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Good afternoon. This is certainly a major golfing weekend with the men

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in New Jersey and the women at Woburn in Bedfordshire on the third

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day of the women's Ricoh Championship. This club's played a

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huge part in this 40-year-old Championship. It was here in the 80s

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and 90s, it really helped grow it before it was designated one of the

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now five women's majors at the turn of the new millennium. Along the

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way, we have exchanged a sparkling crystal trophy for a shiny beautiful

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silver pitcher which echoes I think the elegant lines of a certain old

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Claret Jug won at Troon a couple of week ago. This weekend, there are

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four women in the field who know exactly what it takes to win such a

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prize and they are very much in the hunt for another title here.

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Woe bunk's tree-lined course is a far cry from the bracing Links

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conditions. It's 17 years since our last visit to Bedfordshire and 21

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since the reveered Australian Karrie Webb claimed the first of her

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British open wins on the adjacent course. Amazing. In her rookie year.

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Catriona Matthew enjoyed her finest year at Lytham. She's Britain's most

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recent winner. Stacy Lewis made history too, the

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first pro to win at the Open course. Stacy's fellow American, Mo Martin

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sprung an almighty surprise at Birkdale.

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Well, all of them are hard on the heels of a tie. Aria Jutanugarn.

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China's top talent, Shanshan Feng and the half way leader Mirim Lee of

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South Korea. They are the pace-setters.

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And 25-year-old Mirim Lee's lofty position which ties the half way

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record equalled another score. Woburn's Charley Hull, the fearless

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20 old, has two former US Open champions, Lexi Thompson and Yu in

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her group. Amateur rankings all made it to the weekend. Ied ya Ko only

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just made the cut at level par. -- Lydia Ko. Liz Young completed her

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two rounds at seven months pregnant and she'll now put her feet up until

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the birth of her baby because she and her husband will get very little

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rest once he or she arrives! It's hello to the former Curtis cup

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player Maureen. It looked like it would be a run away early on, but

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not now? It's a great equaliser and the field's bunched up. We are only

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half way through. We get excited on Saturday but there's as much golf to

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come today as the feast that we have already seen. Looking at the course

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set-up, I don't think there's such a low round out there today.

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Toughening up the flag positions is fair enough when you come into the

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weekend of a major. Indeed. There's been a lot of talk

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about the fact that this is the shortest of the venues on the major

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circuit in golf this week. You see Jutanugarn and Feng, but in some way

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it's stifled the longer hitters too. Whose game is it best suiting? When

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this course was designed 16 years ago, players still shaped the ball.

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They don't do that now, the equipment doesn't make it so easy so

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people at home know that's why you hit it straight because the

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equipment helps you. So now they play to positions, it's all very

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positional. They play to the elbows and the dog leg so it's become a

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matter of it takes you a four iron and takes me a three wood. So that

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to me makes the shots into the green key. Absolutely prime importance.

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There are a number of holes that are tricky but there are also some when

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you have a lot of loft in your hand. The short irons and getting on to

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the right portion of the segment of greens is absolutely vital. If you

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do that, you can have makeable bishopedy putts. If you get swept

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away to another area, it's difficult to get down in two. We'll see how

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the 75 women who made the cut for the weekend got on. They were out

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since 8 this morning and Charley Hull, the 20-year-old, this is her

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at the first 20 minutes ago. She's played here since she was eight

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years of age, said she'd never felt nerves like it on the first day of

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the opening morning but beginning to enjoy the high expectation levels

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and of course the sup port as well. She's a force of nature this woman.

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I've been here since I was about nine years old so it's just nice to

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be home. I love it. I feel a lot of pressure but at the end of the day

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you have to deal with it. That'll keep her round going. It

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will be good if it's up. Yes! Charley's my darling! There she goes

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again. Keep that one for the harvest festival. Good shot.

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She's done it. Well done. Perfect. A scrappy sort of round turned into a

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pretty good score at the end of the day. I liked it yesterday because I

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started with a few birdies and did it well. No reason why I can't go

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low. Great run around the turn. Five birdies in six holes got me going.

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Tidy round. I hit some good shots, just didn't get up and down.

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Chipping wasn't that good. I'm happy with the way I came through in the

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middle part. Sadly she's not going to be very happy at the start. She

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hit her second into the trees, and this is a triple bogey.

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Unfortunately for Charley. Having started the day at five under, she's

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back to two under. We have seen her charging before. Saw this at Royal

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Birkdale a couple of years ago, but what a horrible jolt in momentum

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that is, Maureen? Very disappointing for Charley, but for the home fans

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as well. You know, she's the sort of player who can light the

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after-burners. Sometimes you go out almost trying to predict something

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that you don't have and it's like you need to give yourself permission

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to go for it and play well and be uninhibited. She reminds me a lot in

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her thinking of Alison Nicholas who was a former winner. She was very

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uncomplicated. I asked her once, if you are out there playing and start

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losing, what do you do to fix it and she looked at me in astonishment and

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she said, I am further right. That's Charley's kind of thinking and I

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think that's a great lesson because we get too complicated and we forget

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about the essence of the game. So yes it's not a good start but it

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doesn't mean that's the end of that round. Live coverage coming up and a

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quick update for you following the fortunes of the world number one.

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Lydia Ko made a couple of birdies yesterday. She started the day at

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level par, got it going on the back nine coming home today after an

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early start. This was to go 4-under for her round at the 15th and now at

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the 16th. This is the woman who's won, she's only 19, won five times

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around the world already this season and this was to guarantee the birdie

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at the 16th. S she popped that to to go 5-under and this was the makings

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of the best round of the day. Looking very good. 5-under for the

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day and back in if thick of it. Rather like Charley, a bit of a jolt

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coming home in her case because she lost her ball off the tee at the

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18th. Double bogey followed it for a six there and a round of 69 that

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could have been a whole lot better. She would sign for that 69, 3-under

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for her round. She spoke to Maureen once she came off the course.

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69 puts you at 3-under but it promised so much more at one point?

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Yes, I actually wasn't hitting my tee shots very well in the front

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nine but was able to make a lot of up and downs. On the back nine, my

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putter got rolling, I wasn't putting very well the last two days so it

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was good to see some putts falling. I had a wayward shot on 18. Tough to

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finish on that but it's the best score I had during this tournament

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so hopefully another low one tomorrow. The flags are a little

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more taut today so how low a score do you think there is out there for

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the leaders? I feel like the wind is a little calmer than the last two

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days, even though it's tucked a bit. Because the greens aren't super

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firm, I think if you are far enough up there, it's still approachable.

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You just never know. Pressure can get to you. The 18th got to me. It

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all depends. The leaders have been playing great golf. I've seen some

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of their highlights, they have been hitting it close. I have a good

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feeling they are still going to hit a low one today. Finished in the top

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three of the last five majors and won two of them. Lydia Ko. Might not

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be her weekend though. Whose will it be? This is the live leaderboard. In

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Gee Chun is making her presence felt. Karrie Webb just about to get

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her round under way. There's Lydia Ko having posted the

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round of 69 and we'll see Charley Hull there. The leading amateur,

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Bronte Law just there. Maureen, there is one woman in the

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field who is perhaps double the average age of the professionals and

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it's Catriona Matthew, 46, she won't like me saying that, but perhaps one

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of the underrated sportswomen in the country. How much does she deserve

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the accolades coming her way now? It's fantastic. Any of us who know

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Catriona, she's not the greatest self-publicist. She's accomplished

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so much in a quiet manner efficiently over a long time, she's

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had a wonderful career, she knows what it takes to win a major and

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she'll be comfortable in the position she's in.

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Ken Brown, rather not like the last few years in the Championship, was

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not about to be swept into the sea in high winds, he's entering the

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zen-like calm that always surrounds Catriona Matthew. Looking forward to

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it? Absolutely. Supping a bit of water at the moment. Always nervous

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no matter how experienced or good you are, the first ever major

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Championship on any day is tough. Jutanugarn is an amazing hitter. She

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played on the LPGA tour when she was 11 years old! Hit the ball a country

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mile. She hit a five iron 195 yards she said yesterday. Short and

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straight, keep it under control and it will be interesting to see who

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comes out on top. Not much breeze about. The course perfect. I'm going

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to join them down the fairway. We'll leave you to it. By the way, nice

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hat! Let's just remind everybody of the pairings.

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Karrie Webb and Stacy Lewis, what a pairing, they own nine majors

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between them. This will be fascinating, Mirim Lee

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held the half way lead in the WPGA Championship, another major in June,

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only to fall down and also was well in the hunt in the US Open. There's

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a woman there, it's Catriona Matthew who knows how to get the job done in

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this Championship. Let's see how she goes in the company of Andrew and

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Peter. Good afternoon. We are looking forward to a very

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pleasant afternoon, although the sun's gone in at the moment. It's a

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bit cloudy. Slightly cooler too. Just waiting. The calm before the

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storm. Charley Hull's taken goodness how long to play the first hole. Not

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too wild a tee shot. A dreadful second, hit the trees, ricochetted

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around. All her fans who went down the first fairway...

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On the tee from Scotland Catriona Matthew.

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The pride of Scotland tees it up. Watch this gentle swing. Ken said

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she's not a crash, bang who will lop player, just quietly in the male

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game a few years ago, they had players who plotted it quietly down

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the fairway. She plays that way. High tee. Swept straight off the top

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of the peg. Absolutely down the middle of the fairway.

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On the tee from Thailand, aria Jutanugarn.

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-- Ariya Jutanugarn. She can hit an iron off the tee most

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of the time with great distance. Doesn't use a driver. Rounds of 65

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and 69. A little smile before she walks to the ball, which is her

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trigger. Hugely powerful figure and a great

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contrast as well between these two. Shoot forward. That 'ing just about

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alongside the driver of Catriona Matthew. Gloucestershire

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Gloucestershire that's just. And off they go.

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Mo Martin. Won in such fine style at Birkdale two years ago. Hit the flag

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in the final hole. A bit of work for her par there.

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A delicate one. She's done it again. Very vicious swing for such a short

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shot. More ways to play them than that.

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Jang. Lovely pace. Ha Na Jang, incredibly strong South Korean

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contingent. 38 of the world's top 100 are from South Korea.

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The course is in absolutely splendid condition. I was out with Ken this

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morning having a look around. The quality of the grass on the

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surrounds of the greens and on the greens and the tees, everything is

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absolutely immaculate even though there was so much rain early in the

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year. It really is a treat. If you knock

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it in, strike this nicely off the middle of the putter and feel the

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ball goes nicely in the hole, it's great and a settling feeling. If you

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give it a tweak and miss it, you think, oh, God, is it going to be

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one of them sort of days? ! Bit short and jabby, but it went in.

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That's the way she does it. Remains eight under par.

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Look at where they lie in the group of Catriona Matthew and Jutanugarn.

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So precise. You wonder how that ever make any mistakes. Seen them do

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this, then they go 20 yards over the green. We'll see where this one

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goes. 125 yards. Power allows you to put a bit of extra spin on this.

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Hard bounce and stop. OK. One thing that was so impressive about

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Catriona yesterday, about to hit 18 greens in regulation. Doesn't happen

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too often. She'll probably have to land a little further short and

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release up to the flag. Perfect angle, lovely lie. Tidy swing.

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Perfect length. Husband Graham on the bag.

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Scenes at the first tee. Only 25 yards or so away from the 18th.

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Starters box. The figure of Alastair Scotts waiting to start them off.

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Looks very tidy here, they have set it up beautifully.

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Shanshan Feng likes her colourful trousers.

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Jutt jutt and Matthew -- Jutanugarn and Matthew are pacing and throwing

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and catching. More pacing. She's certainly giving it a lot of

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thought, this one. There are lots of subtle runs on these greens, long,

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slow rolls, no sharp edges to the greens. But you've got to know what

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you are doing, particularly from 14-18 yard ranges. You have to aim

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off two, three, four feet sometimes and pace is so important.

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Still not sure who is going to two first, I'll be honest, Peter. There

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is a lot of circumnavigating with putts from everybody. I think it's

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Jutanugarn. Yes, it is. There wasn't much in it. Both putts down the

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slope. No great sense of urgency, Ken. It's that type of morning, a

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Saturday morning. It's afternoon now, Kenneth. Well... I tell you,

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that hat is not doing you any favours. Sorry, I love you to bits,

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but that hat will have to go! Get the top down on the car on the way

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home, then you can throw it away! You are so kind, Peter. Could be.

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Oh! Robbery. If she'd just taken her time over it, it might have dropped.

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A very comfortable par-4 to start with for Jutanugarn.

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Here come the last pair. The last pair of the final round of the

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Ricoh, game number 38. On the tee, from China, Yushchenko Feng. --

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Shanshan Feng. Very strong contender I fancy, this lady. Just plods along

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quietly. Goodn't me, that is a long way --

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goodness me. Mirim Lee. The opening round she produced on

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Thursday. She backed that up yesterday with 71.

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Also good tee shot. That one didn't get the gigantic leap forward.

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Trundled on a bit, but not anything like her companion for the day.

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Landed in just about the same place, in a little soft speck. Back to

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Matthew on the green. Lady's golf's answer to Luke Donald!

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But she has a major. Broch Larsen of Denmark going very, very well.

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Three birdies in her first seven holes. Seventh place at the moment.

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Thompson. Second shot at the fourth. 6-under par. That was a horrid

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swing. What happened there? Good result, perhaps the way to do

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it! Oh, it couldn't, wouldn't, shouldnd. Nearly. It was odd, like

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she was trying to correct something midway through. I don't know, looks

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as though she was startled by a buffalo or something. Extraordinary

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shot. Stacy Lewis for her birdie on the

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second. Good roll. Spoke too soon.

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Apologies, Stacy. Two pars to start with in the second is a gentle

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enough par-5. Missed opportunity. Always looks slightly cross to me,

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Stacy. Here we are at the second tee. Matthew playing it high. Sweep

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it off the top of the tee. I fancy that as left a bit.

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Very short rough there, what there is of it. Not bad. One loose tee

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shot yesterday, or in the whole round. That was a tee shot on the

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16th left. She's just about gotten away with it. Mo Martin same to the

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third hole. Lovely. Beautifully played. Very good short iron player.

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Not the longest hit ever in the world -- hitter in the world.

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Sail down the fort. A little wiggle in the trees. We are blessed with a

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forest here so lots of big, mature trees. Give the fairway some

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definition. 106, 104. Talking about the 50

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degrees wedge. We will just see how close she is to being the right

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distance. Looked a good hit. There, you see.

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All that fuss and bother and at least you can judge for yourself.

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15, 18 yards short from 110 yards. A lot further down the fairway,

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Shanshan Feng. They are having their chat now. Huge drive, wasn't it?

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This is just a simple pitch up, with whatever you are going to hit it

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with. Don't do anything fancy, just land it over the bunker. It will end

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up fairly near. 125... I am sorry if I seem a little

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facetious. She was lucky to get the big bounce forward from her drive.

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The second was not so fortunate. Bit of a break in this one for Lexi

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Thompson. Caress it in. Good start continues. Couple of birdies in the

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first four holes. Quick check on the leaderboard. Catriona Matthew is,

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one shot behind the leader. Shanshan Feng, no fireworks from the Chinese

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player as yet. Nicole Brock Larsen, last year's player's Player of the

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Year, one of the emerging stars in European golf, as are a lot of other

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young Danes who could put their names to that title as well. She is

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3-under through eight holes. Looking further down, Ashleigh Simon of

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South Africa. She will be going to Rio as one of their competitors, in

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fact 41 of the 60 strong field that will contest for the Gold Medal in

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Rio are here at Woburn this weekend. Further down, Karim -ish France will

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also be on the plane for France. Now, to Shanshan Feng. Third shot on

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the opening hole. You don't want this aggravation in trying to get up

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and down in two from here. Can't say much about that one. Two

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Mo Martin. Hopefully a tap in for a birdie. Oh dear.

