Women’s Open 2022: Ashleigh Buhai tames Muirfield to choose 5-shot direct about Hinaki Shibuno and In Gee Chun

Ashleigh Buhai seized handle of the Women’s Open up with a excellent third spherical at Muirfield.

Buhai started the day just one adrift of the guide but as In Gee Chun faltered, she powered on to seize control of the closing important of the 12 months.

The 33-12 months-old has no kind whatsoever at main championships, but she will start out the final day with a five-shot direct more than Hinaki Shibuno and Chun.

It can be complicated backing up standout rounds, but Buhai adopted the blueprint from Friday by generating her score on the front 9.

Buhai manufactured birdies on two, 4, 5, 6 and 7 to make the convert in 31 strokes.

Even more birdies came on 10 and 14, but the vital was she retained items straightforward for the most aspect.

She got out of place when heading as a result of the again of 17, but chipped in for a birdie to get to 15-under.

The 18th performed brutally tough – there were being only two birdies all working day – and following limited-siding herself with her second, Buhai could not get up and down and carded the only bogey in a round of 64, which was a training course report.

“It is wonderful to participate in nicely on moving working day,” Buhai instructed Sky Sporting activities. “I attempted to just keep focused on what I did the previous two days, play inside of myself and do what I can command. Just retain my rhythm in the wind.”

Depending on which stat you want to choose maintain of, record is and is not in Buhai’s aspect.

Chun performed reliable golf. But on a day when Buhai built it search so simple, sound was not sufficient. She is five off the guide right after a round of 70.

Madelene Sagstrom seemed like the participant able of pushing Buhai when draining a lengthy putt for a birdie on the fourth.

But the Swede found additional than her truthful share of bunkers in a spherical of 71.

3rd Round Leaderboard

• 1. Ashleigh Buhai, 14-less than
• T2. Hinaki Shibuno, nine-less than
• T2. In Gee Chun, nine-beneath
• T4. Inbee Park, seven-under
• T4. Madelene Sagstrom, seven-less than
• T6. Miyuu Yamashita, 5-beneath
• T6. Minjee Lee, five-under
• T6. Steph Kyriacou, 5-under

The 2019 Women’s Open winner, Shibuno bounced back again from a 73 on Friday to surge into competition with a round of 66 and will be in the last team along with Buhai on Sunday.

Charley Hull is traveling the flag for England and she went spherical in 69 to get to a few-less than, but most likely far too considerably back again for a Sunday obstacle.

In spite of being 11 back again of Buhai, Hull is not providing up hope.

“Anything can transpire,” Hull reported. “Never neglect the 1st skilled occasion I won, I was 17, and I shot 9-below in the remaining round to get into the playoff and I gained, so you never ever know.”

Evian Championship winner Brooke Henderson produced a few birdies in a round of 69 to get to 4-below alongside teenage sensation Atthaya Thitikul.

Nelly Korda scraped into the weekend and lifted the prospect of a charge on transferring day with a birdie on her opening gap, but she gave it back on the 2nd and three bogeys on her back 9 observed the globe No. 3 slip back to three-in excess of.

Korda’s sister Jessica also struggled in spherical three, and a 73 took her outside the prime 30 at even par.