Lauren Coughlin carded a six-under 66 to grab a one-shot lead heading into the ultimate spherical of the Girls’s Scottish Open, with England’s Charley Hull in rivalry three strokes again.
The American, who earned her first profession LPGA win final month on the Canadian Girls’s Open, collected six birdies throughout her bogey-free spherical at Dundonald Hyperlinks in Ayrshire to reside at 12 underneath for the event.
Coughlin rolled in a birdie on the 18th gap to offer her a one-shot lead over Megan Khang (69), who had shared the midway lead with two-time main champion Minjee Lee (72) going into day three.
“I’m starting to hit the ball extremely well, and I’m just starting to feel really good about my game and myself and trying to keep it going,” Coughlin mentioned.
Hull is in a tie for third at 9 underneath with Esther Henseleit, who gained an Olympic silver medal for Germany in Paris final week.
Hull opened with a nine-over 81 on the Olympics, in her first look again after a shoulder damage, however she performed eight underneath the remainder of the week to search out some kind which she has carried over to Scotland.
“I played very solid today,” Hull mentioned. “I was happy with how I played… it was a good, solid day and I’m looking forward to tomorrow.”
Lee sits in fifth place on eight underneath, with New Zealand’s Lydia Ko – the gold medal winner at Paris – one shot additional again.
The Girls’s British Open, the ultimate main of the 12 months, is subsequent week at St Andrews.
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