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Why did you have two mark from ten inches and line it up? You don't

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have it to be Einstein to work out it takes longer to go round. You can

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see a bit of a ridge running across the green, just in front of where

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her ball is. Calculation with the second shot.

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AJ at the 2nd. Big tree standing down on the left-hand side of the

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green, she fires it down the right. It bounces up and on. Not many

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getting on in two here. It's not the longest par-5, but you have got to

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be deadly accurate. Catriona Matthew 's has laid up. Then, to try and

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save par. Great position of the tee. Huge drive.

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That was a dreadful five after that wonderful tee shot. That is just

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poor playing. Husband clears the stage and

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Catriona Matthew has done laying up a good yardage.

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That'll do. That'll do very nicely. She is one of these players that

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makes it look so easy. And you think, I should swing app that is,

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it is very simple. Mirim Lee making short work of this par opening hole.

:38:12.:38:21.

Get that four. It almost feels like a birdie after all the messing

:38:22.:38:31.

about. State of affairs, Mirim Lee keeps hold of her slender lead.

:38:32.:38:42.

Shanshan Feng, slipping away back down to 9-under. Maguire, the young

:38:43.:38:51.

Irish amateur is going great guns. 6-under as she enters the back nine.

:38:52.:39:02.

Two wonderfully struck shots. Little up the hill. The bank of the bunker

:39:03.:39:14.

at the front of the green will make it turn to the right. You would

:39:15.:39:21.

settle for two puts here, wouldn't you? Without any doubt. It looks

:39:22.:39:29.

very drive. It could be a bit quicker than you think. Two

:39:30.:39:34.

magnificently well struck shots to find the green. It is a tricky green

:39:35.:39:37.

to find with a long iron. Pushing it. She gave that a good

:39:38.:40:00.

whack. It is well judged indeed. What a super putt.

:40:01.:40:13.

Power is no good if you cannot back it up with the Knights touch on the

:40:14.:40:25.

green. Jutanugarn takes her share of the lead with Mirim Lee. They both

:40:26.:40:31.

might end up with a four but they have different ways.

:40:32.:40:42.

It is marvellous, so many different ways of playing golf. Absolutely,

:40:43.:40:50.

absolutely. That was one of the great lines from John Jacobs. One of

:40:51.:40:55.

the problems with the game is there are so many ways of playing it well.

:40:56.:41:02.

So it is hard to teach a method. You have Lee Trevino 's, Jim Furyk, then

:41:03.:41:10.

you have the purists, the longer hitters, the shorts, to be one. This

:41:11.:41:21.

is for a birdie at the 2nd Matthew. Well done. Birdie, birdie start.

:41:22.:41:36.

3-way tie at the top. Matthew, Jutanugarn, and Mirim Lee. Maureen

:41:37.:41:44.

has joined us. I have just had an nice wander around a few of the

:41:45.:41:49.

holes. Perfect conditions. Nice bit of cool air wafting through the

:41:50.:41:54.

trees, so it doesn't get too heavy for the spectators. Good crowds. All

:41:55.:42:01.

the pressure on this overnight leader and Catriona Matthew 's has

:42:02.:42:07.

thrown down the gauntlet and made a statement of intent. It is a good

:42:08.:42:11.

one bolted away by Mirim Lee here on the second. Go to the fifth and Lexi

:42:12.:42:23.

Thompson. A few players have made a good start, and Lexi Thompson is

:42:24.:42:27.

certainly one of those. Birdies on the second and the fourth. Lovely

:42:28.:42:29.

putt. Colourful Shanshan Feng. Colourful,

:42:30.:42:52.

in more ways than one. Very entertaining character. Just bumping

:42:53.:43:06.

into the second cuts, but no bother there.

:43:07.:43:16.

You are thinking, planning and plotting your start to the round.

:43:17.:43:23.

Catriona Matthew, look so solid. Slightly loose tee shot on the

:43:24.:43:28.

second, but two birdie opportunities and two taken. She is certainly

:43:29.:43:36.

carrying, as you might expect, Charley Hull, by contrast, a

:43:37.:43:45.

dreadful start. Triple bogey on the first and no birdie since. She has

:43:46.:43:56.

been 2-under par. Ha-Na Jang. Did well to get it out of there. Coming

:43:57.:43:59.

round nicely. That's looking down at the 2nd. Both

:44:00.:44:19.

players lying OK. Green is sort of tucked round the corner on the

:44:20.:44:23.

left-hand side a little bit. You can see, there is a couple of those huge

:44:24.:44:28.

pine trees which are very strategically placed with bunkers

:44:29.:44:31.

eating into the left-hand portion the green. Few approving cries.

:44:32.:44:46.

Click on, click on. Very well done. That is threading the eye of a

:44:47.:44:49.

needle there, Andrew. Wonderful golf shot. Very close to the rough on the

:44:50.:44:56.

edge of the left-hand side. We will go to Catriona Matthew. 418 this

:44:57.:45:06.

par-4, dogleg to the left. Piece of string, it is the perfect angle.

:45:07.:45:12.

Very hard to keep it tight to the dogleg. That was down the left-hand

:45:13.:45:18.

side and it has finished on the right half. Good, long hitter as

:45:19.:45:25.

well. Trying to get close to the flag, so you have to get down the

:45:26.:45:29.

fairway to give you the shortest possible line in. She will be trying

:45:30.:45:36.

to work it round the corner with a draw.

:45:37.:45:45.

Very athletic swing, Ken, isn't it? Hugely impressive, she is a

:45:46.:45:53.

superstar in the making, no doubt about it. Still young, Jutanugarn,

:45:54.:46:02.

20. Her sister Maria, has been playing well this week. The ball

:46:03.:46:14.

above the feet of Mirim Lee, should help her maybe turn it over right to

:46:15.:46:21.

left. Not got the distance. Big bunker down there, a lot of rough

:46:22.:46:28.

stuff. She has slightly short sided herself as well. Lexi Thompson, on

:46:29.:46:32.

the par-3 6th, playing 165 today. An idea of some of the humps and

:46:33.:46:58.

hollows on the greens here. That is a view of the third. Beautifully

:46:59.:47:07.

shaped fairways, just giving definition. Little chicanes of

:47:08.:47:14.

twisting, ribbons of fairway that the players are teased to find. It

:47:15.:47:18.

really is a beautiful spot. Mo Martin and Ha-Na Jang have

:47:19.:47:45.

started with a couple of pars. Holding pattern at the moment.

:47:46.:48:02.

Very good for pace. Very good, indeed. The television screen just

:48:03.:48:09.

flattens out a lot of these greens. They really are very sloping indeed.

:48:10.:48:20.

Slightly awkward one of Mirim Lee. Up and down for a birdie.

:48:21.:48:49.

Mo Martin really relishes being battered in Britain. It is a very

:48:50.:48:55.

different test of course than the one she faced a couple of years ago

:48:56.:49:02.

at Royal Birkdale. It is just a different examination paper. She's

:49:03.:49:10.

struggled a little bit with her left wrist injury over the years. You can

:49:11.:49:16.

still see the strapping on her wrist. More precautionary at this

:49:17.:49:21.

stage, than anything else. Not quite the pace. There are a number of

:49:22.:49:29.

holes here you can rarely attack for a birdie and there are a few that

:49:30.:49:34.

you have to be mindful and get past them. Some of these early holes are

:49:35.:49:38.

the ones you need to get past with pars.

:49:39.:49:49.

Jutanugarn, it really gave it a good hit at this hole. Just a little bit

:49:50.:50:00.

shy. Not too bad from that distance. Bafta a very ugly opening hole,

:50:01.:50:03.

looking to get one back. -- after. Ha-Na Jang, to finish well done.

:50:04.:50:23.

Third part. One couple of times in America, always has effervescent

:50:24.:50:35.

victory celebrations. Just checking that is a picture mark that Mirim

:50:36.:50:45.

Lee can repair. Pitch marks, you are allowed to repair, but not spike

:50:46.:50:51.

marks. Deep into pondering section on the screen. Mirim Lee will be the

:50:52.:50:56.

first to go for her birdie attempt. Starting to get more crowded at the

:50:57.:50:57.

top of the leaderboard. It looked good for a while and it

:50:58.:51:33.

drifted off about 12 inches short of the hole. Great few here of Ha-Na

:51:34.:51:43.

Jang's second at three. She would try and bully V8 iron. Her line is

:51:44.:51:49.

pretty good. Distance is pretty good as well. It is a wonderful shot from

:51:50.:51:54.

Jutanugarn. Just ripped through it and quite pleased with that. 172

:51:55.:52:03.

yards and an 8-iron. She really had to flash that indeed. It wouldn't

:52:04.:52:12.

surprise me at all if Matthew had an 8-iron from where she is. 144. Can

:52:13.:52:18.

use the contours to the left of the flag, be bold and go straight at it.

:52:19.:52:24.

But coming up short, is not too kind. Very good. Just off the

:52:25.:52:35.

putting surface, but close. Feng, for birdie. And into double

:52:36.:53:03.

figures. One of the pace. It is now shared with three players. Stacy

:53:04.:53:17.

Lewis. Not a great start, 1-over on the first three. Everyone else has

:53:18.:53:26.

been picking up shots. This should get better now. Lovely shot from

:53:27.:53:35.

Stacy Lewis. Former world number one. Winner of this at St Andrews

:53:36.:53:44.

three years ago. Lexi Thompson spends more time on the practice

:53:45.:53:47.

putting green band nearly any other player. Sometimes it has Depay R.

:53:48.:53:58.

She is fairly low in the putting stats. Wonderful ball striker. She

:53:59.:54:05.

just keeps working away. Got dad on the bag this week. Shanshan Feng,

:54:06.:54:15.

3-wood off the tee. It is a dogleg to the left. Hast to hope that tree

:54:16.:54:26.

on the left-hand side sticking out a little bit. Settles in, just. That's

:54:27.:54:37.

OK, quite tight to that pin from the right-hand side.

:54:38.:54:51.

What a lovely scene this is, Green surrounded by people and all the

:54:52.:55:00.

trees out. These framed greens, all hoping Matthew can nudge this in to

:55:01.:55:06.

take the lead. Little lucky with her second. Only just tipped over the

:55:07.:55:18.

front. Like any good partnership, gets a lot of help from her husband.

:55:19.:55:21.

Particularly on the greens. Didn't do what either of them

:55:22.:55:38.

thought it would. Terrific follow-through by Mirim

:55:39.:55:59.

Lee. Don't try that if you are watching at home, you might end up

:56:00.:56:06.

in intensive care. You need a very live, supple body to make that

:56:07.:56:13.

movement. Stacy Lewis for her birdie on the fourth. Yes, it gets going in

:56:14.:56:23.

the right direction again. Dropped a shot in the third. Back into the

:56:24.:56:28.

group on 7-under alongside Lexi Thompson and Nicole Brock Larsson.

:56:29.:56:43.

Dead centre. Really good touch and feel there from Jutanugarn. Moves to

:56:44.:56:54.

12-under and takes the lead. She's been up at the sharp end of the

:56:55.:56:59.

leaderboard already in Majors this year. Suffered a bit of a collapse

:57:00.:57:04.

in the first one in the season when she was three shots clear. But she

:57:05.:57:10.

learned from experience. She did, because she came back and won three

:57:11.:57:17.

events on the trot. They were her breakthrough victories in America.

:57:18.:57:21.

She has already won an event when she was much younger on the lady's

:57:22.:57:28.

European Tour. She is a star in the making. Still has to make the key

:57:29.:57:31.

breakthrough in a major Championship. Could this be it? Now,

:57:32.:57:43.

Mo Martin. Very flat approach at the 4th. No bunkers on this hole, either

:57:44.:57:53.

off the tee ball on the green. That's very, very good indeed! And

:57:54.:57:59.

Mo Martin's got the laser irons working beautifully. Exceptional.

:58:00.:58:11.

Looking at the contours and the shape of the 3rd hole. Shanshan Feng

:58:12.:58:17.

let it slip away a little. Mirim Lee coming in from a much better line.

:58:18.:58:28.

The contours of the green feed it round. You can aim to the left of

:58:29.:58:32.

this pin and hopefully it should bring it round.

:58:33.:58:50.

Was exactly where she was aiming. Just asking it to go. Had the line

:58:51.:59:00.

only perfectly, just a little bit shy.

:59:01.:59:12.

From the other side, good-looking lie in the rough, shouldn't

:59:13.:59:23.

inconvenience Ha-Na Jang too much. The flag on this little collecting

:59:24.:59:30.

basin on side. Hast to track over the ridge. Now watch this. Working

:59:31.:59:36.

down beautifully. Two tasty shots there from this pairing.

:59:37.:59:48.

Mirim Lee, very good line in here. Incredible follow-through. Just

:59:49.:00:06.

leaked away to the right. Somebody applauding that. Somebody confused.

:00:07.:00:11.

Has gone down into the flat of the bunker, otherwise it could be

:00:12.:00:16.

tricky. I hope this replay goes all the way through to the end of her

:00:17.:00:21.

follow-through. Super flexibility. Very conventional. Left arm bicep

:00:22.:00:34.

barely leaving the chest. Full hip turn through impact. And then it

:00:35.:00:41.

just goes on, and on, and on. Keep turning, keep turning. Almost facing

:00:42.:00:42.

back towards the tee. Mo Martin just tapped hers in for a

:00:43.:00:59.

birdie. Jang follows in with a little swinger there. It's another

:01:00.:01:04.

birdie. So, that is 10-under for Jang, 9-under for Martin. A couple

:01:05.:01:11.

of groups are pulling each other along too. This Jang and Martin

:01:12.:01:15.

group and also Jutanugarn and Matthew, have both made good, good

:01:16.:01:20.

starts. When both players are playing well, they really can feed

:01:21.:01:25.

off each other. Yes. You maybe feel Andrew the last three pairings are

:01:26.:01:29.

just beginning to get a bit of daylight between themselves and the

:01:30.:01:35.

rest of the field. I think it's important when your fellow

:01:36.:01:37.

competitors are pumping it out at the flags. It makes you more

:01:38.:01:42.

aggressive. It worked for Stacy Lewis when she played the first two

:01:43.:01:45.

rounds with Jutanugarn. She was pulled along by the quality of her

:01:46.:01:54.

partner's play. Didn't go down into the bunker, Mirim Lee. Sticky stuff

:01:55.:02:02.

around the green here. Got to be quite aggressive with it, otherwise

:02:03.:02:04.

you can just fluff it a little. Fearful of that, zips through a

:02:05.:02:20.

little bit too strongly. Hands almost in the metal of the

:02:21.:02:35.

shaft. The blue arrows go out on the fourth

:02:36.:02:59.

to inKate the finishing positions of the tee shot of this penultimate

:03:00.:03:01.

pair. Opposite sides. Catriona down the

:03:02.:03:26.

right side to Jutanugarn. The rough is about two-and-a-half inches down.

:03:27.:03:30.

Just nestled down. The pin is on the right of the green.

:03:31.:03:54.

This is another thing where power is very handy, digging it out of the

:03:55.:04:03.

rotten lie. If she goes at the flag she's at risk. She has to go to the

:04:04.:04:08.

right of the flag by four or five, six yards, go deeper and the ball

:04:09.:04:13.

will get taken into the cut. A bit unlucky there on the second

:04:14.:04:23.

bounce. Scampered on and gave it a bit more energy to take it through

:04:24.:04:28.

the hollow. As she dug that out extraordinarily well. That is one of

:04:29.:04:34.

the great benefits of power. When you get in trouble, you can generate

:04:35.:04:37.

that strength coming through the rough. It was a nasty lie, I have to

:04:38.:04:46.

say. Where it finished, it was a reasonably easy shot and well

:04:47.:04:50.

recovered. Matthew in the perfect spot, 125. It's like a basin the

:04:51.:04:54.

left hand side and you are trying to hit the plug hole and it's possible

:04:55.:04:58.

you could run it in there. If you get it in the hollow, there's every

:04:59.:05:02.

chance it will run very tight to the flag.

