 14.
Her solely dropped shot of the day was on the sixteenth however the Olympic silver medallist is barely three strokes behind chief Coughlin with one spherical remaining.
