Charley Hull and Nelly Korda are set for a Sunday showdown at The ANNIKA with the Englishwoman main the world No 1 by a single stroke forward of the ultimate spherical.
Hull held a two-shot benefit over America’s Korda – the participant she thumped 6&4 in September’s Solheim Cup singles – by 36 holes in Belleair after each carded four-under second rounds.
That benefit was minimize in half on Saturday as Korda recovered from two bogeys throughout her first 4 holes to put up a three-under 67, registering six birdies throughout a 10-hole stretch earlier than dropping a shot on the final to slide to 11 underneath for the event.
Korda is aiming to win The ANNIKA for a 3rd time in 4 years
Hull additionally bogeyed her closing gap of an eventful again 9, with every of her three birdies coming house adopted by a direct blemish as she signed for a two-under 68 and moved to 12 underneath.
The 28-year-old had been six pictures in entrance of Korda as she birdied her first and seventh holes and her rival stuttered on her entrance 9 however now the hole is only one, organising an intriguing closing day.
Hull, Korda bogey closing holes in Florida darkness
Each gamers had been sad about finishing their rounds in close to darkness, with Hull, who discovered the water at 18, saying: “My putt, I might barely see the opening. I could not see the break or something.”
Korda added: “It is type of exhausting when you do not actually see. I feel it was a bit little bit of poor planning by beginning so late for us.
“Everytime you’re sitting on 18 and the solar is already down, it is by no means good, particularly with how slick these greens are.”
China’s Weiwei Zhang is alongside Korda on 11 underneath after an outstanding eight-under 62 in Florida, with South Korea’s Jin Hee Im and Thailand’s Wichanee Meechai tied for fourth on 9 underneath and Germany’s Olivia Cowan 4 pictures again on eight underneath.
Korda was sad about ending her spherical in close to darkness
Korda registered six wins in seven begins throughout a glittering interval between January and Might, with a record-equalling 5 victories in a row on the LPGA Tour culminating in her claiming a second main of her profession, the Chevron Championship.
Ought to she triumph on Sunday, she’s going to win The ANNIKA for a 3rd time, after back-to-back successes in 2021 and 2022.
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Hull’s earlier victory got here as just lately as earlier this month as she gained the Girls European Tour’s Aramco Group Collection – Riyadh for her first trophy worldwide because the Volunteers of America Basic in October 2022.
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