:05:03.:05:05.

If you are a betting person, you might think you could end up with a

:05:06.:05:13.

two. It's one of those flags where someone's ball could get gobbled up.

:05:14.:05:25.

APPLAUSE. Just about like that. Took a bit of

:05:26.:05:32.

grab on the second bounce, enough to bring it to a halt. Wonderful shot

:05:33.:05:38.

from Catriona Matthew. We saw Mo Martin very nearly holing it, very

:05:39.:05:44.

pin-friendly position there. Back in the final group.

:05:45.:05:54.

A double breaker there for Feng. Coming up short. We have seen that a

:05:55.:06:03.

few times. She's not the most aggressive of putters. Mo Martin is

:06:04.:06:09.

just about as accurate off the tee as you will find. Certainly not a

:06:10.:06:15.

long hitter, but finds the fairway, the high 80%s. It's not a long par-4

:06:16.:06:18.

this one. And she misses the fairway.

:06:19.:06:34.

Extraordinary head cover. Mo Martin is hiding behind it. Big question

:06:35.:06:41.

being asked of Mirim Lee here. Remember her chip around this much

:06:42.:06:50.

past out of the heavy rough. No. So she's going to drop back there 2010

:06:51.:07:01.

under. Two behind Jutanugarn. -- to10 under. Making a habit of low

:07:02.:07:07.

rounds in the Majors. She says her goal is to keep that consistency

:07:08.:07:15.

going through all of the rounds. Ha Na Jang. Mo Martin going with the

:07:16.:07:19.

drive. Jang with a threewood. Same result down the same line into

:07:20.:07:36.

the first cult of rough. Always happy. This for par. That was a

:07:37.:07:53.

little sharp, a little jabby. Back of the 15th green at Wentworth

:07:54.:08:14.

this, has that feel to it, this shape of green. The rest of the

:08:15.:08:19.

green is horrifically tricky. Someone must have had a bad night

:08:20.:08:25.

before making this one. If you can leave yourself 18-20 foot, this is

:08:26.:08:29.

about as easy as you can get, not much break and fairly level too.

:08:30.:08:43.

She'll collect her par and we'll go to Stacy Lewis.

:08:44.:09:02.

She's trying to annex a number of birdies, next Saturday she'll be

:09:03.:09:11.

walking down the aisle, leaving mum to plan all the details of the

:09:12.:09:13.

wedding. As it should be. It will be

:09:14.:09:23.

meticulous. Mirim Lee the driver on the fourth. Not been a great start

:09:24.:09:35.

to this round now. But it has been a great start for Matthew. Can it be

:09:36.:09:40.

even better? She's deadly with that putter! Holed her fair share

:09:41.:09:45.

yesterday. She's going to gather up all the home support. Her third

:09:46.:09:48.

birdie in the opening four holes. She joins Jutanugarn at the lead at

:09:49.:09:57.

12-under. There is confirmation of that.

:09:58.:10:07.

Catriona, named Captain for the 2017 Solheim cup in Iowa next year. Still

:10:08.:10:15.

not decided whether she's going to play, sweltion be a vice captain.

:10:16.:10:20.

It's possible the way things are going and for 21 years as a

:10:21.:10:24.

professional in America and indeed a few years before that on the

:10:25.:10:27.

European Tour, she's one of our greatest golfing exports, is

:10:28.:10:34.

Catriona. Charley Hull after that seven triple at the first, remains

:10:35.:10:42.

at 2-under but some way off the pace now,n the shots behind our

:10:43.:10:43.

co-leaders. Matthew and Jutanugarn. Nice to see a home player doing so

:10:44.:10:55.

well. The ball nestled down a little here.

:10:56.:11:31.

Did she get it a trifle heavy. It was a great line, but very difficult

:11:32.:11:33.

to control coming out of that lie. Martin second shot to the fifth.

:11:34.:11:53.

Bunker in the way. Firm green. Out of light.

:11:54.:12:07.

Just landed on the edge of the green, stopped it a bit. Good break

:12:08.:12:10.

there. Back down to the tee. 3wood is that?

:12:11.:12:37.

You have got to hit it 230 yards otherwise you have to shape it

:12:38.:12:40.

around the corner. Two big beech trees the turn of the dog-leg and if

:12:41.:12:43.

you hit it past, the ball gets kicked to the right. It's a ball to

:12:44.:12:48.

play to the corner of the dog-leg then pitch down the hill.

:12:49.:12:59.

Little anxious going to the right. Oh, well right. Tricky. That's a

:13:00.:13:12.

tricky one. Missed the bunker. Hung on the slope. She's going to be

:13:13.:13:16.

standing miles below the ball. It's going to be very awkward. Just

:13:17.:13:22.

listen to the sound of this ball. It echoes about in the trees. This is

:13:23.:13:24.

what you call giving it a wollop. -- wallop. She didn't like it. Gone

:13:25.:13:36.

the other side? Got away with it. This is looking down to the fourth,

:13:37.:14:04.

the final group. Each player dropping a shot at the last.

:14:05.:14:05.

Smarting a little bit. Good birdie chance here today with

:14:06.:14:16.

the pin position in the basin. Second to the fourth. Feng.

:14:17.:14:29.

I love the way she plays, Peter. I just really enjoy watching her. Yes.

:14:30.:14:46.

Yes. Delicate one for Ha Na Jang. Played that very well. Very well

:14:47.:15:00.

indeed. Mirim Lee at the fourth. 133 yards to the flag.

:15:01.:15:24.

This is Martin for her birdie on five. Mo spent five years on the

:15:25.:15:32.

secondary Tour in the States before graduating to the LPGA in 2012. Of

:15:33.:15:36.

course, she burst into our consciousness with her win in this

:15:37.:15:38.

Championship two years ago. Only missed three greens in her

:15:39.:15:57.

opening two rounds. One of the most accurate players on the Tour.

:15:58.:16:08.

Would you say the women's Tour, generally speaking, America and

:16:09.:16:13.

Europe, the Far East, is it generally in pretty good shape,

:16:14.:16:18.

Maureen? It could be in a lot better shape in Europe, Peter. We need a

:16:19.:16:23.

lot more tournaments for the players. Obviously, the LPGA's

:16:24.:16:28.

reasonably successful, the Korean Tour is very successful. Ha Na Jang

:16:29.:16:36.

here won the Korean money list in 2013.

:16:37.:16:39.

Did that rather a lot. And then she went over to the States in 2015 and,

:16:40.:16:46.

as you have heard already so far, she's had two wins in America this

:16:47.:16:54.

year, so the Korean Tour's extremely strong, tremendous breeding ground

:16:55.:16:58.

for getting these players going. I would like to see more field Tours

:16:59.:17:06.

in Europe. I just hope more sponsors would realise it would be worth it.

:17:07.:17:13.

I hadn't understood why more sponsors hadn't come forward. I was

:17:14.:17:16.

honoured to be the first President when it was set up and I thought it

:17:17.:17:21.

would be a pushover, lots of people that make things that women use,

:17:22.:17:27.

make-up, shoes, clothes, glamour, whatever reason though, they didn't

:17:28.:17:31.

come, whether they were not attracted to it, I don't know. The

:17:32.:17:34.

golf courses were there, not at that level, but where we used to play,

:17:35.:17:39.

40-50 odd years ago, plenty of those. That was a bit short. In she

:17:40.:17:47.

went. That's her style. As long as she keeps her youed by still, on she

:17:48.:17:56.

goes -- her body still. On she goes. The players are all very engaging.

:17:57.:18:00.

That's a selling point. I think I maybe was even playing on the Tour

:18:01.:18:02.

when you were the President all those years ago. It was a

:18:03.:18:04.

troublesome time. Now, this isn't, well actually it's

:18:05.:18:17.

not a deep edge, it's not as bad as it might have been. It's not bad.

:18:18.:18:23.

The best she can do is sort of punch it to the front left of the green.

:18:24.:18:30.

It is awkward. It's lower down than it looked. Scratches it out. Play it

:18:31.:18:37.

gently, push it to the front of the green and it will come off the bank.

:18:38.:18:44.

Not a bad result. That was very gad. Her body was completely vertical

:18:45.:18:48.

when she was standing to the ball. Terribly easy to smother that way,

:18:49.:18:52.

way left. Just played it with her hands and arms. That's all right. A

:18:53.:18:58.

long time since she's had a chip. Well, they make you fat, you know!

:18:59.:19:02.

Perfect spot. Little gathering area. APPLAUSE.

:19:03.:19:14.

Always a bit of luck. People say, no, no, they controlled the spin,

:19:15.:19:20.

which is a worn out expression, but sometimes it works out OK and

:19:21.:19:22.

sometimes it doesn't. Mirim Lee. 170-yard par-3 for Lexi Thompson.

:19:23.:20:00.

Didn't look much more than a 7-iron she was hitting there. Nice.

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Back to the fourth. Feng's birdie attempt.

:20:12.:20:29.

Stacy Lewis for a birdie. Nice strike. What a result. You could see

:20:30.:21:01.

that right from the word go. Her body still went back about nine, ten

:21:02.:21:05.

inches and ten inches through the ball. Second birdie of the round.

:21:06.:21:16.

Slightly crusty line, ball sitting not too badly. Chipping up the hill.

:21:17.:21:27.

Well, she's certainly got her eye in. Half an inch left and that would

:21:28.:21:33.

have been a good backstop. Just catches the edge of the hole and the

:21:34.:21:38.

flag. Dead centre and it might have even gone in, I suppose. We shall

:21:39.:21:40.

never know. Due to move in to her new home in

:21:41.:22:10.

Berwick on Tuesday. Catriona says they are moving in, but then they

:22:11.:22:17.

have to go to Rio by 12th August. Friends of mine are moving tomorrow

:22:18.:22:22.

only about half a mile. It's dramatic. You would have thought

:22:23.:22:27.

they were going to Tibet. The Matthews are moving back into their

:22:28.:22:33.

original house after renovating. Nice town, North Berwick.

:22:34.:22:55.

Interesting putter. Half-and-half grip and shaft.

:22:56.:23:08.

Regulation kit now Ken. Has she done it? She has. She's a very good

:23:09.:23:17.

looking player, Ken, I must say. A very talented lass, isn't she? Oh,

:23:18.:23:22.

my goodness, it's all there. Nice touch, confident, 20 years of age.

:23:23.:23:25.

Very, very impressive. Nice atmosphere around women's golf.

:23:26.:23:42.

The majority are jolly and happy and talk to the caddy and smile. An

:23:43.:23:48.

important one here. Come on Catriona, you can do it. Yes, you

:23:49.:23:49.

can. Steady as a rock. That was a good escape there. Could

:23:50.:24:00.

have been one of those that just slip away, but she got a good par.

:24:01.:24:06.

Yes, after where her too shot finished, it was very good.

:24:07.:24:07.

Thompson. Just not quite coming off the blade

:24:08.:24:34.

with conviction. Hello! You don't see many of these old boys about.

:24:35.:24:41.

They're lovely. One of the delights of coming to the countryside. There

:24:42.:24:48.

was a tiny dear this morning. They came from China originally.

:24:49.:25:06.

Tricky for Mo Martin. Four different lengths of grass. Going to airmail

:25:07.:25:13.

this one. On the edge? Yes. I don't know why they take such a

:25:14.:25:27.

big swing. Since Mickelson started, then Tiger Woods, it's a big swing,

:25:28.:25:31.

lot of loft, hit it hard up in the air and really there's no need to do

:25:32.:25:35.

that all the time. There are other types of shot you can play.

:25:36.:25:39.

Everybody does it know. -- does it now. A couple of testing second

:25:40.:25:51.

shots coming up for this last group. Feng might be able to sneak this

:25:52.:25:56.

past without having to move it too much from left-to-right. Odds on

:25:57.:26:00.

this going through the green really isn't it, if it goes over the

:26:01.:26:14.

bunker. That looks like a tatty old fairway.

:26:15.:26:26.

Scampering down that slope, just as you foretold. That's not bad.

:26:27.:26:42.

Stopped reasonably well. Back to the fifth. After that fluffed pitch on

:26:43.:26:51.

the edge of the green, back to the fifth.

:26:52.:27:03.

Beautifully threw the ball there. The play, have to carry the ball

:27:04.:27:21.

almost like a false front and then severely downhill. She got a great

:27:22.:27:24.

bit of check on that. Precision strike. One of your lone trees left

:27:25.:27:35.

behind there, Maureen, stood like a sentinel. Gives it a bit of rough.

:27:36.:27:41.

Yes, now this is the par-3. Mo Martin's par putt. She was the one

:27:42.:27:45.

who actually just roughed the chip a bit. Ha Na Jang's strolled hers in,

:27:46.:27:52.

pretty much stone dead for her par. This is a par saver for Martin, but

:27:53.:27:54.

not to be. You can see Ha Na Jang's marker

:27:55.:28:14.

there. Good par-3s here, Peter? Yes, nice, biggish greens. They all run

:28:15.:28:18.

at everything so slightly different angles so that the breezes that

:28:19.:28:23.

funnel down the trees play a little bit of havoc, testing you all the

:28:24.:28:29.

time. Similar yardages but different clubs. That's a drop shot.

:28:30.:28:40.

The course is more difficult today. The number of greens and the flags

:28:41.:28:53.

have been put in the corners, making it awkward to get close. Jang now,

:28:54.:28:56.

for her three to stay 10-under. This sixth hole is playing 156 yards

:28:57.:29:21.

today. That is a very good view of it. Looking down at Catriona Matthew

:29:22.:29:31.

and Ariya Jutanugarn. You will notice most people tee their ball up

:29:32.:29:35.

on the left hand side of the tee blocks. There is a tree that

:29:36.:29:40.

overhangs, giving you a bit of an angle to get past.

:29:41.:29:45.

156. 9 tiern probably. Long chip, punchy chip forward -- 9-iron

:29:46.:30:00.

probably. Dribbled away a bit. Nicely struck. One of these cheeky

:30:01.:30:08.

pins. It's that branch of the pine tree hanging over Augusta style that

:30:09.:30:13.

makes this awkward. Can't quite get it high enough to guarantee to get

:30:14.:30:18.

it over if you put it a fraction you'll clank into it. This is a

:30:19.:30:24.

particularly dense area of the course coming up from the little

:30:25.:30:28.

pathway behind this tee. I lost Clive Clarke in the

:30:29.:30:42.

rhododendrons, and the bushes. He finally came out. Especially where

:30:43.:30:55.

the flag is cut today. You can stand outside, no penalty and that was a

:30:56.:31:04.

sweet shot. Very sweet shot. If you think back to Thursday morning after

:31:05.:31:11.

eight holes, Matthew was 2-over par. She is just a nice player. Sounds

:31:12.:31:18.

daft to say. Mirim Lee for a birdie at the 5th. She tickles it down the

:31:19.:31:29.

hill and it's there. It fascinates me, you see the different characters

:31:30.:31:33.

and not only at this level, but golf club level. Someone who's always in

:31:34.:31:38.

a rush, someone who is bit steady. Lexi Thompson. One of my favourite

:31:39.:31:51.

holes, playing from high up in the hill down to a Green set below her.

:31:52.:31:57.

Beautifully framed by the pines and the trees and the bracken. It is a

:31:58.:32:03.

wet corner of the cause, so you tend to take big divots down there. The

:32:04.:32:09.

seniors are here in the first week of September. Travis Perkins stage

:32:10.:32:14.

an event here. In it goes, well done. If you've not been to Woburn,

:32:15.:32:21.

and you want a good four days out, the first few days is on the Dukes

:32:22.:32:25.

course. The first of the three that was put together. Trouble for

:32:26.:32:31.

