Solheim Cup star Ciganda is in charge
Carlota Ciganda posted a four-under-par 68 yesterday to lead on 16-under after three rounds at the Estrella Damm Ladies Open presented by Catalunya.
Trying to complete a wire-to-wire victory, the 2019 tournament champion holds a fourstroke lead over Swedish pair Maja Stark and Sofie Bringner heading into the final round at Club de Golf Terramar in Sitges.
Trailing Ciganda are Bringner – who shot the tournament low round of eight-under-par 64 yesterday – and Stark, the LET Race to Costa del Sol leader, who overturned a seven-shot deficit to win the tournament nine months ago and is fresh off a win at the Amundi German Masters last weekend.
Ciganda said that she could not take her foot off the gas and continued: “I think Maja is a great competitor and she scored five-under in the last seven holes today, so I don’t think anything is enough. I want to try to win the day tomorrow.”
Magdalena Simmermacher from Argentina, who carded a 68, sits in fourth place, followed by Laura Beveridge of Scotland in fifth on 10-under-par.
Nathan Kimsey eagled the last yesterday to immediately bounce back from a double-bogey to take a one-stroke lead into today’s final round of the Le Vaudreuil Golf Challenge.
The Englishman showed no signs of nerves as he led for the majority of the third round, before dropping his only two shots of the day on the par-4 17th but responded with a closing eagle to card a three-under 69 to lead on 13-under-par.
Sweden’s Mikael Lundberg and Frenchman Robin Sciot-siegrist share second place on 12-under-par.
Scotland’s Sam Locke is in a share of seventh on eight-under-par.