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Friday, August 22, 2008

Kylie hole in one keeps her in
hunt behind leader Sahra

Welsh international teenager Sahra Hassan has taken the outright lead at the end of the third round of the Ladies British open amateur championship at Malone Golf Club.
But a spread of only three shots covers the leading six players so it looks like be an exciting and fluctuating final 18 holes.
Sahra, the 19-year-old joint leader with 18-year-old Caroline Karsten (Netherlands), moved one shot clear of the field with a 74 for one-over-par 217.
Hassan had a double bogey 6 at the 10th and also dropped shots at the sixth, 13th and 18th but she compensated with birdies at the third, 16th and 17th in halves of 37.
Three players are breathing down her neck, one shot behind on 218 - Irish hope Tara Delaney (Carlow), Valerie Sternebeck from Germany and Caroline Karsten.
Tara, a former Curtis Cup player and past Irish open stroke-play champion, matched the par of 72 with halves of 35 and 37.
She birdied the fifth and eighth to turn in two-under-par 35 before a roller-coaster inward half of three birdies (11th, 14th and 17th) and five bogeys.
Valerie had halves of 37 and 36. She recovered well from a double bogey 6 at the fifth. She had birdies at the first, eighth, ninth and 12th.
Caroline Karsen had an eagle 3 at the long 17th and birdies at the first and eighth in an outward half of one-under-par 36. But she dropped back with an inward half which had no birdies but a double-bogey 6 at the 11th.
Danielle McVeigh (Royal County Down), holder of the world students' female title, and Kylie Walker, the St Rule Trophy holder from Buchanan Castle are sharing fifth place on 219, only two shots off the pace.
Danielle had the best score of the third round - a two-under-par 70, which repeated her second-day return after an opening round of 79.
Kylie, who had a 73, achieved the second hole in one of the championship.
She aced the 132yd 15th with an eight iron to follow the example of Caroline Karsten on the second day.
It was the Scot's second career hole in one but the first one was achieved at a par-3 course.
Walker struggled to the turn in five-over-par 42 after running up a double bogey7 at the seventh where she lost a ball ... "probably stuck up a tree somewhere."
She also dropped shots at the third, sixth and ninth.
But Kylie came romping home in 31 with the help of that hole in one.
She birdied the 10th and 12th and got that eagle 1 at the 15th.
HOW THEY STAND WITH ONE ROUND TO GO
Par 216 (3 x 72)
217 Sahra Hassan (Vale of Glamorgan) 72 71 74.
218 Tara Delaney (Carlow) 77 69 72, Valerie Sternebeck (Germany) 75 70 73, Caroline Karsten(Netherlands) 72 71 75.
219 Danielle McVeigh (Royal Co Down) 79 70 70, Kylie Walker (Buchanan Castle) 71 75 73.
220 Roseanne Niven (Crieff) 75 74 71, Marion Ricordeau (France) 75 73 72, Tara Davies (Holyhead) 71 74 75.
221 Andre Lucie (France) 73 75 73, Christel Boeljon (Netherlands) 71 74 76, Rachel Connor (Manchester) 75 69 77.
222 Marianna Causin (Italy) 76 75 71, Florentyna Parker (Royal Birkdale) 72 79 71, Kerry Smith (Waterlooville) 73 77 72, Marieke Nivard (Netherlands) 71 76 75, Dewi-Claire Schreefel (Netherlands) 71 75 76, Lisa Maguire (Ireland) 73 72 77.
223 Leona Maguire (Ireland) 73 78 72, Naomi Edwards (Ganton) 79 70 74, Rachel Jennings (Izaak Walton) 74 73 76, Audrey Goumard (France) 70 76 77, Niamh Kitching (Claremorris) 73 73 77, Claire Aitken (Mid Kent) 70 76 77.
225 Hannah Barwood (Knowle) 73 79 73, Alessandra De Luigi (Italy) 74 77 74, Carly Booth (Comrie) 74 77 74, Pamela Pretswell (Bothwell Castle) 77 74 74, Elizabeth Bennett (Brokenhurst Manor) 74 76 75, Corisande Lee (West Lancs) 72 77 76.
226 Hannah Ralph (Cowdray Park) 79 73 74, Marion de Roey (Belgium) 76 71 79.
227 Charlotte Ellis (Minchinhampton) 80 72 75, Charlotte Wild (Mere) 77 75 75, Joelie Van Baarle (Belgium) 74 76 77, Hannah Jenkins (Cradoc) 75 73 79.
229 Chrisje De Vries (Neteherlands) 77 72 70.
231 Sian James (B ristol & Cliftgon) 74 75 82.
232 Sarah Faller (Galway) 76 76 80, Shirley Harvey (Ballyclare) 74 77 81.

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