Charley Hull. Doing her best to recover from a horrific start.

:32:32.:32:38.

Nicely played. Great skill showcased. Awkward stance, kept her

:32:39.:32:44.

balance very well. Slid the club into the sand, under the ball. Stacy

:32:45.:32:55.

Lewis at the 7th par-5. Can she get up and out and close? She might do

:32:56.:33:02.

if it stops. Scampers on. Covers quite a big acreage. The

:33:03.:33:26.

holes aren't that far apart, but because of the trees there is good

:33:27.:33:30.

separation. You hardly see anyone else when you are on the course. But

:33:31.:33:40.

they are only 50, 60, 70 yards away. All these people are in with a

:33:41.:33:44.

chance if they just had a birdie run going and the final 18 tomorrow.

:33:45.:33:56.

Stacy Lewis, having a serious look at the hole, Peter. Nice to see the

:33:57.:34:04.

crowds, seeing them all lined up along here. Woburn is such a good

:34:05.:34:17.

location, a couple of miles of junction 13 of the M1.

:34:18.:34:26.

Alex Hayes old watering ground. I still miss the old rascal. This has

:34:27.:34:36.

got a little left to right. As it gets to the Cup, it may come the

:34:37.:34:38.

other. The early walk, indicates she knew

:34:39.:34:56.

she hadn't given it enough. She's doing very well, Maureen. The birdie

:34:57.:35:03.

and no drop shots. She looks as though she is comfortable. This is

:35:04.:35:12.

Mel Reed. Not having such a happy day today. 3-over. This is the 77.

:35:13.:35:24.

Yes. She had a run of three bogeys in the middle of the front line,

:35:25.:35:30.

another couple on the back and not a birdie to be seen. Can Matthew Read

:35:31.:35:45.

this one? Not far away. Just tickles across. But a comfortable three. No

:35:46.:35:54.

sweat. Another hole safely negotiated.

:35:55.:36:08.

Another birdie opportunity to Stacy Lewis. This is the par-5 with the

:36:09.:36:15.

split fairway. Good recovery to there. Not enough.

:36:16.:36:32.

8-under. Just treading water. Back to the sixth. Teeing up on the far

:36:33.:36:53.

left. Not that bad. Seeking perfection, perfect length. Ten

:36:54.:36:59.

yards. Ten yards drag. Not the end of the world.

:37:00.:37:16.

Back to Shanshan Feng. Had a very decorated amateur career. Nine wins

:37:17.:37:25.

in China. Her assessment of her own game is, she always hits well from

:37:26.:37:29.

the tee to the green and then it just depends on how she putts. Looks

:37:30.:37:40.

very calculated. It doesn't stop. It might have done, but it didn't. 25

:37:41.:37:45.

yards past. Faced with a tricky chip. Up to the flag. This will be a

:37:46.:37:58.

great up-and-down from the bulk of the C if she can steer this one

:37:59.:38:06.

home. Well done. Rattled in. She is on the march trying to peel back

:38:07.:38:11.

those shots she dropped on the first. She's only had one birdie.

:38:12.:38:19.

Currently 3-under, 2-over for today's round. Lexi Thompson for a

:38:20.:38:25.

birdie at the 9th. Needs to turn left. No. Never read it properly.

:38:26.:38:40.

Par-5. Interesting one, Ken. The split fairway? Most players go down

:38:41.:38:57.

the right because it is a bit wider. It has worked out perfectly. Grand

:38:58.:39:04.

old Pines standing. The horseshoe affect in the woods. Dipped down in

:39:05.:39:14.

front of the green. 507, it is just about in range if you get a good one

:39:15.:39:21.

away. The breeze, what bit there is, is slightly helping for the elevated

:39:22.:39:26.

tee. You don't want to go too far down the right-hand side, you can

:39:27.:39:29.

run over the top of the hill into the rough. Of the top off the tee

:39:30.:39:36.

again. She sweeps that drive away and it is an absolute belter.

:39:37.:39:49.

Unlucky. Caught a wet spot. Quick check on the leaderboard. Jutanugarn

:39:50.:39:59.

and Matthew setting the rounds. Mirim Lee, who has led this

:40:00.:40:03.

Championship after a sparkling opening round of 62, a Championship

:40:04.:40:08.

equalling record round. She has slipped two behind. There is Leona

:40:09.:40:15.

Maguire of Ireland, one of the few amateurs who will be playing at the

:40:16.:40:20.

Rio Olympics. She will be accompanying Stephanie Meadow 4-team

:40:21.:40:24.

Ireland. She is going well in the chase for the leading amateur here.

:40:25.:40:30.

Bronte Lord of England, one of the other amateurs in this field. She

:40:31.:40:35.

started bogey, bogey, so she has a bit of work to do. Charley Hull,

:40:36.:40:41.

having picked up a shot at the 7th, but still in arrears. 2-over in her

:40:42.:40:48.

round today. It was a shuddering halt to proceedings on the first

:40:49.:40:58.

after a triple bogey. Nice little pitch up the hill. Huge divot.

:40:59.:41:16.

That's the way you do it! A real roller-coaster of a putt for Feng

:41:17.:41:29.

here. Very rolling greens, lots of switchbacks, humps and hollows. The

:41:30.:41:37.

greens are quite big. At the 7th, she has hit two very good shots onto

:41:38.:41:45.

the screen. Going down into a slight hollow, up the other side. Not 1

:41:46.:41:47.

million miles away. The eighth playing 170 yards today.

:41:48.:42:12.

Tucked down the left-hand side. It is a great shot. Getting better all

:42:13.:42:26.

the time. Back to the sixth. Quite a long birdie putt. Again, up, out of

:42:27.:42:34.

the slight hollow. Up the hill, over the top. Dead weight.

:42:35.:42:51.

Up on the seventh. Ha-Na Jang. Let's see how quickly she keeps after the

:42:52.:43:12.

ball. She followed the ball with her eyes, very quickly. And then it was

:43:13.:43:22.

time for tea. That's what you call relaxed. Pina Colorado? No, later,

:43:23.:43:35.

maybe. Found somebody's chair, probably one of the stewards.

:43:36.:43:40.

Wonderful amount of volunteers who always turn up here. It is a good

:43:41.:43:47.

way to see the goal. Mo Martin, just taking a little bit more time after

:43:48.:43:53.

this after seeing Ha-Na Jang slide her birdie attempt pass the hole.

:43:54.:44:06.

Well done. As he mentioned, she is very much favouring the short

:44:07.:44:23.

backswing, Poppy, Ratty style. Thank has this far par. She needs to aim

:44:24.:44:33.

at this at the right edge. No. Not a bad tee shot. Ran through the back

:44:34.:44:41.

of the green, three from the edge. Shot dropped.

:44:42.:44:57.

Up to the next par-3. Stacy Lewis. Beautiful tee shot. But not managing

:44:58.:45:10.

to convert. Hasn't won an individual title for a couple of years. We just

:45:11.:45:16.

look and see the choices made by the players in this penultimate group.

:45:17.:45:22.

This is Jutanugarn. Most players only go down the right if they

:45:23.:45:27.

believe they can make the carry in two. Mackie went down that way but

:45:28.:45:32.

she got no run. I think she was lucky. If she had had a big bounce

:45:33.:45:41.

she would have toppled over the end. She also had a bit of mud on the

:45:42.:45:47.

ball. But her playing partner, 232 the front of the green. Just about

:45:48.:45:53.

capable of making it. It sounded all right.

:45:54.:46:05.

She really uses that iron well. Gives it a good crack. 25 short of

:46:06.:46:16.

the hole. Down the hill at the 9th for Hull.

:46:17.:46:28.

It did go, it obeyed the command. Good shot. Started with a seven.

:46:29.:46:45.

Scrappy, silly seven. Thompson at the 10th. Interesting style. Lot of

:46:46.:46:53.

body action. Dead online. Hard to believe she is still only 21 years

:46:54.:46:57.

of age, Maureen, she seems to have been around for so long. I think I

:46:58.:47:03.

saw her on the European Tour when she was 15. You get used to them

:47:04.:47:09.

being around and then after ages, you discover they are only just 21

:47:10.:47:11.

and 22. Interesting, Matthew has played into

:47:12.:47:28.

the valley. Downslope of a lie. Very tricky to get the ball on side. She

:47:29.:47:37.

is very methodical, plays the game like chess. Bernhard Langer, like.

:47:38.:47:50.

Linger longer with Langer. That's good, too. She plots her way around

:47:51.:47:57.

the course, very tidy and needs. -- meet. Charley Hull for a birdie on

:47:58.:48:06.

the ninth. This would get her out in 37. It is drifting off.

:48:07.:48:21.

Mo Martin. One of those rescued clubs. Bigger club than a rescue

:48:22.:48:38.

club, but she is online and has found the target. Interesting how

:48:39.:48:46.

clubs have changed over the years, Maureen. We will never return to the

:48:47.:48:56.

wooden headed clubs, I am convinced. Mirim Lee. Left to right. I think

:48:57.:49:09.

left. She hasn't. She is fortunate to get a bit of stop on it. She's

:49:10.:49:17.

not very far from the end. She took a bit of a risk, but that is a damp

:49:18.:49:31.

area down there. She chuckles away. Just trying to turn this 1-over into

:49:32.:49:38.

the flag on the left-hand side. Good shot. Many more punchy players now.

:49:39.:49:50.

I remember Bunty Stevens, an old friend of mine at Birkdale years

:49:51.:49:59.

ago. She had a wide, low swing. Taps it in. Well done Charley Hull. Pull

:50:00.:50:03.

yourself together on the back nine. Has she got a good lie in the

:50:04.:50:26.

bunker, Ken? Yes, about 40 yards and a little bit of a hollow to get the

:50:27.:50:30.

ball through. This is very awkward. You can try to be too cute and put

:50:31.:50:37.

it over the back. Pretty good. She managed to get it up and quickly and

:50:38.:50:43.

with a bit of run out on it. Without hitting it seemingly all that hard.

:50:44.:50:47.

It was very well controlled. She knows what she's about, this lasts.

:50:48.:50:50.

She really does. Thompson... Three birdies already

:50:51.:51:17.

today. Go on. When she gets in full flow, she really is the most

:51:18.:51:22.

wonderful golfer to watch. Ranked number four in the world now.

:51:23.:51:31.

Already got a major under her belt. She's had a few putts like that

:51:32.:51:35.

today, that have stopped right on the edge. Back to the penultimate

:51:36.:51:42.

game. Interesting how she doesn't put the

:51:43.:51:57.

ball down on the green until later on in the peas. Does all the

:51:58.:52:04.

preparation. He points there, just a little routine. Just over those

:52:05.:52:13.

little blades of grass. Ball down. Doesn't take long when she's over

:52:14.:52:20.

it, Ken. No, she has decided, just about half an inch outside the left,

:52:21.:52:24.

which is just outside that, little up the hill. For birdie. Couple of

:52:25.:52:34.

looks. Taps it on its way. The know. Sliding all the way. That might help

:52:35.:52:50.

Matthew's putt, the reading of, Ken? From this angle it is a bit left to

:52:51.:52:57.

right. The pace is slower than you think and if you haven't got enough

:52:58.:53:01.

on it, it will dive to the right. Matty's putting so far today has

:53:02.:53:08.

been absolutely mustered. She looks absolutely comfortable, she has one

:53:09.:53:12.

of those fat grip that is, by the looks of it. It is a classic setup

:53:13.:53:19.

routine, comes up from behind, couple of practice strokes. She does

:53:20.:53:23.

it the old-fashioned way. Yes, it is just simple. It stayed left, would

:53:24.:53:30.

you believe it. Would you believe it? I thought that was odds-on. Safe

:53:31.:53:56.

part. -- par. Long putt from Mo Martin here at eight.

:53:57.:54:05.

Very nice. Very nice. It is a real global game, the women's game and

:54:06.:54:16.

the last 16 players off the tee today, there were ten nationalities

:54:17.:54:21.

represented. One of them from the United States, Stacy Lewis. Steady.

:54:22.:54:30.

It is a beauty. Mirim Lee has gone down the right.

:54:31.:54:47.

Looks and narrow target, through that gap on the left. And it looks a

:54:48.:54:56.

long way away. Can she carry the bunker? She can. One good hop

:54:57.:55:05.

forward, it could have been very close. Two big hits.

:55:06.:55:16.

Now -- Ha Na Jang's birdie attempt. I have been doing a bit of a survey

:55:17.:55:32.

this week, Peter. I am looking at putting grips, as in how the players

:55:33.:55:37.

put their hands on the part. We're talking about right-handed players,

:55:38.:55:45.

50% have left below right, and 50% is more conventional. If you saw

:55:46.:55:49.

something that strayed from the Orthodox, you immediately thought

:55:50.:55:54.

they had a problem. Yes, Cross handed and then came the long

:55:55.:56:04.

putter. Amber Marchbank grip, and Bernhard Langer was very successful

:56:05.:56:08.

with it for a time, before he went to the long putter. It is a game

:56:09.:56:17.

within a game. Those tiddlers, it is so annoying when you miss these. She

:56:18.:56:18.

doesn't. Pretty tight at the top. All the way

:56:19.:56:43.

down, a lot of players from 6-under, shooting 67.

:56:44.:56:54.

Parfrey the eighth, on the left-hand side. -- par-5.

:56:55.:57:13.

There is the gallant colonel. His last tournament. We will see more of

:57:14.:57:20.

him over the last 24 hours, I am sure. They have provided so much

:57:21.:57:27.

help for us over the years, taking leave from their army duties to come

:57:28.:57:32.

and help but golf tournaments. She has lined this up. Just watch the

:57:33.:57:39.

rhythm. Sitting up for a little draw, little bits of right-to-left

:57:40.:57:49.

on it. How is it looking, Ken? If the distance is right, it is looking

:57:50.:57:59.

crushed E. The best round for this third round so far is still from

:58:00.:58:15.

Chun, from South Korea. Nicole Broch Larsen is 8-under. Leona Maguire is

:58:16.:58:24.

7-under. Charley fires one in here. Marching down the back nine. She

:58:25.:58:31.

could do with coming home in 32. That would boost her morale. She had

:58:32.:58:39.

a nice run of birdies yesterday on the back nine, so it is well within

:58:40.:58:47.

her capability. Not seeing many putts hold, Maureen. Considering the

:58:48.:58:52.

greens are magnificent. The whole courses. Beautifully done and

:58:53.:58:58.

congratulations to all concerned. Three courses here and they are all

:58:59.:59:02.

immaculate and all slightly different. This is going to be a

:59:03.:59:16.

long, eagle putt. You are right Peter, at how unlucky she was at the

:59:17.:59:20.

shot, but she played in with a 3-wood. There is moisture in that

:59:21.:59:30.

side, the water drains down there. But the ball almost went backwards.

:59:31.:59:38.

Firm bounce, she would have been up within 12 feet of the hole or so. It

:59:39.:59:45.

will be good going if she gets round in two. Pace and aligned, the old

:59:46.:59:53.

Crown Green Bowling. Roll it up to the jack. Down the little hollow, up

:59:54.:00:00.

the other side. Perfect length. Beautiful length.

:00:01.:00:24.

Just sweeping across a Birds Eye view to the eighth.

:00:25.:00:37.

A little minivalley of sin there Ken, that she's walking up. Yes,

:00:38.:00:44.

nine times out of ten it would have gone down the slope which would have

:00:45.:00:53.

made it a little trickier. It's going to be a chip and run.

:00:54.:01:00.

