Australia’s Gabriela Ruffels and England’s Cara Gainer share a one-shot lead on 11-under par after the third spherical of the Evian Championship on Saturday.
Gainer, making her debut on the fourth ladies’s main of the yr, surged up the leaderboard with a 64 highlighted by an eagle on the seventh gap and 6 extra birdies.
“I made an incredible par save on the primary which actually settled my nerves,” mentioned Gainer.
“My eagle putt was undoubtedly a spotlight of the day. I hit an incredible drive, an incredible hybrid into the inexperienced about ten toes and holed the putt.”
Ruffels faltered initially of her spherical with a bogey on the opening gap however bounced again right away with a birdie, then added six extra.
“I’m having a lot enjoyable,” she mentioned.
“That is what you apply for, what you play for. I’ve been working so arduous, and it’s nice to see the arduous work repay.”
One shot behind the pair in a tie for third on 10-under par are Australian duo Minjee Lee and Grace Kim, Thailand’s Jeeno Thitikul and South Korean in a single day chief Lee So-mi.
Final month, Lee received the KPMG Girls’s PGA Championship, securing her third main title.
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Evian Championship leaderboard after third spherical
202 – Cara Gainer (ENG) 68 70 64, Gabriela Ruffels (AUS) 65 71 66
203 – Atthaya Thitikul (THA) 68 68 67, Lee Min-Jee (AUS) 66 71 66, Lee So-Mi (KOR) 67 65 71, Grace Kim (AUS) 65 68 70
204 – Casandra Alexander (RSA) 67 68 69, Yuri Yoshida (JPN) 72 69 63
205 – Nastasia Nadaud (FRA) 71 67 67, Choi Hye-Jin (KOR) 67 68 70, Shin Jenny (KOR) 69 68 68 Chosen
206 – Rio Takeda (JPN) 69 67 70
208 – Mao Saigo (JPN) 67 72 69, Celine Boutier (FRA) 68 70 70