Australian Stephanie Kyriacou edged a stroke forward of Ayaka Furue and Lauren Coughlin with a birdie on the ultimate gap within the third spherical of the Amundi Evian Championship.
The 23-year-old from Sydney, fired a 67 in sizzling and sunny situations at Evian Resort Golf Membership for a 54-hole whole of 14-under-par on the fourth girls’s main of the season.
The world No.100 performed 19-and-a-half holes on Saturday, after the second spherical was suspended in a single day on account of thunderstorms. She accomplished her second spherical at 8am earlier than taking a nap after which beginning her third spherical 5 hours later.
The 2-time Women European Tour winner started her third spherical two strokes behind Furue and the Japanese participant had constructed a three-stroke lead after eight holes, however Kyriacou rallied on the again 9 and the pair duelled for the lead, till Coughlin set the clubhouse goal at 13-under with an eagle on 18 – her second of the day after one other on gap 9.
Kyriacou went out in 34 after making a bogey on the primary, adopted by three consecutive birdies and one other dropped shot on the sixth, however hit back-to-back birdies on 10 and 11, the place there was a two-shot swing as Furue made her first bogey of the match.
Furue birdied 12 to win again her benefit, however then discovered the tough and made her second bogey on 13. Kyriacou birdied the lengthy 15th, however then three-putted the brief 16th. She made a tough downhill birdie putt from seven ft on the final to take the outright lead.
Talking after her spherical, Kyriacou stated: “The extra you play this course, the extra you determine its suggestions and methods . Like, you’re by no means going to get a flat lie, utilizing the slopes on the inexperienced. I’ve not been competition on the Sunday of a serious earlier than, so it’s an thrilling problem. I going to sleep effectively tonight, that’s for positive – it’s been an extended day!”
Second spherical chief Furue, who is only one shot off the lead, was not glad along with her third spherical 70. She stated: “My pictures weren’t that good at present, however I had some enormous par saves in order that was sort of good for me. Steph made a whole lot of birdies at present, and in any other case I couldn’t get any like birdie probabilities at present. In order that was slightly bit irritating.”
Pajaree Anannarukarn is three strokes additional again in fourth place on 10-under-par. Ally Ewing had the spherical of the day – a seven-under-par 64 – and shares fifth with Hye-Jin Choi and Patty Tavatanakit.
Georgia Corridor was the one English participant to make the reduce and is 13 strokes behind the chief in tied twenty first after including a 3rd spherical 71 to earlier rounds of 69 and 67. Charley Hull shot a 79 and a 69 to overlook the reduce by 5 pictures, whereas Surrey novice Lottie Woad was +3 for her two rounds.