A few years ago, they would have played with anything from a 4-iron

:01:01.:01:08.

to 7-iron, now I wouldn't be surprised if we see one of the most

:01:09.:01:13.

lofted clubs. Look at the loft on this. Hands forward, got to hit it

:01:14.:01:19.

just right. Very easy to get it to check and come up short. She's done

:01:20.:01:25.

it beautifully. Can't complain about that! I think she knows what she's

:01:26.:01:30.

doing. Leave the girl alone! Tidy card! Going well. A two-shot

:01:31.:01:47.

lead now over Matthew. Let's have another look at that, Peter.

:01:48.:01:55.

Beautifully played. I suppose the result is the same as... Oh,

:01:56.:01:58.

beautifully touched. I bet Catriona is mumbling to

:01:59.:02:21.

herself there, fancy her holing that. She's not far away either. A

:02:22.:02:25.

little bit more, but that's a nice three.

:02:26.:02:51.

You tend to get a hanging lie here at the ninth for your second. This

:02:52.:02:58.

one doesn't look too bad. There's one of the big valleys. There are

:02:59.:03:02.

several of them that run through the course and until we've cut away

:03:03.:03:06.

through the roads and things, we didn't know they were there, the

:03:07.:03:12.

Ferns and the rhododendrons, but it gives the course a lot of character.

:03:13.:03:21.

Now, will the charge begin here? For Charley? No.

:03:22.:03:30.

Just has to guard against getting frustrated. She's hitting a lot of

:03:31.:03:36.

good shots, beginning to give herself the chances. Patience is the

:03:37.:03:40.

key, sometimes you can't force things too much.

:03:41.:04:13.

She's a player who can really eat up the par-5s, so she's left herself a

:04:14.:04:46.

decent chance there. Reached the 9th hole. 14-under. Par-4 straightaway.

:04:47.:04:53.

Massively wide fairway that runs away from you. Iron off the tee

:04:54.:05:02.

again. My word, she gives it a good crack. Gone off like a tracer

:05:03.:05:14.

bullet. Like one of Davis Love's. He could do it. So could Greg Norman.

:05:15.:05:19.

If you run through the fairway on the right, it's not too bad. Ideally

:05:20.:05:25.

you want to be down the right side, about 250 yards out.

:05:26.:05:30.

Catriona with a little lofted wood. Metal, wetle, kettle, whatever it

:05:31.:05:41.

is, and she binges it away, hits it straight off the top of the tee

:05:42.:05:45.

every time. That bounds away, look at that! That could be awkward down

:05:46.:05:49.

there. Luck of the draw. Mirim Lee's tee shot like a tracer

:05:50.:06:19.

bullet there, nicely in off the curb. Excellent.

:06:20.:06:29.

Jutanugarn, the 20-year-old from Bangkok now beginning to take a bit

:06:30.:06:37.

of a group. A two-shot lead now. The fireworks, as we saw, the chip-in at

:06:38.:06:41.

the eighth, it's all going this young lady's way. Catriona Matthew

:06:42.:06:47.

giving chase at 46 years of age. Mirim Lee and Ha Na Jang also very

:06:48.:06:49.

much in touch. So up on the green, Mo Martin.

:06:50.:07:05.

Interested by that choice off the tee for Catriona Matthew there. It

:07:06.:07:10.

clearly was a choice that bounded through the fairway and down the

:07:11.:07:11.

slope. Looking back from the green, you can

:07:12.:07:20.

see where Catriona Matthew will be down that slope there. It's not too

:07:21.:07:22.

bad there. Got that wrong. 54 players are under

:07:23.:07:47.

par here. We have taken this course apart and again, they have been

:07:48.:07:49.

playing at a modest length. Slightly splayed elbows in the style

:07:50.:08:09.

of Lexi. We judge her by high standards. She plays very well from

:08:10.:08:12.

putt to green. Ha Na Jang. A quick one but not quite that pacy.

:08:13.:08:30.

Just the one birdie today for Jang. Seven yards on. She was blocked out

:08:31.:09:00.

there, just attacking around the bunker, as you can see, keeping it

:09:01.:09:03.

under the trees. Ha Na Jang and Mo Martin. I think

:09:04.:09:10.

it's Martin first. Ariya Jutanugarn waiting for her to

:09:11.:09:41.

get into her met Tative pose. -- meditative pose. She did some work

:09:42.:09:49.

about relaxing herself so she's taken the lessons to heart.

:09:50.:09:55.

Jutanugarn lighting a scented candle down the fairway.

:09:56.:10:03.

Jutanugarn's routine. Oosthuizen when he won the Open at St Andrews

:10:04.:10:10.

looked at the red dot on his glove. Players conjure up all kinds of

:10:11.:10:14.

things to get themselves into the zone. Nice little trigger to start

:10:15.:10:22.

and every routine will be the same. Ha Na Jang comes forward.

:10:23.:10:26.

Looks at the hole. Spread the feet a little wider.

:10:27.:10:35.

And it works. Good save after a cautious first putt. One birdie, all

:10:36.:10:46.

the rest pars for Ha Na Jang on the front nine. Interesting Maureen,

:10:47.:10:56.

Jutanugarn and Matthews crashed one through? I think that might have

:10:57.:11:03.

been the case because the tee shot number seven dug its heels in. Took

:11:04.:11:11.

a mighty bounce. This couldn't be placed in a better spot, 170 yards.

:11:12.:11:17.

Not a pin to coy with ideally between the TV tower and the flag

:11:18.:11:19.

and the slope. Very good shot perfect for distance.

:11:20.:11:37.

I couldnd work out what she was doing off the tee. It got a big

:11:38.:11:41.

shoot forward. It went crashing through the fairway a long way down

:11:42.:11:47.

there. It really didn't shoot forward. It's not too bad. Only got

:11:48.:11:53.

135. Again, she's got to aim a little left, further right to the

:11:54.:11:58.

shallow of the green. This is not a time to be terribly bold. As a

:11:59.:12:03.

tactician, there's nothing better. This is a hanging line.

:12:04.:12:18.

She did very well there. Set it off, just a bite on the TV tower and not

:12:19.:12:27.

a shot to take any liberties with. Time to press the go button and

:12:28.:12:31.

there's a time to just be a little bit more conservative.

:12:32.:12:51.

Stacy Lewis had to put one low just off to the right and a little chip

:12:52.:12:58.

is very well played indeed. Lovely shot by Lewis.

:12:59.:13:12.

Unlucky. Never easy to sleep on the lead. She's done that for a couple

:13:13.:13:31.

of evenings. But she's getting more accustomed to it, getting more

:13:32.:13:33.

comfortable up there with people chasing her. She's two shots adrift

:13:34.:13:37.

at the moment. Maguire putting together a very nice

:13:38.:13:46.

round again. Just creeps over into the top ten,

:13:47.:14:03.

Maguire. 4-under for her round leading the amateur standings by a

:14:04.:14:09.

good few shots under Bronte Law. 3wood for Ha Na Jang. 344 yards.

:14:10.:14:45.

Gives it the plum line. That's old school, that is.

:14:46.:14:55.

Dangerously downhill this one, a yard past the flag. You want a steep

:14:56.:15:00.

down slope. Needs a silky touch. Nicely played resolutely to the

:15:01.:15:41.

left. Pretty good pace. Mirim Lee. Let's have a look at this

:15:42.:15:54.

follow-through again. That one gets a shooting bounce

:15:55.:16:11.

forward as well. I think that's going to hang on.

:16:12.:16:16.

You are landing on a downslope there.

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Just got to cosy it down with maximum break.

:16:44.:17:18.

Catriona Matthew had already been established on the LPGA Tour for a

:17:19.:17:26.

couple of years when Jutanugarn was born. There aren't many more

:17:27.:17:32.

experienced players in the game than Catriona mathee r yew. Laura Davies

:17:33.:17:38.

and her. -- Catriona Matthew. Not many women in the gamekeep going

:17:39.:17:42.

into their 40s. Maybe they've got more sense!

:17:43.:17:51.

That's OK. Gets a lot of action on the ball Lexi. A lot of moving

:17:52.:18:00.

parts. When we look at the super slo-mo of the others, there doesn't

:18:01.:18:05.

seem to be many moving parts and Catriona knocks that in and these

:18:06.:18:09.

pairing have had no drop shots between them. Treely high standard

:18:10.:18:16.

of golf in this pressure situation. When did she get the nickname

:18:17.:18:22.

beanie? A long time ago in east Lothian. Maguire six shots clear of

:18:23.:18:26.

Bronte Law in the amateur case. Tee shots of Mirim Lee and Shanshan

:18:27.:18:52.

Feng going through. You can see the ball there right at the end of the

:18:53.:18:57.

fairway. Mirim Lee slightly hanging lie.

:18:58.:19:01.

A shot through the valley up towards the green.

:19:02.:19:12.

A lot of players on the left hand side. Helen's popped in to see us

:19:13.:19:20.

again. Hello. Hello. What Swedish words are we going to learn today? !

:19:21.:19:32.

Mo Martin on the tenth hole, one of the easier holes on the golf course.

:19:33.:19:50.

Let us see if Maguire can finish out here on the hole. Beautifully done.

:19:51.:20:03.

A very, very good round from Lee-Anne Maguire, a 68. Goodness,

:20:04.:20:13.

that was a violent high five. -- Leona Maguire. Good that it happened

:20:14.:20:21.

afterwards so there was no injury. That was her twin sister Lisa on the

:20:22.:20:23.

bag. Ha Na Jang. Slightly over club. Still on the

:20:24.:20:41.

green but sure she's not too happy about that one. Jutanugarn on the

:20:42.:20:43.

tee. A low bulleted drilling one on the

:20:44.:20:54.

tenth. It could park itself behind the tree. May just be OK. You can be

:20:55.:21:02.

well on this fairway and right behind a tree up this left side.

:21:03.:21:12.

420 yards. Pin tucked over the left bunker so you really must come off

:21:13.:21:21.

the fairway. A bit of a humdinger of a flag.

:21:22.:21:33.

We are enjoying the contrast between these two playing their games.

:21:34.:21:38.

Jutanugarn hits it so long, hitting irons off the tee most of the time.

:21:39.:21:44.

Side by side and sharing a chat. I was having lunch with Catriona today

:21:45.:21:48.

and she was saying she felt very, very comfortable with her game and

:21:49.:21:51.

she was super happy about her performance yesterday and she said

:21:52.:21:56.

she'd played a lot with Ariya in the States and they're both very calm

:21:57.:21:59.

and collected players and are playing very well. They're very good

:22:00.:22:04.

for each other out there. Lexi Thompson, another birdie chance.

:22:05.:22:11.

Never looks quite comfortable on the greens. She comes up like she wants

:22:12.:22:19.

to guide it rather than letting the putt hit the ball and stay online.

:22:20.:22:29.

Stacy Lewis on the 11th, par-5. Getting a little too much on that

:22:30.:23:00.

one. Over and up, some of the toughest putts I think, because you

:23:01.:23:04.

have to get over the hill and it gets away from her.

:23:05.:23:20.

Very impressive, six shots clear of Bronte Law.

:23:21.:23:55.

Mo hasn't really found the pace really either. You would think that

:23:56.:24:03.

she, her bread and butter is really her short game and we were saying

:24:04.:24:09.

before that she's, even though she's won the British Open she's not fund

:24:10.:24:13.

herself up on the leaderboard, and it's a different feeling when you

:24:14.:24:15.

get up there and have a chance to win. We have been talking about that

:24:16.:24:23.

round Leona Maguire. She leads the amateur race by a distance now.

:24:24.:24:30.

Interesting to get her thoughts talking to Hazel.

:24:31.:24:34.

Andrew was just saying six shots clear of Bronte Law in the chase,

:24:35.:24:39.

give us your reaction to the 68, there was a wee fist bump there,

:24:40.:24:45.

enjoy it? It was a great day out there today, I enjoyed every minute

:24:46.:24:48.

of it, gave myself a lot of chances and took them. Tell us how positive

:24:49.:24:53.

this situation is because you have the world number two, Bronte

:24:54.:24:57.

yourself are three, and the world number four is going for it too this

:24:58.:25:00.

weekend. We are seeing more and more amateurs right up at the top

:25:01.:25:04.

Echelons of professional events these days? Yes, absolutely. Amateur

:25:05.:25:10.

golfers are as strong as they have ever been. Bronte is obviously a

:25:11.:25:16.

friend of mine. It's great to see all the amateurs doing well. I'm

:25:17.:25:22.

interested to know your ambitions this weekend, are you out to win

:25:23.:25:28.

this title? We'll see how it goes tomorrow. I'll try to make as many

:25:29.:25:31.

birdies as I can and see what happens. Like you, with so many

:25:32.:25:37.

others going to Rio, you are one of the few amateurs in this

:25:38.:25:40.

professional field. Thame us about your prospects and what you are most

:25:41.:25:44.

looking forward to? I can't wait for Rio, it will be a dream come true

:25:45.:25:48.

for me to represent Ireland on that stage. I've watched the Olympics

:25:49.:25:54.

enough times, usually on the TV, so it will be great to be part of it

:25:55.:25:58.

this year. In the village, we'll get to soak up the whole atmosphere and

:25:59.:26:02.

cheer on the rest of the Irish athletes out there. Well, we saw you

:26:03.:26:08.

pull off almost a professional victory last year, who knows what is

:26:09.:26:13.

ahead. Good luck. Thank you. Interesting the approach she's

:26:14.:26:19.

taken. You think of her as an amateur, and she's older than some

:26:20.:26:23.

of her colleagues. Bronte Law, three holes to go. Was going well for a

:26:24.:26:38.

while. Maria Parra, 78. Maguire might be heading for the top prize

:26:39.:26:42.

but might have her eyes on something else. Watching Jang for a par first.

:26:43.:26:49.

Ran a little bit by. This is important to stay in the race. That

:26:50.:27:00.

was not a good effort. I think going back to Leona, that is what is so

:27:01.:27:05.

great, because when they come out on Tour, they win right away. We came

:27:06.:27:09.

out a couple of years and wanted to know how it felt to be a

:27:10.:27:13.

professional. They get to contend even as amateurs. When they become

:27:14.:27:19.

professional, the step up is not that big.

:27:20.:27:24.

Most of the players left this out to the right a bit. Being cautious with

:27:25.:27:29.

it. Miriam Lee no different. I think they think it's a lot faster than

:27:30.:27:33.

it's been proven to putt today and it's hard to give it a go when it's

:27:34.:27:36.

a downhill putt. Another very good iron shot from

:27:37.:28:00.

Jutanugarn. Very impressive player. A lot of glies would like to play

:28:01.:28:06.

like a girl when they look at her. She's got the distance. It's not

:28:07.:28:09.

just the distance, she's playing with real composure as well and good

:28:10.:28:15.

touch around the greens. She's an all-round good player. This is

:28:16.:28:21.

another one, Catriona Matthew, that is a very well all-round good

:28:22.:28:22.

player. A little bit too much. A pretty

:28:23.:28:35.

decent chance on that one. So Mirim Lee to remain two behind. A

:28:36.:28:48.

confident stroke. Charley Hull we've been told has had

:28:49.:29:08.

a penalty drop. Not going well for her today. No, I think it was a very

:29:09.:29:16.

tough start for Charley. A very good save for a bogey though. I think

:29:17.:29:21.

since she's never said she's really been nervous, there's been a couple

:29:22.:29:25.

of days where she felt something she's never really felt to that

:29:26.:29:29.

extent, you know, being home with all her friends and family on the

:29:30.:29:32.

home course. There's not a lot you can do, it has to be going its own

:29:33.:29:39.

way when it comes to nerves. Jutanugarn sizing up her putt. The

:29:40.:29:44.

driver is so dominant in the modern game, she decides not to take it.

:29:45.:29:49.

She thinks she can hit it far enough. She could find another 20

:29:50.:29:54.

yards, goodness me. She doesn't need it. She's hitting two irons into the

:29:55.:30:00.

par-5s and I think to have the driver and get herself into trouble

:30:01.:30:05.

than to be leading the US Open, sorry, the British Open, with the

:30:06.:30:11.

irons and 3-wood, I think she would be smarter to take the second route.

