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<\/p>\nCharley Hull is relishing the chance to hunt down the leaders and challenge for a maiden major victory after charging back into contention at the AIG Women\u2019s Open. <\/p>\n
Hull told Sky Sports on Friday that she was going to “go at everything” over the weekend at Royal Porthcawl and “had nothing to lose”, after rounds of 73 and 71 left her 11 strokes behind halfway leader Miyu Yamashita.<\/p>\n
The two-time major runner-up lived up to her word as she jumped up the leaderboard with five birdies in a front-nine 31 on Saturday, with back-to-back birdies from the 12th moving her closer to the lead.<\/p>\n
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Charley Hull reacts to her six-under par 66 and getting back into major contention at Royal Porthcawl <\/p>\n
Hull bogeyed the 14th and closed her round with four pars to close a six-under 66, equalling her lowest round ever in a major, leaving the 29-year-old within three strokes of the lead and tied-fourth heading into Sunday.<\/p>\n
“I just kind of enjoy chasing,” Hull said. “It’s quite fun. I like it. It’s more fun that way.<\/p>\n
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This content is provided by Twitter, which may be using cookies and other technologies. Unfortunately we have been unable to verify if you have consented to Twitter cookies. Enable Cookies<\/a> “I like hunting someone down. It was good fun. See what she [Yamashita] does this afternoon and just focus again tomorrow.”<\/p>\n How Hull moved into major hunt<\/p>\n Hull picked up an early birdie at the second and saved par at the fourth, despite a wayward drive nearly hitting Minjee Lee – one of her playing partners over the first two days – on the 17th tee box.<\/p>\n Minjee Lee got a fright when she saw Charley Hull’s ball come bounding towards her! <\/p>\n “I’m glad it bounced big because it flew straight over me,” Lee said after her third-round 68. “It came right over me. It was trying to take me out!”<\/p>\n Hull rolled in from 20 feet at the fifth and got up and down from off the green to birdie the par-five next, with the Englishwoman adding further birdies at the seventh and ninth to race to the turn in 31.<\/p>\n Back-to-back birdies from the 12th temporarily lifted her to tied-second, only for her to finish short of the green with her approach to the par-four 14th and resulted in her first bogey of the round.<\/p>\n Charley Hull takes on ‘Firsts and Favourites’ to discuss her favourite golfers and first tournament wins<\/p>\n Hull scrambled par from the sand at the 15th and almost holed from off the green at the par-four 17th, although had to settle for par at the par-five last after missing her eight-foot birdie try.<\/p>\n “I felt like you had to go out there and shoot a good score,” Hull said. “It was quiet with no wind to begin with, then a couple of holes in it got pretty windy. I felt pretty confident.<\/p>\n “A shame about the last hole, but it was quite a tricky putt down the slope and I could feel both breaks on it. I couldn’t really hit it firm enough to hit it through the break, because it was a little bit and downhill as well, but it doesn’t matter!”<\/p>\n Highlights from day three of the AIG Women’s Open at Royal Porthcawl in Wales<\/p>\n Hall rues costly finish: ‘I let some go at the end’ <\/p>\n 2018 champion Georgia Hall threatened to better Hull’s total when she followed a front-nine 32 with back-to-back birdies from the 12th, taking her to six under, only to take two attempts out of a bunker on her way to a bogey at the next.<\/p>\n Hall also dropped a shot at the par-three 15th and could only make par at the last, with a four-under 68 seeing her head into the final day on four under and five strokes back.<\/p>\n Image: “Obviously very happy with my round, but I think I let some go at the end,” Hull admitted. “Missed a short putt on the last. I kind of managed to par 16, 17 as well after – they’re really tough holes.<\/p>\n “I feel like it could be a bit better. Again, I think if I can get started like I did today tomorrow, then see what happens, see where I am.”<\/p>\n
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\n Georgia Hall posted a four-under 68 on Saturday<\/p>\n
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