There is still plenty of ground between AIG Women’s Open leader Miyu Yamashita and the Australian chasing pack, but Steph Kyriacou and Minjee Lee did their best to climb the leaderboard in the third round at Royal Porthcawl.
Shooting to join fellow Japanese star Mao Saigo as an LPGA major winner this season, Miyu Yamashita shot a two-over 74 in the third round to maintain a lead – albeit a slim one at one shot – in the final major of the year.
Japan’s Miyu Yamashita sits at 11-under and leads by three shots, as Steph Kyriacou, Grace Kim and Minjee Lee were the only Australians to survive the halfway cut at Royal Porthcawl.
The final chance for golf major-championship glory in 2025 arrives this week at the AIG Women’s Open, held for the first time at the renowned Royal Porthcawl Golf Club in Wales, where nine Australians will attempt to make it a hat-trick of major wins by Aussie women.
In prevailing conditions – strong winds and heavy showers – that have done nothing for the case that Scotland really does have a summer, Korda’s creative shot-making and solid putting has been extraordinary indeed.
Can she, at 28, maintain her spot for her sixth consecutive Solheim Cup team? And even stranger to ponder, can the 11-time winner maintain full LPGA status?
A mentally stronger Steph Kyriacou will call on the comforts of home to push for major-championship glory at the AIG Women’s Open, which begins today at Walton Heath Golf Club in England.
Just two-and-a-half weeks after giving away a record prizemoney payout at the Open Championship, R&A chief executive Martin Slumbers was at it again on the eve of the AIG Women’s Open at Walton Heath.
Wherever one stands on the debate over how far leading professionals should be able to hit modern golf balls, one aspect is undeniable: the biggest victims of the distance explosion have been so many of the game’s truly great courses, including Walton Heath, the venue for this week’s AIG Women’s Open.
Australian Golf Digest