:30:12.:30:15.

She wouldn't be able to take a driver here because of the distance

:30:16.:30:22.

they play. She would have to take the iron most of the time anyway.

:30:23.:30:31.

This is a fast putt. We saw Ha-Na Jang previously. She found the right

:30:32.:30:41.

pace and she found the Cup. Another birdie. I haven't seen the sign of

:30:42.:30:46.

any nerves from her today. Just going along, like a walk in the

:30:47.:30:57.

park. It is a slow walk in the park. I liked the way she is playing at

:30:58.:31:03.

her own pace. She is not being rushed. When she gets up to play the

:31:04.:31:08.

shot, she is quick enough, but between she is at a steady rhythm.

:31:09.:31:12.

It is going to be a pretty quick round. Catriona Matthew, struggling

:31:13.:31:25.

to keep pace. Started off so well, three birdies in the fourth. All

:31:26.:31:37.

Pars since then. I hope she stays calm and not tries to force it. It

:31:38.:31:44.

is not over today. Just positions at yourself in a nice position. Here is

:31:45.:31:49.

Mirim Lee. In the bunker, that is a tough shot.

:31:50.:32:16.

Straight in the bunker at 230 yards. Talking about awkward shots... It is

:32:17.:32:31.

a very tough shot, all uphill. But she played it beautifully. And you

:32:32.:32:34.

have to hit it so much harder than you think because the ball is going

:32:35.:32:38.

to go straight up. She definitely did that. Pursed lips, Stacy Lewis.

:32:39.:32:47.

Always looks a bit disenchanted with life.

:32:48.:32:58.

Life is good. She did smile twice yesterday. Use them all up. Shanshan

:32:59.:33:12.

Feng, down the fairway. And Mirim Lee, just avoided the sand. Probably

:33:13.:33:19.

would have preferred... She's going to have to stand in the bunker and

:33:20.:33:24.

take one or two more clubs to get to that. The only danger that could be,

:33:25.:33:30.

she will hit the grass a little bit too much, too quick. She will have

:33:31.:33:35.

to be very careful to take the ball first. It was the first longer she

:33:36.:33:53.

has just avoided. It is an untidy mistake. It is quite a

:33:54.:33:58.

straightforward hole, the tenth. For being such an easy hole, it has

:33:59.:34:04.

caused the play is quite a bit of a problem this week.

:34:05.:34:17.

Much deliberation. She should come out little bit left. It is important

:34:18.:34:25.

for her to stay off on the back foot here. If she moves in, she's going

:34:26.:34:31.

to hit it heavy. She's going to have to play with the slope.

:34:32.:34:56.

Her caddy, urging it on. When you have such an uphill lie, it is going

:34:57.:35:07.

to take a lot out of it, but she got it on the green. I am sure she's

:35:08.:35:12.

quite happy. Big smile, she is happy, she is on the putting

:35:13.:35:20.

surface. Always happy, happy soul. Jutanugarn. See if she can give this

:35:21.:35:28.

a lick with the 3-wood. That's tight. She can take a tighter line

:35:29.:35:35.

here, almost creeps out onto the fairway. What a difference it is

:35:36.:35:48.

with Mo Martin. This is her third shot on this par-5. She has the

:35:49.:35:55.

hybrid. Little bit harder to get the ball closer to the pin when you come

:35:56.:36:06.

in that low and running. She is so good with those clubs. She wears out

:36:07.:36:11.

the face on those clubs, the amount of times she has two hit them.

:36:12.:36:18.

Catriona Matthew, with the driver. Birdied on both days so far at this

:36:19.:36:24.

par-5. I think it's easy now to start to feel like you want to force

:36:25.:36:30.

it a little bit. Didn't get much bounce out of that one. That one

:36:31.:36:34.

just stuck on landing. If we can get Charley to do

:36:35.:36:54.

something. That's not Charley, that is Ha-Na Jang, sorry I apologise.

:36:55.:37:08.

Little greedy, I thought, on that shot. She had plenty on the right

:37:09.:37:15.

side to work with. Here comes Charley. She is in Swedish yellow

:37:16.:37:24.

today. Yellow and blue, look at that. That is what she did for me.

:37:25.:37:39.

Great shot from Charley. Lexi Thompson. Let's see if she can put a

:37:40.:37:45.

positive stroke on this one. Although it is quite quick and a bit

:37:46.:37:51.

of break in it. Wasn't a putt to be aggressive on. She has judged that

:37:52.:37:53.

beautifully. Not long until the leaders get to

:37:54.:38:11.

the 12th hole. It is a very interesting shot par-4. We centre

:38:12.:38:14.

not only can, but Peter Alice to have a look at it earlier on. I am

:38:15.:38:23.

with the Maestro on the 12th green. It is a tricky pin position today,

:38:24.:38:27.

Peter? I wouldn't want to be putting from up there with a shaky grip. The

:38:28.:38:33.

tee is back there and most players will lay up. Look where the water

:38:34.:38:37.

is, we have only got three paces over to the water today. If you come

:38:38.:38:42.

in with a wedge, it will be difficult to hold it. A lot of

:38:43.:38:45.

players will have to play beyond the flag. They could use the contours to

:38:46.:38:51.

the left. This leaves and manageable putt. It is pretty quick downhill,

:38:52.:38:57.

Peter? You need a delicate touch, Kenneth. If anyone has a delicate

:38:58.:39:07.

touch, it is you. You never lose it. This flag on the 12 is in a tricky

:39:08.:39:13.

spot. You will have to have your wits about you. If you go fit, you

:39:14.:39:19.

are risking everything. It could be dangerous. Two smiling rogues.

:39:20.:39:25.

Looking at number 12. Sometimes they bump the teacup and the players will

:39:26.:39:30.

have a go at this green. Sometimes that they do in the men's

:39:31.:39:35.

tournaments. Charley has left it short of the pin. Chance to get to

:39:36.:39:42.

three. That's how you do it when you play the 12.

:39:43.:39:55.

Mo Martin hit in that wonderful, low, long fairway wood. She is now

:39:56.:40:07.

considering all possible options. Yardage chart. Green Charter

:40:08.:40:13.

examined. The lie of the land study, a few brass rubbing is taken.

:40:14.:40:16.

Everything is taken into account. She hasn't really come into the

:40:17.:40:31.

groove today, she has just been fighting to stay where she is.

:40:32.:40:58.

She has got it! Worth the effort and the concentration. And the looks

:40:59.:41:05.

from all sides. Mo Martin, that is a hard earned birdie from some way

:41:06.:41:16.

down the fairway. She is trying to get it in two using the hybrid.

:41:17.:41:22.

There is always a way it can be done. Mo Martin gets to ten. This

:41:23.:41:34.

one looks pretty useful. They are dropping now. Mirim Lee moves within

:41:35.:41:43.

two of Jutanugarn. It is always nice you don't drop too many shots and

:41:44.:41:46.

then you start feeling more comfortable. Ha-Na Jang. Sneaks in

:41:47.:41:55.

on the right side. Doesn't matter. Smile is never too far away with

:41:56.:42:05.

Jang. A look at this par-5. Catriona Matthew is playing it as a full

:42:06.:42:12.

three shot. Jutanugarn, even though she is in the rough, she can get

:42:13.:42:21.

there. 247 yards. The ball looks as if it has been teed up for her.

:42:22.:42:29.

Couldn't be in a better lie. She is looking to aim it in a gap which is

:42:30.:42:35.

80 yards wide. If you go left, it goes into the bunker and if you go

:42:36.:42:45.

right, it is in the hollow. Clanked it. It is in there somewhere.

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Decisions to be taken, rules officials will be called. It is a

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great position coming in. Look at how strong she is. She stays down so

:43:07.:43:13.

well on the ball. Comes over a little bit too quick with her hands.

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But it is really, really beautiful and effective golf swing. A lot of

:43:20.:43:31.

power coming through. Go back to Mirim Lee, see if she can find the

:43:32.:43:33.

right line here. Trying to sneak it a little bit on

:43:34.:43:49.

the left side. Trying to gain a few yards. Leaves it a little bit out to

:43:50.:44:01.

the right. Bit of cut spent on that one and it dug its heels in when it

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landed. Matthew, third. Lovely light, good angle. -- lovely lie.

:44:09.:44:18.

That's one just dug in as well. But a chance of four. It is a nice putt,

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I bit uphill. Going to make a good run at it.

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That is the state of affairs. Jutanugarn, really hasn't put a foot

:44:38.:44:45.

wrong. Five birdies, no drop shots. Two clear. Wonderful scoring from

:44:46.:44:54.

most concerned. Leona Maguire is in a very strong position. Nicole Broch

:44:55.:45:11.

Larsen with a round of 70. Good ground from Jodie you it. -- good

:45:12.:45:17.

round from Jodie Ewart. Someone has e-mailed in to ask what

:45:18.:45:30.

brass rubbing is. They must be young. Used to go into churches and

:45:31.:45:36.

put a bit of paper down over something ornate and rub away. It

:45:37.:45:40.

was all the rage in the day. The times we used to have! The winter

:45:41.:45:50.

hours flew by. Back to the 12th green, thankfully.

:45:51.:46:02.

Thank God, Stacey has a nice run. She found the Cup.

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Helen is leaving. Thank you very much, Helen. Back to Jutanugarn. The

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sign has been moved. Maureen is back in and Peter Alice is back here and

:46:41.:46:46.

Ken Brown is out watching this one. If she gets clever and gets it

:46:47.:46:51.

wrong, she could run up half a dozen. She has got to play the

:46:52.:46:55.

percentages. About five yards to land the ball on. Be sensible. Play

:46:56.:47:06.

five, Ken? Don't be too greedy. Is it up, is it up? It is. Very well

:47:07.:47:10.

played. Little bit of a breeze getting up.

:47:11.:47:46.

Bronte, struggling on with borrowed clubs. She said she was really

:47:47.:47:52.

missing her own putter. Hasn't been a good day for her. I thought she

:47:53.:47:57.

might decide to keep that set, but maybe she will change her mind.

:47:58.:48:01.

Charley Hull. Hasn't really recovered from the seven at the very

:48:02.:48:06.

opening hole. Rocked her back on her feet. Hasn't really had much going

:48:07.:48:14.

since then. Are we going to see a sterling finish? That could have

:48:15.:48:19.

done with skipping forward a bit. But play today generally, has been

:48:20.:48:23.

very constructive, very good. Enjoyable to watch. Can Matthew

:48:24.:48:36.

Craft another birdie out of this hole. Good lay-up. Reasonable pitch.

:48:37.:48:45.

She has putted so well this weekend. Made more than her fair share

:48:46.:48:49.

yesterday. At this juncture, she just wants to hang on and keep

:48:50.:49:00.

Jutanugarn within her sights. Don't let her get too far ahead. Just

:49:01.:49:10.

strolling around like one of those great big giraffes. I wouldn't have

:49:11.:49:21.

picked that particular animal to fit in with this young lady. Good

:49:22.:49:27.

player, Ken. I have never seen her play before. She is absolutely

:49:28.:49:34.

fantastic. She is, as they say, in the moment. Focused. Have you ever

:49:35.:49:45.

had any moments, Ken? Plenty. You just get the feeling she thinks, I

:49:46.:49:50.

am going to hole this. It is not an easy one, it is down the slope. Is

:49:51.:49:56.

it a bit from the right, where is it from, this one? I didn't get close

:49:57.:50:02.

to it, it was a bit of a hostel to get there. Speed is all-important.

:50:03.:50:13.

-- hustle. Yes, I thought it was. Just a couple of pars. Just a couple

:50:14.:50:23.

of pars. What a good-looking card. Five birdies. Beautiful golf. Up to

:50:24.:50:35.

the 12th in this most attractive water hole. Nasty flag position

:50:36.:50:44.

today. Stuffed in on the right-hand side. Very close to the water. Very

:50:45.:50:57.

tempting. Charley Hull. For a birdie at the 13th. Can she end up with a

:50:58.:51:08.

run of birdies up to the clubhouse? Come along, come along. No. That one

:51:09.:51:15.

scene to gain pace when it got to the hole. -- seemed. Mo Martin is

:51:16.:51:27.

normally dynamite with her wedges. I doubt she will be going straight at

:51:28.:51:35.

this one. Aiming a little left. Very dangerous flag position today. Got

:51:36.:51:47.

it to stop. You putt them too hard, you end up in the water with the

:51:48.:51:50.

trout. Peter, when you make that hole, was

:51:51.:52:03.

the water piped in, was there any natural source close by? The

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Marquess of Tavistock had passed away and he was, the family were

:52:09.:52:15.

very anxious over the water, if we could create some water feature. It

:52:16.:52:21.

has worked out very well. I was a bit dubious, but the flow of water

:52:22.:52:26.

remains constant. It is a very pretty corner. Quite a bit of

:52:27.:52:34.

waterfowl come and visit. There is the smile, part of the pre-shot

:52:35.:52:39.

routine. She walks in. The plan is to get this one to finish between

:52:40.:52:46.

220 and 240 yards out. The fairway is pretty soft. It shouldn't run out

:52:47.:52:54.

too much. Just plop it down onto the island fairway. She has missed it.

:52:55.:53:01.

That's not a good spot to be. Not with the front pin. That will

:53:02.:53:06.

frighten you a bit. This will be a safety shot coming up. It should be.

:53:07.:53:18.

Has it got a bit cooler, Ken? When the sun goes in, but it is still

:53:19.:53:26.

pleasant with a lovely gallery out watching. Catriona Matthew, she has

:53:27.:53:32.

got a little rescue 5-wood. Whatever you want to call them. Blistered up

:53:33.:53:43.

the left side. Over the water... She cut that away to the right. Neither

:53:44.:53:46.

in the best position. Back to 11. Flag only ten arm.

:53:47.:54:13.

Narrow section of the green, as you can see. Very good. It flew in there

:54:14.:54:27.

like an Exocet missile. Back to the 12th. This is the putt Ken had when

:54:28.:54:39.

we were out this morning. He has that magic touch. Just run it down

:54:40.:54:44.

to about 40 inches from the hole. She did the same, just a whisker

:54:45.:54:51.

short. Dangerous side to putt at, going down the hill.

:54:52.:55:01.

This is one of my favourite hole some the golf course. It ranked the

:55:02.:55:09.

second hardest over the first couple of days. Right to left dog left. But

:55:10.:55:15.

she has sneaked her drive past the trees. So she is in the clear.

:55:16.:55:26.

Little bit of inconsistency of bounds on the course at the moment.

:55:27.:55:31.

We have seen some hard bounces and we have seen some dig their toes in?

:55:32.:55:37.

A couple of areas hold more moisture. Birdie putt here, 12. Same

:55:38.:55:47.

line as her partner for the day. That wiggled away, didn't it?

:55:48.:55:58.

Although it's not a long hole, it is one you can easily drop a shot at.

:55:59.:56:14.

Not the easiest position to be coming in from two that flag. I am

:56:15.:56:27.

sure Ken will advise them, if he could, to the left. Playing for a

:56:28.:56:28.

fourth. They've both got their slight

:56:29.:56:46.

difficulties. Matthew has got one of those hard, strands of grass behind

:56:47.:56:52.

the ball. You have two trap it between the clubs face and the ball,

:56:53.:56:57.

which will eliminate any backswing. She has to play a little bit left of

:56:58.:57:04.

the flag. A bit deeper, otherwise it will run out. This is a very tricky

:57:05.:57:17.

shot. 79 yards, bit of a breeze which doesn't help you stop the

:57:18.:57:21.

ball. Ball above the feet. My goodness. Aim it at the Ricoh 12. I

:57:22.:57:32.

think she has, hasn't she, Ken? Straight at it. She managed to hold

:57:33.:57:39.

the green. Well done. That was about as good as you could do without

:57:40.:57:47.

taking a ridiculous risk. Nicely struck. Write down on the ball,

:57:48.:58:00.

