Moving Day has its name at the Open Aig Women’s open to life, while the chase package ended on Miyu Yamashita to set up an intriguing last day.
Yamashita Carte a two-over-par 74, enough to stay on top at nine.
But on the day of her 24th birthday, the leader’s advantage went in a similar way if her cake was cut in routine.
The Japanese started the day with a three-shot pillow and seven free of the third, but that was gradually swept away while lurking in the shade made their movements.
A Lim Kim leads the chase package only a shot on drift after a bogey-free 67, with Andrea Lee A shot further back after the same score.
Charley Hull Was another to set up a load, a 66 card to the joy of the extensive crowds who followed her every movement – a song that will only swell if she stays in hunting.
Hull is part of a quartet on Six-Under, next to Megan Khang, Minami Katsu and Rio Takeda, while an abundance of talent is a little further, but still within reach.
It all comes down to a Sunday to enjoy.
Yamashita holds – alone
The afternoon started well for Yamashita, whose lead grew to four shots by the time she reached the 2nd Fairway.
Takeda paid for finding a bunker on the opening fairway with a bogey but bounced back with a birdie at 5 hours, which Yamashita three puts to see her advantage.
The leader saved par with a brilliant chip from the bunker at 8, did the same after he had benefited from a happy lie on a spectators after he had gone on the tee at 9 o’clock, but dropped a shot at 10 when it started to close behind her on the leadboard.
As soon as her lead had gone from one shot to three, but it went back in the other as Yamashita 11 and 12 Birdied.
Those profits were wiped out with Bogeys on 14 and 16, when she missed a Nervy five-footer, although a monster putt to save par on 17 further damage.
Yamashita gave herself a strong look for Birdie at the age of 18, but gained the opportunity to open an advantage of two shots, instead holding the most slender leads.
Takeda has, like her playing partner, carded 74 to give herself ground to make it right. But she stays a lot in the race in Six-Under and will know how quickly situations can change when a trophy is at stake.
Kim and Lee lead the chase
After a steady first few rounds, a Lim Kim put down her foot on Saturday.
A Birdie on the 1st set the tone for the 2020 US Women’s Open Winner, who went four to map to rise to the second and to ensure that she will go next to Yamashita in the last group of Sunday.
A Lim Kim is a shot behind.
Andrea Lee is also strong in fight after a sizzling run around the turn of it.
Six Birdies in seven holes between 6 and 12 brought her to eight-under and she was a pity not to pick up another in 15, when her chip circled a bunker from the cup and stayed outside somehow.
Lee bogey the notoriously difficult 16th but looks good for a third top 10 -finish at the AIG Women’s open at least.
In a week so far dominated by Japanese players, Minami Katsu has been quiet, but she was another to take advantage of the early afternoon conditions.
She bogged two of her first three holes, but did not drop another shot, Seven Birdies and an eagle and saw her card a seven-under-par 65, the joint highest round of the week.
Just like Katsu, Megan Khang is looking for a first major and she turned 68 consisting of six birdies to push herself into hunting.
Hull makes inside
Charley Hull was at level par and promised to carry out the attack to form a deficiency of 11-shot. She was faithful to her word.
After finding a bunker on the 1st, Hull saved par and started to make land with a birdie in the next hole.
The 29-year-old is never anyone to do things in the easy way and had a fortune on the 4th, when a wandering Tee-shot landed on the 17th Tee-Box, which frightened Minjee Lee in the trial.
She saved there before she caught fire, three birdies on the spider and then another at 9 o’clock and saw her reach the turn in 31.
Two more birdies followed on 13 before her only blemish, a bogey at the age of 14, was followed by successive crucial parredies. At the age of 15 she brilliantly released a greenside bunker and tapped in it and a difficult putt was removed at 4 pm.
A potential Birdie opportunity on the Par-5 18th passed her, but Hull gave herself a real chance to upgrade her second place by Walton Heath in 2023.
Charley Hull enjoyed a storm day.
At a certain stage, Georgia Hall had a similar momentum behind her and reached six under when she was the 13th bird.
But problems followed on the next hole, when she made two attempts to escape sand, and back-to-back bogeys mean that she is starting four below on Sunday.
Mimi Rhodes, a shot further back, dropped shots at 16 and 17 and checked her progress after four Birdies, while Lottie Woad is also on three thanks to a well-timed birdie at the latter.
Royal Porthcawl -member Darcey Harry Slipped to level par after a round of 74.
Sampedro leads Smyth Salver Race
Paula Martin Sampedro The initiative in the race for the Smyth Salver seized.
The Spaniard Katte a semi-under-par 70 to go to the level and was the only one of the three amateurs who lags behind in the field to make a win.
“Leading amateur would be a very good recognition,” said Sampedro. “I’m just excited for tomorrow to see if there could be a good round.”
Her countryman Carla Bernat is back on three-over after a 73, while Jeneath Wong is four shots further back.
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