FULL LEADERBOARD<\/a><\/p>\nWalsh, 25, followed up Friday’s 68 with a scorching six-under 66 that left her 10-under for the tournament.<\/p>\n
Six birdies in a flawless round hoisted the Dubliner into the top three at the Ladies European Tour event, though it looks like Canadian teenager Huang will take some stopping in Spain.<\/p>\n
Huang is still only 16 but she’s been in sensationally good form at La Sella Golf Resort.<\/p>\n
Her 69 on Saturday was her worst round so far, after opening tallies of 64 and 66, but Huang remains three clear of second-placed Nastasia Nadaud and seven ahead of Walsh.<\/p>\n
Annabel Wilson also had an encouraging Saturday as her 69 moved her to four-under and inside the top 20. Sara Byrne, Olivia Mehaffey, Canice Screen and Anna Foster failed to make the cut.<\/p>\n
“I’m really happy with today\u2019s work, a bogey-free six-under, I kept it pretty simple out there,” said Walsh.<\/p>\n
“I hit fairways and greens, made up-and-down when I needed to, holed some putts. I have just simplified things and am trying to enjoy my time out here and that\u2019s been key the past couple of weeks. That makes a big difference to your golf game, having fun out here and getting to make the most of the cool places we get to go to.<\/p>\n
“I\u2019m really happy with where my game is at. I have been driving it well, hitting it well and I had my coach here over the first couple of practice rounds, which was a big help. I\u2019m feeling comfortable and confident and hopefully, another good day tomorrow.”<\/p>\n
At the LPGA’s NW Arkansas Championship, where Leona Maguire and Stephanie Meadow are competing, thunderstorms forced the cancellation of the day’s play with only a handful of players able to complete any holes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ireland’s Lauren Walsh is third at the La Sella Open heading into Sunday’s final round, seven shots off…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":150313,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[5904,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-150312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-golf","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=150312"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150312\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/150313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=150312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=150312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=150312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}