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Kim A-lim’s game looks to have deserted her. A short par putt rolls by the hole at 7, and suddenly, at -6, she’s four behind the leader Miyū Yamashita. Kim was joint leader not much more than an hour ago. Meanwhile Hsu Wei-ling’s momentum stalls with bogey at 10.
-10: Yamashita (7)
-9: Hull (8)
-6: A Lee (8), Katsu (8), AL Kim (7)
Hsu Wei-ling reaches the turn in 34. The 30-year-old from Taiwan doesn’t have much of a record in the majors, but one of her two top-ten finishes came just a couple of months ago at the PGA. Now she’s closing in on another. Having opened bogey-bogey, Hsu has since birdied 4 and 9, and eagled 6. She’s -6.
Charley’s Charge is on! The short par-three 8th is playing just 95 yards today. Hull doesn’t wedge her tee shot particularly close, but she makes the 15-foot putt she leaves herself. Just. The right-hand side of the cup grabs enough of the ball just as it threatens to kink wide. That’s three birdies in four holes, and the crowd sense something is brewing. They sensed it at Walton Heath a couple of years ago as well, only for Hull to fall short in the end; perhaps that experience will stand the popular English star in good stead this time round.
-10: Yamashita (6)
-9: Hull (8)
-7: AL Kim (6)
Kim A-lim’s left-to-right birdie attempt on 6 stubbornly refuses to drop. That opens the door for Miyū Yamashita, but the leader also fails to give her birdie putt enough juice. The last group remain at -7 and -10 respectively. Meanwhile on 13, small jets of steam come out of Lottie Woad’s ears. Having started bogey-bogey, she’d clawed herself back to where she started (-3) with birdies at 8 and 9. But she’s since missed good birdie chances at 10 and 11, and now fails to make a short par putt on 12. Her flat stick failing her at exactly the wrong time, she walks off the green by throwing her ball into the air, then catching it with a wild swipe. Not happy. She’s -2.
Charley Hull is a couple of joules of energy shy of three birdies in a row. Her right-to-left slider from 30 feet on 7 stops just short. Meanwhile Kim A-lim finds a fairway bunker down the left of the par-five 6th, then slaps her attempted escape into the face of the trap. The ball still pings back out onto the grass, though, and she takes full advantage of her good fortune, whip-cracking a wood into the heart of the green, a gentle draw setting up chance of bounce-back birdie. She’ll have a look from 25 feet.
Charley Hull loves the chase. “It’s quite fun,” she said after yesterday’s entertaining 66. “I like it. It’s more fun that way. I like hunting someone down.” And she’s doing just that. Having negotiated Porthcawl’s brutal opening four holes in level par, she’s now pressing the pedal to the floor. She follows the aforementioned birdie at 5 by finding the…
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