Sharp. Similar shot coming up. Jutanugarn's ball has settled on the

:58:01.:58:04.

edge of a little divots. Like hell are shot, she doesn't want to be

:58:05.:58:10.

greedy. She is in command of the tournament. Play the percentage.

:58:11.:58:22.

Well, they have done it very well, very sensibly.

:58:23.:58:31.

Plenty of loft on this. Landed fairly softly. Which is what you

:58:32.:58:39.

wanted, first thing is to get over the water and make sure you didn't

:58:40.:58:42.

go whizzing through the green. Great birdie opportunity on 11 for

:58:43.:58:52.

Mirim Lee. Just brimming of the right-hand

:58:53.:59:29.

edge. Very disappointing. A number of birdie opportunities out here,

:59:30.:59:33.

but you can't let too many of them going begging or you will find

:59:34.:59:36.

yourself going a little bit adrift from the top of the board. Turned

:59:37.:59:48.

professional in 2010 and played for four years on the Korean LPGA. Five

:59:49.:00:00.

women within six shots of Ariya Jutanugarn's lead. You are properly

:00:01.:00:05.

see the name of Maria Jutanugarn, which is her sister by 18 months.

:00:06.:00:13.

Not challenging her sister for the lead as yet. There is older sister,

:00:14.:00:24.

Maria in the chasing pack at 3-under par. But they are a long way back

:00:25.:00:29.

from this 20-year-old from Bangkok, who became the first Thailand

:00:30.:00:36.

winner. Not only did she win one in Alabama, she followed it up with

:00:37.:00:40.

back-to-back and back-to-back wins with Virginia and Mitch Egan as

:00:41.:00:44.

well. The season is belonging to her so far.

:00:45.:00:51.

Eased away a little bit and she's found the same spot as the other

:00:52.:01:32.

two. Bronte Law. Coming up short right

:01:33.:01:49.

with her approach on 18. All depends on how it's lying. Very well done.

:01:50.:02:01.

Very deep bunker, that front right, at the 18th. Five or six feet deep.

:02:02.:02:07.

Birdseye view of the 12th. Lots of debate on the line. You did

:02:08.:02:18.

it this morning. You had a cursory look and stroked it down.

:02:19.:02:29.

Turns a little from right-to-left but not much.

:02:30.:02:41.

The timing is so good I think. Look at that, just swung across. Both of

:02:42.:02:50.

them have little putts left. Stacy Lewis bringing all her

:02:51.:03:05.

concentration to bear on this par-saver, but it's not enough. It

:03:06.:03:09.

was not a good effort by her standards. Dropped shot. Back to

:03:10.:03:20.

8-under. Got her grumpy look on again. Now Catriona, my lovely, this

:03:21.:03:32.

is a testy one. You've putted beautifully, but, can she do another

:03:33.:03:39.

one? ! This is one of these that's just inside the right edge but you

:03:40.:03:49.

need to trust your stroke. Beautifully done. It looks so

:03:50.:03:56.

simple. Only about four-and-a-half feet away. Very slick greens. Body

:03:57.:03:59.

still. Lovely touch. Bronte Law. Can she finish with one

:04:00.:04:18.

good par-saving effort. She can? That's her 76th for the young

:04:19.:04:22.

English woman. She won't be happy, she's very hard on herself indeed,

:04:23.:04:26.

but she's putting up a fine performance in this Championship.

:04:27.:04:43.

Straight up the hill she goes. On we go.

:04:44.:05:10.

15 is a lovely, snaking winding par-5, safely negotiated to this

:05:11.:05:13.

point by Lexi. Bit off the right. Lee and Feng at the 12th. Both gone

:05:14.:05:46.

right off the tee. We have seen this shot before, haven't we? Take a bit

:05:47.:06:04.

of a risk. Oh, she's had a touch of luck. Wonderful result. I think her

:06:05.:06:11.

heart must have been slightly in her mouth there. Absolutely. Coming in

:06:12.:06:18.

from that angle of the green is so shallow.

:06:19.:06:33.

Still miling up, but nobody's sort of stepping out in a big lead.

:06:34.:06:42.

Tomorrow, if they stay like this, could be desperately important and

:06:43.:06:45.

every shot could be important tomorrow. We saw Charley Hull start

:06:46.:06:53.

with confidence, somebody else steps in, gets three and things can change

:06:54.:06:55.

very, very, very quickly. Birdies very awkward pin position.

:06:56.:07:25.

Right-to-left. I don't think I've ever seen a woman do that. She gives

:07:26.:07:31.

it such a crack. She gets ample distance with an iron. There it is,

:07:32.:07:37.

255, probably 270 yards. Yes, beautiful. Position A right in the

:07:38.:07:45.

middle of the fairway. Sometimes people say a short course doesn't

:07:46.:07:48.

suit a long hitter but a course like this you can shoot so many irons.

:07:49.:07:52.

All the others have to hit woods. You can be very accurate as you have

:07:53.:07:56.

to be very powerful. Remember the way Tiger Woods plotted his way

:07:57.:08:02.

around Hoylake? That was a masterly display. Now Catriona.

:08:03.:08:22.

Support for Matthew and great crowds here all week here at Woburn,

:08:23.:08:29.

families and boys and girls here to watch and indeed to walk around this

:08:30.:08:34.

wonderful course. Quite a few girls helping out here as well. Tom

:08:35.:08:44.

Williams has met some of them. These 16-year-olds don't even play

:08:45.:08:49.

the game. Morning, girls. ALL: Morning. This is your carry

:08:50.:08:55.

board... 23 volunteers from year-11 at nearby Thornton College just

:08:56.:08:59.

outside Milton Keynes have this week put their summer holidays on hold to

:09:00.:09:03.

work as school board carriers. They are quite heavy so you can slot them

:09:04.:09:07.

into your Lang yard... Why are you doing this? Hopefully to grow the

:09:08.:09:13.

game of golf. It's really in need of a boost, particularly as far as

:09:14.:09:16.

juniors are concerned so I'm hoping they might be inspired getting up

:09:17.:09:19.

close and personal to the professionals. What an honour, today

:09:20.:09:28.

an twang net is carrying the board for Charley Hull andied ya Ko. --

:09:29.:09:41.

anal into e. With the -- Antoinette. Has watching Charley Hull meant you

:09:42.:09:47.

want to take up the game? Yes, I liked the clothes she was wearing,

:09:48.:09:50.

they are different to the ones I expected. I expected the players to

:09:51.:09:56.

be old but they are not, they are quite sporty and young. Is enough

:09:57.:10:01.

being done to boost participation, particularly amongst young women? I

:10:02.:10:06.

don't think so, no. By engaging with schools, that is a real opportunity,

:10:07.:10:10.

and we are talking to Woburn golf club at the minute about linking up

:10:11.:10:14.

with us and offering lessons to our pupils.

:10:15.:10:20.

I'm one of the young players, I feel like I am a major role model so it's

:10:21.:10:25.

good. I don't really think about that too much because I just want to

:10:26.:10:29.

play, but it's part of being a professional golfer to get people

:10:30.:10:32.

into the game. If I didn't look up to people I wouldn't be into the

:10:33.:10:37.

game. Was it exciting being in amongst it all? Yes, because Charley

:10:38.:10:44.

was playing well, getting lots of birdies which I learnt all about

:10:45.:10:48.

today. After watching how it's done, time to give it a crack. Only 12% of

:10:49.:10:53.

golfers in the UK are women. Fancy giving golf a go? Yes. Why? It's

:10:54.:10:59.

really calming and I suit it and it relaxes me. It's perceived to be

:11:00.:11:03.

more of a man's sport so I would love to show that women can do

:11:04.:11:06.

something like that. You are going to go back and knock the peg over...

:11:07.:11:12.

Impressed! I'm sure it has inspired Antoinette

:11:13.:11:22.

and her colleagues from the college. If you would like to have a go, go

:11:23.:11:31.

to the website. Maureen, do you like that idea? It was wonderful. It's

:11:32.:11:38.

important to get them in there and think that the game's cool.

:11:39.:11:49.

One of those young ladies said she liked the fashions and they were

:11:50.:12:00.

saucy. I thought it was sporty. Jay saucy and sporty is good. Bit of

:12:01.:12:05.

character. Very different from 100 years ago. Old thick bullet proof

:12:06.:12:08.

tweeds. Jang for a par. Working hard at the

:12:09.:12:13.

13th. Good effort. That's how they just

:12:14.:12:34.

slip away. Don't want to be more than about four behind if you can

:12:35.:12:43.

help it. Plus the way our leader is playing, I don't think she's going

:12:44.:12:55.

to make many stupid mistakes. Martin trying to edge up the leaderboard.

:12:56.:13:01.

Oh, not quite. Not guy. Quite. She's played very well this year. Missed

:13:02.:13:06.

one cut out of 18 tournaments in America.

:13:07.:13:15.

Stacy is out in 38 and she's down 3-over.

:13:16.:13:22.

A very busy bunker at the par-314th. Watched a lot of players there in

:13:23.:13:32.

practise and it seems to just be, you know, tease them. Our leader.

:13:33.:13:43.

She always looks sodisgusted. Probably 18 feet away. Not as

:13:44.:13:56.

disgraceful as she might have thought.

:13:57.:14:06.

Set up for a high draw from Matthew. That was just missed the checking on

:14:07.:14:19.

the bank of the green that would have eased it to the flag. A lot of

:14:20.:14:23.

these professional players started the game Ben they were eight, nine,

:14:24.:14:27.

ten years of age. They have been playing a long time, even the very

:14:28.:14:35.

young ones. Karrie Webb won this event 20 years ago on her first

:14:36.:14:41.

visit from native Australia. She can rattle them in. 9-under and not too

:14:42.:14:50.

far away. Back to Lee. Four birdies in her last holes.

:14:51.:15:05.

Things like that can change the score.

:15:06.:15:28.

Dropped one at the last. Very uncharacteristic. Walking away to

:15:29.:15:33.

regroup because the next needs a little care and attention. Lexi

:15:34.:15:42.

Thompson. How is she going to play this one? She's 8-under.

:15:43.:16:02.

Helen was in here a few moments ago. She did a bit of that in her day.

:16:03.:16:07.

Very entertaining to watch. Great fun.

:16:08.:16:37.

Quite a few '70s there. So how far bag is too far back with one round

:16:38.:16:46.

to go? Five or six, seven. You never really know. Drama toward

:16:47.:17:08.

the end. I don't think it will be a run away four, five shot victory,

:17:09.:17:14.

but things can happen. I think on the whole, the scoring has been

:17:15.:17:21.

excellent due to the conditions. John Clarke and his team have the

:17:22.:17:25.

courses here in immaculate condition. It hasn't been the best

:17:26.:17:32.

earliest spring. Done a magnificent job. A little from the left and

:17:33.:17:54.

downhill. They have been going round and round circling for something

:17:55.:17:58.

that's not there. Maureen was saying earlier sometimes they read too much

:17:59.:18:17.

into it. Don't conFaw the brain. That's the first loose shot she's

:18:18.:18:18.

hit. Very rare. Centre of the green is always a good

:18:19.:19:11.

result on this par-3. The green should feed that round a bit towards

:19:12.:19:24.

the flag. A wonderful golf shot. Thompson is one of the new bright

:19:25.:19:40.

girls, only early 20s. Birdie. 9-under.

:19:41.:19:46.

Seven wins already to her name despite her youth. Lexi? Yes.

:19:47.:19:55.

Uphill little slower than you think. A bit of movement from the right.

:19:56.:20:11.

You do well to have a little smile! That was a great save. It's been a

:20:12.:20:27.

tremendous pairing to follow. Neither player has dropped a shot.

:20:28.:20:37.

Just when Catriona Matthew had a little bit of hope that she might

:20:38.:20:42.

get one back or have one given back to her, the door is shut on that

:20:43.:20:55.

thought now. Byter, did you like being a front runner in tournaments

:20:56.:20:59.

-- Peter? Or were you good at coming from the pack? I didn't really mind.

:21:00.:21:04.

Sounds a bit arrogant, I suppose, but I never lost a tournament I

:21:05.:21:09.

should have won, you know. I've watched lots of people maybe making

:21:10.:21:16.

three or four pars. I've never threw a tournament away.

:21:17.:21:21.

I got 21 in 15 years. I always tried to enjoy it and when I used to get a

:21:22.:21:28.

little nervous, I used to slip into my brain the picture of one of my

:21:29.:21:35.

favourite holes, whether it be Parkstone or Ferndown, I could

:21:36.:21:41.

visualise myself hitting down there and it gave me a bit of freedom.

:21:42.:21:47.

There's so much about golf, once it's in your brain, you think about

:21:48.:21:54.

it. That private video library of shots is great when you need it.

:21:55.:22:04.

Yes. Just off the fairway. Quite a good distance to the green. Fairly

:22:05.:22:06.

straightforward. Almost a little bit of a false front

:22:07.:22:27.

there. A very checking slope. Took the sting out of the shot but it's

:22:28.:22:29.

not bad. It's all right. Can't be enough, surely. Gosh. Did

:22:30.:22:37.

it best. Why would you want to mark that from

:22:38.:23:03.

there? She's six inches away. You're not going to... . I don't know.

:23:04.:23:13.

Anything to waste time. It's all programmed in there, waste time.

:23:14.:23:24.

17. This is a ferociously difficult flag position on the ledge on the

:23:25.:23:32.

right hand side. She's told us what she thinks of that, yes. That's a

:23:33.:23:37.

huge slope to come up there. That's going to be a very testing putt.

:23:38.:23:41.

For such a short club, she must be very displeased with how she struck

:23:42.:23:50.

that. Looking through the valley up to the 14th. Does remind me of that

:23:51.:23:57.

short hole, the first short hole at Augusta which is the fourth hole.

:23:58.:24:05.

It's down the valley up to a green. Quite long.

:24:06.:24:28.

Could end up quite good. Her misses are good, Peter.

:24:29.:25:13.

Peter and I wouldn't look at the course. Some tough pins on this

:25:14.:25:17.

closing stretch. There certainly are. You have to plot your way

:25:18.:25:21.

around. She's got a fine line. Got to be a

:25:22.:25:39.

good crisp one. Our TV tower, eight yards left of the flag on your line,

:25:40.:25:45.

the deep green slope goes on. There is an open-mouth bunker there.

:25:46.:26:03.

That's high. Just tailed off to the right a bit and, from then on, was

:26:04.:26:09.

struggling. Catriona making one of her few

:26:10.:26:25.

errors in this round. Interesting to see Jutanugarn and Lee, two players

:26:26.:26:28.

who've shown frailty towards the crunch time in a major in the past,

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but you've got proven winners in there, Matthew, Martin, Thompson,

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Webb, Lewis as well. That name of Leona Maguire as the leading amateur

:26:39.:26:41.

right now in a tie for eighth. Great playing from her. Fair warning for

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you. Lots of women's sport on BBC television today. Our coverage of

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Ride London's Classic from 6 o'clock on this channel means we are going

:26:55.:26:57.

to be slipping over on to the red button at 6 for the last half hour.

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You will be able to see it on your connected devices via the BBC

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website. Feel free to stay with us for the final part of our coverage

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but from 6 it will be on the red button or on the BBC Sport website.

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That said, plenty to enjoy in the next 33 minutes or so here on BBC

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Two. Tall figure of American Lexi

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Thompson with dad tending the flag. Good long range putt there.

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Mirim Lee and a chance to join Ariya Jutanugarn.

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One of Catriona Matthews' rare errors over the last three days.

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She's going to land it on a downslope. Going to flip it very

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quickly. Beautifully played. That becomes a big putt as well. It was

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lying nicely. Had to hit it hard to get it up sharply. Beautifully

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played. The round's just stalled a bit. A big par putt coming up for

:28:53.:28:56.

Catriona Matthew, just to maintain her position. Three behind her

:28:57.:29:03.

playing partner at the moment. Suddenly players grind to a halt and

:29:04.:29:08.

everybody is looking around. Just loses your rhythm of the round when

:29:09.:29:12.

everything is going so nicely. They can dawdle around. Just wasting time

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because they know they are going to be hold up in the next -- held up in

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the next while. That could have been very tricky.

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It's trickled down and it's not a bad putt now. From the left, down

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the slope, 30 feet. This could take a while. Everyone is

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milling around with no great purpose at the moment. Nowhere to go after

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this, so just take your time. Jutanugarn just about ready to go

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now. Come out of her homing pattern. -- holding pattern. The interesting

:30:11.:30:15.

thing is, these closing pins should suit her. At the front you can spin

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it a bit more than most. If anyone can get at them, she possibly can.

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To do it you have to take a risk. This would be a bonus after the tee

:30:25.:30:26.

shot. Fantastic putting by Jutanugarn.

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When she looks back at this round she will look back at the putts on

:30:40.:30:45.

the last two greens and it may start to give her a little bit of real

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clear water. Six birdies, no drop shots today. Mirim Lee, to stay

:30:54.:31:03.

within two. In it goes. They are just stretching out a little bit at

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the top of the leaderboard now. Couple of shots between first and

:31:08.:31:13.

second and third and fourth. Vig putt for Matthew. Must make.

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Tentative, lost the rhythm. Bit of a stutter. She is nothing if she is

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not patient, but she will be a few shots behind Jutanugarn. Something

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left here as well. It is her first bogey. I will check.

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First bogey in some time, he said vaguely. Didn't have a bogey

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yesterday. First bogey since? I will come back to that one, chat amongst

:32:10.:32:13.

yourselves. First bogey since the first day. Carrie Webb. Over reading

:32:14.:32:29.

that. Seven Majors to her name. 41 wins in the LPGA in 20 years. A

:32:30.:32:35.

stellar career and one of these younger players would like to

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emulate. Let's see what Mirim Lee can do with this par-3. Cross the

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valley its sales. Pretty useful again. Very good club.

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So much of it is the management of the mind. Shanshan Feng, only one

:33:16.:33:27.

birdie today. Three dropped shots. Almost missed her tee off time on

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Thursday. Arrived with seconds to spare. And the same as Matthew... It

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is a long carry on that line if you are attacking the pin straight on.

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You have to feel the players have pushed it a bit because the centre

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of the green is the percentage play. It is going to be one of those days

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the Shanshan Feng. Off to Mo Martin. Longest hole on the course. Most

:33:57.:34:00.

players managed to get the wood down there and then click on. But Mo

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Martin still has some way to go. Go a tiny bit. And it did. Lovely

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shot. Seen some lovely swinging and great strikes from Mo Martin. She is

:34:29.:34:38.

very close. Back on the tee. Just an iron again for Jutanugarn. Just a

:34:39.:34:52.

blur. Gone 250 yards. Perfect spot. I think if she got two good three

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words, she would have managed to reached this. Reasonably generous

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fairway, this one. It is all about threading it through the

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bunkers for your tee shot and then threading it through even more

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bunkers for your second. Charley Hull has reached the 17th.

:35:25.:35:50.

Pin on the right-hand side. Just about there. One of the best shots

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we have seen there today. Such a narrow ledge up there. Lexi Thompson

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going well down the grip here to cope with this. Has to be careful

:36:11.:36:15.

she doesn't smother it. Her feet slipped a bit. Could have been

:36:16.:36:31.

worse. Overcautious shouts of fore. Health and safety gone mad. Would

:36:32.:36:35.

rather hear that than no shot. Mo Martin. Beautiful shot into this

:36:36.:36:46.

par-5. In she goes. Two birdies in the last five and now alongside

:36:47.:36:52.

Catriona Matthew. Those in third place are currently five shots

:36:53.:37:01.

adrift of Jutanugarn. Suddenly, from being very bunched for a long time,

:37:02.:37:06.

just being stretched out at the top of the field.

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Now, Mirim Lee, getting more accustomed to the low scoring she is

:37:28.:37:33.

beginning to produce in major Championships. Feeling much more at

:37:34.:37:38.

home up there in the rarefied atmosphere she is in now. This will

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have quite a swing of the left-hand side. The entire green tilts from

:37:48.:37:50.

left to right as you play the hole. Tracking well. No! Beautiful putt,

:37:51.:38:17.

however. So, her last nine holes have read three, three, four, very

:38:18.:38:32.

good scoring indeed. Karrie Webb, second to the 16th. Sneaking up

:38:33.:38:39.

there today. Three birdies, no drop shots. Karrie Webb... It just about

:38:40.:38:49.

does. After her wide on 18, plenty of

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green to work with for Lexi Thompson. Just got to get over the

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ridge. Get a scooter on. -- scoot. Very straight hole. Long par-5 15th.

:39:10.:39:38.

Jutanugarn, with the iron off the tee. Can you see the tree trunk

:39:39.:39:46.

where it splits on the left edge of the green. Caddy giving the

:39:47.:39:55.

instructions. It is a very tricky shot, so she will be keen to get 75

:39:56.:40:06.

yards within the putting surface to give her chance to spin the ball in.

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This is miles back. My goodness. Left flat lie. Catriona Matthew 's

:40:18.:40:22.

has already played down there. She finished in the right trap, awkward

:40:23.:40:27.

spot. Catriona Matthew just looking a bit ragged. Jutanugarn, steady

:40:28.:40:41.

enough. But way back in that par-5. Beauty, says the Caddy and beauty it

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is. No club selection issues for Mo Martin. She is hitting her driver in

:40:49.:40:50.

most of these holes. Now, this is a similar line to the

:40:51.:41:37.

one we saw bronze the law hole for her for a few minutes ago. It is a

:41:38.:41:50.

bit longer. He/she will be keen to see this home. This will give her a

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68 today. No drop shots so far. She has been a little bit tentative with

:42:04.:42:08.

some of them. Needs to get this one running at the whole. Unlucky. The

:42:09.:42:16.

damage was done of the tee shot. She gave herself such an awkward lie, it

:42:17.:42:20.

was odds-on she was going to pull it well left. Disappointing bogey five

:42:21.:42:28.

to finish on for Thomson. But it is a 69, solid play. 8-under.

:42:29.:42:31.

Currently, that is eight behind. About a yard from the front of the

:42:32.:42:53.

bunker. Can't see the flag. She is wondering should she take a chance.

:42:54.:42:59.

So easy to catch it a little heavy. It'll have to be so doable. Heavy.

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It is going to require an up-and-down from their to save par

:43:10.:43:16.

for Katrina Matthew. Staring at back-to-back bogeys here. --

:43:17.:43:18.

Catriona Matthew. Mirim Lee, smashing it away on this

:43:19.:43:35.

par-5. Landing on the upslope. Barely any run. Now, she left

:43:36.:43:43.

herself a long way back, what has she got? 118. Hard and high and this

:43:44.:43:53.

will have some check on it. The last few shots she has hit, she hasn't

:43:54.:43:58.

looked overly pleased with herself. But as we were saying earlier, her

:43:59.:44:11.

misses, are pretty good. Not putting herself too much in bother. Karrie

:44:12.:44:21.

Webb has just run it past. For a lot of players, the birdies just seemed

:44:22.:44:25.

to have dried up. Hanging on, coming home.

:44:26.:44:35.

Karrie Webb keeps the blemish of her scorecard.

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Just churches out even more. The top six places separated by eight shots.

:44:52.:45:02.

-- stretches out. Little bit more bunched behind. What a great round,

:45:03.:45:04.

68 from Leona Maguire. Matthew, fourth shot. Desperately

:45:05.:45:47.

needs to get down in a couple from here and she has played a good one.

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Mistake at the last hole, mistake here. Little bit of a struggle. She

:45:54.:46:04.

doesn't want to drop too far behind. It has been very impressive watching

:46:05.:46:09.

our leader. Two or three of the women at the top of the leaderboard,

:46:10.:46:14.

they are playing very, very solid golf today. Beautiful evening now,

:46:15.:46:24.

early evening, late afternoon. The 15th hole, the longest, it is

:46:25.:46:30.

playing the second easiest, averaging 4.70 five. Costly for

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Matthew. Jutanugarn, outside chance of a birdie. But now back to

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Charley. 18th, second shot. Not a good day. Three shots gone on the

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opening hole. She wasn't able to recover. Mo

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Martin, second into the 16th. She does often play the course from a

:47:01.:47:10.

long way back. She can be deadly accurate. Be good. Another one, what

:47:11.:47:19.

a shot from Mo Martin. She has provided a couple of lasers around

:47:20.:47:25.

today. That one just hopped on a little bit, but when she is playing

:47:26.:47:29.

from so far back, you have to be impressed. There is the leaderboard.

:47:30.:47:38.

Jutanugarn, out in front. Three back to Mo Martin. Karrie Webb coming

:47:39.:47:45.

towards the end of her round. Lexi Thompson heading towards the

:47:46.:47:49.

clubhouse after that 69. Before she gets there, we will hear from her

:47:50.:47:53.

witch hazel. It was the blemish at the end, which

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I'm sure you are kicking yourself about, but the difficult lie with

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the shot over the green? Yes, I only missed my 3-wood by two yards. Half

:48:03.:48:10.

in the bunker and half not. I hit a good shot from there, just came out

:48:11.:48:15.

a bit more left. I had a great day out there. You made some real

:48:16.:48:19.

progress, what do you feel about the scoring now and the way Ariya

:48:20.:48:23.

Jutanugarn is playing, and what will it take tomorrow to catch her? A

:48:24.:48:28.

very low round. She is going very low today. I will focus on game,

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that's all I can control. You are not seeing the way she is playing,

:48:36.:48:40.

are you surprised given everything she has done this season, to see her

:48:41.:48:45.

name at the top? I am not surprised at all, she is an amazing player.

:48:46.:48:50.

She hits it very long and doesn't even hit driver. She is a very

:48:51.:48:54.

strong player. Fearless. You are in the thick of it too, Lexi, play well

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tomorrow. Thank you. Tomorrow promises to be a very good day. The

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weather forecast is good. It is nice to look forward to a happy day. :-)

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's and a worthy winner. -- Smiley faces. Quiet putting routine of

:49:18.:49:28.

Jutanugarn's. The greens seem to be slowing up a bit. Unless I am

:49:29.:49:32.

imagining things. We have seen a lot of putts come up shy. Good line,

:49:33.:49:40.

just finishing pace and coming up six to eight inches short. Matthew,

:49:41.:49:50.

for par. She really does need this one.

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Cool customer. Conscience, conscious, competence.

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Good strike. It just trickled away. Another one gone. Two shot strop at

:50:23.:50:34.

a crucial moment. -- dropped. Needs a good finish. Certainly one,

:50:35.:50:41.

hopefully two to get her somewhere near the top. Jutanugarn's rivals

:50:42.:50:56.

need special in the holes remaining to them, otherwise there will be

:50:57.:51:01.

nothing but her heels to look tomorrow. Charley Hull, on the final

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green. This is quick with a bit of right to left in it. Down it goes.

:51:12.:51:22.

Go, go, go. Groans all round. It started not too far away with the

:51:23.:51:26.

ugly seven on the first some time ago. Couple of birdies, couple of

:51:27.:51:31.

bogeys and she is just going to wait to tap in. Mo Martin, after a

:51:32.:51:42.

beautiful shot into this green. Putt for a birdie. Just a bit too wide.

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Save par. Jutanugarn, draws admiring gasps and chuckles. 3-wood. It has

:51:58.:52:00.

gone a country mile. Mirim Lee, trying to attack this

:52:01.:52:19.

flag on the par-5. Think she has pulled it a little bit, turned it

:52:20.:52:24.

over and that gives it a little bit more length. The flag, not very far

:52:25.:52:36.

over that bunker. Matthew, got to settle over these closing three

:52:37.:52:43.

holes. Every hole is a possible birdie. They are not too long. Just

:52:44.:52:51.

makes it that little bit more difficult. Flag at 16 on the

:52:52.:53:03.

right-hand side. That might give Matthew a decent angle as we go

:53:04.:53:07.

quickly up to 18 to see Charley Hull finish off. It is a disappointing 75

:53:08.:53:18.

for the home player. As Peter said, never quite recovered from the

:53:19.:53:24.

opening seven. But she will take a lot of support with her tomorrow.

:53:25.:53:37.

Stacy Lewis. Birdie at the 17th. She's... Done it. Well done. A few

:53:38.:53:43.

near misses round about the turn. But that is good, she's got it back

:53:44.:53:50.

to 9-under. 13 and 14, she dropped a couple of shots.

:53:51.:54:03.

At the moment you feel the players are jockeying for position, just

:54:04.:54:10.

trying to stay close to two Janke Anya Garnis -- Jutanugarn. Just in

:54:11.:54:21.

case she stumbles. Have been impressed with Mirim Lee. It is the

:54:22.:54:30.

first time I have seen her play. She said sometimes her clubface gets a

:54:31.:54:36.

little shot in the takeaway. That is what is keeping her going.

:54:37.:54:52.

Running well... Will it turn? I thought she had it. So did she.

:54:53.:55:06.

Really good effort. She remains a couple behind. Three holes left to

:55:07.:55:15.

go. One more birdie would be very valuable to her. Very impressive. Mo

:55:16.:55:30.

Martin at the 17th. 11-under. Not as you say, mooring, not of powerful

:55:31.:55:36.

player, but she has hit a lot of straight, good quality shots.

:55:37.:56:04.

There we are, Matthew might just be OK. Just OK on the little downslope.

:56:05.:56:18.

Just in the rough and has tucked it nose in the grass, the ball. The

:56:19.:56:26.

good news is, 135 yards left and she has 20 yards of green to land the

:56:27.:56:32.

ball on. This is manageable because it is bound to come out with a bit

:56:33.:56:34.

of run. That is a very good result. It was a

:56:35.:56:53.

magnificent shot. Nice bounce. Chance for three. I thought that was

:56:54.:57:01.

terrific. The pin is 21, three from the right.

:57:02.:57:20.

A very tight to the right of the 16th green. Massive tee shot. 285

:57:21.:57:27.

yards. After tea with a three with 108 left. -- of the. She has used

:57:28.:57:37.

the 3-wood very often today. Two, three times. What sort of shots has

:57:38.:57:46.

she got here? It is the simplest of shots. Perfect angle. 108 with a

:57:47.:57:56.

breeze, but not much. 9-iron? Probably some sort of a wedge.

:57:57.:58:02.

Probably a gap wedge. We never played this hole to be played like

:58:03.:58:07.

this, this is for the big boys. Give her a red card. Just got to be

:58:08.:58:14.

careful of the right-hand bunker, not leak it too far to the right.

:58:15.:58:25.

How brave the she dare to be. If she goes for the flag, got to be

:58:26.:58:43.

pinpointed. It was brave. It was over the flag. Good shot. We have

:58:44.:58:49.

been talking about her three wins this year, but she also lost in a

:58:50.:59:00.

play-off a couple of weeks ago. She did, but it is Jutanugarn, setting

:59:01.:59:04.

the pace. We're not done yet from Woburn, we will follow the leaders

:59:05.:59:08.

to the finish of their third rounds. But we will have to do so on the red

:59:09.:59:13.

button. Because we have a date in central London, 50 miles south of

:59:14.:59:20.

here for the ride London classic. But we will be back with the

:59:21.:59:24.

conclusion of this third round and then the fourth day live from Woburn

:59:25.:59:30.

on BBC Two from 2pm tomorrow. Thanks for your company on BBC Two. Catch

:59:31.:59:32.

you on the red button I hope.

:59:33.:59:35.

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